QFT What's On April 2015

WHAT’S ON / APRIL 2015

BLADE RUNNER HARRISON FORD STARS IN THE DEFINITIVE FINAL CUT OF RIDLEY SCOTT’S ICONIC SCI-FI CLASSIC.

THIS ISSUE:

WILD TALES COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK 15TH BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL

BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION

OUEEN’S FILM THEATRE

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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.

APRIL’S BEER OF THE MONTH

Corona (330ml) £2.50

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: £6.70*

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:

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 £4 for every film**

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

The ticket price for uncertified films includes a one-day QFT membership.

Box Office: 028 9097 1097 (after 6pm only)

* From Sun 1 Apr * *Certain exclusions may apply, check website for details

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OFT FILM CARD April marks the beginning of spring proper, a period of growth and reawakening after the slumber of winter. With the days growing longer (thank goodness), it seems as if we too come out of hibernation with renewed energy and ideas.

It’s the ideal time for creativity and making plans. April’s programme demonstrates the many facets of creativity that cinema provides, from the delicate, hand-drawn beauty of Studio Ghibli animation, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, to the fierce futuristic visions of Blade Runner: The Final Cut and the eagerly anticipated Kurt Cobain documentary, Cobain: Montage of Heck, providing an insight into the iconic musician who inspired a generation of artists.

Get £2.70 off every film you see plus invitations to special events, exclusive meal deals, free tea and coffee refills and much more.

Buy online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com

VISIT THE JAMESON BAR AT QFT

April also marks the return of the Belfast Film Festival, taking up residence in QFT for what is one of our favourite weeks of the year. If the time for foreign holidays still seems a long way off we invite you to take a journey with us as we pick out some of our festival favourites from across the globe: metaphysical murder mystery, Li’l Quinquin (France), The Daily Show host Jon Stewart’s directorial debut starring Gael García Bernal, Rosewater (USA), or dark new film noir, Magical Girl (Spain).

In our main programme we’ll also be swinging by Argentina for the wickedly funny Wild Tales, heading to Denmark for emotionally-charged drama, A Second Chance and taking a peak into the fashion houses of Paris in documentary, Dior and I. As spring is a great time for new beginnings, we’re very excited to announce a new partnership with Omniplex Cinemas - Project Monday. We’ve always prided ourselves in bringing the very best in new and classic independent cinema to our audiences, and we’re delighted we can now bring the best of the QFT programme to Omniplex audiences across Northern Ireland one Monday every month. First up is Ida, an absolute beauty of a film and well-deserved winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars.

Enjoy all that spring has to offer, and we’ll see you at QFT (or a cinema near you!) this April.

Susan Picken, Head of QFT

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NEW RELEASES

RELATOS SALVAJES

WILD TALES FRI 27 MAR – THURS 9 APR & MON 27 APR

DIR: DAMIÁN SZIFRON • ARGENTINA/ SPAIN • 2014 • 2 HRS 2 MINS • SUBTITLED

Absolutely hilarious, and at times wickedly shocking, this Oscar-nominated collection of six stand-alone stories is united by the common theme of vengeance.

Produced by Pedro Almodóvar (whose own wicked sense of humour is very much in evidence), Wild Tales neatly skewers country of origin Argentina’s political corruption and bourgeois complacency with a variety of scenarios featuring road-rage drivers, shady lawyers, corrupt politicians, wronged brides and cheating husbands – all are fair game in this delirious black comedy. Beginning with a gloriously clever and funny prelude, Wild Tales fuses sharp satire with a contemporary energy to create a series of stories that take mundane real life encounters and push them to their furthest extremes.

Featuring some of the biggest names in Argentine cinema (notably Ricardo Darín as a demolition expert who becomes a criminal celebrity) and a funky Latin score by Gustavo Santaolalla, Wild Tales is a blast from start to finish (and has some of the best credits we have ever seen).

Wild Tales is also screening on Mon 27 Apr at 6.30pm, showing simultaneously at QFT and selected Omniplex Cinemas as part of Project Monday (see page 13).

04/05

NEW RELEASES

A LITTLE CHAOS

FRI 24 – THURS 30 APR DIR: ALAN RICKMAN • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 56 MINS

CERT TBC

It has been far too long since Alan Rickman directed a film but right-royal romp A Little Chaos has been worth the wait.

A Little Chaos is a witty, biting historical comedy with deliciously funny performances from Rickman and Stanley Tucci.

Rickman stars as King Louis XIV, a monarch with a penchant for the lavish statement. He commissions architect André Le Nôtre (Matthias Schoenaerts – see Suite Française) to design lavish gardens for the Palace of Versailles. Sabine de Barra (Kate Winslet), a mere woman, is the surprise choice to make the plans a reality as she steps into a court full of intrigue, backstabbing and many who would love to see her fail.

“Kate Winslet blooms in a film full of heaving bosoms, flouncing dandies and landscape gardening.”

- TIM ROBEY, DAILY TELEGRAPH

NEW RELEASES

KAGUYAHIME NO MONOGATARI

THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA FRI 3 – THURS 9 & SAT 11 – SUN 12 APR DIR: ISAO TAKAHATA • JAPAN • 2013 • 2 HRS 17 MINS • SUBTITLED & ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSIONS

CERT TBC

Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) explores one of Japan’s most famous folktales in this enchanting animation from the legendary studio.

When an old bamboo cutter happens upon a mysterious shining stalk of bamboo, he cuts it open to find a tiny girl inside the size of his thumb. Taking her home to his wife, the couple raises the girl as their own, watching her magically grow into an enchanting young woman. The mystery of where she has come from, coupled with her great beauty,enthrals all who encounter her, leading the Emperor himself to try and win her heart. But the princess has no interest, as day by day her desire to return to the world from which she came grows stronger.

This beautiful, hand-drawn masterwork was decades in the making, and is another wonderful addition to the Ghibli canon.

Introduction by Laura Shearer, film blogger, on Sat 4 Apr, 6pm.

Screening from the original Japanese version with English subtitles, apart from the matinees on Sat 11 and Sun 12 Apr which will feature the English dubbed version.

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COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK FRI 10 – WED 15 APR DIR: BRETT MORGEN • USA • 2015 • 2 HRS 12 MINS

From acclaimed director Brett Morgen, this first ever, fully authorised documentary blends Kurt Cobain’s personal archive of art, written word, music (both his most famous and some that has never been heard), and never-before-seen home movies, with animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest confidantes.

Following Kurt from his earliest years in Aberdeen, WA, through the height of his fame, it creates an intense and powerful cinematic insight into an artist who craved the spotlight even as he rejected the trappings of fame.

Those of Kurt’s generation will learn things about him they never knew.

Those who’ve discovered the man and his music more recently will understand what makes Kurt the lasting icon that he is.

Just like the legendary frontman of Nirvana himself, Cobain: Montage of Heck is authentic, visceral and unflinching. It will get into your head and stay there long after the end credits roll.

Introduction by Marcus Smith, associate tutor, The Open University, on Sun 12 Apr, 8.15pm.

06/07

NEW RELEASES

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG FRI 10 – THURS 16 APR DIR: NOAH BAUMBACH • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 37 MINS

The trials and tribulations of hipster life are explored to hilarious effect in this wry comedy from indie auteur Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha).

Josh and Cornelia (Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts) are a childless, fortysomething couple of ‘creatives’ (she is a documentary producer, he a filmmaker wrestling with his latest magnum opus) whose lives are unbalanced by a developing friendship with young hipsters Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried).

SUITE FRANÇAISE FRI 20 MAR – THURS 2 APR DIR: SAUL DIBB • UK/FRANCE/ CANADA • 2014 • 1 HR 47 MINS

During the early years of the German occupation of France, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager and Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.

Based on the novel of the same name by Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française is a story about the power of love and the tragedy of war. Also starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Ruth Wilson and Sam Riley.

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MOMMY FRI 3 – THURS 9 APR DIR: XAVIER DOLAN • CANADA • 2014 • 2 HRS 18 MINS • SUBTITLED

Joint winner (with Jean-Luc Godard) of the Jury Prize at Cannes 2014, Mommy is the latest from Canadian enfant terrible Xavier Dolan and is one of the freshest, most distinctive films you will see this year.

The film explores the turbulent relationship between a troubled son and his long-suffering, strong-willed mother. With its fizzing energy, uproarious humour, stubborn hopefulness and terrific central performances, Mommy is another triumph for Dolan.

THE FALLING FRI 24 – THURS 30 APR

DIR: CAROL MORLEY • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 42 MINS

Carol Morley writes and directs this masterful and eagerly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed Dreams of a Life.

A mesmerising psychological drama, The Falling explores a mysterious fainting and twitching outbreak in 1969 at an all-girls school. At the centre of the epidemic are the intense and clever Lydia (Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones fame), and the admired but rebellious Abbie (breathtaking newcomer Florence Pugh).

08/09

NEW RELEASES

APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR FRI 10 – SUN 12 APR DIR: DESIREE AKHAVAN • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 26 MINS

A hit when it screened at Outburst last year, writer/ director Desiree Akhavan stars in an intelligent, engaging comedy that heralds an exciting new voice in indie cinema.

Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.

EN CHANCE TIL

A SECOND CHANCE MON 13 – THURS 16 APR

DIR: SUSANNE BIER • DENMARK • 2014 • 1 HR 42 MINS • SUBTITLED

Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier presents another emotionally devastating drama in which the best intentions create the toughest moral dilemmas.

Veteran police officer Andreas (Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is happily married and a devoted father.

A domestic disturbance incident brings him into contact with an abusive junkie who is neglecting his infant son. Protecting the child becomes an obsession that blinds Andreas to the growing problems in his own life.

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DOCUMENTARY

DIOR AND I FRI 27 MAR – THURS 2 APR DIR: FRÉDÉRIC TCHENG • FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 30 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED

Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-thescenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director.

Melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with mysterious echoes from the iconic brand’s past, the film is also a colourful homage to the seamstresses who serve Simons’ vision.

DOCUMENTARY

ALTMAN TUES 14 – WED 15 APR

DIR: RON MANN • CANADA • 2014 • 1 HR 35 MINS

Ron Mann’s new documentary is an in-depth look at the life and times of filmmaker Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, Nashville, The Player, Gosford Park, and many more).

While refusing to bow down to Hollywood’s conventions, or its executives, Altman’s unique style of filmmaking won him friends and enemies, earned him world-wide praise and occasionally scathing criticism, and proved that it IS possible to make truly independent films.

10/11

AT A GLANCE

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

MARCH

DATE

EVENT

TIME

Mon 13

While We’re Young We Weren't Given Anything for Free A Second Chance Cobain: Montage of Heck

6.20pm 6.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm

DATE

EVENT

TIME

Fri 27

Wild Tales Dior and I Suite Française

6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

Tues 14 – Wed 15

Sat 28

Giovanni’s Island Wild Tales Dior and I Suite Française

3.00pm 6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

While We’re Young Altman Cobain: Montage of Heck A Second Chance

6.20pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.40pm

Thurs 16

Maxine Peake as Hamlet Far From the Madding Crowd Wild Tales Dior and I Suite Française

2.30pm 3.00pm 6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

A Second Chance NT Live: The Hard Problem While We’re Young

6.30pm 7.00pm 8.40pm

Fri 17

Horse Money Listen Up Philip Of Men and War The Canal

6.30pm 6.30pm 8.45pm 9.00pm

Project Monday: Ida Dior and I Wild Tales Suite Française

6.30pm 6.40pm 8.20pm 8.40pm

Sat 18

10.00am

Wild Tales Dior and I Suite Française

6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

Framing Trauma The Nostalgia for a Future Territory Carson Country Second Coming A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 99 Homes Art and Craft

Sun 19

Li’l Quinquin Still Bolshoi Live: Ivan Le Terrible Approaching the Elephant Eat Your Children Timbuktu Tokyo Tribe Clouds of Sils Maria

1.00pm 1.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.15pm

Mon 20

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night In the Shadow of War Lasa and Zabala Bugarach

6.30pm 6.45pm 8.45pm 9.00pm

Tues 21

A Patch of Fog: From Page to Screen A Kind of Sisterhood Iris Rosewater The Editor

5.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm

Wed 22

The Uprising Phoenix The Tribe The New Girlfriend

6.00pm 6.30pm 9.00pm 9.15pm

Thurs 23

John T Davis: His Own Trail Magical Girl Lambert & Stamp

7.15pm 9.15pm 9.15pm

Fri 24

Short Film Competition 1 The Cut + intro A Little Chaos The Falling

4.30pm 6.00pm 6.55pm/9.15pm 9.00pm

Sat 25

Short Film Competition 2 Unchosen: Films Against Slavery Short Film Competition 3 Art, Life and Conflict Short Film Competition 4 Skunky Dog A Little Chaos The Falling

10.00am

Sun 26

A Little Chaos A Cat in Paris The Falling

3.30pm/6.00pm/ 8.25pm 4.00pm 5.45pm/8.00pm

Mon 27

Project Monday: Wild Tales The Falling A Little Chaos

6.30pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 9.00pm

Tues 28 – Thurs 30

A Little Chaos The Falling

6.15pm/8.40pm 6.30pm/8.50pm

Sun 29

Mon 30

Tues 31

APRIL DATE

EVENT

TIME

Wed 1 – Thurs 2

Wild Tales Dior and I Suite Française

6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.30pm

Fri 3

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Mommy Blade Runner: The Final Cut Wild Tales

6.00pm 6.10pm 8.45pm 9.00pm

Sat 4

Blade Runner: The Final Cut The Tale of the Princess Kaguya + intro Mommy Wild Tales

Sun 5

NT Live: A View From the Bridge Blade Runner: The Final Cut + intro The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Mommy Blade Runner: The Final Cut Wild Tales

3.30pm/9.10pm 6.00pm 6.10pm 9.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 5.30pm 5.40pm 8.15pm 8.30pm

Mon 6 – Thurs 9

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Mommy Blade Runner: The Final Cut Wild Tales

6.00pm 6.10pm 8.45pm 9.00pm

Fri 10

While We’re Young Drone Appropriate Behaviour Cobain: Montage of Heck

6.20pm 6.30pm 8.20pm 8.30pm

Sat 11

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Maidan While We’re Young Cobain: Montage of Heck Appropriate Behaviour

3.25pm 6.10pm 6.20pm 8.30pm 9.00pm

Sun 12

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Cobain: Montage of Heck Mise Éire While We’re Young Appropriate Behaviour Cobain: Montage of Heck + intro

3.15pm 3.30pm 6.00pm 6.10pm 8.00pm 8.15pm

1.00pm 3.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 8.45pm 9.00pm

12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 4.00pm 6.15pm/8.40pm 6.30pm/8.50pm

12/13

PROJECT MONDAY ARTHOUSE NEAR YOUR HOUSE QFT is more than a little excited to launch Project Monday, a major new collaboration with Omniplex Cinemas.

Find your nearest participating Omniplex Cinema and book online at omniplex.ie

Fall in love with Mondays all over again with our hand-picked selection of the best of the QFT programme, screening simultaneously at QFT and your local Omniplex Cinema.

Book online for QFT screenings at queensfilmtheatre.com

Project Monday will feature monthly screenings of new independent and world cinema, classic reissues, and documentaries. First up is Ida, a modern classic and much-deserved winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars.

Never miss a film - follow Project Monday:

IDA

30 MAR, 6.30PM

BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

8 JUNE, 6.30PM

WILD TALES

27 APR, 6.30PM

ROSEWATER

29 JUNE, 6.30PM

This project is supported by Film Hub NI with National Lottery funds distributed by the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN). filmhubni.org

/projectmondayfilm @projectmonfilm

LAMBERT & STAMP

18 MAY, 6.30PM

SECOND SIGHT

THE FINAL CUT

BLADE RUNNER FRI 3 – THURS 9 APR

DIR: RIDLEY SCOTT • USA/ HONG KONG/UK • 1982 • 1 HR 57 MINS

Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi opus is a grand cinematic synthesis of sound, image and thought-provoking drama that demands to be seen on the big screen.

Adapted from Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Scott’s masterpiece has gripped audiences and inspired passionate and fierce debate.

Harrison Ford is exemplary as the world weary detective hunting down intelligent but murderous replicants in a neon-lit, rain-spattered future Los Angeles.

Film critic David Thomson called it, “a superb piece of future-making and a film noir that bleeds over into tragedy.”

Ten years after its original release, the Director’s Cut of Blade Runner was released in cinemas in 1992. Given complete artistic freedom to make The Final Cut in 2007, the 25th anniversary of the film’s opening, Ridley Scott created this final, definitive version, fully restored from the original negative.

Introduction by Robert J. E. Simpson, film historian, on Sun 5 Apr, 3pm.

Blade Runner: The Final Cut is also screening on Mon 8 June at 6.30pm, showing simultaneously at QFT and selected Omniplex Cinemas as part of Project Monday (see page 13).

SPECIAL EVENTS

14/15

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD SUN 29 MAR, 3PM

DIR: JOHN SCHLESINGER • UK • 1967 • 2 HRS 45 MINS

A luminous Julie Christie stars in this superb restoration of Schlesinger’s ‘67 classic ahead of the new Carey Mulliganstarring adaptation.

1967 saw Julie Christie and Terence Stamp immortalised by The Kinks in ‘Waterloo Sunset’ and cast as lovers in Thomas Hardy’s epic love story. Headstrong and independent, farmer Bathsheba Everdene is among the most modern of 19th-century heroines and Christie’s performance beautifully underlines her as a woman at odds with the conventions of the time.

THE CUT FRI 24 APR, 6PM

DIR: FATIH AKIN • GERMANY/FRANCE CERT /POLAND/ITALY/CANADA/TURKEY TBC • 2014 • 2 HRS 18 MINS • SUBTITLED

A special 100th anniversary screening to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

Fatih Akin’s (Head On, The Edge of Heaven) epic centres on a man (Tahar Rahim) who survives the Armenian Genocide during WWI, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Introduction by Mark Caffrey, Development and Integration Officer, NICEM.

Part of Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict. conversationsaboutcinema.co.uk

SPECIAL EVENTS

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CINEMA: IMPACT OF CONFLICT Our ongoing strand of film screenings, events and conversations exploring the repercussions of conflict and the multiple ways these have been represented in and through film.

Over the next few months we will continue to present this series of films, events and panel discussions that will explore the wider cultural, human and socio-political implications of conflict and the countless ways this has been presented through film, both historically and in contemporary cinema.

Our programme this month features a selection of documentaries from around the world, exploring different facets of conflict, past and present; from the US ‘War on Terror’ and the recent conflict in Ukraine to the events leading up to the 1916 Easter Rising and the battle against Fascism in wartime Italy.

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.

16/17

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DOCUMENTARY

DOCUMENTARY

DRONE

MAIDAN

FRI 10 APR, 6.30PM DIR: TONJE HESSEN SCHEI • NORWAY/PAKISTAN/USA • 2014 • 1 HR 20 MINS

SAT 11 APR, 6.10PM CERT TBC

This film takes a look inside the secret CIA drone war, detailing the process of recruiting young pilots at gaming conventions who in turn become the engineers behind America’s new ‘War on Terror’. Drone questions the morality of deploying a system that has been responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths and asks what it means for our own civil liberties in the fight for transparency, accountability and justice.

DIR: SERGEI LOZNITSA • UKRAINE/NETHERLANDS • 2014 • 2 HRS 14 MINS • SUBTITLED

Maïdan details the anti-government protests in Ukraine that climaxed earlier this year with the ousting of the country’s president, Viktor Yanukovych. In an unconventional approach, director Sergei Loznitsa guides the film from numerous static vantage points from within the Maïdan square. The film is a portrait of an awakening nation, rediscovering its identity.

NON CI È STATO REGALATO NIENTE DOCUMENTARY

MISE ÉIRE SUN 12 APR, 6PM

WE WEREN’T GIVEN ANYTHING FOR FREE MON 13 APR, 6.30PM

DIR: GEORGE MORRISON • IRELAND • 1960 • 1 HR 28 MINS • SUBTITLED

DIR: ERIC ESSER • GERMANY/ITALY • 2014 • 58 MINS • SUBTITLED

Mise Éire is a feature length documentary chronicling events in Ireland leading up to, during, and immediately after the 1916 Easter Rising, extensively using original newsreel footage from the time. The film was both the first Irish feature-length film that utilised an orchestral soundtrack and the first complete Irish language film. From its original release in 1960 the film has been hailed a masterpiece of Irish cinema.

This documentary chronicles the story of a lifelong struggle for emancipation that began with the battle for Italy’s liberation from Fascism.

Laila and her two comrades, Gina ‘Sonia’ Moncigoli and Pierina ‘Iva’ Bonilauri talk about their time in the Resistenza and what it meant to them and many other women. In a predominantly male-dominated Italian society the story is even more compelling by Laila’s rise through the ranks to become one of the few female commanders in the Italian resistance.

18/19

SPECIAL EVENTS

CINESEEKERS FILM CLUB

The CineSeekers Film Club is a monthly film event for young people. Based in QFT, the club’s ethos is to promote and celebrate a diverse and varied range of international children’s films. By providing our young audience with a regular outlet for world cinema, the aim is to develop and nurture a broader appreciation, understanding and love of film; as well as celebrating the stories, peoples and cultures from around the globe. Tickets £4.

JOBANNI NO SHIMA

GIOVANNI’S ISLAND SAT 28 MAR, 3PM DIR: MIZUHO NISHIKUBO • JAPAN • 2014 • 1 HR 41 MINS • SUBTITLED

Giovanni’s Island is an inspired anime tale examining the struggles of the Japanese in the immediate aftermath of World War II, as seen through the eyes of children. Beautiful hand-drawn animation, an emotive score and an element of the fantastical all contribute to the telling of a powerful story. This stunning film will appeal to fans of Studio Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies.

UNE VIE DE CHAT

A CAT IN PARIS SUN 26 APR, 4PM DIR: JEAN-LOUP FELICIOLI & ALAIN GAGNOL • FRANCE/NETHERLANDS/SWITZERLAND/BELGIUM • 2010 • 1 HR 5 MINS • SUBTITLED

A Paris cat called Dino leads an unlikely double life when he becomes embroiled in this tale of animated adventure. A jazzy film noir for children, A Cat in Paris is a cinematic delight celebrating traditional old school animation.

SPECIAL EVENTS

15TH BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL The Belfast Film Festival is back for its 15th festival and a week-long residency at QFT. Here are some highlights from a programme stuffed to the gills with incredible new films from around the world. For details of the full programme, taking place at venues across Belfast, visit belfastfilmfestival.org

Tickets for selected highlights £6

LI’L OUINOUIN SUN 19 APR, 1PM DIR: BRUNO DUMONT • FRANCE • 2014 • 3 HRS 20 MINS • SUBTITLED

Bruno Dumont’s absurdist metaphysical murder mystery prompts inevitable comparisons to Twin Peaks and True Detective. Featuring Bernard Pruvost as the Clouseau-like detective on the case and charismatic young Alane Delhaye as the title prankster, Li’l Quinquin is proof that even an auteur like Dumont, best known for uncompromising and austere dramas, is capable of shifting gears without conceding his signature.

ROSEWATER TUES 21 APR, 9PM DIR: JON STEWART• USA • 2014 • 1 HR 43 MINS

Rosewater is based on The New York Times best-selling memoir written by Maziar Bahari.

The film marks the directorial debut of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and tells the tale of Bahari’s months-long imprisonment and interrogation in this powerful and affecting drama, which features a potent and persuasive performance

by Gael García Bernal (No, The Motorcycle Diaries) as Bahari.

20/21

SPECIAL EVENTS MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

IN THE SHADOW OF WAR MON 20 APR, 6.45PM

BUGARACH MON 20 APR, 9PM

DIR: GEORGIA SCOTT & SOPHIA SCOTT • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 29 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED

DIR: VENTURA DURALL, SALVADOR SUNYER & SERGI CAMERON • SPAIN/GERMANY • 2014 • 1 HR 30 MINS • SUBTITLED

Almost 20 years ago, the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina came to an end. Children born after the fighting stopped are entering adulthood today, but are still facing violence, abuse and abandonment.

No one took much notice of Bugarach until the world was coming to an end. Amidst the growing paranoia of the approaching Mayan doomsday prophecy, a news story appears that alleges when the apocalypse hits, Bugarach will be the only place on the planet to survive.

“This film shows us that we still have lessons to learn from the Bosnian conflict. The compelling personal stories in this film tell me that we need to learn these lessons quickly.”

- ROB WILLIAMS, CEO WAR CHILD

“With this story, Bugarach is ripe with complex critiques on the media and the frail integrity of modern day journalists...”

- PRETTY CLEVER FILMS UK PREMIERE

MAGICAL GIRL THURS 23 APR, 9.15PM DIR: CARLOS VERMUT • SPAIN • 2014 • 2 HRS 7 MINS • SUBTITLED

Desperate to fulfill his terminally ill daughter’s last wish, a grief-stricken man plunges into a vortex of blackmail, deception and double-cross, in this deliriously stylised noir thriller. Director Carlos Vermut employs a classic noir premise, taking his exploration of the darkest side of human nature to exhilarating new extremes.

SPECIAL EVENTS

MAXINE PEAKE AS HAMLET MON 23 MAR, 7PM & SUN 29 MAR, 2.30PM 3 HRS 15 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)

From its sell-out run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre comes this unique and critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s tragic Hamlet.

In this stripped-back, fresh and fast-paced version, BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake creates a Hamlet for now, giving a performance hailed as “delicately ferocious” by The Guardian and “a milestone Hamlet” by the Manchester Evening News.

TICKETS £12.50 (£10.00 concessions and Film Card holders)

IVAN LE TERRIBLE SUN 19 APR, 4PM 2 HRS 15 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)

Drawing on the music composed by Prokofiev for the 1944 Eisenstein film, Ivan the Terrible is a work in the true Bolshoi style.

Yuri Grigorovich’s powerful and fascinating epic dramatises Ivan the Terrible’s controversial reign, and portrays events in 16th-century Russia in visually stunning scenes. His choreography, full of vigour, strength and wild jumps, also includes great grace and fragility in the female roles.

TICKETS £15.00 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)

22/23

SPECIAL EVENTS

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE SOLD

THURS 26 MAR, 7PM (LIVE) OUT SUN 5 APR, 2.30PM (ENCORE) 2 HRS 30 MINS (NO INTERVAL)

The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Arthur Miller’s tragic masterpiece, broadcast from London’s West End by National Theatre Live.

Don’t miss a stellar cast led

by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) in the Young Vic’s “magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold” production of A View from the Bridge - the Evening Standard, Guardian and Independent’s top theatre pick of 2014.

ENCORE TICKETS £12.50 (£10.00 concessions and Film Card holders)

THE HARD PROBLEM THURS 16 APRIL, 7PM 2 HRS (NO INTERVAL)

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed

by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, One Man, Two Guvnors).

Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness?

TICKETS £15.00 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)

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