QFT What's On February 2015

WHAT’S ON / FEBRUARY 2015

SELMA DAVID OYELOWO GIVES AN ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCE AS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IN THIS POWERFUL REMINDER OF SACRIFICE AND STRUGGLE.

THIS ISSUE:

INHERENT VICE THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY LOVE IS STRANGE

BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION

OUEEN’S FILM THEATRE

THE HOME OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA IN NORTHERN IRELAND

JOIN US AT THE JAMESON BAR QFT is the only cinema in Northern Ireland with a fully licensed bar, serving up a range of local and international beers, wine, spirits, tea and coffee. It’s the perfect place to catch up with friends before catching a film.

FEBRUARY’S BEER OF THE MONTH

ASAHI £2.50

Enjoy our Japanese season (see page 16) with Japan’s number one beer.

FREE PARKING

ACCESS

TICKET PRICES

QFT offers free on-site parking every night from 5.30pm, and all weekend, in the main Queen’s University site.

QFT is wheelchair accessible We endeavour to host access screenings when possible.

Access screenings include audio enhancement, audio description and on-screen captioning.

See the website for more details.

Standard admission: £6.50

BOX OFFICE The Box Office opens 30 minutes before the first screening of the day.

Queen’s University

20 University Sq, Belfast, BT7 1PA

QFT IS KINDLY SUPPORTED BY:

Skip the queue by booking online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com and printing your tickets at home.

Senior Citizens, Disabled Users (Carers’ tickets are free), Unwaged, QUB Staff: £5 QFT Film Card, Students (aged 16 and over in full-time education), Children (under 16 years): £4 *ID required for discounted prices Mondays and Tuesdays: * £4 for every film * Certain exclusions may apply, check website for details

Box Office: 028 9097 1097 (after 6pm only) www.queensfilmtheatre.com

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It’s that time of year again when the film world is abuzz with talk about nominations and awards. This year is no exception with a remarkable range of films lining up for potential Oscars and BAFTA glory. Many of the nominees have already graced the QFT screens, while this month’s programme features an opportunity to catch up with two of the most talked about awards contenders, Birdman and Boyhood, along with new Oscar-nominated releases Selma and Inherent Vice. It’s too close to call at this stage, though here at QFT we all have our favourites (Whiplash! Birdman! Whiplash!) - one film we are all behind though is the short film Boogaloo and Graham by NI’s very own Michael Lennox – we’re keeping everything crossed!

Given the media furore around awards season, it’s sometimes easy to forget that away from all the tinsel and glamour, many films carry an important social or political message. Like every other art form, film has an important role to play in reflecting, revealing or commenting on issues of global importance and our new programme Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict, explores how film can play its part in raising awareness and sparking debate. Running until July 2015 this occasional programme of screenings, talks and events will look at how conflict and its aftermath have been represented in film. We’re encouraging everyone to join the discussion at www.conversationsaboutcinema.com @ConvoCinema Finally, a massive thank you to everyone who tweeted, Facebooked, signed our petition, submitted a response to the draft budget, or otherwise supported QFT over the recent Budget consultation process. As I write, the final outcome is unknown but we were blown away by the support we got from all of you so a heartfelt thanks is very much in order! And of course a special thank you to Peter Strain who gave us his beautiful artwork (above) to help support the campaign.

Susan Picken, Head of QFT

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NEW RELEASES

INHERENT VICE

FRI 30 JAN – THURS 12 FEB DIR: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON • USA • 2014 • 2 HRS 29 MINS

Any new film from Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, The Master) is cause for celebration and the arrival of this new twisty thriller is no exception.

Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice follows drug-fuelled Private Investigator Larry ‘Doc’ Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) - hired by his ex-girlfriend

Shasta (Katherine Waterston) to investigate a plot to kidnap her current lover (Eric Roberts).

But when Sasha disappears Doc is drawn into a tangled story of drug-dealers, hustlers, dentists and hippie-loathing cops - all played out in the hazy sun of 1970s Los Angeles.

Calling to mind Polanski’s Chinatown (if filtered through an acid-flashback) - Inherent Vice finds Anderson on mercurial and very funny form.

Introduction by Marcus Smith, Associate Tutor, The Open University, on Sun 1 Feb, 8.30pm.

EXCLUSIVE 35MM SCREENINGS Inherent Vice will be screening from Paul Thomas Anderson’s preferred format of 35mm in its opening week. Do not miss!

NEW RELEASES

SELMA FRI 6 – THURS 19 FEB

DIR: AVA DUVERNAY • UK/USA • 2014 • 2 HR 8 MINS

Selma is the story of a movement.

The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.

Director Ava DuVernay’s poignant and passionate Selma tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (a magnetic David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.

Introduction by Roger Griffith, Author, Broadcaster & Chief Executive of Ujima Radio, Bristol, on Sat 7 Feb, 6.20pm.

Part of Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict (see page 18). Join in at conversationsaboutcinema.co.uk

The 8.40pm screening on Wed 18 Feb will be an Access screening with audio description and on-screen captioning.

04/05

NEW RELEASES

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRI 20 FEB – THURS 5 MAR DIR: PETER STRICKLAND • UK • 2014 • 1 HRS 44 MINS

Peter Strickland’s (Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio) latest reconfigures the vintage erotic melodrama into something altogether deeper and darker – the story of an amateur butterfly expert whose wayward desires test her lover’s tolerance.

We follow Cynthia, (Sidse Babett Knudsen, of acclaimed Danish television drama Borgen) a lepidopterist (the title of the film refers to a rare type of butterfly) who seems to treat her newly hired housekeeper Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna) with dismissive cruelty. In time we discover that they are entwined in a very curious, very particular sexual S&M relationship which Strickland invites us to view, but not judge.

By turns kinky, dryly comic, and compellingly surreal, and boasting gorgeous, gothic cinematography and an enveloping score, The Duke of Burgundy is a richly immersive sensory experience.

06/07

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LOVE IS STRANGE

FRI 13 – THURS 19 FEB DIR: IRA SACHS • USA/FRANCE/ BRAZIL/GREECE • 2014 • 1 HR 34 MINS

John Lithgow and Alfred Molina are magnificent in Ira Sachs’ topical, moving and beautifully tender portrait of an ageing gay couple whose decision to marry after 39 years has complicated consequences.

After nearly four decades together, Ben and George (Lithgow and Molina) finally tie the knot in an idyllic ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable place to live.

Director Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On) blends the romance of New York City’s streets and skyline with a delicate Chopin piano score to poignantly capture the lightness and sorrows of this modern-day love story.

“Acting doesn’t get better than this. Want to know what love is? Watch Lithgow and Molina and learn.”

- ROLLING STONE

NEW RELEASES

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR FRI 23 JAN – THURS 5 FEB DIR: J.C. CHANDOR • USA • 2014 • 2 HRS 5 MINS

American immigrant Abel Morales and his wife Anna (Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain) are drawn into the violence and corruption of New York City in the crime-ridden winter of 1981 as they attempt to build their own ‘American Dream’.

Director-writer J.C. Chandor (All is Lost, Margin Call) has created an exquisite examination of ambition, corruption, loyalty and greed.

BAD HAIR

PELO MALO FRI 30 JAN – SUN 1 FEB

DIR: MARIANA RONDÓN • VENEZUELA/ PERU/ARGENTINA/GERMANY • 2013 • 1 HR 33 MINS • SUBTITLED

The slippery nature of identity is at the heart of this hugely engaging coming-of-age tale from Venezuelan writerdirector Marina Rondón.

Nine-year-old Junior (Samuel Lange) yearns to swap his head of luxurious dark curls for straight locks—like the long-haired musicians he dreams of becoming - and finds the answer in hair straighteners, much to the dismay of his homophobic, and recently widowed mother, Marta (Samantha Castillo).

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AMOUR FOU FRI 6 – SUN 8 FEB DIR: JESSICA HAUSNER • AUSTRIA/ LUXEMBOURG/GERMANY • 2014 • 1 HR 36 MINS • SUBTITLED

Berlin, 1811 and the young German Romantic author Heinrich von Kleist attempts to overcome the inevitability of death through love, forming a suicide pact with his beloved, the terminally ill Henriette Vogel.

Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner (Lourdes) depicts the last days of the troubled genius, faithfully recreating the time and place in this layered evocation of love, loss and the glorious absurdity of human emotion.

DOCUMENTARY

LA MAISON DE LA RADIO MON 23, WED 25 & THURS 26 FEB

DIR: NICOLAS PHILIBERT • FRANCE/ JAPAN • 2013 • 1 HR 44 MINS • SUBTITLED

An illuminating, funny and touching documentary about Radio France.

Observing the preparation and recording of Radio France’s news and sports reports, dramas, documentaries, quizzes, concerts and chat shows, this latest gem from Nicolas Philibert (Être et avoir) offers illuminating, funny, even touching access to a usually invisible world.

It’s also philosophically astute in exploring the relationships between sound, language, reality and the imagination.

08/09

AWARDS CATCH UP Get the complete picture. Catch up on these outstanding award season heavyweights, previously unseen at QFT.

BIRDMAN FRI 13 – THURS 19 FEB DIR: ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 59 MINS

Released in January 2015 – and proof that QFT’s two screens simply aren’t enough – Michael Keaton plays a washed-up superhero actor in this breathtakingly original showbiz satire.

The hugely inventive Birdman has already won at the Golden Globes (Best Screenplay and Best Actor) and looks set to rival Boyhood for the major awards at the British Academy Film Awards and the Oscars.

BOYHOOD FRI 13 – THURS 19 FEB

DIR: RICHARD LINKLATER • USA • 2014 • 2 HRS 46 MINS

Released in July 2014 but not able to be screened at QFT until now, Boyhood is Richard Linklater’s masterpiece about the transition from youth to adulthood, filmed intermittently over 12 years.

Boyhood is perhaps the favourite for awards glory (it already has a Best Motion Picture Golden Globe in the bag) but award winner or not, this is a stunning and completely unforgettable film, unlike anything you’ve seen before.

10/11

SECOND SIGHT

Our pick of restored and reissued classics, back on the big screen where they belong.

AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS MON 9, TUES 10 & THURS 12 FEB DIR: LOUIS MALLE • FRANCE/ WEST GERMANY/ITALY • 1987 • 1 HR 45 MINS • SUBTITLED

Louis Malle’s richly detailed, immaculately acted film traces the friendship between two 12-year-olds during the Second World War. One of the great movies about World War Two and the German Occupation, this semi-autobiographical film, set in January 1944 at an exclusive Catholic boarding school outside Fontainebleau, is the key work Malle waited 42 years to make.

Part of Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict (see page 18). Join in at conversationsaboutcinema.co.uk

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY SAT 14, SAT 21 – MON 23 & WED 25 – THURS 26 FEB DIR: GEORGE CUKOR • USA • 1940 • 1 HR 42 MINS

The wisecracking screen partnership between Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn reached its peak in George Cukor’s dazzling, sophisticated romantic comedy about a society wedding threatened by scandal.

Hepburn is the breezy socialite whose looming wedding to a dull self-made millionaire brings her ex-husband (Grant) back into her life.

Join us for a glass of something sparkling (and a delicious cupcake!) at the Jameson Bar where it’s two glasses of Prosecco for just £5 before this special Valentine’s screening.

AT A GLANCE

JANUARY DATE

EVENT

TIME

DATE

EVENT

TIME

Fri 30

Inherent Vice Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) A Most Violent Year

6.00pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

Fri 13

Sat 31

A Most Violent Year Inherent Vice Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers

4.30pm 6.00pm/9.00pm 7.00pm

Birdman Love Is Strange Boyhood Selma

6.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.40pm

Sat 14

Boyhood Love Is Strange The Philadelphia Story Selma Birdman

3.20pm 4.20pm/6.30pm 6.40pm 8.40pm 8.50pm

Sun 15

Love Is Strange All About Our House Boyhood Selma Birdman

3.00pm/6.00pm 3.30pm 5.00pm 8.10pm 8.20pm

Mon 16 – Tues 17

Birdman Love Is Strange Boyhood Selma

6.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.40pm

Wed 18

Birdman Love Is Strange Boyhood Selma (Access screening)

6.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.40pm

Thurs 19

Birdman Love Is Strange Boyhood Selma

6.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.40pm

Fri 20

The Duke of Burgundy X+Y The Breakfast Club The Duke of Burgundy

6.30pm 6.45pm 8.40pm 9.15pm

Sat 21

Takeover Animation Masterclass Jinx!!!

The Philadelphia Story Takeover Shorts John D’Arcy live music in QFT Bar Patema Inverted The Duke of Burgundy Girlhood

9.10pm

FEBRUARY DATE

EVENT

TIME

Sun 1

NT Live: Treasure Island Bolt from the Blue Inherent Vice Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) A Most Violent Year Inherent Vice + intro

2.00pm 3.45pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm

Mon 2

Inherent Vice Bernadette + discussion A Most Violent Year

6.00pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

Tues 3

Inherent Vice A Most Violent Year The Act of Killing (Director’s Cut)

6.00pm/9.00pm 6.15pm

Wed 4

Inherent Vice Restrepo + Q&A A Most Violent Year

6.00pm/9.00pm 6.15pm 8.45pm

Thurs 5

Inherent Vice Waltz with Bashir A Most Violent Year

6.00pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

Fri 6

Selma Amour Fou Inherent Vice

6.20pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.35pm

Sat 7

Selma + intro Amour Fou Inherent Vice Selma

6.20pm 6.30pm 8.35pm 9.15pm

Sun 8

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Carmen of Kawachi Selma Amour Fou Inherent Vice

3.00pm 4.00pm 5.50pm/8.30pm 6.00pm 8.05pm

Mon 9 – Tues 10

Selma Au revoir les enfants Inherent Vice

6.20pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.45pm

Wed 11

Selma RSC Live: Love’s Labour’s Lost Inherent Vice

4.00pm/6.20pm

Selma Au revoir les enfants Inherent Vice

6.20pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.45pm

Thurs 12

8.50pm

1.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 4.10pm 5.45pm 6.30pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 8.40pm

Sun 22

To Kill a Mockingbird The Philadelphia Story School of Babel The Duke of Burgundy Difret

3.20pm 4.00pm 6.00pm 6.10pm/8.20pm 8.10pm

Mon 23

The Philadelphia Story The Duke of Burgundy La maison de la radio

6.30pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 8.40pm

Tues 24

John le Carré: Spies on Screen (talk) The Duke of Burgundy The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Wed 25 – Thurs 26

The Philadelphia Story The Duke of Burgundy La maison de la radio

7.00pm 9.00pm

Times are subject to change. Please check www.queensfilmtheatre.com for up-to-date information.

6.30pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 8.30pm 6.30pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 8.40pm

12/13

SPECIAL EVENTS

ILLUSTRATED TALK AND SCREENING

JOHN LE CARRÉ: SPIES ON SCREEN John le Carré (aka David Cornwell) is undoubtedly the world’s greatest living espionage novelist, whose critically acclaimed and hugely popular body of work, published since the 1960s, from The Spy Who Came in From the Cold through to the Smiley trilogy and beyond is so significant that it recast the genre.

In this illustrated talk, Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, looks at le Carré’s own fascinating life (including a stint as a real life spy), his glittering career, the many classic filmed versions of his books and describes his own experiences meeting and interviewing le Carré about his work. This will be followed by a special 35mm screening of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, the first filmed version of a le Carré novel, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Tickets for the talk and screening are available separately.

JOHN LE CARRÉ TALK TUES 24 FEB, 6.30PM 1 HR 30 MINS APPROX.

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD TUES 24 FEB, 8.30PM DIR: MARTIN RITT • UK • 1965 • 1 HR 52 MINS

SPECIAL EVENTS

TAKEOVER FILM FESTIVAL 2015 20-22 FEBRUARY

QFT’s Takeover youth panel ‘takes over’ QFT screens this month to present the fifth Takeover Film Festival, supported by the Community Relations Council NI. There will be NI premieres of feature, documentary and short local films, as the festival reflects themes of youth and diversity, all programmed and introduced by the youth panel. Also, John D’Arcy makes a welcome return to Takeover with his take on this year’s programme and the past year at the movies, with an audio-visual remix of film, sound and live performance in the QFT bar on Sat 21 Feb at 5.45pm.

For full details of this year’s Takeover programme, visit www.takeoverfilm.com

ANIMATION MASTERCLASS

NI PREMIERE

X+Y

SAT 21 FEB, 1PM

FRI 20 FEB, 6.45PM DIR: MORGAN MATTHEWS • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 51 MIN

CERT TBC

This inspiring and life-affirming film stars two Takeover favourites, Marty McCann and Asa Butterfield (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Hugo).

Asa plays Nathan, an autistic teenage prodigy who finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad. Sally Hawkins and Rafe Spall also star in this highly affecting comedy-drama.

DURATION: 2 HRS • RECOMMENDED AGE 15+ • SIGNED PARENTAL CONSENT FORM REQUIRED IF UNDER 18

Professional animator Jasbeer Singh (MTV, BBC) will demonstrate his animation techniques used for the short film Choose (also screening in the Takeover shorts programme), as well as share his “After Effect” compositions and the techniques for converting video sketches, camera tracking and masking.

Tickets £8 (advance booking advised)

TAKEOVER SHORTS SAT 21 FEB, 4.10PM DURATION: 1 HR 30 MINS APPROX. • RECOMMENDED AGE 10+

Takeover invited submissions of new short films from individuals and community groups to be screened during the Festival.

This shorts programme gives local filmmakers the opportunity to showcase and talk about their work. The full running order will be announced on 10 February at www.takeoverfilm.com.

FREE ADMISSION

14/15

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NI PREMIERE

PATEMA INVERTED

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

SAT 21 FEB, 6.30PM

SUN 22 FEB, 3.20PM

NI PREMIERE

SCHOOL OF BABEL SUN 22 FEB, 6PM

DIR: YASUHIRO YOSHIURA • JAPAN • 2013 • 1 HR 38 MINS • SUBTITLED • CERT: PG

DIR: ROBERT MULLIGAN • USA • 1962 • 2 HRS 9 MINS

DIR: JULIE BERTUCCELLI • FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 34 MINS • SUBTITLED

Imagine another world under your feet where everything is upside down. Takeover really enjoyed the originality of this manga film, a perspectivetwisting sci-fi adventure about two kids separated by opposite gravities. Together, they discover the truth about the disaster that changed both their worlds. Patema Inverted is an award-winning, super stylish anime.

Gregory Peck and Robert Duvall star in this Takeover favourite, the classic adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1961. In America’s Deep South, a lawyer defends a black man charged with raping a white woman, to the disgust of other townsfolk. Atticus Finch, as brought to life by Gregory Peck, is a walking embodiment of decency and courage.

This remarkable documentary details a year in the life of a Parisian class of immigrant youth from countries around the globe—boys and girls aged 11 to 15—who have come to France to seek asylum, escape hardship or simply better their lives. The result is both illuminating and extremely touching, a multifaceted look at the French melting pot, its frustrations and its hopes for the future.

NI PREMIERE

NI PREMIERE

DIFRET

GIRLHOOD

SUN 22 FEB, 8.10PM

SAT 21 FEB, 8.40PM DIR: CÉLINE SCIAMMA • FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 52 MINS • SUBTITLED

CERT TBC

Constrained by her family, academic prospects and ‘boys’ law’ neighbourhood, Marieme, a shy 16-year-old living in the Paris suburbs, falls in with a group of freespirited girls. She changes her name and clothes, and skips school, determined to find her own path to independence.

Capturing a rarely depicted side of Paris, director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy) provides irresistible, kinetic energy to an unforgettable story of female empowerment.

DIR: ZERESENAY MEHARI • ETHIOPIA/ USA • 2014 • 1 HR 39 MINS • SUBTITLED

CERT TBC

Based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1996, Zeresenay Mehari’s debut drama tackles a little-known tradition practiced in parts of Ethiopia, wherein kidnapping is deemed a valid means of securing a wife. Exploring the complexity of a country’s journey towards equal rights, Difret portrays the courageous generation of women that are spearheading this necessary transformation.

SPECIAL EVENTS - THE JAPAN FOUNDATION TOURING FILM PROGRAMME

IT ONLY HAPPENS IN THE MOVIES? JAPANESE CINEMA AND ENCOUNTERS

This year’s Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme provides an exciting programme of films under the narrative framework of ‘encounters’.

Showcasing a vast variety of styles and tones, from popular contemporary films, classics through to animation, the programme will include titles in which characters experience unusual meetings, plunge into unexpected circumstances and new environments, as well as collide with different generations, ideals and ideas.

It Only Happens in the Movies? continues at QFT in March.

SEITEN NO HEKIREKI

BOLT FROM THE BLUE SUN 1 FEB, 3.45PM DIR: GEKIDAN HITORI • JAPAN • 2014 • 1 HR 36 MINS • SUBTITLED

RECOMMENDED Out-of-luck Haruo (Yo Oizumi) is transported back 40 years into the past by a bolt from the blue. Coming across a young magician and assistant who turn out to be his father and mother, Haruo begins to learn the secrets of his birth in this heart-warming time-travelling drama. Based on director and comedian Gekidan Hitori’s own novel, Bolt from the Blue was a huge box office success in Japan.

Full details of all films can be found at www.queensfilmtheatre.com

16/17

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KAWACHI KARUMEN

CARMEN FROM KAWACHI SUN 8 FEB, 4PM DIR: SEIJUN SUZUKI • JAPAN • 1966 • 1 HR 29 MINS • SUBTITLED

RECOMMENDED Swapping country life for the big city, young Carmen escapes her miserable life at home to travel to Osaka, becoming a hugely popular nightclub singer with men falling at her feet. Screening from 35mm, this is an experimental, new wave film by iconoclastic director Seijun Suzuki (Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill) starring Yumiko Nogawa as the titular Carmen, Suzuki’s favourite collaborator.

MINNA NO IE

JINX!!!

ALL ABOUT OUR HOUSE

SAT 21 FEB, 2PM

SUN 15 FEB, 3.30PM DIR: KÔKI MITANI • JAPAN • 2001 • 1 HR 56 MINS • SUBTITLED

DIR: NAOTO KUMAZAWA • JAPAN • 2013 • 2 HRS 2 MINS • SUBTITLE

RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED

Married couple Naosuke (Naoki Tanaka) and Tamiko (Akiko Yagi) decide to build a new house from scratch, recruiting a young interior designer to plan, and Tamiko’s retired-carpenter father to build. However, not too long later they find that the designer’s contemporary, innovative ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project starts to become a real mess, with Naosuke and Tamiko finding themselves playing piggy in the middle…

A Korean exchange student in Japan, Ji-ho, plays matchmaker for her two lukewarm Japanese friends, teaching them all about love and letting loose a number of Korean-style love ‘jinxs’ on them. Featuring superstar K-pop group T-ARA idol Hyomin as its lead character, this romantic comedy delightfully explores romancing in different cultures through many enchanting, tear-jerking and heart-warming moments.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CINEMA: IMPACT OF CONFLICT

A new strand of film screenings, events and conversations exploring the repercussions of conflict and the multiple ways these have been represented in and through film.

Taking place over the next six months, until July 2015, this occasional series of screenings, events and online publishing and debate will explore the wider cultural, human and socio-political repercussions of conflict and the countless ways this has been presented through film both historically and in contemporary cinema.

Our programme this month explores how some filmmakers have used very different creative approaches to explore the impact of conflict both locally and internationally.

Presented as part of Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict, a BFI FAN initiative led by Watershed in partnership with QFT, Chapter Arts and supported by the BFI’s Programme Development Funds from the National Lottery.

Join the conversation at conversationsaboutcinema.co.uk and @ConvoCinema.

18/19

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SCREENING AND DISCUSSION

BERNADETTE MON 2 FEB, 6.30PM

DIR: DUNCAN CAMPBELL • UK• 2008 • 38 MINS

Winner of the 2014 Turner Prize, Duncan Campbell’s 2008 film Bernadette presents an unravelling, open-ended story of the female Irish dissident and political activist, Bernadette Devlin. Fusing documentary and fiction in order to explore both his subject matter and how it is communicated, Campbell questions and challenges the documentary form. Followed by a panel discussion hosted

by Professor Cahal McLaughlin, Chair of Film Studies, Queen’s University.

SCREENING AND Q&A

RESTREPO

WED 4 FEB, 6.15PM

DIRECTOR’S CUT

THE ACT OF KILLING TUES 3 FEB, 8.50PM DIR: JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER • NORWAY/DENMARK/UK • 2012 • 2 HRS 39 MINS • SUBTITLED

This ground-breaking documentary follows unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads as they are challenged to re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love. Showing here in the rarely seen Director’s Cut, Joshua Oppenheimer’s acclaimed film gains even more depth and nightmarish power.

WALTZ WITH BASHIR THURS 5 FEB, 6.30PM

DIR: TIM HETHERINGTON & SEBASTIAN JUNGER • USA • 2010 • 1 HR 34 MINS

DIR: ARI FOLMAN • ISRAEL/VARIOUS • 2008 • 1 HR 30 MINS • SUBTITLED

Considered by many to be the definitive portrayal of the war in Afghanistan, it is fairly extraordinary that this film exists. The level of access attained

by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger over their 15-month period embedded with the Second Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade allows for an incredibly unvarnished account of the war. Exhilarating, heartrending and profoundly moving; made even more so by Hetherington’s subsequent death while filming in Libya.

Followed by a Skype Q&A with Raymond Ranger, Iraq war veteran.

Ari Folman’s ground-breaking animated documentary charts his quest to recover his lost memories of the 1982 massacres at the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut. This intensely moving and subjective film not only exposes the horrors and human cost of war but articulates the psychological and emotional impact of conflict in a uniquely personal and creative way.

SPECIAL EVENTS

SHADOWS OF THE GREAT WAR: WORLD WAR ONE ON FILM This season marking the centenary of World War One continues with film screenings and events at the Ulster Museum. Presented by QFT and Film Hub NI, with the support of the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery fund.

VENUE: ULSTER MUSEUM

GALLIPOLI

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY

DIR: PETER WEIR • AUSTRALIA • 1981 • 1 HR 50 MINS

DIR: KEN LOACH • IRELAND/UK/OTHERS • 2006 • 2 HR 7 MINS

Telling the story of the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey through the adventures of two idealistic young soldiers (Mel Gibson and Mark Lee), Gallipoli resonates with sadness long after you have seen it.

Set in Ireland in the aftermath of WW1, Ken Loach’s acclaimed drama follows two brothers (Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney) and their part in the fight for independence.

TALKS BY PHILIP ORR & NIGEL HENDERSON

TALK BY DÓNAL MCANALLEN

SAT 7 FEB, 1PM

GALLIPOLI: AN IRISH BATTLE, AN AUSTRALIAN MYTH SAT 14 FEB, 1PM

This pair of complementary illustrated talks by Philip Orr and Nigel Henderson will look at the history and mythology of this important battle, and the significant contribution of the Irish and Ulster men who took part. There will be a brief interval between talks. More info at www.nmni.com/um.

SAT 14 MAR, 1PM

REDISCOVERING GAA MEMBERS WHO FOUGHT IN WW1 WED 18 MARCH, 1PM

Due to the common identification of the Gaelic Athletic Association with the Irish separatist movement during 1916-21, the fact that many of the organisation’s members fought and died in WW1 has been long obscured. This talk will explore the hidden history and tell the stories of the Ulster men who might be termed ‘forgotten Volunteers’.

ALL SCREENINGS/TALKS ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE ULSTER MUSEUM. FREE ADMISSION Book tickets online at www.nmni.com/um

20/21

SPECIAL EVENTS

NO MANIFESTO: A FILM ABOUT MANIC STREET PREACHERS SAT 31 JAN, 9.10PM DIR: ELIZABETH MARCUS • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 36 MINS + 20 MINS

CERT TBC

In 1991, Manic Street Preachers came on to the British music scene proclaiming their ambition to make one album, sell millions of copies, and then split up.

Providing unprecedented access to the band and going behind the creative process, this is the story of their rise from mouthy punks to international figureheads.

The film will be preceded by 20 mins of exclusive concert footage.

OFT HIJACK

THE BREAKFAST CLUB FRI 20 FEB, 8.40PM

DIR: JOHN HUGHES • USA • 1985 • 1 HR 37 MINS

This month’s pick by QFT’s discerning and attractive staff is John Hughes’ ‘80s classic.

Featuring a who’s who of the Brat Pack: Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and the mean ‘n’ moody Judd Nelson, the concept is simple: five students, each representing a different stratum of high school hierarchy, are forced to spend a Saturday in detention together.

SPECIAL EVENTS

IN ASSOCIATION WITH LIBRARIES NI

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN SUN 8 FEB, 3PM DIR: ALFONSO CUARÓN • UK/USA • 2004 • 2 HRS 22 MINS

Libraries NI will be joining fans across the world in celebrating the first ever Harry Potter Book Night on Thurs 5 Feb. Harry Potter books, including the newly illustrated editions by children’s illustrator Jonny Duddle, will be available to borrow from your local library along with activities and displays. To coincide with this, QFT presents fan-favourite The Prisoner of Azkaban on Sun 8 Feb.

Visit www.librariesni.org.uk for more details.

ENCORE

TREASURE ISLAND SUN 1 FEB, 2PM RUNNING TIME: 3 HRS (INCL. INTERVAL)

When a frightfully weathered looking sailor arrives at the inn, with a giant sea-chest in tow, Jim the inn-keeper invites him inside…

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic, coming-of-age children’s story is reinvigorated with Bryony Lavery’s thrilling new stage adaption, which takes you on a journey across the high seas as the pirate’s secrets are revealed.

Suitable for 10 yrs+

TICKETS £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)

22/23

SPECIAL EVENTS

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST WED 11 FEB, 7PM RUNNING TIME: 2 HRS 45 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)

QFT brings you the exciting 2015 season from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company live via satellite.

As part of a season marking the centenary of the First World War, Christopher Luscombe returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to direct a single company of actors in a fresh pairing of two of Shakespeare’s most sparkling comedies, set in the shadow of war.

TICKETS £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

LOVE’S LABOUR’S WON WED 4 MAR, 7PM RUNNING TIME: 2 HRS 50 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)

QFT brings you the exciting 2015 season from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company live via satellite.

Christopher Luscombe directs the second of Shakespeare’s matching pair of comedies that rejoice in our capacity to find love in the most unlikely places.

Better known as Much Ado About Nothing, the play is performed under the title Love’s Labour’s Won, a name possibly given to it during Shakespeare’s lifetime.

TICKETS £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)

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