Chichester Film Festival 2014

14 – 31 August 2014

Closing Gala (MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT)

Opening Gala (NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON)

East European Cinema (THE DON JUANS)

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- Premieres, Previews & New Releases.

- Michael Winterbottom & Andrew Eaton Retrospective.

- Contemporary Italian Auteurs.

- Special Events to include Live Jazz gig and Silent Film with Live Organ Accomp.

- Documentaries, Treasures from the Archives & WW1 Commemoration.

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Index Agnus Dei 34 Aida 61 32 All God’s Children 72 Aprile Argerich 49 Attila Marcel 17 Bad Hair 25 34 Balkan Bazaar Bobby Wellins Quartet perform Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite 59 Bread and Tulips 72 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 45 Carmen 60 Chinese Puzzle 18 The Claim 54 Class Enemy 36 67 Cocos 1914 The Consequences of Love 69 Corpo Celeste 71 David Jones; Innovations & Consolidations 50 27 The David Dance The Deer Hunter 74 The Deflowering of Eva Van End 22 11 Doll & Em 37 The Don Juans Dr Ray and the Devils 31 Dvorak - In Love?

31 58 Dylan on Dylan El Círculo de Raynard 22 Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas 35 The Family Friend 69 A Farewell to Arms 66 Flow 18 Genova 55 God’s Pocket 26 Goltzius and the Pelican Company 19 Gomorrah 71 The Grand Seduction 24 The Great Beauty 70 Halima’s Path 33 Hector & the Search for Happiness 8

Open Air Screenings Galas UK Films West European Cinema World Cinema USA Films East Meets West Chronological Film Listings

Hungry Man 32 Ida 33 70 Il Divo In Order of Disappearance 19 In This World 54 34 The Japanese Dog 59 Jazz & Film Joyeux Noel 63 The Keeper of Lost Causes 20 65 La Grande Illusion Lakshmi 23 77 The Last Emperor Lauda: 33 Days Born to be Wild 57 Leave to Remain 12 52 Les Cyclistes Little Happiness 30 LoveHate 17 73 Mafia Double Bill Mafia Only Kill in the Summer 73 The Magic Flute 60 Magic in the Moonlight 7 35 The Major Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence 74 Mid-August Lunch 70 A Mighty Heart 55 26 Million Dollar Arm The Moo Man 8 13 A Most Wanted Man 36 Mushrooming My Name is Hmmm…

22 Mystery Road 23 27 Night Moves Night Train to Lisbon 6 Nurse Edith Cavell 65 Oh! What a Lovely War 5 69 One Man Up Panic 30 Papusza 35 The Policeman’s Wife 15 Postcards from the Other Side of the Wall (Talk) 29 Pot Luck 18 37 The Priest’s Children A Promise 16

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Rent Rebels (Mietrebellen) The Road to Guantanamo Rush Russian Dolls Sally in Our Alley The Salt Of life School of Babel Seduce Me Sex, Guilt & Decadence in Contemporary Italian Cinema (Talk) The Shadow of War (Talk) Shanghai Gypsy Silent Sea Sin City: A Dame to Die For Skylight Slow Food Story Some Like It Hot Spring In A small Town Stan Tracey: Godfather of British Jazz Stations of the Cross Surprise Film To Catch a Thief Tribute to Stan Tracey & Dylan Thomas The Trip Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story Two Days, One Night Under Milk Wood A Very Long Engagement Violette The Voice of Peppino Impastato War Requiem The Watchmakers Apprentice Watermark We Have a Pope Welcome to New York The Winterbottom Phenomenon (Talk) The Year & the Vineyard Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot Zulu

Special Events & Talks Focus On The Documentary Winterbottom & Eaton Dylan Thomas Centenary Opera & Theatre Commemorating WW1 Contemporary Italian Auteurs Treasures From The Archives

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23rd Chichester International Film Festival Our major focus this year will be on European Cinema, with a special emphasis on Eastern Europe (including 13 UK Premieres). We are indebted to Philip Bergson who has arranged, and will introduce, several of these, and will also offer an illustrated talk on recent East European cinema. We are particularly honoured to be giving the UK Premiere of renowned Czech director Jiri Menzel’s latest film The Don Juans, a delicious romp accompanied by the music of Mozart and Don Giovanni.

Moving into Western Europe, highlights include a pair of Nordic noir, The Keeper of Lost Causes and In Order of Disappearance (wowed at Berlin), plus the latest Dardenne film Two Days, One Night with Marion Cotillard. We are showing the most controversial film from Cannes, Welcome to New York starring a gross but courageous Gerard Depardieu (you have been warned), and Peter Greenaway’s latest film Goltzius and the Pelican Company does not shy away from controversy either. We are grateful to Michael Cowan and Alan Partington for providing our Opening Gala, the UK Premiere of Night Train to Lisbon.

Our strong documentary section covers subjects including cycling, music, watchmaking, food, photography, poetry, sculpture and journalism. We are particularly delighted to be giving the UK Premiere of Niki Lauda: 33 Days Born to be Wild hopefully in the presence of its director Hannes M. Schalle and the great German actor Daniel Brühl, who played Lauda in Rush (produced

by Andrew Eaton), which will also be screened. No Chichester Film Festival would be complete without Tony Palmer, who will be presenting his documentary on the Czech composer Dvorák.

Our major retrospective this year is focused on the work of Director Michael Winterbottom and Producer Andrew Eaton, who together have made over 20 films. I would like thank Andrew Eaton and his assistant Savvas Starrou at Revolution Films, for their general support and supplying most of the prints, including some rare 35mm copies.

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Contemporary Italian Auteurs surveys some recent directors, and with the tremendous success of The Great Beauty we focus on Paulo Sorentino, and star Toni Servillo. A Special Mafia double bill will showcase 2 new Italian films in partnership with the London Italian Festival. We are grateful to Clara Caleo Green for her help in organising this double bill, and who will introduce both films.

Special events include Derek Jarman’s War Requiem with Britten’s score in Chichester Cathedral, and Ben Hall returns to give us another wonderful live organ accompaniment to the German expressionist silent classic The Cabinet of Dr Caligari performed in the atmospheric St John’s Chapel. Building on last year’s great success, we are mounting another Film and Live Jazz evening, with Stan Tracey’s Jazz Suite Under Milk Wood performed by a quartet including Bobby Wellins and narrated by Ben Tracey (Stan‘s grandson).

This ambitious Festival could not be staged without the support of our partners and Film Distributors.

My thanks to Walter Francisco, the Projectionists, Box Office Staff and the many invaluable volunteers, as well as Carol Godsmark and the New Park Centre.

Roger Gibson Artistic Director

OPEN AIR SCREENINGS AT PRIORY PARK To launch the 23rd Chichester International Film Festival, we proudly present two special Open Air Screenings at Chichester’s iconic Priory Park.

Bring a picnic blanket or chair and join us for what will certainly be one of the highlights of the Festival.

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Oh! What a Lovely War

Fri 8 Aug from 19:30 (Film at Dusk)

Song and dance numbers and all-star cameos thinly veil the starkness of this anti-war satire as it moves inexorably from the bright lights of the pavilion to the bleakness of the trenches.

Based on the stage show of the same name, Richard Attenborough’s adaption stays true to the experimental nature of its predecessor whilst rendering it anew in the epic cinematic language of the musical film. The Smith family attend the latest attraction at Brighton Pier, a vaudeville performance that reimagines the tragedy of the war in bawdy music-hall terms, complete with inspiring songs, free prizes and a scoreboard toting up the dead. However, when the family’s sons are recruited during a particularly rousing number, they pass from the performance into the “real world” of conflict. The all-star cast includes Ian Holm, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Susannah York and John Mills.

UK 1969 Richard Attenborough 144m

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Some Like it Hot

Sat 9 Aug from 19:30 (Film at Dusk)

“Maybe nobody’s perfect”, as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and this is one of them.

When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest and homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect… until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for “Josephine”, an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for “Daphne”, and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax. The script by director Billy Wilder and IAL Diamond is beautifully measured; everything works, like a flawless clock. Nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1957, ‘Some Like It Hot’ is the quintessential madcap farce and almost everybody’s favourite movie comedy.

USA 1957 Billy Wider 125m

Tickets for each event are available in advance at £8 (£5 children) from the Chichester Cinema at New Park Box Office (01243 786650), or at £10 (£8) at the Priory Park Gate on the evening. The films will be preceded by music from 19:30 and the films will commence at dusk, approximately 21:00.

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Opening Gala: Thu 14 Aug 18:30 (Food 18:30 / Film 20:30 - Tickets £25)

Plus Fri 15 Aug 14:00 (Film only - Tickets £8) UK Premiere (Germany / Portugal)

Night Train To Lisbon A Swiss Professor (Jeremy Irons) abandons his buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.

Professor Raimund Gregorius, who saves a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author that compels him to leave his boring life. Upon examining the book, he finds himself intrigued by its contents and begins an investigation into its origins. Soon, the professor is caught up in the story of a young revolutionary Amadeu (the charming Jack Huston), and a tangled web of politics, philosophy, love and death. The real dynamic comes from scenes set in the present with Bruno Ganz as the older Jorge, Amadeu’s friend and colleague. Charlotte Rampling and Christopher Lee shine in their cameos, both characters revealing something more about the heroic, enigmatic Amadeu. Mélanie

Laurent is lovely as the young Estefânia, Tom Courtenay convinces as the ageing João and Lena Olin’s scene is memorable not only for its content but for the anticipation it elicits. And Jeremy Irons is outstanding as the sheepish professor. The style of “movie within a movie” reminds one of Fowles ‘The French Lieutenants Wife’ and Truffaut’s ‘Day for Night.’ There’s so many layers, so many subtle metaphors, so much poetry in the imagery and storytelling, that despite being such a straightforward story you can’t help feeling like you’re walking through a maze, a labyrinth of emotions and thoughts, where present, past and future merge into a vast uplifting eternity. And Lisbon looks sensational!

Portugal /Germany/ Switzerland 2012 Bille August 111m Thanks to Bulldog Film Distribution & Michael Cowan who will introduce the Premiere

Opening & Closing Gala Food Hosted by BRASSERIE BLANC The cinema is proud to have forged an excellent relationship with Brasserie Blanc over the last four years, and for the two Gala Dinners, the restaurant will be taken over by the Film Festival.

The chefs, under the direction of executive head chef Clive Fretwell, are preparing two special set meals for each Gala dinner with a glass of wine included in the price, the menu highlighting chef-owner Raymond Blanc’s classic dishes with the strong French regional influences of his youth. Roger Gibson, Artistic Director and Walter Francisco, General Manager of the cinema, are grateful for the generous support of Brasserie Blanc and also extend a warm welcome. They look forward to sharing the evenings with you.

Dinner will be from 18:30, followed by the film at 20:30.

Book your place early to avoid disappointment. Tickets £25.

Thu 14 Aug 18:30 & Sun 31 Aug 18:30

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CLOSING GALA We are proud to close this year’s Festival with a Special UK Preview of Woody Allen’s latest film.

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With thanks to Warner Brothers for this special closing event.

Closing Gala: Sun 31 Aug 18:30 (Food 18:30 Film 20:30 - Tickets £25)

Plus Sun 31 Aug 11:00 (Film only - Tickets £8)

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Magic In The Moonlight Set in the 1920s on the opulent French Riviera, this Woody Allen’s romantic comedy is about a master magician (Colin Firth) trying to expose a psychic medium (Emma Stone) as a fake.

Few know that celebrated conjuror Wei Ling pip-squeak who he can unmask in no time, Soo is the stage persona of Stanley Crawford scoffing at the family’s gullibility. To his great (Firth), a grouchy and arrogant Englishman surprise and discomfort, however, Sophie with a sky-high opinion of himself and an accomplishes numerous feats that defy all aversion to phony spiritualists. He goes on rational explanation, leaving him dumbfounded. a mission to the Côte d’Azur mansion of the Before long, Stanley confesses that he has Catledge family: mother Grace (Jacki Weaver), begun to wonder whether Sophie’s powers son Brice (Hamish Linklater) and daughter could actually be real, meaning that anything Caroline (Erica Leerhsen), and presents might be possible, even good, and his entire himself as a businessman in order to debunk belief system would come crashing down. the alluring young clairvoyant Sophie Baker What follows is a series of events that are (Stone) who arrived at the Catledge villa at magical in every sense of the word and send the invitation of Grace, who is convinced that the characters reeling. In the end, the biggest Sophie can help her contact her late husband. trick ‘Magic in the Moonlight’ plays is the one From his very first meeting with Sophie, that fools us all.

Stanley dismisses her as an insignificant USA 2014 Woody Allen 100m

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UK Films Premieres, Previews & New Releases

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Hector And The Search For Happiness

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A psychiatrist (Simon Pegg) searches the globe to find the secret of happiness, also starring Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno and Christopher Plummer.

Hector (Pegg) is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life.

As he tells his girlfriend, Clara (Pike), he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life.

Armed with buckets of courage and childlike curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results. Based on the worldwide best-selling novel of the same name, this is a rich, exhilarating and hilarious tale from director Peter Chelsom.

UK / Germany 2014 Peter Chelsom 110m

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Focus on the Documentary

The Moo Man

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28 Aug 16:15 (Picture Palace) 30 Aug 13:00 (Studio)

Modern British dairy farms must get bigger and bigger or go under, but Farmer Stephen Hook decides to buck the trend.

This hilarious documentary follows the Hook family farm – a concern with a comparatively small head of cattle and a product of raw (unpasteurized) milk, which sells at a better price than the mass milk we buy for almost no money in the super market. Instead he chooses to have a great relationship with his small herd of cows and ignore the big supermarkets and dairies. The result is a laugh-out-loud emotional roller-coaster of a film, a heart-warming tearjerker aboutthe incredible bonds between man, animal and countryside in a fast disappearing England.

UK 2013 Andy Heathcote / Heike Bachelier 98m World Premiere

Cocos 1914 A documentary about the Encounter between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden on the legendary naval encounter in 1914.

UK 2014 Tristan Lorraine 50m See page 67 for full details in the WW1 section Fri 22 Aug 18:00 (Studio)

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Dylan Thomas Centenary

Under Milk Wood ‘Under Milk Wood’ is an imaginative, cinematic rendering of Dylan Thomas’s famous “play for voices,” introduced by the director Andrew Sinclair. UK 1973 Andrew Sinclair 87m See page 58 for full details in the Dylan Thomas Centenary section Tue 19 Aug 18:15

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Dylan On Dylan A documentary on Dylan Thomas, introduced by the director Andrew Sinclair. UK 2002 Andrew Sinclair 60m See page 58 for full details in the Documentary section Tue 19 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

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Stan Tracey: The Godfather Of British Jazz A documentary on the late jazz pianist/ composer of the ‘Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite.’

UK 2003 John Akomfrah 70m See page 59 for full details in the Dylan Thomas Centenary section Wed 20 Aug 20:15

National Theatre Live

Skylight

Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan feature in the highly anticipated West End production of David Hare’s ‘Skylight’, directed by Stephen Daldry, broadcast live from London’s West End by National Theatre Live.

See page 61 for full details in the Theatre and Opera section Thu 21 Aug 17:30 Sun 24 Aug 10:30

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UK FILMS: Premieres, Previews & New Releases

Michael Winterbottom (Director) & Andrew Eaton (Producer) We explore the prolific talent of Michael Winterbottom with 7 of his films, produced by Andrew Eaton, plus 2 of Andrew’s films (‘Rush’ & ‘Doll & Em’). Together with Andrew, we hope to welcome Daniel Brühl (subject to filming commitments) to introduce their films.

We are grateful to Andrew Eaton for helping to curate this retrospective and provide the prints with Revolution Films.

See page 53 for full details on the films listed below in the Winterbottom & Eaton retrospective section

The Claim

Tristram Shandy:

In this gentle-paced and beautifully shot epic, Winterbottom has taken Hardy’s ‘Mayor of Casterbridge’ from England and reset to goldrush America. UK 2001 M. Winterbottom 116m

A Cock And Bull Story

Sun 24 Aug 18:45

Crossing the line between the world of the film and the life of the actors trying to make it, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

UK 2005 M. Winterbottom 95m Mon 25 Aug 15:15

In This World A convincing insight into the concealed world of human trafficking, and the desperate lengths some people will go to in order to seek a ‘better’ life in the Western World. UK 2002 M. Winterbottom 89m

Docu-drama about 4 friends who set off for a Pakistan holiday. Two years later, only 3 returned.

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A Mighty Heart

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Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl, in an adaptation of her memoir about the kidnapping and murder of her journalist husband by Pakistani militants. UK 2007 M. Winterbottom 110m Wed 27 Aug 15:45

A man (Colin Firth) moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives.

The Trip

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After the recent ‘The Trip to Italy’ here is a chance to revisit Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon’s first film.

UK 2010 M. Winterbottom 108m Sat 30 Aug 15:15

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The Road To Guantanamo

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UK 2008 M. Winterbottom 94m Fri 29 Aug 16:30

An illustrated talk about the most versatile and prolific director currently working in the British film industry.

Fri 29 Aug 18:15 (Studio)

Special Event: Double Bill We are delighted to welcome to Chichester Daniel Brühl (subject to his UK filming commitments on this day), who plays Niki Lauda in ‘Rush’ and producer of the film, Andrew Eaton, who introduces both ‘Rush’ and the UK Premiere of the documentary ‘LAUDA: 33 DAYS - BORN TO BE WILD’ with its director Hannes Schalle and distributor Michael Cowan for a final Q&A.

Rush Introduced by Daniel Brühl & Andrew Eaton A gripping story of fire and ice rivalry between James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), set in 1976 that makes today’s rights-managed Formula One look as dull as rain.

UK 2012 Ron Howard 124m Sat 23 Aug 13:00 UK Premiere

Lauda: 33 Days - Born To Be Wild A documentary about Lauda’s incredible journey told with never before seen footage and exclusive interviews.

UK/Austria 2014 Hannes M. Schalle 90m Introduced by Daniel Brühl and director Hannes Schalle

See Special Event on page 57 for full details Sat 23 Aug 15:45

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Doll & Em Produced by Andrew Eaton Actress Emily Mortimer employs her best friend Dolly Wells as her assistant, blurring the lines between their personal and professional relationships with hilariously painful results in this semi-improvised original comedy.

When struggling London waitress Dolly’s (Wells) love life implodes, she naturally turns to her long time best pal Emily (Mortimer), now a successful Hollywood star; so Emily brings Dolly to LA to work as her personal assistant – after all, what are friends for? The film gives this question deeply considered, very funny and frequently moving

treatment via a pin-sharp satire on modern moviemaking and an in-depth negotiation of real/fictional personas (although cheeky cameos, by the likes of Susan Sarandon and Andy Garcia, are great too). Directed with restrained sensitivity by Azazel Jacobs, it’s ultimately a love letter of emotional honesty and bracing wit by and between two very talented women: Doll and Em (you’ll soon feel like you know them intimately too). This makes for a fascinating female alternative to the similar real-life/fiction relationship with the Coogan/Brydon ‘Trip’ films.

UK / USA 2013 Azazel Jacobs 124m

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UK FILMS: Premieres, Previews & New Releases

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Leave To Remain Three teenagers forced to leave their family, friends and homes behind learn to live in yet another hostile country. That country is the UK. Omar (Nouf Ouselaam), a charismatic Afghan Mercury Music Prize and Novello teenager, is at the precarious juncture of Award-winners ‘Alt-J’, this provocative having his refugee status decided, when the debut feature from BAFTA winner Bruce arrival of a boy from back home threatens Goodison, is brought to life by powerful to change everything. Forced into a position performances from an ensemble cast where the outcome may be the difference of emerging talent, young refugees between life and death, his only options and acclaimed actor, Toby Jones. are to tell the unbelievable truth or to tell a UK 2013 Bruce Goodison 89m good story? Based on real-life stories, ‘Leave to Remain’ is a coming of age drama that We hope to welcome members depicts a world hidden from view. Featuring a from the film to introduce their film. soundtrack from the hottest band of the year,

Sally In Our Alley A British soldier goes off to fight in World War I, with his girlfriend waiting and worried at home. This bittersweet wartime romance was Gracie Fields’ first film role, made in 1932.

UK 1932 Maurice Elvey 74m See page 64 for full details in the WW1 section Fri 22 Aug 13:15 (Studio) Sat 23 Aug 16:15 (Picture Palace)

Nurse Edith Cavell A gripping account, based on a true story, of the martyrdom of Edith Cavell, after her role in assisting many allied POWs escape over the Belgian border into Holland. Starring Anna Neagle. UK 1939 Herbert Wilcox 108m See page 65 for full details in the WW1 section Sun 24 Aug 16:15 (Studio) Mon 25 Aug 15:30 (Studio)

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Thanks to EONE films Edinburgh Film Festival; Sundance Sat

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A Most Wanted Man A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror. Starring Phillip Seymour Smith in his last completed role.

When a half-Chechen, half-Russian (Grigoriy Dobrygin), brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg’s Islamic community, laying claim to his father’s ill-gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest.

As the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man’s true identity – oppressed victim or destructionbent extremist? Based on John le Carré’s novel, this is a contemporary, cerebral tale of intrigue,

love, rivalry, and politics that prickles with tension right through to its last heart-stopping scene. It’s a professional old-school espionage outing, intricate as clockwork and acted with relish by the ever-watchable Hoffman. The cast also includes Daniel Brühl. The subtle cat-andmouse espionage games, and relative degrees of political and personal malignancy Le Carré has famously demarcated for more than a halfcentury, are well represented in Anton Corbijn’s film version of the 2008 best-seller. Muted and subdued, this admirably textured thriller will prove absorbing to attentive audiences.

UK/USA/Germany 2014 Anton Corbijn 124m

David Jones: Innovation & Consolidation Director David Schiel presents his latest documentary on the painter/poet David Jones.

We are pleased to welcome back David Schiel, director of the film to introduce and discuss the work of David Jones.

See page 50 for full details in the Documentary section Wed 27 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

Les Cyclistes Documentary Compilation This lively presentation by David Furnham considers the cultural differences between the French and English towards cycling today and from the recent past. With music by Stephen Horne. France/UK Compiled 2014 David Furnham 60m See page 52 for full details in the Documentary section Sat 30 Aug 18:00 (Studio) Box Office 01243 786 650

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Western European Cinema Premieres, Previews & New Releases

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The Policeman’s Wife Die Frau des Polizisten

Thanks to SODA Pictures for this preview Venice Film Festival nomination for Best Film.

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An epic and tragically poetic study of the effects of domestic abuse on a young family.

Spending her days with her cherished daughter, Clara, while her husband is at work, Christine shares her knowledge of, and wonder at, the world. She teaches Clara how to nurture an outdoor garden and reassures her about the ways her body is built to protect her, cultivating the consistency, care and stability that will let her daughter know that the world is a safe place. Christine adores her husband Uwe too, steadfastly withstanding moments of hateful and abusive rejection and offering him the unwavering generosity of a love always returned.

Director Philip Gröning (director of the superb documentary ‘Into Great Silence’) skilfully crafts Christine’s painful unravelling in 59 chapters, all of varying lengths, stunningly framed and filmed.

Separately, these heart-breakingly convey a life full of contradictory moments, of blissful play and bitter humiliation. As a whole, the chapters converge to reveal the tragic extent of the cruelty it takes to destroy a heart full of love. At almost 3 hours this is a demanding and challenging film, and not for the impatient. (subtitles) Germany 2013 Philip Gröning 175m

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New Release (Spain)

The Year And The Vineyard El Año y la Viña

Thanks to Matchbox Films. We hope to welcome back director Jon Cenzual Burley to introduce his film.

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15 Aug 18:00 (Studio)

A Sicilian soldier during the Spanish Civil War falls through a hole in time into present day Spain.

This is the second film by Award Winning director Jonathan Cenzual Burley - his first film (The Soul of Flies) was shown in Chichester. His new film tells the story of a Sicilian member of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War on his way to the front. He falls through a hole in time onto present day Spain, where he befriends a teacher, is mistaken for an angel and has to choose to stay in a time where he doesn’t belong or go back to the horrors of war and the woman he loves. (subtitles) Spain 2014 Jonathan Cenzual Burley 80m UK Premiere (Germany)

Rent Rebels Mietrebellen A documentary about the resistance against the sell-out of the city of Berlin.

Germany 2013 M. Coers / G.S. Westenberg 80m See Page 47 for full details.

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Two Days, One Night Deux Jours, Une Nuit

Thanks to Curzon Films Cannes Film Festival

The film follows Sandra (Marion Cotillard), a young woman assisted by her husband, who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.

An outstanding new movie from the Dardenne brothers with a subtly magnificent central performance from Cotillard. Impassioned, exciting and moving – a ‘Twelve Angry Men’ of the 21st-century. Cotillard plays Sandra, who returns to work after a breakdown, only to find that management have effectively made her the sacrificial victim of a Sophie’s Non-Choice offered to the staff. Desperately, Sandra forces her duplicitous staff rep (a cameo from Dardenne regular Olivier Gourmet) to institute a vote – do they want their bonus or Sandra? The Dardennes have made a brilliant social-realist drama with a real narrative tension reminiscent of Ken Loach’s ‘Bread and Roses’. Cotillard is restrained and dignified and the Dardennes’ exquisite film makes it impossible to remain impassive to the human tradeoffs. (subtitles)

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Belgium/France 2013 JeanPierre and Luc Dardenne 95m

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A Promise

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centred on a married woman who falls in love with her husband’s protégé.

Young Friedrich (Richard Madden) rises to the attention of his new boss Karl (Alan Rickman).

As he volunteers to tutor his employer’s son, he gets more and more attached to Karl’s young wife Lotte (Rebecca Hall). This is an exquisitely beautiful film based on Stefan Zweig’s novel ‘Journey into the Past’, sensitively transformed into a screenplay by writer/director Patrice Leconte (‘Monsieur Hire’, ‘The Hairdresser’s Husband’). Rickman, Hall and Madden deliver perfectly crafted performances, each revealing the difficulty of keeping a promise when personal needs are not being fulfilled. It is a pleasure to see a romance bloom, pause and then grow into a full bouquet as time and circumstances change. The impact of the period of pre-WW I Germany, then Germany at war and losing, and the gloom of silence after the war is over is underlined splendidly by Eduardo Serra’s cinematography and Yared’s Beethoveninfused score. This is a period piece, finely crafted by Patrice Leconte. Its mood lingers in the mind long after the film is over.

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France/Belgium 2014 Patrice Leconte 98m

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Attila Marcel Chomet’s first live-action feature is another delightful effort from the beloved French director of ‘Belleville Rendez-Vous’ and ‘The Illusionist’.

Paul (Guillaume Gouix) is a 33-year-old piano virtuoso who has been living with his overprotective aunts (Bernadette Lafont and Hélène Vincent) since his parents were mysteriously killed when Paul was just two.

Having not uttered a single word since that tragic incident, he lives a lonely life, playing the piano mostly for the amusement of his aunts. When he accidentally meets a kooky woman named Mme Proust (Anne Le Ny), the two begin a journey to delve into Paul’s memories. Chomet proves he has a keen sense for surreal comic dialogue. (subtitles)

Thanks to Metrodome Toronto International Film Festival Mon 18 Aug 18:30

France 2013 Sylvain Chomet 103m

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Lovehate Amoreodio

Thanks to director Cristian Scardigno Sun 17 Aug 13:45 (Studio) Mon 25 Aug 18:15 (Picture Palace)

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A real crime event that took place years ago in Italy was the cue for a story that deals with social distress of teenagers.

Katia (Francesca Ferrazzo) is a 17 year old frustrated girl oppressed by her strict parents, and who also feels a strong sense of loathing towards the small town she lives in.

Her deep angst turns into a constant search for transgression. When she’s not with her boyfriend Andrea, she secretly sees other guys and watches forbidden videos, and little by little drags her and her boyfriend into a tunnel of immorality. Ferrazzo and Scardigno tease us as to what’s going on in this young femme fatale’s head. Is she exploiting the boy, or does she really intend to be with him? (subtitles) Italy 2013 Cristian Scardigno 105m

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Silent Sea

Mon 18 Aug 20:15 (Studio) Wed 20 Aug 18:00 (Picture Palace)

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A labyrinth of memories, set pieces of a lost time - a sensitive, touching psychodrama.

On a family vacation in an isolated house by the sea, there are subtle shifts in reality.

Two families are faced with a disturbing reality and threaten to fall apart. Stylistically convincing, and with a precise eye, upcoming director Juliane Fezer reveals in her feature film debut how the past never leaves us. In an atmosphere of slight mystery develops an inner suspense, which unfolds with a mosaic-like structure. Beautifully shot and edited, this is one of the most unusual films presented in the Festival. (subtitles) Germany 2013 Juliane Fezer 142m

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Klapisch Trilogy

A unique opportunity to see Cedric Klapisch’s complete trilogy following Xavier (Romain Duris) and Martine (Audrey Tautou).

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Pot Luck L’Auberge Espagnole Comedy drama following the lives of seven international students.

Xavier is offered a job on the condition he learns Spanish. He enrols on a language programme in Barcelona, despite the misgivings of his girlfriend, Martine (Audrey Tautou) and moves into L’Auberge Espagnole (the Spanish apartment), where the housemates change his life forever. (subtitles)

Mon 18 Aug 16:00 (Studio) Tue 19 Aug 18:15 (Picture Palace)

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Five years after their Summer together in Barcelona, the gang reunite.

Xavier is now thirty. No longer a student, he is not yet a fulfilled adult either. His career is unsatisfying: far from being the renowned novelist he aimed to be. His sentimental life is not much better – one night stands and unfinished romances. Will he ever bring his life into focus? (subtitles)

19 Aug 13:30 (Studio)

France 2005 Cedric Klapisch 125m

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Chinese Puzzle Casse-Tête Chinois Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris star again in continuing adventures of Xavier who is now a fish out of water in New York.

Now 40 and divorced, Xavier follows Wendy to NY to be near their kids. The Big Apple proves fruitful terrain for Klapisch’s whimsical look at life, love and culture. His trademark inventive visuals frame both slapstick melodrama and soulful sincerity. (subtitles)

Wed 20 Aug 11:00

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Flow

Thu Fri

21 Aug 20:45 (Studio) 22 Aug 15:45 (Picture Palace)

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The story of a man who suffers an interior fight where darkness and light are rivals, and only one side will prevail.

Actor Walter Mann is about to fulfil the dream of his life: to star in his own play, but as he approaches that moment, something unexpected happens. The film describes the bitterness in human beings and the thorny and delicate subject of forgiveness and reconciliation. It also tells us about relationships, art, spirituality, loneliness… ‘Flow’ is a deep trip to the depths of the human being.

Spain 2014 David Martínez 90m

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Goltzius And The Pelican Company

Thanks to AXIOM Films Tue

19 Aug 20:45

Peter Greenaway’s controversial educational biography of the 16th century Dutch erotic artist Goltzius, who was commissioned to make erotic versions of the Bible.

Hendrick Goltzius (Ramsey Nasr), a 16th century Dutch engraver of erotic prints, takes his employees, known as the Pelican Company, to visit the Margrave of Alsace (F. Murray Abraham).

He convinces the Margrave into funding a printing press, with which they will publish gloriously adult illustrated copies of the Old Testament. To waylay the Margrave’s reluctance, a deal is struck, and the Pelican Company must agree to entertain his court while re-enacting stories that depict six sexual taboos. Abraham gives his most engaging performance in recent memory. Greenaway’s interests are on full display here, the constant intermingling of the Sacred and Profane recalls what Pasolini might have done with an adaptation of the Bible by the Marquis de Sade. This is the second entry in Greenaway’s film series titled Dutch Masters (‘Nightwatching’). A moving, breathing entity that’s intelligent and entertaining, as well as disconcerting and challenging.

Contains graphic nudity.

(English and subtitles) UK/ Netherlands/ France/ Croatia 2012 Peter Greenaway 128m

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In Order Of Disappearance Kraftidioten

Thanks to METRODOME film distribution Berlin Film Festival Thu Fri

21 Aug 21:00 22 Aug 13:30

When Nils’ his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge… and justice. A brilliant comedic Nordic Noir.

Nils’ (Stellan Skarsgård) actions ignite a war between the vegan gangster, the Count, and the Serbian mafia boss, Papa. But Nils has something going for him: heavy machinery and beginners luck. A plot with a Swedish ploughman working in the remote Norwegian high mountains dealing with Norwegian and Serbian gangsters in a vigilante film, crossed with beautiful Norwegian landscape and droll humour! This is hilarious, rough, violent and beautiful. While giving loads of fun and entertainment, you’ll soon discover that the film has a complex underlying theme which makes this interesting on a much wider scale. Bruno Ganz is perfect as Papa, and Pål Sverre Hagen as the neurotic vegan gangster “Greven” (The Count). If you loved ‘Fargo’ or ‘In Bruges,’ this is the film for you. The first of two Nordic noir’s (Sweden’s ‘Keeper of Lost Causes’ is to follow on pg20). (subtitles) Norway 2014 Hans Petter Moland 116m

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The Keeper Of Lost Causes Kvinden i Buret

Thanks to Picturehouse Entertainment Locarno Film Festival Sun 24 Aug 21:00 Mon 25 Aug 13:15

A police inspector and his assistant is put in charge of cold cases in this atmospheric Scandinavian Noir.

Chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lyngaard’s disappearance. Arcel constructs two parallel narratives. First, Morck and Assad hunt for clues. As soon as they’ve reopened the case, the second storyline - which doesn’t always run parallel time-wise, but which editors Morten Egholm and Martin Shade integrate with clarity -follows Merete’s true ordeal.

Through clever plotting and mise-en-scene, the right information is moved into place while crucial faces or connections are kept from the audience until the final act. Another greatlooking and well-acted Scandinavian crime film, based on a bestselling novel. (subtitles) Denmark/Sweden 2013 Mikkel Norgaard 97m

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Violette

Thanks to SODA Pictures Sun Sat

24 Aug 13:30 30 Aug 10:30

Violette, born at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés.

Then begins an intense relationship.

French author Violette Leduc struggled for years before finally achieving success in 1964 with her fearlessly self-exposing memoir ‘La Bâtarde’. Played with magnificent authority

by Emmanuelle Devos, Leduc is the subject of this utterly non-glamorising portrait by Martin Provost, whose acclaimed 2008 ‘Séraphine’ celebrated another female creative outsider.

The film is also about her literary circle, notably Jean Genet and Simone de Beauvoir (a memorably frosty Sandrine Kiberlain), for whom she conceives a painful unrequited passion. ‘Violette’ is an evocative picture of a period, and an uncompromising literary pioneer and feminist icon. (subtitles) France 2013 Martin Provost 140m Preview (Switzerland)

Argerich

This film, made by Stephanie Argerich, daughter of Martha Argerich is a fascinating work, exploring a complex (famous) motherdaughter relationship.

Switzerland 2013 Stephanie Argerich 95m Thanks to New Wave Fri

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Stations Of The Cross Kreuzweg

Thanks to ARROW Films Tue 26 Aug 21:00 Wed 27 Aug 13:15

The allegorical adventures of a young girl on the edge of adulthood.

The parents of 14-year-old Maria have raised her according to the tenets of their strict Catholic faith. At school, Maria must face the jeers of her secular classmates for trying to remain true to her religion, while at home she lives under the constant disapproval of her mother. Filmed in 14 long takes corresponding to the 14 Stations of the Cross, this emotionally wrenching film is also a formal triumph. (subtitles) Germany 2014 Dietrich Brüggemann 107m

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School Of Babel La Cour de Babel

Thanks to VERVE pictures Thu

28 Aug 14:00

Documentary which captures the uniqueness of a Parisian class whose students struggle with integration. (subtitles) France 2013 Julie Bertuccelli 89m See page 51 for full details in the Documentary section.

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Welcome To New York

Thanks to Altitude Distribution (Hamish Mosely) Cannes & Edinburgh Film Festivals Thu

28 Aug 21:00

The most controversial film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival comes to the Chichester Festival. Be prepared!

A bold, sometimes absurdly funny, and oftenhorrifying look into the Strauss-Kahn affair, wherein the former French president of the IMF lost his position after a sex scandal in NY. But the details of the affair, the trial, and the media scandal have all been removed, leaving only a psychological investigation. Regardless of Ferrara’s adherence to true life, it’s a startling and compelling account not just of a sex addict, but a character whose wealth and standing in his field has allowed himself to be far removed from contemporary morality. Within five minutes, we’ve seen Depardieu’s Georges Devereux shack up with four escorts at an orgy in New York’s Carlton Hotel. This threehundred-pound, heavy-breathing, vile monster with no inhibitions or remorse is courageously played by Gerard Depardieu. Jacqueline Bisset is superb as his long suffering wife. Warning: There are scenes of graphic sexuality that may offend. (In English and subtitled) France/ USA 2014 Abel Ferrara 125m Box Office 01243 786 650

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The Deflowering Of Eva Van End De Ontmaagding van Eva van End Todd Solondz meets Pasolini in this bittersweet Dutch coming-of-age comedy.

Teenager Eva (Vivian Dierickx) is a sensitive ugly duckling who is bullied at school and largely ignored at home. But the arrival of her German exchange student pal Veit (Rafael Gareisen), an angelic, strapping Aryan blond with movie-star looks, sends shockwaves through the entire family. The deadpan tone and ironically sunny aesthetic recalls the sour tragicomedies of Solondz, and echoes of Pasolini’s ‘Theorem’ but there is more redeeming lightness in this engaging Eurodrama, which has enough bittersweet charm and universal relevance to appeal to discerning audiences. Much of its multilingual dialogue is in English with some subtitles.

With thanks to M-appeal Sales.

Thu Fri

28 Aug 18:30 (Studio) 29 Aug 14:00 (Studio)

Netherlands 2013 Michiel ten Horn 98m

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My Name Is Hmmm...

Je M’Appelle Hmmm...

Directorial debut of French fashion designer Agnès B, stars Sylvie Testud as the mother of an abused child who escapes with a Scottish truck driver who becomes an unlikely surrogate daddy.

“My Name Is Hmmm…” is the go-to answer for 12-year-old Céline (a great Lou-Léila Demerliac), a runaway reinventing herself. She suffers abuse from her father - this is handled starkly though not explicitly - before stowing away in a Scottish trucker’s rig for a rambling road trip through France. The film is quietly observational and, in terms of style - eclectic, obviously borrowing from the looseness of the early French New Wave: confessions to the camera; scenes in black-andwhite; scrawlings on the screen. Rough and unpolished, in an appealing freewheeling way, but foremost, very sensitive. (subtitles) France 2013 Agnès B 121m

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29 Aug 20:45

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El Circulo De Raynard

Fri 29 Aug 16:15 (Picture Palace) Sat 30 Aug 20:30 (Studio)

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A film crew documenting Frederich Raynard, a nazi war criminal and expert in occultism, find more than they expected.

What starts as an easy job soon becomes a dark adventure that will change their lives forever.

With Raynard’s diary in their hands and chased by a secret organization, they will look for the help of a parapsychology professor. They soon find out their lives are in danger and the only way to save themselves is to perform one of the rituals from Raynard’s diary. The ritual that caused his death years back.

Spain 2013 Maria Valle/Manuel Vidal 92m

World Cinema Premieres, Previews & New Releases

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Mystery Road

With thanks to Axiom Films London Film Festival Mon 18 Aug 20:30 Tue 19 Aug 13:30

An Aboriginal cop returns to his home town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in this superb thriller with a stellar Australian cast.

Set in outback Australia against the harsh realities of a community marked with racial tension and economic inequality, Jay Swan (the smouldering Aaron Pedersen) is an Aboriginal cop returning to his hometown after a long absence. His first investigation into the murder of a local girl uncovers a web of corruption and a growing body count. Increasingly disturbed by what he finds, and uneasy around his racist colleagues, Swan’s real challenge begins when his inquiries take him still closer to home. Director/writer Ivan Sen builds an atmosphere of heat and dread, punctuating the mounting disquiet with superbly realised action sequences. Magnificent in its scope and incisive in its social commentary, this is both a compelling riff on the Western genre and a biting exposé of indigenous Australian experience. Terrific cast includes Hugo Weaving and Jack Thompson, the stunning cinematography, editing and broody, rumbling score are all Sen’s own work.

Australia 2013 Ivan Sen 121m

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Lakshmi

Thanks to Asian Film Festival London Mon 25 Aug 21:00 (Main Auditorium) Tue 26 Aug 15:45 (Studio)

Based on true events, ‘Lakshmi’ is a story of heroism and untold courage. Lakshmi, a 13 year old girl is kidnapped and sold into prostitution.

Thrown into this horrific, inhuman world where she is raped and beaten she barely survives with the help of the other girls and her own will to never give in. Finally she is rescued in a police raid. Against all odds, Lakshmi shows courage where everybody else fails. Resisting all pressure - violent threats, coercion and bribes, she stands up in court and in a landmark case in India, succeeds in putting the traffickers behind bars. ‘Lakshmi’ is a heart-rending tale that has to be told, and now it is a very topical subject. It is a film that will jolt you, take you out of your comfort zone, set you thinking about the plight of millions of kids pushed into the flesh trade. Although the subject is disturbing and distressing, the film sensitively eschews graphic images, but certain issues are addressed in a powerful and emotional manner. Additionally, the message Nagesh Kukunoor conveys reverberates after the screening has concluded.

India 2014 Nagesh Kukunoor 115m

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The Grand Seduction

With thanks to EONE Entertainment Wed 20 Aug 13:15 Fri 22 Aug 18:30

A harbour town is in dire need of a doctor so that it can land a contract to secure a factory which will save the town from financial ruin.

Starring Brendan Gleeson.

In an age where most comedies are charged with slapstick and sexual humour, it is very refreshing for a film to take on a more simple and ingenious form of comedy, and hopefully provide some insight into the kindness of people. Based on Pouliot’s 2003 film ‘Seducing Doctor Lewis’, this offers the same folksy valorisation of rural life, only in English. Murray French (Gleeson from ‘Calvary’) is a middle aged fisherman in the small harbour of Tickle Cove. With most of its inhabitants living on welfare, Murray sees an opportunity to bring the harbour back to its feet when the possibility of a factory opening arises. In order to make it happen, it is necessary for a doctor to practice in the harbour, so after a plastic surgeon from the city gets a job in Tickle Cove for a month, Murray takes it upon himself to make sure he never wants to leave. Old fashioned in the best way, this charming crowd pleaser (with serious implications) is reminiscent of the classic Ealing Studio’s comedies with echoes of ‘Local Hero’.

Canada/Ireland 2014 Don McKellar 113m

Audience Award

All new release Festival Films will be eligible for the Audience Award for Best Film & Audience Award for Best Documentary.

You will find 5 containers in the Voting Zone as you exit the auditorium, each marked with 1 to 5 stars. Pick up a marble on your way out and place it in the container that has the number of stars that you think the film deserves.

1 Star = Very Bad to 5 Stars = Very Good Please note that Non-Auditorium films will have paper voting.

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Bad Hair Pelo Malo

With thanks to AXIOM Films Winner of the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival.

Toronto & London Film Festivals Thu

A wonderfully-played gem from writerdirector Mariana Rondón. A delicate and touching coming of age story.

Junior (Samuel Lange) nine, and growing up in a Caracas housing project his mother Marta (Samantha Castillo), a young unemployed widow. Searching for an identity without a father figure, Junior feels marginalised by his mother’s preoccupation with his younger brother. When school approaches and his yearbook photo is to be taken, Junior wishes to change his image and straighten his curly hair. The more Junior tries to look sharp and make his overwhelmed mother love him, the more she rejects him. A poignant portrait of a mother/son relationship, which offers a thoughtful take on big issues like race, identity and sexuality. (subtitles) Venezuela 2013 Mariana Rondón 93m

28 Aug 11:00

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Watermark

With thanks to SODA Pictures Won Best Feature-Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards Toronto International Film Festival Fri

29 Aug 14:30

A documentary that takes on the task of exploring humankind’s relationship with water.

It deals with how bodies of water have been changed over time, and how water has shaped the manmade world. It is an objective look into the matter; it does not shame, accuse, or vilify anything, it merely explores and exposes. Traveling through different locations, relationships are exposed in different ways.

“How does water shape us? And how do we shape water? There is this interplay between what nature has provided and what technology can do.” And, alas, all too often the power of technology is harnessed to the task of making war on nature. Visually, the film is remarkable. Clear and open shots of hyper buildings, rivers, rice fields, and more create a plethora of images that are nothing less than impressive. It is truly a privilege to be able to see some of these sites in such high definition.

Canada 2013 Jennifer Baichwal / Edward Burtynsky 92m

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Spring In A Small Town Frequently acclaimed as one of the greatest Asian films ever made, this 1948 film directed

by Fei Mu is presented in a new Digital Restoration. China 1948 Fei Mu 98m Sat

23 Aug 11:00

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Premieres, Previews & New Releases

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God’s Pocket

Thanks to ARROW Films Fri Sun

15 Aug 16:15 17 Aug 21:00

John Slattery (Mad Men) makes his directorial debut with a black comedy about a blue-collar neighbourhood in Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s penultimate film.

When Mickey Scarpato’s crazy stepson Leon is killed in a construction ‘accident’, nobody in the neighbourhood of God’s Pocket is sorry he’s gone. Mickey (Hoffman) tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy’s mother demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife (Christina Hendricks – also from ‘Mad Men’) he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay. ‘God’s Pocket’ sketches out a rough world of grand dreams and dust-ups. Mickey drinks, gambles, steals vanloads of meat to hawk on to traders. Mickey’s quest to bury his stepson Leon takes him around a rogue’s gallery of local faces: the funeral director who spills his beer on a corpse (“It’s OK. It’s an Irish funeral”); Mickey’s partner in crime (John Turturro), who can only cut up their stolen meat when the power’s not out.

Everyone’s fighting to live in a world that hates them, and scenes brim with a deliciously uncomfortable tension.

USA 2013 John Slattery 89m

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Million Dollar Arm

With thanks to DISNEY Fri Sat

15 Aug 18:15 16 Aug 20:45

A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.

J. B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm – ‘Mad Men’) is a sports agent who finds his business being seriously outplayed by his deep-pocketed competitors. Inspired by reality shows and Indian cricket games on TV, Bernstein gets the bold idea of finding cricket players in India and training them to become pro baseball players in America. The one baseball scout he can get to make the trip is a surly old curmudgeon, naturally played by Alan Arkin, who thinks the whole thing is a disaster. After a long search, Bernstein finds two talented, but non-cricket playing youths, Rinku Singh (‘Life of Pi’) and Dinesh Patel (‘Slumdog Millionaire’). Together, Bernstein takes his prospects to Los Angeles where they find mastering a new sport in a foreign land a daunting challenge. There is a lot of humour using the fish out of water themes and ‘Million Dollar Arm’ fits in the tradition of other crowd-pleasing, inspirational sports dramas, and for that reason it will surely have most audiences cheering. Music from Slumdog Millionaire’s Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, harmonizes the tunes that make different Indian location come to life.

USA/India 2014 Craig Gillespie 124m

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Night Moves Dakota Fanning and Jesse Eisenberg shine in a thriller that combines cinematic lyricism with an astute exploration of radical environmentalism.

In this taut political thriller, radical environmentalist Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) and society drop-out Dena (Dakota Fanning) drive halfway across Oregon and meet with exmarine Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard) to execute their meticulously planned act of eco-terrorism.

Following their clandestine operation, they separate and resume their regular lives, but the media frenzy that follows reveals the unintended consequences of their actions. Josh, who lives and works on a communal organic farm, becomes increasingly paranoid, worried that the intensity of Dena’s emotional response to the situation will expose them. Reichardt’s cinematic lyricism is always laced with astute observation about politics, gender and class. In this urgent and absorbing film she amplifies the political, making it central to the narrative thrust, but she remains just as interested in the interiority of her characters.

The film’s stealthy, provocative central question becomes: what ignites protest and is it ever truly selfless?

Thanks to SODA Pictures London Film Festival; Sundance

USA 2013 Kelly Reichardt 112m

Wed 20 Aug 15:45

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The David Dance

Cinequest & Newport Beach Film Festivals Wed 20 Aug 20:30 (Studio) Thu 21 Aug 15:45 (Picture Palace)

David, the host of a local gay radio show in Buffalo, New York, struggles with self-doubt when his single sister asks him to be the father figure for her soon to be adopted Brazilian child.

David is a shy, soft-spoken man. Except when he’s on the air, hosting Gay Talk, where he’s Danger Dave. Danger Dave is the charismatic hero of the gay community of Buffalo, New York, dishing out humour, sympathy, love and music, while challenging the local Christian radio host who is pushing conversion therapy on gay teenagers. David also loves his sister, but we learn early on that she has passed away (although he still has conversations with her all the time.) We also learn, through a deft process of sliding back and forth in time to reveal details in the right order, that both David and his sister had quite a bit of pain in their lives. His sister was thrice-divorced and yet still childless, so was looking to adopt from Brazil. David is...lonely.

At least until he starts up a romance with his new colleague. It’s a wonderfully engaging story with sympathetic people, and forces David to take care of himself.

USA 2013 Don Scime 108m

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Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Weaving together two of Frank Miller’s classic stories with two new tales, in the sequel to the original 2005 ‘Sin City’.

Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller reunite to bring Miller’s visually stunning ‘Sin City’ graphic novels back to the screen.

‘A Dame to Kill For:’ Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) struggles with his inner demons until his former lover Ava Lord (Eva Green) returns, wanting his help to escape her abusive husband, however, Ava’s true intentions are far more sinister than they appear. ‘Just Another Saturday Night:’ On the night John Hartigan meets up with Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba), Marv (Mickey Rourke) regains consciousness on a highway overlooking the Projects, unable to remember how he got there. ‘The Long Bad Night:’ Joseph GordonLevitt stars as a cocky gambler who beats the wrong man. ‘The Fat Loss:’ Set after Hartigan’s (Bruce Willis) suicide (‘Sin City’), this story centres around a now toughened Nancy struggling to cope with his death while plotting to kill Senator Roark.

With thanks to LIONSGATE Fri Sat

22 Aug 21:00 23 Aug 21:00

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Farewell To Arms

To Catch A Thief

Forgotten masterpiece film of Hemingway’s novel with Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in a new restoration.

Hitchcock’s 1955 classic starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly stunningly restored in a new digital print.

USA 1932 Frank Borzage 88m

USA 1965 Alfred Hitchcock 106m

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East meets West Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, East European Cinema has developed in varying ways, depending on which country we choose to focus on. Here, we present an enlightening talk by Philip Bergson, and a selection of 20 feature films, featuring UK Premieres and Previews from Romania, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, Turkey and Russia.

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Postcards From The Other Side Of The Wall

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An Illustrated Talk by Phillip Bergson with clips from new features made in Eastern Europe.

A tour of the cinema scenes of the countries that nestled behind the Iron Curtain reveals how the New Europe is the Old Europe, as veteran and younger film-makers shake off the shackles of censorship and adapt to the new demands of the market and changing tastes of local and festival audiences since the fall of the Berlin Wall. With state subsidies lost, some national cinematographies have wilted - where are the Magyar movies? while others flourish, as the Czechs are bouncing and Polish audiences flock to epics and contemporary comedies, while Romania and Croatia regularly triumph at festival award ceremonies.

Phillip Bergson founded the Oxford Film Festival as a Classics scholar at Balliol, was selected by The Sunday Times as a ‘New Critic’, is a Visiting Lecturer at the Prague Film School and broadcasts on film extensively on BBC Radio and TV, at home and abroad.

17 Aug 16:00

Look out for the Free Screening of two UK Premieres of short films in the Picture Palace: The Enchanted Fountain (Romania 30m) and Destiny In A Postman’s Bag (Albania 33m).

Fri 15 Aug 16:30 (Picture Palace - Free) Booking Ref

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Seduce Me Zapelji Me

With thanks to Slovenian Television Slovene Film Festival 2013; Warsaw International Film Festival 2013.

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This coming-of-age movie is a sensitive and often humorous portrait about a young man learning to decide who to avoid and who to rely on.

Luka (19) is leaving a youth care centre nine years after his family abandoned him - his wish is to find out where his father is buried. At his work, he falls in love with a lively girl named Ajda, and they begin a relationship together. While searching for answers from his past, Luka finds out a shocking family secret, and soon finds out that Ajda holds a family secret, too. This is a portrait of young people, who find safety only in the company of each other, but fate often tears them apart. (subtitles) Slovenia 2013 Marko Santic 83m

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Panic Panika (Stampede)

With thanks to RTV Slovenija Television Slovene Film Festival 2013 Sat Thu

16 Aug 20:30 (Studio) 21 Aug 15:30 (Studio)

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Described as the Slovenian ‘Bridget Jones,’ this is a comic-melodrama about the “panic” women experience when wanting to escape the role of mere mothers, wives and housewives.

Vera, a 40 year old frustrated woman, is fixated upon the notion that she will never fall in love again, and that she will never live ‘la vie en rose’. Therefore she listens with both her heart and her soul to the prediction that she will meet her Mr. Right. Trapped in routine that nobody notices, she slowly transforms into a woman that notices herself, and following a string of calamities she finally sets the foundation for her new life. (subtitles) Slovenia 2013 Barbara Zemljič 100m

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Little Happiness

Thanks to independent film maker Niht Seven Sun 17 Aug 20:30 (Studio) Mon 18 Aug 15:45 (Picture Palace)

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A young Turkish couple must elope in order to escape her disapproving family but soon find their new life is not the idyll they had expected.

When Gülten’s Turkish family discovers she has fallen in love with a truck driver Fariz, they forbid her to see him, believing a match below her status would bring dishonour to their family. Unwilling to be forced apart and with no regard to the ire they would stir in Gülten’s family, the impetuous young lovers secretly elope. Short of money and with a new baby to provide for, their relationship becomes strained. The story is about the soul-searching of those people leading small lives, searching for little happiness, only to fall into big predicaments. (subtitles) Turkey 2013 Nihat Seven 116m

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Shanghai Gypsy Sanghaj

We hope to welcome the lead actress Asli Bayram to introduce this film and post screening Q&A. Best Screenplay Award at the Montreal World Film Festival; Best Film at the South-East European Film Festival, Paris, in 2013.

Sun 17 Aug 18:00 inc Q&A (Main Auditorium) Tue 19 Aug 20:30 (Studio)

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Belmondo is a gypsy king who decides to establish his own gypsy village called Shanghai.

Four generations of Belmondo’s gypsy family live in a far-flung region of Slovenia.

He makes a living smuggling, and has influence over the local police and politicians.

With Yugoslavia’s downfall, smuggling is replaced by arms dealing and although lucrative, the business starts to threaten Belmondo’s personal life. This is a story about longing for happiness; about love and family ties. Shot in the authentic Romany language, vibrant with music and stunning cinematography. (subtitles) Slovenia 2012 Marko Nabersnik 124m

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Dvorák - In Love?

Tony Palmer introduces his documentary originally made for Czechoslovakian television, but never shown in communist controlled Czechoslovakia.

The Cello Concerto by Dvorák is one of the most popular concertos ever written, and one of Dvorák’s last ever works. Renowned director Tony Palmer investigates the strange and rather tragic story behind the music. In the early 1980s Palmer visited Prague looking for books about Dvorák, Czechoslovakia’s most famous composer; surprisingly, there were none. In September 1988 he filmed a new recording of the Cello Concerto in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the great Czech maestro Václav Neumann.

The soloist was Julian Lloyd-Webber, already making a reputation as one of the leading British cellists of his generation. There is now added poignancy since he has just recently retired from public playing. He went on to explore how this stunning piece of music came to existence. This film was the first documentary to be shown on the newly-liberated Czech television (only when the Russians were finally removed).

Introduced by Director Tony Palmer Sun Tue

17 Aug 14:00 26 Aug 20:30 (Studio – No intro)

Czechoslovakia UK 1988 Tony Palmer 52m

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Dr Ray & The Devils Doktor Rej i Djavoli

Introduced by Philip Bergson Mon 18 Aug 13:45 (Studio) Fri 22 Aug 18:15 (Picture Palace)

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Famous Hollywood director Nicholas Ray, after 2 flops, left his family, and out of the blue, on an invitation by director Ratko Drazevic, he went to Belgrade.

The film’s plot centres on famous American director Nicholas Ray’s 1960s stay in Yugoslavia upon the invitation of Ratko Drazevic, the head of Avala Film studio and former Yugoslav state security operative. It is loosely based on actual events. Since the story of Ray’s Belgrade stay is “quite foggy”, the film’s characters were treated “more as a myth than as a document”. At the time he was working on the project ‘Dr and the Devils’ based on the novel by cult author, Dylan Thomas. At the same time Ray is chased by his family, producer Samuel Bronston, and the biggest movie star of the era, Charlton Heston, They even hired a private detective. Back in Serbia, Ray is praised and protected, with obvious instructions by President Tito himself.

Additional figures that appear as characters in the film are director D. W. Griffith, Orson Welles and his partner Oja Kodar, French actress Jeanne Moreau and Ray’s third wife Betty Utey. In English and Serbian.

(Some subtitles) Serbia/Monte-Negro 2012 Dinko Tucaković 80m

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UK Premiere (Moldova)

All God’s Children Toti Copiii Domnului

Selected as the official Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film Tue Fri

19 Aug 18:00 (Studio) 29 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

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Moldova’s first contender for the Foreign Film Oscar is a violent tale about human trafficking.

Located deep in the heart of Eastern Europe is Moldova, the continent’s poorest country. The troubled nation is afflicted by corruption, separatist groups and widespread unemployment, creating the perfect playground for criminal organizations to thrive. Particularly prominent in this part of the world is human trafficking in its many forms. Romanian-born director Adrian Popovici’s latest feature offers an intricate look at often overlooked issues not only in Moldova but across the globe.

(Some subtitles and English).

Moldova 2013 Adrian Popovici 101m

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Hungry Man

Thanks to the director, indie filmmaker Philip Martin Wed 20 Aug 14:00 (Studio) Sat 23 Aug 18:45 (Picture Palace)

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A near silent beautifully shot film, where children discover and capture a stranger from the forest.

A group of children live in a Romanian village by a river and forest, where they fish, bathe and mess around. One day 12-year-old Constantin discovers a wounded foreigner in the forest and decides to capture him and lock him in a boat. A prisoner? An object of affection? A plaything? In the absence of both dialogue and music, and employing a keen appreciation for the local landscapes, this is a thoughtful reflection on the nature of human behaviour, as it fluctuates between sadism and compassion. An extremely beautiful looking film, with stunning photography of the river and landscape.

Romania 2012 Philip Martin 70m

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Ida

Anna, a young nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.

Filmed in incandescent black-and-white, with each frame exquisitely composed, UK-based director Pawel Pawlikowski’s (‘Last Resort’) new film is an elegy for his homeland and an intimate, poetic exploration of the limits of faith. Orphaned during WWII, Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) was brought up in a rural convent and in early 60s Poland is a young novice preparing to take her vows. When the Mother Superior insists she make contact with her last remaining relative, she meets her aunt Wanda, a free-living intellectual working as a judge and secretly annihilating painful memories with a heady mix of sex and booze. Their encounter lifts the shroud off the dark secret of their family’s past and both women must confront the devastating truth.

Pawlikowski’s cinematic style here recalls the great Robert Bresson. Both actresses are superb and reveal much with what they do not show, but this pure and haunting concept is also true of the film’s cogent and profoundly moving narrative. (subtitles)

With thanks to CURZON Films and director Pawel Pawlikowski London Film Festival Winner of Critics’ award.

Poland/Denmark 2013 Pawel Pawlikowski 80m

Wed 20 Aug 18:00 Thu 21 Aug 13:30

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UK Premiere (Croatia)

Halima’s Path Halimin Put ‘Halima’s Path’ tells the tragic but inspiring story of a strong-willed Muslim woman who tries to find the remains of her husband and son who were buried in one of the many mass graves during the Bosnian War. Her husband’s remains are found but her son remains missing, leading to the unfolding of the story of why DNA samples, used to identify remains, will not and cannot find her son. Strong Halima (Alma Prica) must track down her estranged niece who carries a mysterious connection to her son.

In doing so, some other hidden facts are uncovered. Halima’s story resonates with other unimaginable, but all too real, stories of war where neighbours kill neighbours and kin kill kin. As a survivor of tragedy, she is a witness to what was and what remains. A genuine Balkan co-production, this poignant and powerful film was inspired by a real-life story of a couple in a village near Prijedor in Western Bosnia who searched for their son’s biological mother for twenty years. (subtitles) Croatia 2012 Arsen A. Ostojic 93m Thu 21 Aug 15:30 Fri 22 Aug 20:30 (Studio)

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UK Premiere (Albania)

Balkan Bazaar

Introduced by Philip Bergson Mon 18 Aug 15:45 - inc Intro (Main Auditorium) Sat 23 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

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Albania 2011 Edmond Budina 93m

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UK Premiere (Romania)

The Japanese Dog Câinele Japonez

Thanks to M-Appeal San Sebastian Film Festival Sat Sun

23 Aug 13:30 (Studio) 24 Aug 18:15 (Studio)

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The spirit of Ozu visits new Romanian cinema in a deeply heartfelt family drama with this deceptively simple tale.

Understatement and a beguiling sensitivity are the hallmarks of Jurgiu’s impressive debut about an elderly man whose recent loss brings him back in touch with his son, who moved to Japan. Handsomely shot and told in beautifully self-contained scenes, the film boasts a sterling performance by Victor Rebengiuc, the bestknown Romanian actor of his generation.

He imbues the elderly Costache with a stoic, yet fragile dignity. Exquisitely attuned to the rhythms of nature and rural life, and clearly influenced by Ozu. (subtitles ) Romania 2013 Tudor Cristian Jurgiu 85m

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Agnus Dei

With thanks to Agin Sopi and AS film Production. Numerous Film Festivals Sat 23 Aug 20:30 (Studio) Sun 24 Aug 20:00 (Picture Palace)

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An amusing satirical political comedy one of the best productions coming out of Albania in years.

Would you sell the bones of your father or grandfather, if it were a millionaire business?

Jolie and Orsola discover in a southern Albanian village, the most bizarre Bazaar where bones can be bought and sold. Why not profit, themselves, by selling the bones of their father and grandfather in exchange for true love? Based on the old Balkan saying “the place in which the grave of a compatriot has endured the trials of time, is a place worth dying for”, this is the sad story of the systematic theft of Albanian history

by Greeks and Serbs. (subtitles)

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“I was born from the ones that I shouldn’t, I lived with those that I mustn’t, and I killed the one that I shouldn’t.”

Based on a true story. Peter (Astrit Alihajdaraj) loves his mum, despises his drunken father, and refuses to fight in the Kosovo war. However, he’s forced to join against his will, and soon becomes one of the finest and respected soldiers. He risks his life saving an Albanian girl (the beautiful Dafina Berisha), before travelling back home to discover a terrible family secret. This powerful and disturbing work captures the ugliness of war and one man’s ability to cope with what he has done. (Subtitles) Kosovo 2012 Agim Sopi 111m

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Papusza

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs.

Festivals are all about discovering films like ‘Papusza’, an historical epic in black and white which deals with the Romany gypsy known as Papusza. She has become something of a legend in Poland. We see her history in a film shot mainly in the Roma language and focussed principally on the discovery of Papusza by the ethnographer Jerzy Fikowski, the first Polish writer to chart Roma history and customs. The black and white photography is sharp, poetic and romantic.

Five years in the making, it is an inspired and innovative evocation of a reality now past. (subtitles)

Thanks to VERVE/NEW WAVE London Film Festival Tue

Poland 2013 Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze 132m

26 Aug 13:15

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The Eternal Return Of Antonis Paraskevas I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva

Berlinale 2013; London Film Festival Tue 26 Aug 18:00 (Studio) Wed 27 Aug 13:45 (Studio)

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A famous TV presenter stages his own disappearance in this dark droll Greek satire.

Paraskevas (Christos Stergioglou) has faked his own kidnapping in order to get more press attention, collecting every article and magazine supplement for his own narcissistic scrapbook.

He spends days singing karaoke, learning molecular gastronomy and compiling demo tapes in preparation for his return. More than just a slapstick comedy about society’s fixation with celebrities, and a major discovery at Berlin. (subtitles) Greece 2013 Elina Psikou 88m

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The Major Mayor

With thanks to M-Appeal Berlinale, Cannes, Karlovy-Vary Film Festivals Wed 27 Aug 20:30 (Studio) Thu 28 Aug 13:45 (Studio)

In the deep Russian countryside, a police officer accidentally kills a young boy whilst driving his car.

A police sergeant, driving at high speed to hospital to witness his wife’s child delivery, causes a fatal accident. And the child’s mother is the only witness. A corrupt colleague who arrives on the scene (a terrific performance by the writer/director Yuri Bykov), offers him two choices: make an honest report and damage your career or we will help you blame it on the other driver (the woman whose child was killed). An atmospheric, beautifully acted film with direction, photography and editing to match. Highly recommended. (subtitles) Russia 2013 Yuri Bykov 99m

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English Premiere (Italy / Slovenia)

Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot Zoran, il Mio Nipote Scemo

Thanks to Cinefrance / Alison Gardiner Venice Film festival 2013 Golden Globes, Italy 2014 Best film

This is a charming story about redemption with family, friends, and life.

Paolo is a ne’er-do-well unhappily working in the kitchen of a retirement home, drinking as much locally fermented wine as he can get, and exploiting everyone he knows. Hearing that his aunt has died, he drives to Slovenia only to find that she left him nothing but ashes, a life-size porcelain dog, and five days with a 16-year-old nephew named Zoran. Can a scoundrel like Paolo find enough value in friendship and love to reform? (subtitles) Italy/Slovenia Matteo Oleotto 106m

Wed 27 Aug 21:00 Sun 31 Aug 18:00

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Class Enemy Razredni Sovraznik

Thanks to Triglav films Venice, Bratislava, Seattle, Bradford Film Festivals Wed 27 Aug 18:15

An acutely-observed study of schoolroom tensions.

Robert, the new German teacher, is aloof, authoritative and demanding - he might even be a Nazi, the teenagers speculate. When his student Sabina takes her own life after being reprimanded by Robert, a vengeful youth rebellion stirs. In tones of chilly blue, Rok Bicek captures the fierce power struggle between teacher and students in a nuanced and thought-provoking way. Many films of recent years have been set in classrooms, but few have been as intense and well played as this. (subtitles) Adv.

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Mushrooming Seenelkäik

Thanks to All Film Serbia Estonian entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar; Edinburgh Film Festival.

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28 Aug 20:45 (Studio) 30 Aug 15:30 (Studio)

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A journalist has gotten wind of corruption rumours involving a politician.

Kägu is a stone-faced politician whose party is trying to increase his popularity. On the day he decides to go mushroom picking with his wife – and rock star Zak who hitched a ride – a scandal erupts. As the trio find themselves lost in the woods, the party higher-ups are jumping for joy whilst a member of the public, who makes his home in the forest, is determined to make their lives even more miserable. A mix of political satire and broad comedy that is different from the more abstract and avant-garde films from Estonia. (subtitles) Estonia 2012 Toomas Hussar 93m

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The Priest’s Children Svecenikova Djeca

With thanks to CineFrance / Alison Gardiner Edinburgh & Karlovy-Vary International Film Festival Nominated for Best Film at the European Film Awards.

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29 Aug 18:30 30 Aug 13:15

A young priest gets an idea to pierce condoms before they are sold in order to increase the birth rate of his island.

Set in a picture-postcard perfect village which recalls the atmosphere of Michael Radford’s ‘Il Postino,’ as we’re taken into the lives of the villagers who, if the rising rate of funerals is any yardstick, are a dying breed.

Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and the pharmacist Marin. After they abolish all forms of birth control on the entire island, the consequences become more and more complicated. Based on a controversial stage play by Mate Matišic who adapted the screenplay, the film takes a stylised and occasionally surreal approach, which suits the wacky humour. Naturally the Catholic Church was less than overjoyed at the highly critical tirade. With its freewheeling sense of the absurd, ‘The Priest’s Children’ marks a refreshing change from the gloom of much contemporary Eastern European Cinema. (subtitles) Croatia/Serbia 2012 Vinko Brešan 96m

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The Don Juans Donsajni

Opera is the subject, medium and language of Jirí Menzel’s latest comedy, revolving around a production of ‘Don Giovanni’ by a Czech small-town troupe.

Bursting with energy from the get-go, pirouetting through a blizzard of inventive gags spun at a terrific pace, the Mozart remains a source of real vitality. Opera director Vitek (Jan Hartl) functions obviously as a likably sardonic, mockingly modest version of Menzel himself. He claims not to like opera, but loves sopranos, as attested to by the large number of high-note hitters bedded in rapid succession. In counterpoint to Vitek is Marketka (Libuse Safrankova), another musical director, this one the leader of a children’s choir and the whimsical head of four generations of single mothers, all seduced and abandoned by singing Don Juans. This is a lovely film to look at and a generally joyful romp overflowing with gags. Its examination of the cruelty of womanizers is light as air, but still makes its point to some degree.

A pleasure from start to finish. (subtitles) Czech Rep 2013 Jirí Menzel 100m Sun

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Sun 17 Aug

Open Air Screening at Priory Park 19:30 Oh! What a Lovely War (PG) 144m

Gates Open 19:30 - Film at Dusk (21:00 approx)

Main Auditorium 10:30 The Deer Hunter (18) 176m 14:00 Dvorak - In Love?

52m + Tony Palmer Intro 16:00 A Promise (15) 89m 18:00 Shanghai Gypsy (adv15) 124m + Q&A 21:00 God’s Pocket (15 tbc) 89m

Sat 9 Aug Open Air Screening at Priory Park 19:30 Some Like It Hot (PG) 121m

Gates Open 19:30 - Film at Dusk (21:00 approx)

Thu 14 Aug Main Auditorium Opening Gala: 18:30 Night Train to Lisbon 111m

Food from 18:30 - Film at 20:30

Fri 15 Aug Main Auditorium 10:30 The Policeman’s Wife (18) 175m 14:00 Night Train to Lisbon 111m 16:15 God’s Pocket (15) 89m 18:15 Million Dollar Arm (12A) 124m 21:00 Hector & the Search of Happiness (15) 110m In the Studio 13:45 Rent Rebels (Mietrebellen) 80m 16:00 Mid-August Lunch (U) 75m 18:00 The Year & the Vineyard + Q&A (15) 80m 20:30 Seduce Me (15) 83m Roundhill Picture Palace 14:15 The Salt of Life (12A) 90m 16:30 Two Shorts from Romania & Albania (Free Screening)

Sat 16 Aug Main Auditorium 10:30 The Great Beauty (15) 142m 13:15 Hector & the Search for Happiness (15) 115m 15:30 Opera: The Magic Flute 150m + 15m interval 18:45 Two Days, One Night (12A tbc) 95m 20:45 Million Dollar Arm 124m In the Studio 13:45 Talk: Sex, Guilt & Decadence; in Contemporary Italian Cinema 16:00 One Man Up (15) 100m 18:30 Slow Food Story 73m + Q&A 20:30 Panic (adv15) 100m

In The Studio 13:45 LoveHate (adv15) 105m 16:00 Talk: Postcards from the Other Side of the Wall 18:15 The Salt Of life (12A) 90m 20:30 Little Happiness (adv15) 116m Roundhill Picture Palace 18:00 One Man Up (15) 100m

Mon 18 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 Joyeux Noel (12A) 113m 13:30 Two Days, One Night 95m 15:45 Balkan Bazaar (adv15) 93m + intro 18:30 Attila Marcel 103m 20:30 Mystery Road (15tbc) 121m In The Studio 13:45 Dr Ray and the Devils (adv18) 80m + intro 16:00 Pot Luck (15) 120m 18:15 The Family Friend (15) 102m 20:15 Silent Sea (adv15) 142m Roundhill Picture Palace 15:45 Little Happiness (adv15) 116m

Tue 19 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (15) 123m 13:30 Mystery Road 121m 16:00 A Promise 98m 18:15 Under Milk Wood 87m + Q&A 20:45 Goltzius and the Pelican Company (18) 128m In The Studio 13:30 Russian Dolls (15) 125m 16:00 Dylan on Dylan (PG) 65m + intro 18:00 All God’s Children (adv18) 101m 20:30 Shanghai Gypsy (adv15) 124m Roundhill Picture Palace 15:45 The Family Friend (15) 102m 18:15 Pot Luck (15) 120m

Roundhill Picture Palace 16:15 Seduce Me (adv15) 83m

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Wed 20 Aug

Sat 23 Aug

Main Auditorium 11:00 Chinese Puzzle (15) 120m 13:15 The Grand Seduction (12A 113m) 15:45 Night Moves 112m 18:00 Ida 80m 20:15 Special Event Film: Stan Tracey: Godfather of British Jazz 70m 22:00 Live Jazz: Bobby Wellins Quartet perform Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite

Main Auditorium 11:00 Spring In A small Town (U) 98m 13:00 Rush (15) 124m + Intro 15:45 Lauda: 33 Days Born to be Bad 90m + Q&A 18:15 Doll & Em (adv15) 112m + intro 21:00 Sin City: A Dame to Die For (15 tbc) 120m

In The Studio 14:00 Hungry Man (adv15) 75m 16:00 Il Divo (15) 114m 18:15 Corpo Celeste (U) 100m 20:30 The David Dance (adv15) 108m

In the Studio 13:30 The Japanese Dog (adv12A) 85m 16:00 Balkan Bazaar (adv15) 93m 18:30 Aprile (15) 75m 20:30 Agnus Dei (adv18) 111m

Roundhill Picture Palace 18:00 Silent Sea (adv15) 142m

Roundhill Picture Palace 16:15 Sally in our Alley (PG) 75m 18:45 Hungry Man (adv15) 70m

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Sun 24 Aug

Main Auditorium 11:00 A Very Long Engagement (15) 128m 13:30 Ida 80m 15:30 Halima’s Path (adv15) 93m 17:30 Skylight - NT Live (12A) 165m Inc interval 21:00 In Order of Disappearance (15 tbc) 116m

Main Auditorium 10:30 Skylight 165m inc interval 13:30 Violette (15tbc) 140m 16:15 The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer (adv15) 90m + intro 18:45 The Claim (15) 116m 21:00 The Keeper of Lost Causes (15) 97m

In the Studio 13:15 The Consequences of Love (15) 102m 15:30 Panic (adv15) 100m 18:00 The Watchmaker’s Apprentice 67m + Q&A 20:45 Flow (adv12A) 75m Roundhill Picture Palace 15:45 The David Dance (adv15) 108m 18:15 Corpo Celeste (U) 100m

Fri 22 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 La Grande Illusion (PG) 106m 13:30 In Order of Disappearance (15 tbc) 116m

16:00 Argerich (PG) 95m 18:30 The Grand Seduction (12A) 113m 21:00 Sin City: A Dame to Die For (cert tbc) 120m In the Studio 13:15 Sally in Our Alley (PG) 74m 15:15 Gomorrah (15) 137m 18:00 Cocos 1914 50m +Q&A 20:30 Halima’s Path (adv15) 93m Roundhill Picture Palace 15:45 Flow (adv12A) 75m 18:15 Dr Ray and the Devils (adv18) 80m

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In the Studio 14:00 The Voice of Peppino Impastato 70m + Intro 16:15 Nurse Edith Cavel (PG) 95m 18:15 The Japanese Dog 85m 20:30 The Consequences of Love 102m Roundhill Picture Palace 18:30 The Voice of Peppino Impastato 70m 20:00 Agnus Dei (adv18) 111m

Mon 25 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 Farewell to Arms (PG) 88m 13:15 The Keeper of Lost Causes (15) 97m 15:15 Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story (15) 17:30 Opera: Carmen 180m + interval 21:00 Lakshmi (adv18) 115m In the Studio 13.30 Talk: The Shadow of War (Films on WW1) 15.30 Nurse Edith Cavell (PG) 95m 18.00 We Have a Pope PG 105m 20.30 Il Divo (15) 114m Roundhill Picture Palace 18:15 LoveHate (adv15) 102m

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Fri 29 Aug

Main Auditorium 10:30 Zulu (PG) 138m 13:15 Papusza 132m 16:00 The Road to Guantanamo (15) 96m 18:15 Leave to Remain (15) 90m + Q&A 21:00 Stations of the Cross (12A) 107m

Main Auditorium 10:30 The Last Emperor (Director’s Cut) (15) 217m 14:30 Watermark 92m 16:30 Genova (15) 89m 18:30 The Priest’s Children 96m 20:45 My Name is Hmmm… (15tbc) 121m

In the Studio 13:00 Gomorrah (15) 137m 15:45 Lakshmi (adv15) 115m 18:00 The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas 88m 20:30 Dvorak - In Love? 52m Roundhill Picture Palace 18:15 Mid-August Lunch (U) 75m

Wed 27 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 To Catch A thief (PG) 106m 13:15 Stations of the Cross (12A) 107m 15:45 A Mighty Heart (15) 110m 18:15 Class Enemy (adv15) 112m 21:00 Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot 106m In the Studio 13:45 The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (adv15) 88m 16:00 David Jones: Innovations & Consolidations 59m +Q&A 18:00 Bread and Tulips (12A) 112m 20:30 The Major (adv15) 99 min Roundhill Picture Palace 18:15 Rent Rebels (Mietrebellen) 80m

Thu 28 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 Bad Hair 93m 14:00 School of Babel 89m 16:15 In this World (15) 89m 18:15 Surprise Film 21:00 Welcome to New York (18) 125m Chichester Cathedral 21:15 War Requiem (15) In the Studio 13:45 The Major (adv15) 99m 16:00 Bread and Tulips (12A) 112m 18:30 The Deflowering of Eva Van End (adv15) 98m 20:45 Mushrooming (adv15) 93m

St John’s Chapel 21:15 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (PG)

With Live Organ Accompaniment In the Studio 14:00 The Deflowering of Eva Van End (adv15) 98m 16.00 All God’s Children (adv18) 101m 18.15 Talk: The Winterbottom Phenomenon 20.30 We Have a Pope (PG) 105m Roundhill Picture Palace 16:15 El Círculo De Raynard (adv15) 92m

Sat 30 Aug Main Auditorium 10:30 Violette (15tbc) 140m 13:15 The Priest’s Children 96m 15:15 The Trip (15) 108m 17:30 Opera: Aida from La Scala 175m inc interval 20:45 A Most Wanted Man 124m In the Studio 13:00 The Moo Man 98m 15:30 Mushrooming (adv15) 93m 18:00 Les Cyclistes 90m + Q&A 20:30 El Círculo De Raynard (adv15) 92m Roundhill Picture Palace TBA

Sun 31 Aug Main Auditorium 11:00 Magic in the Moonlight 100m 13:15 The Don Juans (adv15) 100m 15:30 tba 18:00 Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot 106m Closing Gala: 18:30 Magic in the Moonlight 100m

Food from 18:30 - Film at 20:30

Roundhill Picture Palace 16:15 The Moo Man 98m

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Special Events & Talks As is customary during the Chichester International Film Festival, we offer not onlyan on-screen experience, but also a real connection to those involved in creatingthe films that grace our silver screen.

This year we bring you Directors, Producers and Actors offering insights into the creation of their films, including Daniel Brühl (subject to filming commitments), Andrew Eaton, Tony Palmer and Andrew Sinclair. We also welcome Writers and Lecturers sharing their knowledge on the various sidebars of the Festival with illustrated talks. And of course, our Special Events such as the live Jazz music evening, the Silent Film with live organ Accompaniment, War Requiem at Chichester Cathedral and our always exciting Surprise Film.

Sex, Guilt And Decadence An illustrated talk by writer Ian Haydn Smith who draws on the rich history of Italian film, from the Neorealists in the post-war era, as well as the great directors that followed, including Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Leone, Pasolini, Bertolucci, Bava and Argento, to look at the way Italian cinema is today.

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16 Aug 13:45 (See pg68)

Dvorák - In Love?

Tony Palmer introduces his film originally made for Czechoslovakian television. In September 1988 he filmed a new recording of the Dvorák’s Cello Concerto in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the great maestro Václav Neumann. The soloist was Julian Lloyd-Webber, already making a reputation as one of the leading British cellists of his generation.

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17 Aug 14:00 (See pg31)

Postcards From The Other Side Of The Wall An Illustrated Talk by Phillip Bergson about the films of Eastern Europe, where veteran and younger film-makers shake off the shackles of censorship and adapt to the changing tastes of local and festival audiences since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

With supporting clips from new features.

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Lauda: 33 Days - Born To Be Wild and Rush A double bill of last year’s hit film ‘Rush’ starring Daniel Bruhl and Chris Hemsworth, plus Niki Lauda‘s incredible journey told with never before seen footage and exclusive interviews in ‘Lauda: 33 Days’.

We are pleased to welcome the director of this documentary Hannes Schalle to introduce the screening with distributor of the film Michael Cowan, and join Daniel Brühl and Andrew Eaton for a final Q&A.

Sat

23 Aug 15:45 (See pg57)

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23 Aug 13:00 (See pg57)

The Shadow Of War An illustrated talk by Ian Haydn Smith focusing on films set during WW1. One of the most fascinating aspects regarding the body of films that represent the First World War is the proportion of anti-war films that were made.

Mon 25 Aug 13:30 (See pg67)

Tribute To Dylan Thomas & Stan Tracey (Jazz Night) An exciting evening of live music and film following on from last year’s successful combination of a Jazz film and live gig.

Wed 20 Aug 20:15 (Gig at 22:00) (See pg59)

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Thu 28 Aug 18:15

War Requiem Presented in Chichester Cathedral Derek Jarman’s visual evocation of Britten’s choral masterpiece blended with the poetry of British First World War poet, Wilfred Owen.

Introduced by the Cathedral’s Chancellor, the Reverend Canon Dr Anthony Cane.

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28 Aug 21:15 (See pg66)

The Winterbottom Phenomenon An illustrated talk by Philip Kemp about Michael Winterbottom, by far the most versatile and prolific director currently working in the British film industry. In this talk, Kemp outlines Winterbottom’s exceptional output – with copious clips.

Fri

29 Aug 18:15 (See pg56)

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Special Event presented in St Johns Chapel

The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

Fri

With Live Organ Accompaniment by Ben Hall Following on from the highly successful gothic silent films over the last two years, both shown at St John’s Chapel with amazing live original scores by organist Ben Hall, we present another silent masterpiece of the genre once again accompanied by Ben on the organ.

One of the most iconic masterpieces in cinema history, Robert Wiene’s ‘Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari’ shook filmgoers worldwide and changed the direction of the art form.

Now presented in a definitive restoration (premiered at this year’s Berlin film Festival), the film’s chilling, radically expressionist vision, is set to grip viewers again.

At a carnival, hypnotist Dr. Caligari presents the somnambulist Cesare, who can predict the future of curious fairgoers. But at night, the doctor wakes Cesare to enact his evil bidding…

Incalculably influential, the film’s sets, and sinister atmospheric emphasis left an immediate impact in its wake (horror, film noir and gothic cinema would all be shaped directly by it). And what striking improvisation will our organist Ben Hall conjure up for us this time? (intertitles)

29 Aug 21:15

Germany 1919 Robert Wiene 70m approx

Introductions and Q&A’s The following films will also have Introductions and/or post screening Q&A’s with directors and guests. Please note that some film makers may have last minute work commitments and unable to attend.

Night Train To Lisbon

The Year And The Vineyard

Introduced by distributor Michael Cowan

Introduced by director Jon Cenzual Burley

Thu 14 Aug 18:30 (See pg6)

Thu 14 Aug 18:30 (See pg15)

Slow Food Story

Shanghai Gypsy

Introduced by producer Sarah Pennacchi

Introduced by lead actress Asli Bayram and post screening Q&A

Thu 14 Aug 18:30 (See pg47)

Thu 14 Aug 18:30 (See pg30)

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Balkan Bazaar Introduced by Philip Bergson Mon 18 Aug 15:45 (See pg34)

Halima’s Path Introduced by director Arsen Ostojic Thu 21 Aug 15:30 (See pg33)

Dr Ray And The Devils

Under Milk Wood

Andrew Sinclair will discuss the film’s gestation and production

Introduced and Q&A by director Andrew Sinclair

Mon 18 Aug 13:45 (Studio) (See pg31)

Dylan On Dylan Andrew Sinclair will discuss the film’s gestation and production

Tue 19 Aug 18:15 (See pg58)

Cocos 1914 Introduced by producer Tristan Lorraine Fri 22 Aug 18:00 (Studio) (See pg67)

Tue 19 Aug 16:00 (Studio) (See pg58)

Doll & Em Introduced by producer Andrew Eaton Sat 23 Aug 18:15 (See pg11)

Introduced by producer Alistair Audsley and director David Armstrong Thu 21 Aug 18:00 (Studio) (See pg49)

Mafia Double Bill

Leave To Remain

Introduced by Artistic Director of Italian Cinema London Clara Caleo Green

Introduced by some of the filmmakers.

Sun 24 Aug 14:00 & 16:15 (See pg73)

Tue 26 Aug 18:15 (See pg12)

David Jones

Les Cyclistes

Introduced by director David Schiel who will discuss the work of David Jones

Introduced by David Furnham

Wed 27 Aug 16:00 (Studio) (See pg50)

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The Watchmaker’s Apprentice

Sat 30 Aug 18:00 (Studio) (See pg52)

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Rent Rebels Mietrebellen - Widerstand gegen den Ausverkauf der Stadt A documentary about the Resistance against the sell-out of the city of Berlin, revealing the power of people protest.

Berlin has changed a lot in recent years due to the many newcomers. The extra population means that owners now use their hitherto little sought after homes as a safe investment. The conversion to condominiums and rising rents are now common. A wide range of problems are discussed: decreasing government support of social housing, meeting places for seniors are being closed, converted old buildings in the so-called problem areas are being turned into luxury real estate. (subtitles) Germany 2013 Matthias Coers / Gertrude Schulte Westenberg 80m

Fri 15 Aug 13:45 (Studio) Wed 27 Aug 18:15 (Picture Palace)

With thanks to independent film makers Gertrude Schulte Westenberg and Matthias Coers.

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Slow Food Story A fascinating film about a sparkling Italian politician, who industrialized the protection of local gastronomic values.

In 1986, Carlo Petrini founded the ArciGola Gastronomic Association in Italy and three years later in Paris, launched Slow Food, an international anti-fast-food resistance movement. An ebullient presence, CarlĂŹn has become an ambassador for thinking about food differently. From the tiny town of Bra, the Slow Food movement has grown to become a revolution that now has roots in more than 150 countries. Cheese-makers, vintners, and artisanal food folk, toast Slow Food for bringing about a change in consciousness that shook the very foundation of gastronomy. A joyous romp of a film, filled with all manner of delectable scenes of food, drink and song, amply demonstrating that adventure is best served in heaped helpings. (subtitles) Italy 2013 Stefano Sardo 73m We hope to welcome the producer Sarah Pennacchi to introduce her film.

Telluride Film Festival, Berlinale

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The Moo Man This hilarious documentary follows the Hook family farm – a concern with a comparatively small head of cattle and a product of raw (unpasteurized) milk, which sells at a better price than the mass milk we buy for almost no money in the super market.

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28 Aug 16:15 (Picture Palace) 30 Aug 13:00 (Studio)

UK 2013 Andy Heathcote / Heike Bachelier 98m See page 8 for full details in the UK Films section (Czechoslovakia)

Dvorák - In Love?

Tony Palmer introduces his film originally made for Czechoslovakian television in 1988, but never shown in communist controlled Czechoslovakia.

Sun 17 Aug 14:00 inc Intro (Main Auditorium) Tue 26 Aug 20:30 (Studio)

See page 31 for full details in the East Meets West section.

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Dylan On Dylan A Documentary on Dylan Thomas The life of the greatest poet of his age is unravelled by biographer and filmmaker Andrew Sinclair – the visionary who transformed Thomas’ ‘Under Milk Wood’ into a motion picture in 1972.

‘Dylan on Dylan’ traces Thomas’ journey from fascinated child to fêted, weary adult via classic acting performances from Burton, Hemmings et al, all the while analysed by Sinclair in his own unique, microscopic style.

A major addition to the Thomas canon.

With Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Aeron Thomas, David Jason and Angharad Rees.

UK 2002 Andrew Sinclair 65m

Tue

19 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

We are delighted to welcome Andrew Sinclair to discuss the gestation and production of ‘Dylan on Dylan’.

Stan Tracey:

The Godfather Of British Jazz A documentary on the late jazz pianist and composer of the ‘Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite.’

UK 2003 John Akomfrah 70m Wed 20 Aug 20:15

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The Watchmaker’s Apprentice

Thu 21 Aug 18:00 (Studio)

A compelling new film about two of the world’s greatest watchmakers, their extraordinary craft, their touching relationship and their unique personalities.

The inspirational story of how Dr. George Daniels rose from Dickensian poverty to become the finest watchmaker of the modern era and how Roger Smith embarked on an obsessive, seven-year quest to become his apprentice and eventually, his equal. ‘Once upon a time, there was a man who held the universe in his top pocket. A universe encased in solid gold and crafted entirely by his own two hands.’ It’s about obsession, passion, personality and perseverance. It is about the passage of time, making every moment count, about life and, ultimately, about death, about our fleeting existence and the opportunities we have to leave an eternally lasting imprint on the world. Narrated by actor John Rhys Davies, the film contains the last interview George Daniels gave, just months before his death in October 2011.

UK 2013 David Armstrong 67m We hope to welcome the producer Alistair Audsley and director David Armstrong to introduce this film.

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Argerich

With thanks to New Wave Fri 22 Aug 16:00

This film, made by Stephanie Argerich, daughter of Martha Argerich, the great pianist, is an exploration of a complex mother-daughter relationship in the usually always difficult relationship between child and famous parent.

This is one of the most unusual biographical documentaries of its kind ever made. It is not, to be accurate, a biography or sketch of the life of pianist Martha Argerich, but a collection of scenes and recollections about her life and of those close to her, like her daughter Stephanie Argerich-Blagojevic who made the film, her other daughters, Annie Dutoit and violist Lyda Chen, and her one-time lover, pianist Stephen Kovacevich (once known as Stephen Bishop, and then Bishop-Kovacevich). Most surprising is that Argerich has allowed so much of her life to be presented in a very candid and not necessarily sympathetic way. Granted, her daughter as the filmmaker is very close to Argerich and thus a faithful supporter, but she is also very observant and discerning, aware that a depiction of her mother as a saint would be akin to a made-toorder promotional film largely bereft of artistic merit. This film is a great achievement, showing among other things both the humanness and humanity of Martha Argerich, while alerting the world to the film-documentary talents of her daughter Stephanie. (Subtitles) Switzerland 2013 Stephanie Argerich 95m

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Cocos 1914

The Encounter between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden A documentary about the encounter between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden during the legendary naval encounter in 1914.

UK 2014 Produced by Tristan Lorraine 50m We welcome the producer Tristan Loraine to introduce the film.

Fri

22 Aug 18:00 (Studio) See page 67 for full information.

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The Voice Of Peppino Impastato Part of a special Mafia double bill The documentary tells the main episodes of Peppino Impastato’s life and his fight against the Mafia, emphasizing his activity as an investigative journalist.

When he was 15, Peppino became fully aware of what Mafia was when his uncle - a Mafia boss - was killed. From that moment he decided to devote his life to fight Cosa Nostra. (subtitles) Italy 2013 Ivan Vadori 70m See page 73 for full information.

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24 Aug 14:00 (Studio) 24 Aug 18:30 (Picture Palace)

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David Jones:

Innovation & Consolidation The third in a trilogy of documentaries

by David Shiel on David Jones.

Following on from ‘David Jones Between the Wars: The Years of Achievement’, which we screened in our 2012 Festival, the third film takes him from the Second World War up to the time of his death in 1974 at Calvary Nursing Home in Harrow. This deals with Jones as an innovator and how his work is consolidated both as painter and as poet.

The former Archbishop of Canterbury speaks about Jones and also the critics Paul Hills and Frances Spalding amongst others.

UK 2013 David Schiel 59m We are pleased to welcome back David Schiel, director of the film to introduce and discuss the work of David Jones.

Wed 27 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

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Watermark A documentary that takes on the task of exploring humankind’s relationship with water.

It deals with how bodies of water have been changed over time, and how water has shaped the manmade world. It is an objective look into the matter; it does not shame, accuse, or vilify anything, it merely explores and exposes. Traveling through different locations, relationships are exposed in different ways.

“How does water shape us? And how do we shape water? There is this interplay between what nature has provided and what technology can do.” And, alas, all too often the power of technology is harnessed to the task of making war on nature. Visually, the film is remarkable. Clear and open shots of hyper buildings, rivers, rice fields, and more create a plethora of images that are nothing less than impressive. It is truly a privilege to be able to see some of these sites in such high definition.

Canada 2013 Jennifer Baichwal / Edward Burtynsky 92m With thanks to SODA Pictures Won Best Feature-Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards Toronto International Film Festival Fri

29 Aug 14:30

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School Of Babel La Cour de Babel

Thanks to VERVE pictures

Director Julie Bertuccelli captures the uniqueness of a Parisian class whose students struggle with integration.

Within the classroom documentaries in recent years, ‘School of Babel’ will rise to the front ranks, avoiding gratuitous cuteness in favour of a more substantive focus on the struggles of international adolescents coping with the immigrant experience. Director Julie Bertuccelli captures the uniqueness of a Parisian class whose students struggle with integration on top of French and other subjects, and while some may be wary of yet another schoolhouse treatment, this blackboard jungle focuses more on identity than on academia. The school of La Grange aux Belles in northern Paris has a program for immigrant children (many of whom have a hesitant grasp of French) that provides intense language lessons alongside the core curriculum so the kids can ultimately matriculate into regular classes. Students in the class range in age from 11 to 15 and come from all corners of the globe and all walks of life. As is common among immigrants, many must also be their parents’ mouthpieces. (subtitles)

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France 2013 Julie Bertuccelli 89m

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Les Cyclistes This lively presentation by David Furnham considers the cultural differences between the French and English towards cycling today and from the recent past, with music by Stephen Horne.

The programme draws on often humorous archive footage from Pathé UK and French Gaumont newsreels, and contemporary narrative short films from David’s personal observational footage. The main film, ‘Allez, Allez, Allez,’ (30m) drawing inspiration from Jacques Tati, follows four eccentric Brits, and a mysterious Van, on a cycling holiday as they travel along the Avenue Verte to Neufchatel en Braye, then on to the Ile de Noirmoutier to see the Tour de France, before ending the journey ascending Mount Ventoux, paying homage to the British cyclist Tom Simpson on the way.

“Cycling”, they conclude, “is for Everyone!”

France/UK Compiled 2014 David Furnham 60m + intros

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Winterbottom & Eaton We explore the prolific talent of Michael Winterbottom (Director) with six of his films, produced by Andrew Eaton, plus two of Andrew’s films (‘Rush’ & ‘Doll & Em’).

Together with Andrew, we hope to welcome Daniel Brühl to introduce their films.

Introduction by Andrew Eaton Michael and I have made more than twenty films together since we formed Revolution Films thirty years ago in April 1994. It has been a fantastic journey, full of adventures, arrests, surprises and a few tears. We have made many friends along the way, working with regular collaborators, in front of and behind the camera.

Originally the idea behind having a company together was to allow us to develop ideas and scripts while retaining as much control as possible in the early stages. I think the fact we both came out of a documentary background in television meant we were always keen to work in a flexible way, without the huge circus that many filmmakers feel is necessary. We’ve always tried to work with as small a crew as possible, usually with no hair and make-up on set, eight hour continuous days and very few frills.

If I had to pick favourites, they would probably be THE CLAIM and IN THIS WORLD. They were both life-changing experiences for different reasons. The first was a hugely ambitious film, mostly shot 8,000 feet up a snow-covered mountain in the Canadian Rockies, and the second was a mad and risky endeavour following a journey from Pakistan to London.

However, THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO took us back to some of the most dangerous parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan and we were made enough to go back a third time for A MIGHTY HEART. Working with Colin Firth on GENOVA was a delightful relief after those experiences and travelling around the North of England with Steven Coogan and Rob Brydon on THE TRIP felt like a holiday by comparison. THE TRIP was a project that grew out of the improvised scenes we shot with Steve and Rob that bookend our Shandyean comedy, A COCK AND BULL STORY. Every one of the films was a learning experience and I hope we get to enjoy the privilege of making many more.

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The Claim 2001 A western version of Thomas Hardy’s Mayor of Casterbridge.

In this gentle-paced and beautifully shot epic, Michael Winterbottom has taken Hardy’s ‘Mayor of Casterbridge’ from England and reset to gold-rush America. In doing so he has preserved the novel’s themes: the clash of the old world with the new, the lust for glory and the tragedy of personal ambition.

The acting is exceptional (including Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley), the scenery stunning, and the soundtrack by Nyman sets the mood perfectly. It is a simple morality tale told in a thoughtful and compelling way that rewards attention to its subtleties. A film for the soul.

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In This World 2002

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28 Aug 16:15

A convincing insight into the concealed world of human trafficking, and the desperate lengths some people will go to in order to seek a ‘better’ life in the Western World.

Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom’s compelling and prescient ‘In This World’ follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan.

Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refugee centre and ultimately asylum in London. Multi award winner including Best Film not in the English Language Bafta and the Golden Bear, Berlin.

UK 2002 M. Winterbottom 89m

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Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story 2005

Mon 25 Aug 15:15

Crossing the line between the world of the film and the life of the actors trying to make it, Steve Coogan plays both himself and Tristram Shandy, while Rob Brydon plays himself and Toby.

In Winterbottom’s take on Laurence Sterne’s digressive ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman’, the prolific director combines literature with lunacy. Coogan doesn’t just portray the 18th century squire, but his father Walter, and insecure actor “Steve Coogan.” It’s a film about the making of a film, effortlessly shifting between Tristram’s tumultuous birth and his frustrated adulthood, and between fiction and fact. Rob Brydon plays Tristram’s Uncle Toby in this film, about a film, about an unfilmable book. Wonderfully quirky.

UK 2005 M. Winterbottom 95m

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The Road To Guantanamo 2006

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26 Aug 16:00

This docu-drama is the true story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home.

Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings, ignorance, confusions and friendships as step by step they go from the safety of their small-town teenage existence to the heart of the ‘war on terror’. Through a series of interviews, dramatised scenes and archive news footage, the film shows how the Tipton Three ended up in Afghanistan hiding with Taliban fighters under fire from US Fighter planes. Michael Winterbottom won the Silver Bear for Direction at the 56th Berlin Film Festival.

UK 2006 M. Winterbottom 96m

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A Mighty Heart 2007 Stars Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl in an adaptation of her memoir about the kidnapping and murder of her journalist husband, Daniel Pearl, by Pakistani militants.

‘A Mighty Heart’ comes at the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl with a de-glamorised intensity: it’s not a melodrama about Pearl’s kidnapping and killing at the hands of Islamic terrorists, but a near-documentary about the process of trying to find him. Thus the centre of the film is not Pearl, but his wife Mariane (Jolie), a cool customer who manages – almost - to maintain her calm throughout the weeks-long ordeal.

UK 2007 M. Winterbottom 110m Wed 27 Aug 15:45

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Genova 2008

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29 Aug 16:30

A man (Colin Firth) moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives.

After his wife’s death, Joe (Firth) accepts a teaching job in Genova, Italy, to start with a fresh slate, and moves from Chicago with his two daughters. Sullen teen Kelly detaches herself from them and starts seeing boys and going to parties, while haunted pre-teen Mary clings to her mother’s memory, whilst Joe’s university friend Barbara (Catherine Keener) helps them settle in. Firth is superb as usual, hovering around the edges because this really isn’t his story. The film focuses on the girls (Perla Haney-Jardine & Willa Holland), who bring a real sense of pain and honesty to their roles. They are especially good on screen together, showing a strikingly believable balance of love, resentment and misunderstanding.

UK 2008 M. Winterbottom 94m

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The Trip 2010

Sat 30 Aug 15:15

After the recent ‘The Trip to Italy’ here is a chance to revisit their first film.

Steve Coogan has been commissioned to review restaurants in the North of England.

When his food-loving girlfriend backs out, he is faced with a week of meals for one.

Reluctantly, he calls Rob Brydon, the only person he can think of who will be available.

The pair begin a journey of bickering, jokes and reflection. Across the dinner tables of the North’s best restaurants, the neurotic and sardonic Coogan and the genial, eagerto-entertain Brydon spar on anything from Coleridge or career insecurities, to which of them does the best Michael Caine impression.

Sparkling dialogue, beautiful scenery, exquisite gourmet cuisine and inspired, free-flowing, improvised comedy from two of the finest comic actors around.

UK 2010 M. Winterbottom 108m Special Preview

Doll & Em Emily Mortimer employs her friend Dolly as her assistant, blurring the lines between personal and professional relationships with hilarious results.

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23 Aug 18:15

UK / USA 2013 Azazel Jacobs 124m See pg11 for full details in the UK Films section

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The Winterbottom Phenomenon

In this talk, Philip Kemp outlines Winterbottom’s exceptional output – with copious clips.

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An illustrated talk by Philip Kemp Michael Winterbottom is by far the most versatile and prolific director currently working in the British film industry. Since making his feature debut in 1995 he’s directed at least one film a year, plus a good deal of TV work (including the recent twin series ‘The Trip’ and ‘The Trip to Italy’). There’s really no such thing as ‘a Winterbottom movie’: he swaps genres and styles with unfailing fluency. His output to date has included three Thomas Hardy adaptations (Jude, The Claim, Trishna), drama, rom-coms, sci-fi, documentaries, thrillers. He’s made a loose political group of films (In This World, The Road to Guantanamo, A Mighty Heart), a lesbian road movie (Butterfly Kiss), a piece of sexually explicit erotica (9 Songs), a futuristic allegory (Code 46), a fictionalised account of the 80s Manchester music scene (24 Hour Party People) and much more.

All they have in common is Winterbottom’s working method. He likes to shoot fast and cheaply, generally with hand-held cameras and mostly on location. He seems unconcerned about his films showing a profit, so long as each one generates enough funds to finance his next project. “For me,” he says, “making films is like watching films…. My general approach is to make the films as simply as possible. It’s more enjoyable that way.”

Special Event: Double Bill We are delighted to welcome to Chichester Daniel Brühl (subject to his UK filming commitments on this day), who plays Niki Lauda in ‘Rush’ and producer of the film, Andrew Eaton, who introduces both ‘Rush’ and the UK Premiere of the documentary ‘Lauda: 33 Days - Born to be Wild’ with its director Hannes Schalle and distributor Michael Cowan for a final Q&A.

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Rush A gripping story of fire and ice rivalry set in 1976 that makes today’s rights-managed Formula One look as dull as rain.

Ron Howard (‘A Beautiful Mind’) once again teams up with Academy Award-nominated writer Peter Morgan (‘Frost/Nixon’) on ‘Rush’, a fast-paced and spectacular re-creation of the merciless and legendary 1970s Formula 1 rivalry between English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and his Austrian opponent, Niki Lauda made enormously likable by Daniel Brühl (‘Goodbye Lenin, ‘Inglourious Basterds’).

Produced by Andrew Eaton.

UK 2012 Ron Howard 124m Sat

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Lauda: 33 Days – Born To Be Wild Niki Lauda‘s incredible journey told with never before seen footage and exclusive interviews including Lauda himself.

This is the unique hero’s journey of Niki Lauda in 1976 between his almost fatal crash at the green hell and his miraculous comeback in Monza 33 days after he left the hospital. The theatrical feature documentary with unseen footage and exclusive interviews features Sir Jackie Stewart, David Coulthard, Marc Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, HansJoachim Stuck, Jochen Mass, Daniele Audetto, Bernd Mayländer, and many more. The film also reflects on the safety development between the early 1900s and today.

UK/Austria 2014 Hannes M. Schalle 90m We are pleased to welcome the director Hannes Schalle to introduce the screening with distributor of the film Michael Cowan, and join Daniel Brühl and Andrew Eaton for a final Q&A.

Special Offer: With thanks to Bulldog Film Distributors Sat

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Under Milk Wood An imaginative, cinematic rendering of Dylan Thomas’s famous “play for voices,” typically read on stage by a handful of actors expressing the dialogue of more than 50 characters living in a small, Welsh fishing village.

Filmmaker Andrew Sinclair sets the story in a real seaside community and visually complements the text’s lengthy, opening narration by enlisting Richard Burton both for his brooding voiceover and a mysterious, on-screen role as a drunken gadabout soaking in the very soul of the town Thomas’ words describe. Once the narration ends, the film breathes freely with a succession of lively vignettes, some funny, some dramatic, but all rooted in the peculiar circumstances of characters who either feel trapped by or ensconced in their home. Peter O’Toole plays the wizened, blind Captain Cat, haunted by memories of drowned sailors but so attuned to the sounds of village life outside his window he can identify the children screaming in a park. Elizabeth Taylor (Burton’s wife at the time) makes a brief appearance as Rosie Probert, and the other players include Glynis Johns, Vivien Merchant and Victor Spinetti.

UK 1971 Andrew Sinclair 90m Tue

19 Aug 18:15 We are delighted to welcome the director Dr. Andrew Sinclair to introduce his film.

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Dylan On Dylan Dylan Thomas’ voyage from child to fêted adult poet is explored in this unique documentary.

The life of the greatest poet of his age is unravelled by biographer and filmmaker Andrew Sinclair – the visionary who transformed Thomas’ ‘Under Milk Wood’ into a motion picture in 1972. ‘Dylan on Dylan’ traces Thomas’ journey from fascinated child to fêted, weary adult via classic acting performances from Burton, Hemmings et al, all the while analysed by Sinclair in his own unique, microscopic style. A major addition to the Thomas canon. With Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Aeron Thomas, David Jason and Angharad Rees.

UK 2002 Andrew Sinclair 65m We are delighted to welcome Andrew Sinclair to discuss the gestation and production of ‘Dylan on Dylan’ and the creation of his classic feature ‘Under Milk Wood’. Showing after this documentary in the main auditorium.

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19 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

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An Evening Of Jazz And Film

Following on from last year’s successful combination of a Jazz film and live gig, we are delighted to present another special evening.

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Jazz Suite:

Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood The undoubted major jazz work ever conceived in the UK, this classic piece is now rarely performed in its entirety.

Stan Tracey’s music will be performed this evening by Bobby Wellins, who of course featured on the original recording in 1965, and is joined by Steve Melling on piano, Andy Cleyndert on bass and Clark Tracey on drums as ever. Narrated extracts for this performance will be read by Ben Tracey, Stan’s grandson who recently collaborated on “A Child’s Xmas” to superb reviews.

Wed 20 Aug 22:00

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Jazz Film:

Stan Tracey:

The Godfather Of British Jazz With its rich sound design and sumptuous digital cinematography, ‘Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz’ is a deeply moving portrait of one musician’s lifetime achievement.

In a career spanning 60 years as pianist and composer, Tracey, widely regarded as Britain’s greatest living arranger, recalls his life with unprecedented honesty. Through its mix of archive, landscape and interviews with musical giants such as saxophonist Courtney Pine, Bobby Wellins, saxophonist who worked regularly with Stan, doyenne Cleo Laine and jazz eminence Humphrey Lyttleton, a story of British culture emerges that had never been told before. Nominated for 2003 Grierson Award: Best Arts Documentary.

Wed 20 Aug 20.15 Film at 20.15, Live Gig from 22.00 Tickets £20

BBC Four Television 2003 John Akomfrah 70m

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Opera & Theatre Three sensational opera productions from one of the world’s greatest opera houses: La Scala, Milan.

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The Magic Flute Die Zauberflöte Beneath its fairy-tale surface, ‘The Magic Flute’ conceals the mysteries of an initiation ritual and a multi-layered plot, packed with allegories to fire up the imagination.

“A work worthy to be performed at the most solemn festivities, before the greatest of kings,” said Salieri of ‘Die Zauberflöte’ - Mozart’s masterpiece, penned in the last year of his life. Accompanying us on our journey are musical director Roland Böer, a cast of first-class Mozart performers and a magnificent production by William Kentridge.

And so, “by the power of music we walk cheerfully through the dark night of death.”

Tickets £15 (Friends/Students £13) to include interval wine Sat

16 Aug 15.30 - 18.20

Conductor - Roland Böer; Director - William Kentridge; Cast: Sarastro - Günther Groissböck; Tamino Saimir Pirgu; Sprecher I Priester - Detlef Roth; II Priester - Roman Sadnik; Königin der Nacht – Albina; Shagimuratova; Pamina - Genia Kühmeier;

An opera in two acts, sung in German with English subtitles. Recorded at Teatro alla Scala Milan, Italy on 24 Mar 2011. (Act 1: 68m Act 2: 84m). 170m including 15m interval.

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Carmen

Carmen wasn’t initially well received, but became, and still is, one of the most famous and popular works in the opera repertoire.

Young Bizet died soon after the premiere of ‘Carmen’, so never enjoyed its success.

Composers from Tchaikovsky to Verdi all expressed admiration for the work, but more than any “celebrity endorsement,” it is the music that maintains Carmen’s legacy: even complete opera novices will recognize the famous tunes. For this production, La Scala has hand-picked some of the hottest new talent, including up-and-coming Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, who won the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition 2008.

Conductor - Daniel Barenboim; Cast: Don José Jonas Kaufmann; Escamillo - Erwin Schrott; Carmen - Anita Rachvelishvili; Micaëla - Adriana Damato; Le Dancaïre - Francis Dudziak; Le Remendado Rodolphe Briand.

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Opera in four acts, sung in French with English subtitles. Recorded at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy on 7 Dec 2009 (Season Opening). (Act1: 58m - Act 2: 46m - Act 3: 40m - Act 4: 37m) 180m plus 15 minute interval after Act 2.

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Aida Zeffireli’s famous production of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ returns after its sell out performance at Chichester in 2012, one of the most popular operas of all time.

‘Aida’ premiered at the Cairo Opera House on Christmas Eve, 1871, and was an immediate commercial success. The plot is filled with political intrigue, love, betrayal, passion, and vengeance, and has captivated audiences for generations. Franco Zeffirelli brings his trademark extravagance this production, which features an ensemble of over 300 actors, singers and dancers – truly living up to Aida’s reputation as “an intimate chamber opera, with a circus in the middle.” This performance was rewarded with a 13-minute ovation at the conclusion of the opera.

Tickets £15 (Friends/Students £13) to include interval wine Sat

30 Aug 17.30 - 20.25

Conductor - Riccardo Chailly; Staging and scenic design - Franco Zeffirelli.

Cast: The King, bass - Marco Spotti; Amneris, mezzo-soprano - Ildikó Komlósi; Aida, soprano Violeta Urmana; Radames, tenor - Roberto Alagna; Ramfis, bass - Giorgio Giuseppini; Amonasro, baritone - Carlo Guelfi; Messenger, tenor - Antonello Ceron; Priestess, soprano Sae Kyung Rim. Opera in four acts, sung in Italian with English subtitles. Recorded at Teatro alla Scala Milan, Italy on 7 Dec 2006 (Season Opening).

Act1&2: 83m - Act3&4: 74m.

175m including interval.

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Skylight National Theatre Live Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan feature in the highly anticipated West End production of David Hare’s ‘Skylight’, directed by Stephen Daldry, broadcast live from London’s West End by National Theatre Live.

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.

As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. ‘Skylight’ is directed by Stephen Daldry who recently directed the sell-out West End production of ‘The Audience’.

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15.50) to include interval wine Thu 21 Aug 17:30 Sun 24 Aug 10:30

The Guardian Review - 5 Stars: “Everything about this production is finely judged, even down to the way the passage of time is denoted through the lights going on and off in the windows of Bob Crowley’s tower-block set. Hare’s play hits you straight between the eyes with its mixture of private pain and public rage at our profoundly polarised society.” - M. Billington 165m approx including interval.

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Commemorating World War One Following the earlier screenings in the Summer and the pre-festival open air presentation of ‘Oh! What A Lovely War’, the Festival offers the following films, supported by an illustrated talk given by Ian Haydn Smith.

Introduction: WW1 Films Over the course of the last century cinema has focused more on the Second World War than it has the first. It is unsurprising considering the complexity of European political relations in the lead-up to 1914 compared with the relatively straightforward, Manichean approach to the allied conflict against both Nazi Germany and imperial Japan. However, what films there are about WWI are nevertheless a fascinating collection, for the way that they represent the era, the sides they choose to represent and the way in which conflict is portrayed. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in Jean Renoir’s masterpiece ‘La Grande Illusion’. Featuring a career-defining performance by Jean Gabin and an iconic role for the great German director-turned-actor Erich von Stroheim, it is one of the must-see films in this programme.

Elsewhere, ‘Amélie’ director and star JeanPierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou re-team for ‘A Very Long Engagement’, the Christmas football match between German and British troops is dramatised in ‘Joyeux Noël’, there is Hemingway’s classic ‘A Farewell to Arms’, as well as two lesser known films, ‘Sally in our Alley’ and ‘Nurse Edith Cavell’. The local film ‘Cocos 1914’ will also screen. And finally Derek Jarman’s stunning interpretation of Britten’s ‘War Requiem’, with one of Laurence Olivier’s final performances.

– Ian Haydn Smith

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Joyeux Noël Merry Christmas Daniel Brühl, Gary Lewis and Guillaume Canet star in this life affirming WW1 film which focuses on the truces between enemies on the front lines.

A fictional account based on the widespread true stories of the unofficial truces between Allied and German forces that spread along the frontlines during the festive period.

Now commonly referenced as an example of the overlooked humanity of the soldiers that fought in the war, ‘Joyeux Noël’ depicts groups of German, French and Scottish soldiers getting together at Christmas to bury their dead and fraternise with one another.

Mon 18 Aug 11:00

France / Germany / UK 2005 Christian Carion 116m

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A Very Long Engagement Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles The story of a young woman’s relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One. The director-actor partnership behind ‘Amélie’ (Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Audrey Tatou) team up again here in a sombre romantic drama examining the personal fallout in the aftermath of the Great War. Tautou stars as Mathilde, a woman who undertakes an obsessive investigation into what happened to her fiancée at the Battle of the Somme (July – November 1916). Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul.

France 2004 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 133m

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Sally In Our Alley A British soldier goes off to fight in World War I, with his girlfriend waiting vand worried at home.

Featuring some of her iconic musical numbers, this bittersweet wartime romance was Gracie Fields’ first film role. Waitress Sally Winch (Fields) believes her soldier boyfriend (Ian Hunter) has died in the trenches when she stops receiving letters from him. In reality, he’s only been injured but has stopped writing so as to not become a burden on Sally. Still grieving years later, Sally’s fortunes change when her boyfriend eventually returns.

UK 1932 Maurice Elvey 74m

Fri 22 Aug 13:15 (Studio) Sat 23 Aug 16:15 (Picture Palace)

And a film to remember WW2

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence See Pg74 for full details in the Treasures from the Archives section Tue 19 Aug 11:00

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La Grande Illusion Renoir’s first masterpiece is widely recognised as one the greatest anti-war statements in cinema and one of the best films ever made.

By turns tragic and comic, this humanist tale of prisoners of war is a permanent fixture in the critical canon. Following the story of two captured French aviators and their repeated attempts to escape with their fellow inmates, this is a story about unrelenting spirit and shared humanity in the face of repression.

This was something that Renoir had gone through during his time spent serving time as an aviator in the war. Tapping into his own experiences and those of his peers, Renoir was able to produce a work that is at once deeply personal and universally resonant. The plot of ‘La Grande Illusion’ was absolutely authentic; “it was told to me by a number of comrades from the ’14 - ’18 war, particularly Pinsard. He was with the fighters, while I was in reconnaissance. Sometimes I had to go off and take pictures of the German lines. On several occasions he saved my life when the German fighters were becoming too insistent.

He was brought down seven times, was imprisoned seven times, and escaped seven times.” J. Renoir. Starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay and Eric von Stroheim. (subtitles) Fri

22 Aug 11:00

France 1937 Jean Renoir 106m

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Nurse Edith Cavell A gripping account – based on a true story – of the martyrdom of Edith Cavell.

Nurse Cavell’s German-occupied Brussels hospital cares for friend and foe alike, and becomes the focal point in an underground system assisting refugees and escaped POWs over the border to Holland. Cavell, a local noblewoman, the grandmother of an escaped prisoner-of-war, and others form an organization to help Belgian, French, English and other soldiers to escape. Eventually the Germans become aware of what’s happening and take action. When the German High Command accuses her of espionage, she is arrested, tried and sentenced to death before a firing squad. Starring Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver and George Sanders.

USA 1939 Herbert Wilcox 108m

Sun 24 Aug 16:15 (Studio) Mon 25 Aug 15:30 (Studio)

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War Requiem Presented in Chichester Cathedral Derek Jarman’s visual evocation of the original recording of Benjamin Britten’s choral masterpiece blended with the poignant poetry of British First World War poet, Wilfred Owen.

With no spoken dialogue and set against the music and lyrics of Britten’s ‘War Requiem’, Derek Jarman’s critically-acclaimed evocation of Britten’s choral masterpiece blended the Latin Mass of the Dead with the poignant poetry of Wilfred Owen. Read by Sir Laurence Olivier, dramatised scenes featuring performances from the likes of Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean and Laurence Olivier, are interwoven with cinematic, poetic images and harrowing archive footage which all serve to recreate the horrors of 20th century warfare.

UK 1989 Derek Jarman 90m

Thu 28 Aug 21:15 (Chichester Cathedral)

Introduction by the Chichester Cathedral Chancellor, the Reverend Canon Dr Anthony Cane.

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A Farewell To Arms

Mon 25 Aug 11:00

A film of Ernest Hemingway’s novel made in 1932 with Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou and Mary Philips, and restored to coincide with this year’s centenary of the outbreak of World War 1.

This masterpiece film of Hemingway’s novel, is both a persuasive picture of the nightmare that was WW1 and a deeply affecting tribute to the transcendent power of love. Gary Cooper excels as Frederic Henry, an American serving in the Italian ambulance brigade who meets, through his womanising doctor friend (Adolphe Menjou), Catherine (Helen Hayes), an English nurse whose fiancé died at the Somme. Frederic’s initial attempts to flirt fail to impress, but war can have an odd way of bringing people together. While the film successfully evokes the horrific carnage and despair-inducing dimensions of modern warfare, it centres on the flowering of a relationship so passionate and mutually regenerative that it overcomes even the constraints of time and place. The film is characterized by Charles Lang’s fluid, painterly, Oscar-winning cinematography (combining expressionism and incandescence), several truly remarkable montage sequences and some rapt performances. The extraordinary Liebestod that forms its climax is at once utterly exhilarating and strangely modern.

USA 1932 Frank Borzage 88m

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Cocos 1914

The Encounter between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden A documentary about the Encounter between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden during the legendary naval encounter in 1914.

This new documentary explores the history of the Cocos Keeling Islands from the first settlement to the present day with focus on the legendary 1914 naval encounter, known as the ‘Battle of the Cocos.’ This compelling documentary explores Australia’s first naval victory and was filmed in High Definition and produced in co-operation with the Cocos (Keeling) Island Tourism Association. Made by Fact Not Fiction, located in Horsham.

UK 2014 Produced by Tristan Lorraine 50m We welcome the producer Tristan Loraine to introduce the film.

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22 Aug 18:00 (Studio)

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The Shadow Of War An illustrated talk by Ian Haydn Smith One of the most fascinating aspects regarding the body of films that represent the First World War is the proportion of anti-war films that were made. There is an abhorrence of the horrors that unfolded on the fields of Europe and a questioning of the motives behind the conflict. A number of the films also take the opportunity to explore the way the world shifted as a result of the war, which saw the rise of an increasingly powerful working class, the end of an aristocratic oligarchy and a world less settled – one that would ultimately be redressed by the conflict of 1939-45. This talk will look at three aspects of the First World War: the period leading up to the conflict, the conflict itself, and the fallout of this devastating war. At the same time, it will show how different countries and cultures viewed the conflict, which itself showed how much the world had changed over the course of those four long years.

Mon 25 Aug 13:30 (Studio)

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Contemporary Italian Auteurs This brief survey of 14 films attempts to look at the work of more recent Italian cinema and directors from 1998 (Nanni Moretti’s ‘Aprile’) to recent works, and especially focuses on the films of Paulo Sorrentino, and star Toni Servillo.

Italian Cinema Few national cinemas were so defined by their cinema as Italy was from 1945-75. It produced some of the greatest directors to work in film and explored the many faces of the country during this period. Since then Italian cinema has faced significant decline, only to re-emerge over the last decade, thanks in part to a number of key auteurs.

If Nanni Moretti (represented here with his playful parody of Vatican life, ‘We Have a Pope’) is the bridge between the past and the present, Paolo Sorrentino has emerged as the Italian director par excellence. From his intriguing, elliptical thriller ‘The Consequences of Love’ and his crafty character piece ‘The Family Friend,’ to his brilliant and scathing political satire ‘Il Divo’, Sorrentino blends flawless writing with a visually resplendent directorial style. His most recent film, the Oscar-winning ‘The Great Beauty’, is very much a summation of his work to date and, in its portrayal of contemporary Rome’s intellectual elite, very much a modernreworking of Fellini’s 1960 classic ‘La Dolce Vita’. All of Sorrentino’s work, including his little-seen 2001 debut feature ‘One Man Up’, will screen throughout the festival and is the cornerstone of this retrospective of contemporary Italian cinema. Also included is the excellent ‘Corpo Celeste’, the debut of another promising talent Alice Rohrwacher.

There are also two new dramas about Mafia life: the documentary ‘Voice of Impasto’ and ‘Mafia Only Kills in the Summer’.

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An illustrated talk by Ian Haydn Smith What does contemporary Italian film have to say about the society it comes out of?

Moreover, what is the link between these new films and Italian cinema’s illustrious past? In this illustrated talk, writer Ian Haydn Smith draws on the rich history of Italian film, from the Neorealists in the post-war era, as well as the great directors that followed, including Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Leone, Pasolini, Bertolucci, Bava and Argento, to look at the way Italian cinema is today. The talk will play particular attention to the retrospective’s key figure, Paolo Sorrentino, as well as other major figures in contemporary Italian film. The discussion will also look at the role Italian history has played in these films and asks the question: is cinema capable of speaking for a nation in such a fragmented, multi-cultural world?

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One Man Up L’Uomo in Più

Sat 16 Aug 16:00 (Studio) Sun 17 Aug 18:00 (Picture Palace)

The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (‘Great Beauty’) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame, starring the charismatic Toni Servillo.

Evocatively set during the eighties, the film charts the decline of two men both named Antonio Pisapia who lead entirely separate yet strangely parallel lives. One (Toni Servillo, Great Beauty) is a pop singer who finds himself washed up after a sex scandal ends his run of success; the other (Andrea Renzi) a football hero whose playing career is abruptly cut short by injury. Sharply observed and featuring excellent performances from the two leads, Sorrentino’s compelling film explores the personal consequences wrought by cruel reversals of fortune. (subtitles) Italy 2001 Paolo Sorrentino 100m

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The Consequences Of Love Le Conseguenze dell’Amore

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21 Aug 13:15 (Studio) 24 Aug 20:30 (Studio)

An introverted man’s life changes completely when he finds himself attracted to a young bar-maid.

Sorrentino’s gripping psychological thriller probes the dark secret harboured by a middle-aged Italian loner (Tony Servillo).

Elegantly dressed, he impassively spends his days in his hotel bar, but his icy demeanour cracks when he begins to talk to barmaid Sofia. Featuring masterfully restrained performances from Servillo and Olivia Magnani, this is a tightly plotted, stylishly executed thriller that marks Sorrentino as an exciting and original filmmaker. (subtitles) Italy 2004 Paolo Sorrentino 100m

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The Family Friend L’Amico di Famiglia

Mon 18 Aug 18:15 (Studio) Tue 19 Aug 15:45 (Picture Palace)

An aging tailor (a wonderful Giacomo Rizzo) lives with his bed-ridden mother and is on the look-out for a wife.

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is repulsive, mean and money-hungry. He is asked by a man to lend him money for a wedding of his daughter, and falls in love at first sight and soon indulges in a “beauty and the beast” relationship. From the opening creepy noises and extreme visual stimulation, to the random cuts and bizarre set pieces, this is captivating. Great cinematography, music and the twisted central performance of Rizzo gives us a truly excellent if not a little disturbing movie which is part Lynch, part Fellini and all original. (subtitles) Italy 2006 Paolo Sorrentino 102m

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Il Divo

Wed 20 Aug 16:00 (Studio) Mon 25 Aug 20:30 (Studio)

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti (Toni Servillo), who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

Calm, ambiguous, Giulio Andreotti - known variously as “The Sphinx,” and “Il Divo” (a nickname for Julius Caesar) first entered government in 1946, and has served as Minister of the Interior, Defence, Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister, and currently, at the age of 90, Life Senator. Over the years he has been accused of ordering assassinations and of betraying anyone necessary to maintain power. The film follows Andreotti as his party is toppled by a trial involving accusations of corruption, murder and Mafia connections.

The trial brought a wave of suicides of high-level national figures, though Andreotti managed to avoid permanent sentence. (subtitles) Italy 2008 Paolo Sorrentino 110m

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The Great Beauty La Grande Bellezza An aging writer recollects his passionate lost youth in this contemporary ‘La Dolca Vita’. A film not to be missed!

After his 65th birthday, Jep (Toni Servillo) decides to dedicate his life to the search of a meaning. On the background of a mysterious and wonderful Rome, he slowly rediscovers beauty. Sorrentino has returned with a gorgeous movie, the film equivalent of a magnificent banquet composed of 78 sweet courses. Fabulous – the best film shown at Cannes 2013, and winner of many international awards for Best Foreign Film. (subtitles) Sat

16 Aug 10:30

Italy 2013 Paolo Sorrentino 142m

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Mid August Lunch Pranzo di Ferragosto

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A charming and unpretentious tale, ‘Mid-August Lunch’ is whisper-thin and delicately balanced.

A very charming piece that follows the misfortunes of a middle-aged man (played by director Di Gregorio himself) who looks after his mother over the course of a long bank holiday weekend. He is essentially indolent, still living with mum in his sixties, gradually getting into greater debt, but happy. One by one, the landlord and a doctor friend off load elderly relatives so they can get out of the city for some fun. The elderly ladies all argue and our hero has to hold them all together with fine cooking, plump beds and general entertainment. He gradually espies an opportunity and his view changes. (subtitles) Italy 2008 Gianni di Gregorio 75m

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The Salt Of Life Gianni e le Donne This is a delightful comedy featuring the characters from the indie hit ‘Mid-August Lunch’.

House husband Gianni has many things to worry about while his retirement slips by doing boring chores for his wife, mother, daughter and pretty neighbour. But romance is not one of them. One day his old friend Alfonso, inspired by his own sexual escapades, decides it’s time for Gianni to get a girlfriend and reacquaint himself with some of life’s pleasure. (subtitles) Italy 2011 Gianni di Gregorio 90m Fri Sun

15 Aug 14:15 (Picture Palace) 17 Aug 18:15 (Studio)

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Corpo Celeste

Wed 20 Aug 18:15 (Studio) Thu 21 Aug 18:15 (Picture Palace)

A contemplative Italian coming-of-age story about finding personal spirituality amidst organized religion.

Thirteen year-old Marta has recently moved back to southern Italy with her mother and older sister and struggles to find her place, restlessly testing the boundaries of an unfamiliar city and the catechism of the Catholic Church.

Marta, from the start, is presented as an outsider. Having spent a decade abroad, she struggles to fit back into the church hierarchy.

As her confirmation date approaches, she quietly observes the actions unfolding before her. From the insecurities of her teacher, to the apathy of the priest, to a class of students just going through the motions, Marta doesn’t appear to be convinced of the importance of her big day. A similar theme is brilliantly and disturbing explored in the German film ‘Stations of the Cross’, showing later in the Festival. (subtitles) Italy 2011 Alice Rohrwacher 100m

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Gomorrah

NB we are previewing a special double bill of Mafia related themes on Sun 24 Aug from 14:00.

Fri Tue

Five intertwining stories show the effects of mobster rule on Neapolitan citizens from all walks of life, giving an inside look at Italy’s modern crime families.

Hard-hitting, Italian crime drama directed

by Matteo Garrone, based on the non-fiction book by Roberto Saviano, who was forced into hiding after the book’s publication. The film takes an unglamorous look at the extent to which the city of Naples is controlled by the Camorra mob, a network of families whose influence extends beyond the underground world of organised crime and into the everyday running of the city. Toni Servillo also appears in this film. (subtitles) Italy 2008 Matteo Garrone 137m

22 Aug 15:15 (Studio) 26 Aug 13:00 (Studio)

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Aprile

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23 Aug 18:30 (Studio)

Nanni Moretti, a renowned director, is working on a musical when suddenly he has a change of heart and cancels the film on the first shooting day.

He has a new idea, making a documentary about the Italian federal elections. Nanni can’t stop thinking, worrying and getting excited about the birth and early days of life of his new-born son, yet is torn by his sense of obligation to make the documentary. The mixture of political and personal ends up serving the purpose of Moretti’s documentary.

It illuminates a contradictory time in Italy, the country that has spawned Michelangelo and Mussolini. Every place Moretti zips by on his little Vespa is a beautiful mix of the old and the modern. (subtitles) Italy 1998 Nanni Moretti 78m

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Bread And Tulips Pane e Tulipani

Wed 27 Aug 18:00 (Studio) Thu 28 Aug 16:00 (Studio)

After being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.

This delightful comedy shows how Rosalba (Licia Maglietta), taken for granted by her family, takes a vacation from them all to visit Venice.

She begins a new life with zany characters who become her friends. She finds pleasure in simple activities, and responding to new experiences.

She gets a job with a florist (wonderful performance by Bruno Ganz) who has the habit of discussing anarchy. The question is, will Rosalba give up her freedom, now that she has experienced independence? A huge hit in Italy. (subtitles) Italy 2000 Silvio Soldini 112m

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We Have A Pope Habemus Papam

Mon 25 Aug 18:00 (Studio) 29 Aug 20:30 (Studio) Fri

‘We Have a Pope’ puts a hilarious spin on the inner workings of this notoriously secretive order.

Nanni Moretti directs this gently comical Italian drama about a newly elected Pope struggling to come to terms with his new role. French actor Michel Piccoli stars as the bemused Pontiff, whose quiet contemplative demeanour gives way to performance anxiety verging on hysteria as he finds himself overwhelmed by the pressure of the job and the vast crowds of Catholics gathering outside the papal palace to hear him speak.

A psychoanalyst (played by the director) is brought in to help, but with the usual subjects of sexual desire and unfulfilled fantasies strictly off-limits, there is only so much he is able to do. (subtitles) Italy 2011 Nanni Moretti 105m

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Special Event: Mafia Double Bill In conjuction with the Italian Cinema London we present a double bill of Italian films which were premiered at the Riverside Studios on July 24th, including the UK premiere of the dark comedy “The Mafia Kills Only In The Summer” by Pierfrancesco Diliberto, recently awarded as Best New Director at the David Di Donatello 2014. The programme will be introduced by Clara Caleo Green.

Special Offer: Book for both films £12 or £8 each film Special Preview

The Voice Of Peppino Impastato

With thanks to the director Ivan Vadori Sun 24 Aug 14:00 (Studio - £8) Sun 24 Aug 18:30 (Picture Palace - £8)

This documentary tells the main episodes of Peppino Impastato’s life and his fight against the Mafia, emphasizing his activity as an investigative journalist.

When he was 15, Peppino became fully aware of what Mafia was when his uncle a Mafia boss - was killed. From that moment he decided to devote his life to fight Cosa Nostra. A riveting documentary about a brave journalist, who was well aware of the dangers surrounding his chosen line of work . (subtitles) Italy 2013 Ivan Vadori 70m

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The Mafia Only Kills In Summer La Mafia Uccide Solo d’Estate

Sun 23 Aug 16:15

This is a very dark but charming semiautobiographical comedy of southern Italian politics, in particular the destructive, homicidal role played by the Mafia.

Diliberto does something unique by building rom-com charm on top of a grizzly chronicle of organized crime. The first half concerns the adolescent Arturo, who worships long time politician (with rumoured Mafia connections) Giulio Andreotti (of ‘Il Divo’) and even goes to a school costume party made up as him.

Arturo’s interest lead him to meet up with real-life Eighties anti-Mafia figures, making him a sort of Sicilian version of Forest Gump, brushing with history, Mafia-style. The appeal of this movie is in how it’s amusing and light-hearted surface only slightly hides the darker truths underneath. At the end, there is homage to judges and politicians assassinated by the Mafia in the period covered, with a collage of newspaper clippings to show viewers that these were real events. The film cleverly interweaves actual newsreel footage into the narrative, and although a serious subject, it is often extremely funny. (subtitles) Italy 2103 Pierfrancesco Diliberto 90m

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Treasures From The Archives Once again, with the opportunity of the digital revolution, we are able to present another group of world classics stunningly restored digitally.

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The Deer Hunter An expansive portrait of friendship in a Pennsylvania steel town, and of the effects of the Vietnam War. Led by the trio of Robert De Niro, John Savage and Christopher Walken (who won a supporting actor Oscar), the first hour is dominated by an engrossing Russian Orthodox wedding and reception. When the drama moves overseas it switches from anthropologically realistic documentation of a community’s rituals to highly controversial and still shocking Russian Roulette scenes, symbolising the random horror of war.

Unforgettable as they are, the Vietnam sequences occupy less than a third of the three-hour running time; defying movie convention, ‘The Deer Hunter’ is fundamentally a before-and-after ensemble character study anchored by De Niro’s great performance. Supported by the combined talents of Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken and John Cazale.

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence This first English-language feature by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, stars David Bowie and Tom Conti.

A highly unusual war movie, this first Englishlanguage feature directed by Nagisa Oshima (‘In the Realm of the Senses’) stars David Bowie as a silent, ethereal POW in a Japanese camp. In the face of the camp’s brutal conditions and treatment of prisoners, Bowie’s character earns the respect of the camp commandant (played by Japanese pop star Ryuichi Sakamoto, who also wrote the score) through his own enigmatic rebellion. While the two seem locked in an unspoken, spiritual understanding, another prisoner (Tom Conti) engages in a more conventional resistance against a monstrous sergeant (Takeshi).

Powerful harrowing, emotional and much more dramatic then the recent ‘Railway Man’. English and Japanese. (subtitles) Tue

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La Grande Illusion One of the revered classics of international cinema. Jean Renoir’s film made in 1937 is just as vibrant, exciting and wise as it has ever been. The story is set during WW1, mostly in a couple of German POW camps, where two very different French prisoners plot to escape.

See pg43 for full details in the Special Events Section.

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Spring In A Small Town Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun Focusing on people rather than politics, Fei Mu’s greatest achievement perfectly captures the dilemma of desire against loyalty, and sits alongside the tender family dramas of Japan’s Yasujiro Ozu and the wonderful post-war realist cinema of René Clément and Vittorio De Sica.

Set in the aftermath of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), this tells the story of the once prosperous Dai family. The patriarch Liyan (Shi Yu) is a shadow of his former self, and his marriage to the beautiful Yuwen (Wei Wei) has become little more than a passionless duty of care on her part. Meanwhile Liyan’s teenage sister Xiu (Zhang Hongmei), too young to remember the past, plays cheerfully in the rubble of their home. Across the broken town wall and into their world comes Liyan’s childhood friend Zhang, an adventurous doctor from Shanghai and an old flame of Yuwen. In the ensuing love triangle Yuwen finds herself torn between the two men, while Xiu has her own ideas about the future. An extraordinary work, anticipating Antonioni in its slow unfolding of an erotic situation, treated with a mixture of sympathy and austerity. (subtitles) China 1948 Fei Mu 98m Sat

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A Farewell To Arms A forgotten masterpiece film of Ernest Hemingway’s novel made in 1932 with Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou and Mary Philips, and restored to coincide with this year’s centenary of the outbreak of WW1.

USA 1957 Charles Vidor 152m

Mon 25 Aug 11:00

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Zulu An epic adventure of courage in the face of incredible odds, ‘Zulu’ remains one of cinema’s great war depictions, filled with magnificent performances from stars such as Michael Caine and Jack Hawkins.

‘Zulu’ is one of the great movies, an epic adventure of courage in the face of incredible odds. Based on a true story, it tells the amazing tale of 100 British soldiers who stood fast against an overwhelming force of 4,000 of the Zulu nation’s mightiest warriors in the defence of Rorkes Drift in 1879. Set amongst the stunning South African scenery, Zulu is a landmark action film and a fitting tribute to some of the most magnificent acts of heroism in the history of warfare. Michael Caine’s role as the arrogant but courageous Lt. Bromhead brought him international fame, and there are powerful performances from other great British actors including Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins.

UK 1964 Cy Endfield 138m

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26 Aug 10:30

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To Catch A Thief Hitchcock’s 1955 classic starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly stunningly resorted in new digital print. When a reformed jewel thief (Grant) is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.

Cary Grant plays John Robie, reformed jewel thief who was once known as “The Cat,” in this suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller. Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, and he must set out to clear himself.

Meeting pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly), he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother’s (Jessie Royce Landis) fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spinetingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.

Three Academy Award nominations, including an Oscar for “Best Cinematography.”

USA 1965 Alfred Hitchcock 106m

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The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari With Live Organ Accompaniment by Ben Hall Following on from the highly successful gothic silent films over the last two years, both shown at St Johns Chapel with amazing live original scores by organist Ben Hall, we present another silent masterpiece of the genre once again accompanied by Ben on the organ.

Germany 1919 Robert Wiene 70m approx

Screening at St. John’s Chapel (Tickets £12) Fri

29 Aug 21:15

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China / UK / Italy

The Last Emperor

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29 Aug 10:30

Bernardo Bertolucci’s classic 1987 epic about the story of the final Emperor of China, stunningly remastered in this full version of the Director’s cut.

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City. The object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence. Filmed in the Forbidden City, it is spectacularly beautiful, filling the screen with saturated colours and exquisite detail. It won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director.

The Chinese government surprisingly made no restrictions on the content. In English, Mandarin, Japanese & Russian. (subtitles) China / Italy / UK / France 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci 163m

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Staff and Trustees of Chichester Cinema at New Park acknowledge and thank the outstanding team of Cinema and Bar Volunteers both during the 2014 International Film Festival and throughout the cinematic year.

A very special thank you also goes out to the Friends of the Cinema whose support makes this Cinema and Festival what it is today, and the New Park Centre for providing a wonderful venue for the Festival.

Chairman Debbie Ford Trustees David Brown, Michael Cox, Rod Fennell, John Fitzpatrick, Hugo Frey, Mike Jennings, Richard Wilde and Michael Woolley.

Artistic Director Roger Gibson General Manager Walter Francisco Projection Mark Bradshaw - Chief Projectionist; James Stokes - Senior Projectionist; Paul Stanley & Howard Johnson - Assistant Projectionists.

Front of House Manager Henry Beltran Box Office Ninian McGuffie, Tom Clear, David Bowerman and Lumai Francisco Accounts Jayne Burnell PR & Marketing Carol Godsmark Transport Bob Sainsbury Design TGDH Gala Catering Brasserie Blanc

Festival Patrons Our deepest thanks go to this year’s Festival Patrons: Robin & Sara Axford, Pat Bowman, John Coldstream, Glyn Edmunds, Jo Gibson, Freda James, June King, Geoff & Mercia Last, Graham & Sybil Papworth, Susan Piquemal, Paddy & John Vincent-Townend.

You will notice this logo next to their sponsored films.

Festival Sponsors - This Festival has been enabled by the BFI; Europa Cinemas; Papa John’s and the University of Chichester.

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