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2INDEXSCREENING DATES AND TIMES 18-19TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION 19GENERAL INFORMATION 35Ahlaam 21American Matchmaker 27Apocalypse Now Redux 31Ashes and Diamonds 31Bambi 7Battle for Haditha 21Bigger Than Life 29Biscuits, Barrels and Billets 16Bitter & Twisted 14Bound for Glory 31Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli 33The Burning Plain 9Cactus 14Cafe de los maestros 12Carmen 27Chéri 4Cherry Blossoms 5Citizen Havel 30The Class 8Courses, Workshops and Events 34Crossing the Dust 20The Damned United 8Dance for Camera 11DANCE:FILM 09 10-13Dance with Camera 11Dead By Dawn 15Delta 7Diamonds Are Forever 33Don Carlo 27Encounters at the End of the World 5Filmhouse Café Bar 34Filmhouse Membership & Loyalty Cards 36Filmhouse Quiz 34Flashdance 13Forget Baghdad 22Green Fields 26The Green Table 13The Grocer’s Son 6Gypsy 12His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Lhasa... 25In Cuba They’re Still Dancing + Routes 11In My Father’s Country 15Inside the Circle 12Invitation to the Dance: Body and Taboo 12Iraq in Fragments 21Iraq: Song of the Missing Men 21Is it Dance? 11Italian Film Festival 32Jan Sikl Double Bill 30The Leopard 32Let the Right One In 9INDEXLife After the Fall 22The Light Ahead 26Lionel 14London Australian Film Fest On Tour 14-15Made in Edinburgh 16Made in Prague 30The Man in Grey 29Mark of an Angel 6James Mason 28-29Men’s Group 15Metropolis Video Dance + Thursday’s Fictions 12Modern Life 5New Works 11O’Horten 6The Oasis 15Odd Man Out 29Om Shanti Om 11On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 33Open Shutters Iraq 20The Paradine Case 32Perhaps Love 10Pierrot le fou 7Rats and Cats 15The Reckless Moment 29Reel Iraq 20-22René 30The Return March to Tibet 25The Rock: Super Dynamite Soul 12Screening History 31The Seventh Veil 29The Singing Blacksmith 26Spawn of Dawn 15A Star is Born 29Stevenson College Edinburgh 27Suspiria 32Swing Time 10The Third Man 32Three Blind Mice 14Thunderball 33Tibet Film Festival 2009 24-25Tibet’s Cry for Freedom 24Tintin in Tibet 25Tiny Dance Film Series 13Touch the Sound 16Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow 31Turtles Can Fly 21Undercover in Tibet 24Underexposure 20The Unwinking Gaze 24Vicky Cristina Barcelona 8Weans’ World 25The Yiddish Films of Edgar Ulmer 26-27You Only Live Twice 33The Young Girls of Rochefort 11Zaman: Man from the Reeds 20AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLESWe have installed in Cinema One a systemwhich enables us, whenever the necessarydiscs are available, to show onscreen subtitlesfor customers who are deaf or hard of hearing,and provide audio description (via our infra-redheadsets) for those who are sight-impaired.This month:Chéri – all Cinema One screenings will haveaudio description, and the 3.00pm screeningon Sunday 17 May will also have subtitles.The Damned United – the 3.45pmscreening on Saturday 9 May will have audiodescription and subtitles.FORCRYINGOUTLOUDScreenings for carers and their babies, onMonday mornings at 10.30am. This issue:Encounters at the End of the World onMonday 4 MayBambi on Monday 18 MayO’Horten on Monday 1 JuneBaby changing, bottle warming and buggyparking facilities are available.Tickets cost£3/£2 concessions per adult. Screenings limitedto babies under 12 months accompanied by nomore than two adults. For Crying Out Loud issponsored by CBeebies.See page 25 for details of Weans’ World, ourregular screenings for a younger audience.Filmhouse88 Lothian RoadEdinburgh EH3 9BZwww.filmhousecinema.comBox Office: 0131 228 2688 (12 noon - 9pm)Recorded Programme Info: 0131 228 2689Administration: 0131 228 6382Fax: 0131 229 6482email: admin@filmhousecinema.comFilmhouse is a registered Scottish charity, No. SC006793

Introduction3MARK OF AN ANGEL BAMBIJAMES MASON: ODD MAN OUT CHÉRIDo you Facebook?Is that a verb yet? If not it probably will be soon. For some (including me) a blight on the otherwise rather marvellous World Wide Interweb,for others a wonderful way of keeping in touch with loved ones and friends. I am very much the odd one out amongst my colleagues,and am regularly made to feel like the old codger/Luddite who hasn’t quite kept pace with technology... though I confess I do rather playup my dislike and ignorance of it. I’m constantly being told what a marvellous marketing tool it is – but aren’t ‘Facebookers’ too busy lettingpeople know tsaid that, I did once say: “If you ever see me with a mobile phone, you have permission to shoot me,” and now I couldn’t live withoutone! So, never say never – I just couldn’t ever let my colleagues find out...Back in the ‘real’ world, Stephen Frears returns to the big screen with his sumptuous, Paris during la belle epoque-set adaptation ofthe Colette novel of the same name, Chéri, with a marvellous all-too-rare central performance by Michelle Pfeiffer; Mark of an Angel(L’Empreinte de l’ange) is a top drawer French psychological thriller, starring Catherine Frot and Sandrine Bonnaire, about a womanwho convinces herself that another woman’s daughter is actually her own who died in infancy. More from France: Raymond Depardon’sfascinating portrait of a group of French farmers and their families in the Cévennes region of southern France, Modern Life; and Jean-Luc Godard’s glorious farewell to the style and spirit of the nouvelle vague, Pierrot le fou, is given the full restoration treatment. Alsoscreening in a gorgeous restoration is Walt Disney’s timeless Bambi (we’d advise bringing a hanky for that one). And from Norway, Bent(Kitchen Stories, Factotum) Hamer’s latest little gem is an absurdist deadpan comedy centring around the retirement of a time-served traindriver, O’Horten.Our Made In Edinburgh strand continues with Touch the Sound, a documentary about world renowned percussionist Dame EvelynGlennie, who will attend the screening; the London Australian Film Festival on Tour makes its annual appearance; and there are seasonsof cinema from Iraq and Tibet. The worlds of dance and film collide once again with DANCE:FILM 09, in association with our friends atDance Base.The centenary of the birth of cinema’s sexiest Englishman, James Mason, gave us just the excuse we needed to show six of his bestfilms, and I’ll leactor.” Ah, Mr Mason, I think you’re selling yourself a little short...Rod White, Head of Programming

4NEWRELEASEChériFri 8 to Thu 28 MayStephen Frears • UK/Germany 2009 • 1h32m • 35mm15 – Contains moderate sex and sex referencesCast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones,Frances Tomelty, Anita Pallenberg.Stephen Frears follows up the hugely successful TheQueen with Chéri, an adaptation of a 1920 Colette novelthat reunites him with writer Christopher Hampton andactress Michelle Pfeiffer exactly twenty years since therelease of Dangerous Liaisons.Set in the luxurious demi-monde of pre-First WorldWar Paris, Chér is the story of the love affair betweenthe beautiful retired courtesan Léa (Pfeiffer) and Chéri(Rupert Friend), the son of her old colleague and rival,Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates). Léa has educated thespoilt and callow boy in the ways of love, but after sixyears Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriagebetween Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones), daughterof another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment ofparting approaches, Léa and Chéri begin to understand,too late, how much they mean to one another.AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLESSee page two for details.

New releases5ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD CHERRY BLOSSOMS MODERN LIFENEWRELEASEEncounters at the End of the WorldScreening until Thu 7 MayWerner Herzog • USA 2007 • 1h39m • Digital projectionU –Contains mild sex referencesDocumentaryWerner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureateof men in extreme situations with Encounters at theEnd of the World. In this visually stunning exploration,Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdoStation, headquarters of the National Science Foundationand home to eleven hundred people during the australsummer, which runs from October to February. Over thecourse of his journey, Herzog examines human nature andMother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations withthe profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiencesof the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truckdrivers who choose to form a society as far away fromsociety as one can get.NEWRELEASECherry Blossoms Kirschblüten – HanamiFri 8 & Sat 9 MayDoris Dörrie • Germany/France 2008 • 2h7m • Digital projectionGerman, English and Japanese with English subtitles • 15Cast: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki, MaximilianBrückner, Nadja Uhl.A quietly moving and bittersweet drama that pays wryhomage to Ozu’s 1953 arthouse classic Tokyo Story.Middle-aged, unspectacular Bavarian couple Rudi andTrudi set off to visit their grown-up children in Berlin aftershe learns of his terminal illness (regimented, changeresistantRudi is kept in the dark). However, the membersof their family are far too wrapped up in their own lives topay them much attention, and, after a theatre trip to see aButoh dance performance, Trudi and Rudi decide to go andstay at a hotel on the Baltic coast. There the story takes anunexpected turn, and Rudi travels on to Japan alone to visittheir youngest son, Karl. In Tokyo, a young Butoh dancerhelps him to come to terms with the unavoidable sadnessof life, and to rediscover his identity.NEWRELEASEModern Life La Vie moderneFri 15 to Thu 21 MayRaymond Depardon • France 2008 • 1h28m • Digital projectionProvençal and French with English subtitlesPG – Contains mild language • DocumentaryThis poised and poignant latest from humanistphotojournalist and filmmaker Raymond Depardon is the(possible) final chapter in a trio of documentaries about thedemise of tradition in the French countryside, and drawsfascinating and subtle insight from individuals whosecherished way of life is slipping away. Suggesting parallelswith the work of fellow countryman Nicholas Philibert,as well as the filming styles of the Maysles brothers andFrederick Wiseman, the set-up is simple, but wonderfullyeffective. The director, who also narrates, traverses thetwisted hillside passes of the Cévennes region of southernFrance, reconvenes with various farmworkers he’s cometo know over the years and casually chats to them abouttheir lives.Depardon doesn’t interrogate those he meets. There’s nosense that he’s looking for answers, that he’s attemptingto support a thesis or trying to manufacture a drama.He simply and sensitively asks questions. Sometimes hegets an answer; sometimes, just silence. It’s a high-riskapproach that, in lesser hands, might have made foruncomfortable viewing, but Depardon’s palpable sense ofrespect for his subjects lends the film a geniality that wouldotherwise have been hard to fabricate.

6 New releasesMARK OF AN ANGELTHE GROCER’S SONO’HORTENNEWRELEASE NEWRELEASES NEWRELEASEMark of an Angel L’Empreinte de l’angeFri 22 May to Thu 4 JunSafy Nebbou • France 2008 • 1h35m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles12A – Contains one use of strong language and moderate violenceCast: Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff,Antoine Chappey, Michel Aumont.The outstanding Mark of an Angel is refined and satisfyingas a character study, totally absorbing as a thriller. Drawnfrom a true story, it stars Catherine Frot as Elsa, a divorcée,struggling to make ends meet whilst attempting to securecustody of her ten-year-old son Thomas. Elsa’s also livingwith the tragic loss of her infant daughter seven yearspreviously, and when she meets seven-year-old Lola, she’sovercome with the feelings that this is her long-lost child.Elsa’s first move is to trail Lola’s mother Claire, then tobefriend her in order to stay as close to the girl as possible.Before long, Elsa’s interest in young Lola has begun tounnerve Claire, and she’s forced to try to curtail contact.But by then, Claire has secrets of her own to reveal…The Grocer’s Son Le Fils de l’épicierThu 28 to Sun 31 MayEric Guirado • France 2007 • 1h39m • 35mm • French withEnglish subtitles • 12A – Contains strong language, an attemptedsuicide and moderate sex referencesCast: Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil,Stéphan Guérin-Tillié.Antoine (Nicolas Cazalé) is a 30-year-old man who left hisrural village childhood home ten years previously to starthis adult life in the city. However, he has ended up as adirectionless drifter without meaningful work or prospects– and when his father, who runs a small general store, isadmitted to hospital after suffering from a stroke, Antoinereluctantly returns home to help out, persuading his friend,Claire (Clotilde Hesme), on whom he has an unrequitedcrush, to accompany him. His chief duty is driving a vanon a route from one dying mountain hamlet to another,selling grocery items from the travelling storefront to anageing rural population – and surly Antoine, who lacks thecommon touch, is not very good at the job.Though the setting is pastoral and starkly beautiful, hisnew life is filled with conflict – with the dilapidated van, hisrecuperating father, his resentful brother and one elderlyProvençal customer after another. But gradually, with thehelp of Claire, he comes to adjust to this new life. Thismay all sound rather hackneyed but the script has fewcontrivances and many surprises, director Eric Guiradocaptures the vanishing rural milieu with a masterful eye,the cast (especially Cazalé, who was nominated for a CésarAward) is spot-on and the film is engaging, heartfelt andoriginal.O’HortenFri 29 May to Thu 4 JunBent Hamer • Norway/Germany/France 2007 • 1h30mDigital projection • Norwegian with English subtitles12A – Contains brief sexualised nudityCast: Bård Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan,Bjørn Floberg.The moment the train leaves the station without engineerOdd Horten (Bård Owe) aboard, he realises that the pathahead is a journey without printed timetables and familiarstations. Horten has been forced to retire after 40 years,and his orderly, solitary existence is about to give way to afuture of unlikely adventures and puzzling dilemmas: willHorten ever travel by plane? Will he finally sell his prizedboat? How does Horten end up in a pair of women’s redhigh-heeled shoes? Will he survive a night-time drive witha blindfolded man at the wheel? A wonderfully warm andquirky comedy that embraces life in all its idiosyncraticsplendour.

8 Maybe you missed...VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA THE DAMNED UNITED THE CLASSMAYBEYOUMISSED...Vicky Cristina BarcelonaFri 1 to Mon 4 MayWoody Allen • Spain/USA 2008 • 1h36m • 35mmCatalan, English and Spanish with English subtitles12A – Contains moderate sex references and implied sexCast: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, RebeccaHall, Patricia Clarkson.Two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) andCristina (Scarlett Johansson), come to Barcelona for asummer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to bemarried; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous.In Barcelona, they’re drawn into a series of unconventionalromantic entanglements with Juan Antonio (JavierBardem), a charismatic painter, who’s still involved with histempestuous ex-wife Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz). WoodyAllen is finally back on form, with this funny, sexy andopen-minded celebration of love in all its configurations.MAYBEYOUMISSED...The Damned UnitedTue 5 to Sun 10 MayTom Hooper • UK 2009 • 1h37m • 35mm15 – Contains strong languageCast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney,Joseph Dempsie.Based on the novel by David Peace, The Damned Unitedstars Michael Sheen as football manager Brian Clough.Like the book, the film cuts between 1974 and Clough’sdisastrous 44-day stint as the manager of Leeds United andthe years leading up to it, including his partnership withPeter Taylor (Timothy Spall) and his astonishing (and stillunmatched) achievements with Derby County.Adding to his already impressive roster of real-life roles(including Tony Blair, Kenneth Williams and DavidFrost) Michael Sheen is superb as Brian Clough, andis given strong support from Spall, Colm Meaney andJim Broadbent as beleagured Derby Chairman SamLongson. Peter Morgan’s excellent script crackles withquotable dialogue and contains several laugh-out-loudmoments, but also paints a genuinely moving portrait ofthe friendship between Clough and Taylor. You don’t haveto like football to enjoy this hugely entertaining slice of theseventies!MAYBEYOUMISSED...The ClassEntre les mûrsFri 8 to Mon 18 MayLaurent Cantet • France 2008 • 2h10m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong languageCast: François Bégaudeau, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier,Franck Keita, Wei Huang.Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winner is a marvel, itsauthenticity deriving both from the superb performancesof its non-professional cast and from a screenplay cowrittenby Bégaudeau, the teacher and novelist who playsFrançois, a teacher of French 13-year-olds in one of Paris’smulticultural suburbs. Young, relaxed but firm, he generallywins respect. Still, kids can fall by the wayside, and evenafter he encourages Souleymane’s photographic talents,the young Malian seems somehow unreachable. Sucha synopsis may be misleading, however. The teacher’sdealings with Souleymane constitute just one strand ofa hugely rich tapestry and for the first hour this partlyimprovised film feels more like fly-on-the-wall documentarythan fiction. Race, religion, age, sex, family and personalityare all crucial to the dynamics of the classroom wheremost of the movie takes place, but Cantet wisely neverpreaches. Instead, the film raises many pressing questionsabout education, communication and contemporaryculture, knowing there are no easy answers, except thatcompassion and tolerance are paramount.AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLESSee page two for details.

Maybe you missed...9THE BURNING PLAIN LET THE RIGHT ONE IN LET THE RIGHT ONE INMAYBEYOUMISSED...MAYBEYOUMISSED...The Burning PlainTue 19 to Thu 21 MayGuillermo Arriaga • USA 2008 • 1h46m • 35mmEnglish and Spanish with English subtitles15 – Contains strong language and sexCast: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Lawrence, José MaríaYazpik, Joaquim de Almeida, Tessa Ia.Academy Award®-nominee Guillermo Arriaga is best knownas the screenwriter for director Alejandro González Iñárritu’scritically acclaimed films Amores perros, 21 Grams and Babel,as well as Tommy Lee Jones’ The Three Burials of MelquiadesEstrada. In his directorial debut, Arriaga assumes fullcontrol of The Burning Plain, as beautifully constructed andemotionally moving as anything he has ever crafted.The first image is both shocking and striking: an oldtrailer home in a parched landscape, consumed in ablazing fire. From there, Arriaga doubles back to explorea series of relationships among several characters whoat first appear unrelated. Marina (Jennifer Lawrence) is asixteen-year-old girl in a Mexican border town, comingto terms with her parents’ increasingly dysfunctionalrelationship. In Portland, Oregon, Sylvia (Charlize Theron)is a self-destructive, tormented young woman. Back inthe southwest, Gina (Kim Basinger) and Nick (Joaquim deAlmeida) are in the throes of a passionate, illicit love affair.And Maria (Tessa Ia) is an adolescent girl on a bordercrossingvoyage to reunite her estranged mother with herbadly injured, hospitalised father. As Arriaga draws usdeeper into each character’s world, the bonds that unitethem begin to come into focus.Let the Right One InLåt den rätte komma inMon 1 to Thu 4 JunTomas Alfredson • Sweden 2008 • 1h54m • Digital projectionSwedish with English subtitles15 – Contains strong bloody violence and languageCast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl,Karin Bergquist.An astonishingly beautiful and poetic film that explores thepain of growing up in an unexpected way.A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularlybullied but never strikes back. His wish for a friend seemsto come true when he meets Eli, who moves in nextdoor with her father. A pale, serious girl, she only comesout at night and doesn’t seem affected by the freezingtemperatures. Coinciding with Eli’s arrival is a series ofinexplicable attacks and murders – one man is found tiedto a tree, another frozen in the lake, and a woman is bittenin the neck. But by now a subtle romance has blossomedbetween Oskar and Eli.Based on the novel by John Ajvide Linqvist (who alsowrote the script), Let the Right One In is the best kind ofhorror film: one that transcends the clichés of the genre tobecome something new.

10 DANCE:FILM 09© Darran Barton Photography© Licensed by Celestial Filmed Entertainment Limited. All rights reservedDANCE:FILM 09 SWING TIMEPERHAPS LOVEE© OM SHANTI OMWelcome to DANCE:FILM’s second outing since its hugely successful debut in 2007 as DANCE:FILM 07. Oh how we laughed, danced, enjoyed films and watched in awe at the displays ofbreakdancing in 2007. Now Scotland’s dance film festival is back for more in a bigger and bolderform! Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, and Filmhouse, Scotland’s leadingindependent cinema, have come together again with the support of Scottish Screen to bring youDANCE:FILM 09.DANCE:FILM 09 is full of musicals, documentaries, shorts and films just featuring dance for thesake of it. Keeping to the DANCE:FILM format, we open with a Hollywood musical, the Fred andGinger classic Swing Time and end it all with classic 80s dance film cheese, Flashdance with amyriad of dance on-screen gems in between, including a Scottish premiere of Perhaps Love (Ruguo • Ai), the multi-award winning Chinese musical from 2005 in only its second UK screening.There will also be talks about dance in Bollywood films, dance in Hollywood musicals and, ofcourse, lots of dance workshops. You can learn 80s Jazz, Fred Astaire Tap, Burlesque and Cabaret,Cuban Rumba, Rocking, Bollywood and Fosse, all in the name of dance on screen. To top it all off,Diamond Circles Jam returns in association with our screening of b-boy documentary Inside theCircle in its Scottish premiere, with Omar from the film featuring in the main exhibition battle.So come along and celebrate the wonders of dance on screen with us in all its many gloriousforms. As they say, What a Feeling!For information on the full DANCE:FILM 09 programme, please visit www.dancefilmscotland.comor pick up a brochure from Dance Base or Filmhouse foyer.Swing TimeThu 21 May at 8.00pmGeorge Stevens • USA 1936 • 1h43m • 35mm • UCast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick.The sixth (of ten) of Fred and Ginger’s films together,Swing Time is often regarded as one of the best. LuckyGarnett is off to win some money to prove to his fiancée’sfather that he can look after her. But on his adventures hemeets Penny, a dance teacher and of course falls in love.As with all Hollywood musicals, confusion, hilarity andcalamities ensue, all set to wonderful song and dance.They just don’t make films like this any more!Perhaps Love Ru guo • AiFri 22 May at 6.15pmPeter Chan • China/Malaysia/Hong Kong 2005 • 1h47m • 35mmMandarin, Cantonese and English with English subtitles • PGCast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xun Zhou, Jacky Cheung, Ji Jin-hee.China’s official entry into the Best Film in a Foreign Languagecategory at the Oscars, Perhaps Love is one of the mostspectacular and successful Chinese musicals of the last40 years. Clearly inspired by Bollywood films and MoulinRouge, it is an epic love story told through the device of afilm within a film. On the set of a musical in China, a lovetriangle emerges between its two main stars and the director.But all is not as it seems, as events of the past catch upwith them and life imitates art. Lavishly shot and beautifullydesigned, Perhaps Love is a treat for the eyes and the ears.© Licensed by Celestial Filmed Entertainment Limited. Allrights reservedSupported by The Confucius Institute.

DANCE:FILM 0911THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORTROUTESTHE ROCKGYPSYOm Shanti OmSat 23 May at 5.00pmFarah Khan • India 2007 • 2h49m • 35mmHindi with English subtitles • 12A – Contains moderate violenceCast: Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kiron Kher, Shreyas Talpade,Deepika Padukone.One of the most lavish Bollywood musicals you’ll see,Farah Khan’s extravagant 1970s-set all-singing all-dancingfilm features Shahrukh Khan as Om, an aspiring actorwho falls in love with Shanti, an established star. Duringa set accident, Om dies trying to save Shanti. He is laterreincarnated, and meets Shanti again in his new life. A trueBollywood masala film, Om Shanti Om has something foreveryone, including a musical number featuring thirty-oneof the biggest Bollywood stars.The Young Girls of RochefortLes Demoiselles de RochefortSun 24 May at 1.00pmJacques Demy • France 1967 • 2h5m • 35mmFrench and English with English subtitles • PGCast: Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Gene Kelly, DanielleDarrieux, Jacques Perrin.Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in provincialRochefort. One is a dance teacher, the other a pianist; bothdream of making it and finding love in Paris. The carnivalis in town for the weekend and with it come Etienne andBill, two performers also looking for love. Throw in asailor and an American musician, and lots of grand songand dance numbers, and The Young Girls of Rochefortbecomes a very French tribute to the Hollywood musicalsof yesteryear.SHORTS PROGRAMMESAn open call for submissions resulted in a fantasticarray of shorts submitted from all over the world.You will see the many different guises of dance filmsbeing made by visual artists, dancers and filmmakerstoday. More details of the programmes are availableonline at www.dancefilmscotland.comDance for CameraSat 23 May at 11.30amVarious • Various • 1h30m • Various formats • PGA programme of dance shorts featuring dance/movementspecifically choreographed for the camera.Dance with CameraSat 23 May at 1.30pmVarious • Various • 1h30m • Various formats • PGA programme of dance shorts featuring dance/movementwith the use of the camera integral to the choreography.Is it Dance?Sat 30 May at 11.30amVarious • Various • 1h30m • Various formats • PGFilms with a visual arts emphasis with an experimental edge.New WorksSat 30 May at 1.30pmVarious • Various • 1h30m • Various formats • PGA showcase programme of works made since DANCE:FILM 07. Guest curated by Gaia Meucci,shorts programmer from the EdinburghInternational Film Festival.DOUBLE BILLSun 24 May at 4.15pmA double bill of documentaries looking at dance and how itaffects societies and cultures. Barbara Orton, producer ofIn Cuba They’re Still Dancing and Alex Reuben, director ofRoutes, will be at the screening to introduce the films andtake part in a Q&A afterwards.In Cuba They’re Still DancingRichard Downes • Britain 1993 • 36m • DigiBeta • PGDocumentaryThere are two things very close to Glaswegian AgnesMcLean’s heart – Latin American dancing and Socialism.We go with her from her local sequence dance class inthe Pollock Centre, Glasgow, to the Tropicana nightclubin Havana. In her quest for the roots of the Rumba, Agnesmeets the people of Cuba and finds many kindred spirits.PLUSRoutesAlex Reuben • USA 2008 • 48m • DVD • PG • DocumentaryRoutes is a road movie through the dance and music ofthe American Deep South. Inspired by Harry Smith’s‘Anthology of American Folk Music’ (and evocative ofMaya Deren’s seminal Meshes of the Afternoon), AlexReuben’s film offers an idiosyncratic documentationof lesser-known forms of American culture, and theextraordinary dancing Americans of the Deep South. FromNorth Carolina to the Holy Grail of his childhood hero, FatsDomino, and the Jazz of New Orleans.SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

12 DANCE:FILM 09 (continued)CAFE DE LOS MAESTROSMETROPOLIS VIDEO DANCEINSIDE THE CIRCLEThe Rock: Super Dynamite SoulSun 24 May at 7.00pmKen Swift & Mike Toth • USA 2007 • 50m • DigiBeta • PGDocumentaryThe Rock tells the story of the birth of the VII Gems RockDance Division and their infamous 2004 run of battles andparties at the club Brooklyn Sole. The film contains originalperformances and testimonies from pioneer dance membersof the group, who have more than 30 years experiencein their respected dance styles. ‘Rock’, also known as‘Rocking’, ‘Brooklyn Rock’, or ‘Uprock’ is a unique dancewith origins in New York City, primarily the borough ofBrooklyn. Until now it has been one of the least understoodand researched dances to come out of New York City.Co-director Ken Swift and Burn 1 of VII Gems Rock DanceDivision will introduce the film and take part in a Q&Asession afterwards.GypsyMon 25 May at 6.00pmMervin LeRoy • USA 1962 • 2h23m • 35mm • PGCast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace,Betty Bruce.A rare opportunity to see the original Gypsy, the story ofthe life and times of the queen of Burlesque, Gypsy RoseLee. Regarded as the talentless one in the family by apushy showbiz mother, Louise Hovick was always in theshadow of her younger sister, vaudeville star June. Butwhen June decides that she’s had enough, Mama Rose’sattention is turned to Louise, who becomes the stripteaselegend Gypsy Rose Lee.Invitation to the Dance: Body andTabooTue 26 May at 6.15pmGerhard Schick • Germany 2006 • 1h29m • DVDGerman with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryIn 2005 Gerda König, a German choreographer whohas muscular dystrophy, brought together people withdisabilities and able-bodied dancers, many of them fromimpoverished shanty towns, in an eight-week workshop inNairobi, Kenya. The film documents the artistic process ofcreating a performance with such a heterogeneous group ofpeople and at the same time gives the viewer an insight intothe culture and social conditions of this East African city.Supported by The Goethe InstitutCafe de los maestrosWed 27 May at 6.15pmMiguel Kohan • USA/Brazil/UK/Argentina 2008 • 1h30m35mm • Spanish with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryDescribed as a Buena Vista Social Club for tango fans, Cafede los maestros is a celebration of the maestros of tango’sgolden years, as they reunite for a gala performance inBuenos Aires’ famous Teatro Colón. “You can’t separatetango from life,” says guitarist Anibal Arias and it’s astatement typical of the high passions that run throughoutthe film, but for the ageing stars there’s no doubt it’strue: Tango hasn’t just dominated their lives, it’s beeninextricably linked in with the fate of their country. Afascinating and passionate journey into the music and thedance that grew with it.DOUBLE BILLThu 28 May at 6.15pmA double bill that takes you on a unique visual journey…Metropolis Video DanceCarlos Dittborn Callejas • Chile 2007 • 30m • DVD • PGA bizarre and visually captivating piece of choreographyfor the screen taking you on a journey through life as weknow it… but not quite. Metropolis Video Dance is at timesa music video, at times a stage performance and at timeshigh art, but all of the time, wholly engaging.PLUSThursday’s FictionsRichard James Allen • Australia 2006 • 55m • DigiBeta • PGA surreal dance fantasy film, Thursday’s Fictions givesus a unique world where everyone only lives for a day.A woman named ‘Thursday’ finds out she is going to bereincarnated as ‘Tuesday’. Her attempt to cheat the cycleof reincarnation unleashes a terrible beauty that leaves theother ‘days of the week’ in turmoil.Inside the CircleFri 29 May at 6.15pmMarcy Garriott • USA 2007 • 1h40m • DigiBeta • PGDocumentaryCapturing the raw power of a grassroots hip-hopmovement in the heart of Texas, Inside the Circle tells thestory of two strikingly talented b-boys, Josh and Omar,former best friends who become rivals when they joincompeting dance crews.Producer and director Marcy Garriot, and b-boy Omar willintroduce the screening and take part in a Q&A afterwards.

DANCE:FILM 0913© Darran Barton PhotographyDANCE:FILM 09THE GREEN TABLEFLASHDANCEThe Green TableScreening and talk with Sheila HargreavesSat 30 May at 3.30pm – Tickets £5Thomas Grimm • Germany 2000 • 37m • DVD • PGCreated in 1932, The Green Table is Kurt Jooss’ mostimportant choreographic work, a powerful anti-warstatement expressed through a compelling dance narrative.This filmed studio performance by the Joffrey Ballet ofChicago was staged by the daughter of Kurt Jooss, AnnaMarkard, who meticulously reconstructed the work.Sheila Hargreaves has worked extensively in creativedance and movement in education at all levels. In 1948 sheattended the school that Jooss established at DartingtonHall in Devon after fleeing Nazi Germany. This will be aunique opportunity to hear about how her experiencesduring a fascinating and influential period in dance historyhave influenced her own work.Supported by The Goethe InstitutTiny Dance Film SeriesAvailable to view for free in the foyers of Dance Baseand Filmhouse during DANCE:FILM 09The Tiny Dance Film Series is a collaboration betweenchoreographer Peter Kyle and sound artist James Garver,featuring dancer Holley Farmer. It consists of veryshort and very small dance films screened on iPods in adarkened kiosk for an audience of one. The result is auniquely personal, interactive experience for the viewer,which evokes the nostalgia of an old-time penny arcade.FlashdanceSat 30 May at 10.00pmAdrian Lyne • USA 1983 • 1h38m • 35mm • 15Cast: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson.Welder by day, club dancer by night. Oh yes, that’sFlashdance for you in a nutshell. One of the most iconic80s cheesy dance films, Flashdance follows Alex as shedreams of being a dancer and of being accepted into thedance conservatory. But surely a welder who dances in anightclub can’t do that? Of course she can, with a little helpfrom her boss (with whom she falls in love). You just can’tbeat the 80s-ness of this film, with a cracking soundtrack tomatch. So come along and be a maniac! (Legwarmers andleotards more than welcome.)TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offSee any nine (or more) films in this season and get 35% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.PLUSDance Base Dance Card holders can claim concession priceson the DANCE:FILM 09 films on presentation of their DanceCard when booking in person at the Filmhouse box office,and Filmhouse Members/Loyalty card holders can claimconcession prices on the DANCE:FILM 09 workshops onpresentation of their cards when booking in person at theDance Base box office.Talks & Workshops(tickets available from Dance Base)Who Made Hollywood Dance?Sat 23 May • 1.00pm – 3.00pm • With Agnes NessMain Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art • £6Choreographers and dance directors were seldom listed inthe credits for the early Hollywood musicals in spite of themajor and sometimes innovative contribution they madeto dance in film. This talk, illustrated with clips from thedance films of the 30s, 40s and 50s, will throw some lighton these choreographers and at the same time afford theopportunity to enjoy seeing some of the greatest dancetalents ever recorded on film.Dancing Down ‘D’ Decades: The Bollywood Style!Sun 24 May • 1.00pm – 3.00pm • With Piyush RoyMain Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art • £6Why do Bollywood films sing and dance? This talk willintroduce and categorise important and popular danceforms in Hindi films in context of their respective sourceinfluences to enable a beginner’s appreciation. It will alsoprovide a guide to viewing this versatile onscreen danceform through its cinematic evolution over a span of over100 years (1900s – present day).Dance WorkshopsCome and try the dances from the DANCE:FILM 09films for yourselves in a diverse programme of danceworkshops!For information on the full DANCE:FILM 09programme, please visit www.dancefilmscotland.com

14 London Australian Film Festival On TourCACTUSTHREE BLIND MICELIONELTHE OASISLondon AustralianFilm FestivalOn TourThe London Australian Film Festival, nowin its 15th year at the Barbican, is an annualshowcase of the latest Australian features,documentaries and shorts. This touringprogramme presents a selection of the mostpopular films from the festival.The Australian Film Festival on Tour is presented withthe assistance of Screen Australia.A Barbican Film programme co-ordinated by the ICO.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.CactusFri 8 May at 8.15pmJasmine Yuen Carrucan • Australia 2008 • 1h29m • 35mm • 15Cast: Travis McMahon, David Lyons, Bryan Brown, Shane Jacobson.To gain some much needed cash John Kelly accepts a jobto kidnap professional gambler Eli Jones and to deliver himin to a deserted spot in the Australian outback. But as theplan unravels the road that John has chosen is filled withtough decisions and tragic consequences. Brilliant dialogueand spot-on performances mean this stylishly shot thrillerdoesn’t miss a beat.PLUS SHORTJerrycan Stuart Parkyn & Julius Avery, Australia 2008, 14 min, DigiBetaWinner of the Jury prize at Cannes 2008, Jerrycan is aboutNathan, a boy who risks everything after he is bullied intomaking a life and death decision.Three Blind MiceSat 9 May at 8.15pmMatthew Newton • Australia 2008 • 1h34m • DigiBeta • 15Cast: Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz, Matthew Newton, Tina Bursill.This superbly scripted and directed comedy-drama followsthree sailors on their one night’s shore leave in Sydneyprior to being shipped out to Iraq. As the eventful nightunfolds the tension between the three mounts, and thesecret that binds them comes ever closer to the surface.PLUS SHORTFive New Things Fiona Tuomy, Australia 2008, 7 mins, DigiBetaToday Alice is going to find five new things.LionelSun 10 May at 6.15pmEddie Martin • Australia 2008 • 1h23m • DigiBeta • 12ADocumentaryOn February 26, 1968, a 19-year-old Aboriginal boxernamed Lionel Rose defeated Fighting Harada in Japanafter an impressive fifteen rounds, to become WorldBantamweight Champion and an instant national hero.Through the use of abundant pristine archive materialand interviews with Lionel and those close to him,Eddie Martin’s dazzling documentary chronicles theunprecedented impact of Rose’s victory on interracialrelationships and on the socio-political situation of Australiaat the time.Bitter & TwistedSun 10 May at 8.15pmChristopher Weekes • Australia 2008 • 1h30m • DigiBeta • 15Cast: Noni Hazlehurst, Steve Rodgers, Leeanna Walsman,Christopher Weekes, Matthew Newton.Three years after Liam’s sudden death, his family arestill bereft and have retreated from their once strongrelationships. Each person has become an isolated pillar ofgrief and only events of the most shocking nature will bringthem together again. This hit from the Tribeca Film Festivalis a sensitive exploration of the emotional fallout thatoccurs after a family death, and a mature directorial debutfrom Christopher Weekes.PLUS SHORT296 Smith Street John Evagora, Australia 2008, 15 min, DigiBetaOne man, one place, one day.

London Australian Film Festival On Tour/Dead By Dawn15IN MY FATHER’S COUNTRYRATS AND CATSDEAD BY DAWN – THE PEARCE SISTERSMen’s GroupMon 11 May at 3.30pm & 8.15pmMichael Joy • Australia 2008 • 1h44m • DigiBeta • 15Cast: Grant Dodwell, Don Reid, Paul Gleeson, Steve Rodgers.Six men, each with heavy emotional baggage, meet once aweek to talk. Easier said than done, as several don’t want tobe there and others refuse to recognise that they may needhelp. Gradually, the men offer up intriguing glimpses of theirsometimes funny, sometimes painful lives, and as they openup, begin to realise how vulnerable they all are. Beautifullyplayed, Michael Joy’s honest, warts-and-all film builds to aheartrending conclusion which affirms that whilst there areno guarantees in life, there are often second chances.PLUS SHORTSmall Change Anna McGrath, Australia 2007, 8 min, DigiBetaA man struggles with his wife, a little girl loses her toothand a boy reacts the only way he knows how…The OasisTue 12 May at 8.15pmSascha Ettinger Epstein & Ian Darling • Australia 2008 • 1h28mDigiBeta • 15 • DocumentaryPaul Moulds is the manager of a youth refuge in inner-citySydney, open 365 days a year providing help and advice toyoung people living on the streets. Most of the teenagersthat visit the centre are struggling with drug dependency,abuse or abandonment, and have been given up on bysociety. But for Paul and the centre staff no one is beyondhelp and compassion. The filmmakers focus on seventeenagers and the particular issues each grapples with overa two-year period.In My Father’s CountryWed 13 May at 3.00pm & 9.00pmTom Murray • Australia 2008 • 1h20m • DigiBeta • Subtitles12A • DocumentaryProviding a rare glimpse into the life of an Aboriginal familyin Northern Australia’s Arnhem Land region, In My Father’sCountry offers a timely insight into how a communitypractising one of the oldest living cultures in the worldcan assimilate new government policies and also Eminem,while still upholding the laws of their ancestral country.This is the intimate story of one family’s struggle, and ofone boy’s passage into the ancient laws of men.Rats and CatsThu 14 May at 3.30pm & 8.15pmTony Rogers • Australia 2007 • 1h28m • DigiBeta • 15Cast: Jason Gann, Adam Zwar, Anya Beyersdorf, Paul Denny,Alexis Porter.After ruining his career with a series of indiscretions,former cinema golden boy Darren McWarren lives in asmall town in Western Victoria where he spends his timeplaying in a rock band and driving around his ‘masseuse’girlfriend. Then a journalist decides to write a “Whereare they now?” exposé on him... Tony Rogers’ highlywatchable black comedy is a brilliantly incisive take on theugly side of showbiz and the fate of has-been stars whojust can’t let go of their past.PLUS SHORTMy Rabit Hoppy Anthony Lucas, Australia 2008, 3 min, DigiBetaHenry’s ‘Show and Tell’ school project about a pet rabbitgoes horribly, horribly wrong.Dead By DawnDead by Dawn, Scotland’sInternational Horror Film Festivalreturns to Filmhouse from 30 April - 3 May. Now in its 16thyear, Dead by Dawn is the ultimate indulgence for anygenre fan!With four days of the best independent horror cinema hasto offer, this year’s event includes the UK Premiere of TonyElwood’s Cold Storage, which features festival favouriteNick Searcy (Neighborhood Watch). Tony and producerPaul Barrett will both be in attendance.Ian McCulloch, star of Lucio Fulci’s 1979 Zombie FleshEaters, will also be at the festival to host a screening andQ&A of this most infamous of genre movies.There’s a full programme of short films from all over theworld, delivering small but perfectly formed nightmares!Brothers Andres and Diego Meza-Valdes expect to bein town to present their exquisite short The Room, andAardman’s Luis Cook will be presenting his BAFTA-winningshort animation The Pearce Sisters, as well as offering theaudience a peek inside the film’s sketch-books.For anyone just wanting to dip their toe into shark-infestedwaters, there’s Spawn of Dawn on Saturday 2 May, whichkicks off at midnight and screens five features and tenshorts selected from the main festival programme.Dead by Dawn Passes cost £65 and Spawn of Dawn ticketscost £25, and both are available from Filmhouse box office.For full info on the festival and all programme updates,please join our mailing list at www.deadbydawn.co.uk

16 Made in Edinburgh/Biscuits, Barrels and BilletsTOUCH THE SOUNDMade in EdinburghMade In Edinburgh invites you to enjoy Edinburgh’sfinest moments on the big screen!Film plays an intrinsic part in Edinburgh’s history,cultural and economic life but it is little publicisedthat as early as 1842 Adamson and Hill werepioneering photography techniques and an averageof 250 national and international productions film inEdinburgh each year.Made in Edinburgh is a new initiative to celebratethe moving image industry talent based in theEdinburgh City Region and to showcase its workalongside productions shot on location in andaround Edinburgh.Launching in March with Restless Natives andrunning until August 2009, monthly screeningswill feature the breadth of work inspired by ourwonderful city and its surroundings. The movingimage in all its forms will be celebrated by showingfeature films, TV dramas, documentaries andanimation.TOUCH THE SOUNDTouch the SoundA Sound Journey With Evelyn GlennieTue 12 May at 6.00pmThomas Riedelsheimer • Germany/UK 2004 • 1h39mDigiBeta • PG • DocumentaryAward-winning director and cinematographer ThomasRiedelsheimer takes us on an journey through a universeof sound with percussionist Evelyn Glennie. They map aworld of the senses – images and sounds. Hearing images,seeing sound. With Glennie, we experience sound aspalpable and rhythm as the basis of everything that is.This screening will be followed by a Q&A with EvelynGlennie and Edinburgh-based producer Leslie Hills.BISCUITS, BARRELS AND BILLETSSPECIALEVENTA special event presented by Scottish WorkingPeoples’ History Trust.Biscuits, Barrels and BilletsWorking Lives on ScreenTue 5 May at 6.00pmVarious • Britain • 1h30m • Beta SP • PGUsing archive film of industries in Edinburgh and theLothians, Professor John Hume, eminent industrialhistorian, takes us back into the workplace of the mid20th century and reflects on ways of working that havenow largely disappeared. The programme is drawn fromhistorical footage preserved in the Scottish Screen Archiveand includes shale mining and soap making, Musselburgh’swire rope works, Crawfords biscuit factory, Canonmillscooperage and Leith docks.Introduced by John Hume.The partners involved in the Made in Edinburghproject are Fimhouse, Edinburgh Film Focus, theEdinburgh Marketing Alliance – Edinburgh InspiringCapital and the Edinburgh Producers Group.

18FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME 1 May - 4 June 2009 BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688DAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESDAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESDAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESFri 1 Dead by Dawn 20091 2 Encounters... End of the World 1.00/3.15/6.15/8.30May 3 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 1.30/3.45/6.00/8.15Sat 1 Dead by Dawn 20092 2 Encounters... End of the World 1.00/3.15/6.15/8.30May 2 Spawn of DawnMidnight3 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 1.30/6.35/8.453 Citizen Havel (P) 4.00Sun 1 Dead by Dawn 20093 2 Encounters... End of the World 1.00/3.15/6.15/8.30May 3 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 1.30/8.45René (P) 4.003 The Man in Grey (JM) 6.00Mon Suspiria (IFF) 1.00/8.454 1 Thunderball (CB) 3.15/6.00May Encounters... End of the World (B) 10.30am (babies only)2 Encounters... End of the World 1.15/3.30/6.15/8.30The Man in Grey (JM) 1.00Vicky Cristina Barcelona 3.45/8.153 Jan Sikl Double Bill (P) 6.00Tue Thunderball (CB) 2.30/8.305 1 Biscuits, Barrels and Billets 6.00 + introMay 2 Encounters... End of the World 3.15/6.15/8.303 The Damned United 3.30/6.00/8.15Wed 1 You Only Live Twice (CB) 2.30/6.006 1 Diamonds Are Forever (CB) 8.30May 2 Encounters... End of the World 3.15/6.15/8.30The Damned United 3.30/5.453 Bound For Glory (SH) 7.50 + introThu Diamonds Are Forever (CB) 2.307 The Third Man (IFF) 6.00May 1 You Only Live Twice (CB) 8.302 Encounters... End of the World 3.15/6.15/8.303 The Damned United 3.30/6.00/8.15Fri 1 Chéri (AD) 1.00/3.45/6.15/8.308 Cherry Blossoms 1.00/6.00May The Damned United 3.452 The Class 8.403 The Damned United 1.15The Class 3.30The Unwinking Gaze (T) 6.15 + intro3 Cactus + short (LAFF) 8.15Sat Chéri (AD) 1.00/6.15/8.309 1 The Damned United (AD) + (S) 3.45 (subtitled)May Cherry Blossoms 1.00/6.00Chéri 3.452 The Class 8.40The Damned United 1.15The Class 3.30Tibet’s Cry for Freedom + short (T) 6.15 + intro3 Three Blind Mice + short (LAFF) 8.15Sun 1 Tintin in Tibet (WW) 1.0010 1 Chéri (AD) 3.00/6.15/8.30May 2 Green Fields (EU)2.00 + introThe Seventh Veil (JM) 6.002 The Class 8.30The Damned United 1.15The Class 3.30Lionel (LAFF) 6.153 Bitter & Twisted + short (LAFF) 8.15Mon Tintin in Tibet (WW)10.30am11 1 Chéri (AD) 2.30/6.15/8.30May The Class 3.15/8.302 The Paradine Case (IFF) 6.00Men’s Group + short (LAFF) 3.30/8.153 Undercover in Tibet + short (T) 6.15 + introTue Chéri (AD) 2.30/8.4512 1 Touch the Sound 6.00 + intro/Q&AMay 2 The Class 3.15/8.302 Chéri 6.15The Paradine Case (IFF) 3.00The Return March... + Jigdrel (T) 6.00 + intro3 The Oasis (LAFF) 8.15Wed 1 Chéri (AD) 2.30/6.15/8.3013 The Class 3.15/8.30May 2 The Seventh Veil (JM) 6.15In My Father’s Country (LAFF) 3.00/9.003 Ashes and Diamonds (SH) 6.00 + introThu Chéri (AD) 2.30/5.3014 1 The Leopard 7.45May The Class 3.00/5.452 Chéri 8.303 Rats and Cats + short (LAFF) 3.30/8.153 His Holiness the Dalai Lama... (T) 6.15 + introFri 1 Chéri (AD) 1.30/3.45/6.15/8.3015 Odd Man Out (JM) 1.15/6.00May 2 Modern Life 3.45/8.30The Class 1.00/3.40/8.453 Zaman: Man from the Reeds (RI) 6.25 + intro/Q&ASat 1 Bambi 1.0016 1 Chéri (AD) 3.00/6.15/8.30May 2 Open Shutters Iraq + short (RI) 1.30 + intro/Q&A2 Modern Life 4.15/8.452 Odd Man Out (JM) 6.153 The Class 1.00/8.153 Underexposure (RI) 4.003 Crossing the Dust + short (RI) 6.00Sun 1 Bambi 1.0017 1 Chéri (AD) + (S) 3.00 (subtitled)May 1 Chéri (AD) 5.151 Carmen 7.30 (£15/£10)2 Modern Life 2.00/6.152 Turtles Can Fly (RI) 4.002 Chéri 8.303 Battle for Haditha (RI) 1.003 The Singing Blacksmith (EU) 3.303 Iraq in Fragments (RI) 6.00 + intro/Q&A3 The Class 8.15Mon 1 Bambi (B)10.30am (babies only)18 1 Bambi 1.00May 1 On Her Majesty’s Secret... (CB) 3.001 Chéri (AD) 6.15/8.302 Chéri 1.302 Modern Life 3.45/8.302 The Reckless Moment (JM) 6.003 The Class 3.00/8.153 Ahlaam (RI) 5.45Tue 1 Bambi 1.0019 1 Chéri (AD) 3.00/6.00May 1 On Her Majesty’s Secret... (CB) 8.152 Modern Life 3.30/6.002 Chéri 8.303 The Burning Plain 3.00/8.153 Iraq: Song of the... + short (RI) 6.15 + intro/Q&AWed 1 Bambi 1.0020 1 Chéri (AD) 3.00/6.15/8.30May 2 Modern Life 3.30/8.302 The Reckless Moment (JM) 6.153 The Burning Plain 3.00/8.153 Life After the Fall (RI) 6.00Thu 1 Chéri (AD) 3.00/5.4521 1 Swing Time (D) 8.00May 2 Modern Life 3.30/6.152 Chéri 8.303 The Burning Plain 3.00/8.453 Forget Baghdad + short (RI) 5.45 + intro/Q&AFri 1 Mark of an Angel 1.30/3.45/6.00/8.1522 2 Pierrot le fou 1.15/3.45/8.45May 2 Perhaps Love (D) 6.153 Chéri 1.00/3.15/6.00/8.30

WWW.FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM 1 May - 4 June 2009 FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME19DAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESSat 1 Mark of an Angel 1.30/3.45/6.00/8.1523 2 Pierrot le fou 2.15/8.45May 2 Om Shanti Om (D) 5.003 Dance for Camera (D) 11.30am3 Dance with Camera (D) 1.303 Chéri 3.15/6.00/8.30Sun 1 The Young Girls of Rochefort (D) 1.0024 1 Mark of an Angel 3.45/6.00/8.15May 2 Pierrot le fou 1.45/8.502 In Cuba They’re... + Routes (D) 4.152 The Rock: Super Dynamite... (D) 7.003 Chéri 1.00/6.00/8.303 The Light Ahead (EU) 3.30Mon 1 Mark of an Angel 1.30/3.45/6.00/8.1525 2 Pierrot le fou 1.00/3.30/8.55May 2 Gypsy (D) 6.003 Chéri 1.15/3.45/6.15/8.30Tue 1 Mark of an Angel 2.30/6.00/8.1526 2 Pierrot le fou 3.30/8.45May 2 Invitation to the Dance... (D) 6.153 Bigger Than Life (JM) 3.153 Chéri 6.00/8.30Wed 1 Mark of an Angel 2.30/6.00/8.1527 2 Pierrot le fou 3.30/8.45May 2 Cafe de los maestros (D) 6.153 Chéri 3.00/8.303 Bigger Than Life (JM) 6.00Thu 1 Mark of an Angel 2.30/6.00/8.1528 2 Pierrot le fou 3.30/8.45May 2 Metrop. Video... + Thursday’s... (D) 6.153 Chéri 3.00/8.303 The Grocer’s Son 6.00Fri 1 Pierrot le fou 1.00/3.30/8.3029 1 Mark of an Angel 6.00May 2 O’Horten 1.15/3.30/8.452 Inside the Circle (D) 6.153 The Grocer’s Son 1.30/6.003 Mark of an Angel 3.45/8.15Sat 1 A Star is Born (JM) 1.0030 1 Pierrot le fou 4.15/7.00May 1 Flashdance (D)10.00pm2 Is it Dance? (D) 11.30am2 New Works (D) 1.302 The Green Table (D) 3.302 The Grocer’s Son 6.152 O’Horten 8.453 The Grocer’s Son 1.153 Mark of an Angel 3.45/6.00/8.15DAYDATEKEY:(AD) – Audio Description (see page 2 for details)(B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2 for details)(S) – Subtitled (see page 2 for details)SEASONS:SCREEN NO. &FILM TITLE(CB) – Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli (page 33)(D) – DANCE:FILM 09 (pages 10-13)(EU) – The Yiddish Films of Edgar Ulmer (pages 26-27)(IFF) – Italian Film Festival (page 32)(JM) – James Mason (pages 28-29)(LAFF) – London Australian Film Festival On Tour(pages 14-15)(P) – Made in Prague (page 30)(RI) – Reel Iraq (pages 20-22)(SH) – Screening History (page 31)(T) – Tibet Film Festival 2009 (pages 24-25)(WW) – Weans’ World (page 25)Full index of films on page 2SHOWTIMESSun 1 Pierrot le fou 1.0031 1 A Star is Born (JM) 3.30May 1 Don Carlo 7.15 (£15/£10)2 O’Horten 1.45/8.452 American Matchmaker (EU) 4.002 The Grocer’s Son 6.153 Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (SH) 1.00 + intro3 Mark of an Angel 6.00/8.15Mon Let the Right One In 2.30/8.301 1 Pierrot le fou 6.00Jun O’Horten (B)10.30am (babies only)2 O’Horten 3.15/6.15/8.453 Mark of an Angel 3.30/6.00/8.15Tue 1 Let the Right One In 2.30/6.00/8.302 2 O’Horten 3.15/6.15/8.45Jun 3 Mark of an Angel 3.30/6.00/8.15Wed Let the Right One In 2.30/8.303 1 Stevenson College Edinburgh 6.00Jun 2 O’Horten 3.15/6.15/8.453 Mark of an Angel 3.30/6.00/8.15Thu 1 Let the Right One In 2.30/6.00/8.304 O’Horten 3.15/8.45Jun 2 Delta 6.153 Mark of an Angel 3.30/6.00/8.15TICKET PRICES & INFORMATIONMATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm)£4.90 full price, £3.30 concessionsFriday Bargain Matinees £3.60/£2.10 conc.EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later)£6.50 full price, £4.90 concessionsConcessions available for: Students (with currentmatriculation card); School pupils (15 - 18years); Claimants (Income Support/Family Creditpayment book); Senior Citizens; Disability orInvalidity status; Children (under 15).There are ticket deals available on film seasons,these are detailed on the same page as the films.All performances are bookable in advance.Tickets may be reserved for performances andmust be collected no later than 30 minutes beforeperformance starts. Tickets may be booked bycredit card on the number below or online atwww.filmhousecinema.com. A £1.50 bookingcharge will be made for each transaction, unlessyou are a Filmhouse Member, in which casebooking is free.Tickets cannot be exchanged nor moneyrefunded except in the event of a cancellation ofa performance.Programmes are subject to change, but only inextraordinary circumstances.All seats are unreserved. If you require seatstogether please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemaswill be open 15 minutes before the start of eachscreening.The management reserves the right of admissionand will not admit latecomers.Double Bills are shown in the same order asindicated on these pages. Intervals in Double Billslast 10 minutes.BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688Open from 12 noon - 9.00pm dailyPROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com

20 Reel IraqZAMAN: MAN FROM THE REEDSReel IraqFollowing on from Reel Afghanistan last year, ReelFestivals return with Reel Iraq.Iraq may have become a byword for war and tragedybut this major festival of Iraqi cinema and culturein the UK aim to explore the rich cultural diversityfrom this country, the ‘birthplace of civilization’.The recent effects of war after the US led invasionare a recurring theme , but whether it is in Ahlaamexpressing the anguish of war, or Zaman: Man fromthe Reeds exploring the beauty of the marshes, ReelIraq explores a newly developing and exciting area ofcinema.Accompanying the film festival will be a wideprogramme of music events, exhibitions, talks andmasterclasses at the Filmhouse and throughout thecity. See www.reelfestivals.org for full details of allfestival events. Come and join us.The film programme would not have been possiblewithout the generous support of Intishal Al Timimi,Artistic director of the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam.OPEN SHUTTERS IRAQZaman: Man from the ReedsFri 15 May at 6.25pmAmer Alwan • France/Iraq 2003 • 1h16m • 35mmArabic with English subtitles • PGCast: Sami Kaftan, Shada Salim, Saadiya Al-Zaydi, Hussein Imad.Even after having five tapes confiscated by Saddam’sregime during filming, this is a beautifully shot and editedstory, an Iraqi/French collaboration set before the outbreakof the war in 2003. In the southern marsh regions of Iraq,an old man and his wife live a simple life in a thatchedreed house. When his wife falls sick, the man must findher medicine, and this quest takes him from the southernmarshes to Baghdad. Through his lonely journey theimpeding war looms through the radio broadcasts he hearsin the background, and this good man with a true heart isboth an emblem – and a victim – of the changing times.Open Shutters IraqSat 16 May at 1.30pmMaysoon Pachachi • USA 2008 • 1h42m • DigiBetaArabic with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryIn December 2006, a group of women from five cities inIraq came to Damascus to take part in an extraordinaryphotography project. For a month they lived and workedtogether, learning the basics of the photographic processand sharing their life-stories. They then returned to Iraq and,under extremely difficult and often dangerous circumstances,shot photo-stories, which expressed how they felt aboutwhat was happening around them. This films gives an insightinto the lives of diverse Iraqi women who have found ways tocreatively express this moment of their lives and country.PLUS SHORTCapturing the War (May Abdalia, UK 2008, 3 min, DigiBeta)UNDEREXPOSUREUnderexposureSat 16 May at 4.00pmOday Rasheed • Germany/Iraq 2005 • 1h14m • 35mmArabic with English subtitles • PGCast: Samar Qahtan, Yousif Al-Ani, Awatif Nayeem, Shahrazad Shakir.Shot on location in Baghdad in the aftermath of the USledinvasion of Iraq, Underexposure blends reality andfiction to create a lyrical and textured work that attemptsto capture the dizzying atmosphere of life during war.Friends, lovers, strangers and family members are throwntogether by the complexities of their new reality. Maysoun,the object of her brother and lover’s affections, finds solacein her sexuality. Hassan finds comfort in the belief that hisfilms will outlive the cancer. Nassir experiences his firstcompanionship and responsibility with the discovery of adying Iraqi soldier.Crossing the Dust Parinawa la ghobarSat 16 May at 6.00pmShawkat Amin Korki • France/Iraq 2006 • 1h13m • 35mmKurdish, Arabic and English with English subtitles • 12ACast: Adil Abdolrahman, Hossein Hasan, Aba Rash, Ayam Akram,Ahlam Najat, Rizgar Sedi.A sensitive and lyrical road movie shot in a documentarystyle about two Kurdish soldiers who have to take food totheir comrades along dusty Iraqi roads. On the way, theyfind a lost boy by the name of Saddam. Should they helphim or not?PLUS SHORTAli the Iraqi(Vatche Boulghourjian, USA/Lebanon 2008, 22 min, DigiBeta)

Reel Iraq21BATTLE FOR HADITHATURTLES CAN FLYIRAQ IN FRAGMENTSAHLAAMBattle for HadithaSun 17 May at 1.00pmNick Broomfield • Britain 2007 • 1h37m • 35mmEnglish and Arabic with English subtitles15 – Contains strong violence and languageCast: Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, Andrew McLaren, Falah Flayeh.Using ex-Marines as actors and shooting in Jordan, Britishdirector Nick Broomfield tackles a controversial subjectin Battle for Haditha. It recreates the events of November19 2005, when US Marines massacred Iraqi civilians inretaliation for a deadly IED attack on their convoy. Evenhandedlycutting between the Marines, led by CorporalRamirez, the insurgents and Iraqi civilians, Broomfield’shandheld camera throws us head first into the action andasks us to find our own way through the fog of war.Turtles Can Fly Lakposhtha parvaz mikonandSun 17 May at 4.00pmBahman Ghobadi • Iran/Iraq 2004 • 1h37m • 35mmKurdish with English subtitles15 – Contains implied sexual assault and war traumaCast: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal.The first film to be made in Iraq after the fall of SaddamHussein, the devastating Turtles Can Fly is set in a Kurdishrefugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border just before theUS invasion in spring 2003. Director Bahman Ghobadiconcentrates on a handful of orphaned children and theirefforts to survive the appalling conditions: there’s theentrepreneurial Satellite, the armless clairvoyant Henkov,and his traumatised sister Agrin, who herself is responsiblefor a blind toddler. Using an entirely non-professional cast,Ghobadi vividly immerses the viewer in the nightmarishrealities of daily existence in this makeshift community.Iraq in FragmentsSun 17 May at 6.00pmJames Longley • USA/Iraq 2006 • 1h34m • 35mmKurdish, Arabic and English with English subtitles • 15DocumentaryWatch the evening news and you get a view of Iraq fromhigh above the wreckage. In this fascinating documentary,director James Longley shows us how things look on theground. Iraq in Fragments presents a tri-fold, intimateportrait of a country in turmoil, via a fatherless elevenyear-oldboy in Baghdad, supporters of religious leaderMoqtada Sadr in Naserijah, and an elderly farmer in theKurdish north. There is no grand editorialising, here;instead, Longley lets his subjects tell their own stories, andwhat emerges is a moving portrait of the many and tangledhuman implications of the invasion.We are delighted that we will be joined by thefollowing directors, each of whom will introduce hisfilm and take part in a Q&A afterwards:Amer Alwan (Zaman: Man from the Reeds)Maysoon Pachachi (Open Shutters Iraq)Layth Abdul Amir (Iraq: Song of the Missing Men)Samir (Forget Baghdad)James Longley (Iraq in Fragments)TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offSee any nine (or more) films in this season and get 35% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.AhlaamMon 18 May at 5.45pmMohamed Al Daradji • Iraq 2005 • 1h51m • 35mmArabic with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong violenceCast: Aseel Adel, Bashir Al Majidi, Kaheel Khalid, MohamedHashim, Mortadha Saadi.Young writer-director Mohamed Al Daradji’s Ahlaam wasmade under all but impossible conditions, with its cast andcrew subject to kidnappings from both sides, and yet AlDaradji manages to create an ambitious work that’s bothharrowing and beautiful.Set in a Baghdad psychiatric hospital destroyed duringthe American bombing in 2003, the film tells the story ofa young doctor and two of the asylum’s patients, whoseharrowing stories are told in flashback.Iraq: Song of the Missing MenTue 19 May at 6.15pmLayth Abdul Amir • Iraq/France 2006 • 53m • DigiBeta • PGDocumentaryIraqi filmmaker Layth Abdul Amir travels along the Tigristo find the common roots of his often mistreated andmisunderstood country. His camera captures the cultural,social and historical heritage of men and women whoweave the fabric of this diverse country. Kurds, Arabs,Turkomen, Shiites, Sunnies and Christians, all make up thea close-up of a particular ‘identity’ that prospered, sufferedand finally ended when the Coalition’s tanks arrived intowhat was once the Garden of Eden.PLUS SHORTWhere Is Iraq? (Baz Shamoun, Canada 2004, 20 min, BetaCam)SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

22 Reel Iraq (continued)IRAQ: SONG OF THE MISSING MENLIFE AFTER THE FALLFORGET BAGHDADLife After the FallWed 20 May at 6.00pmKasim Abid • UK/Iraq 2008 • 1h40m • DigiBetaArabic and English with English subtitles • PGDocumentaryThis award-winning documentary eloquently depicts thelives of director Kasim Abid’s family in Iraq following theAmerican invasion. Abid returns to his native countryafter a 30-year absence and is greeted by jubilant familymembers with high hopes for the post-Saddam future.But over the course of four years, hopes are dashed anddespair sets in as the family watches the violence andvigilantism that has beset daily life in Baghdad. Bullets andbombs, kidnapping and gas shortages, unemployment andsectarian violence characterize their stressful, fragmentedlives. The filmmaker artfully chronicles the quotidian lifeof the Abid family against history-making events suchas the first democratic elections and the trial of SaddamHussein. Without an end in sight, we watch as the Abidfamily members individually take steps to ensure their ownsurvival amidst the prolonged state of chaos.Forget BaghdadThu 21 May at 5.45pmSamir • Germany/Switzerland 2002 • 1h50m • 35mmArabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles • PGDocumentaryWinner of the 2002 Locarno Jury Prize, Forget Baghdadtells the forgotten story of four Baghdadi Jews, all formermembers of the Iraqi communist party who were forced toemigrate at Israel’s founding. The four elderly protagonistswere influenced in their youth by the internationalism ofthe Iraqi communist party. But in the early 1950s, theirJewish identity put them at odds with the rising Arabnationalism so characteristic of the decade. Fleeing to Israelwas hardly a solution, as the men found themselves on theoutskirts of a society built and governed by European Jews.Jews in Baghdad and Arabs in Israel, the divided identitiesand confusion of these four men’s lives tell a much largertale of global, political and cultural disorder.PLUS SHORTTwinning Towns (May Abdalia, UK 2008, 3 min, DigiBeta)Shorts from the Independent Film & Television College in Baghdad5 - 6.30pm, Thursday 21 May, at Screen Academy Scotland, 2a Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, EH10 4NUScreen Academy Scotland is delighted to present an evening of four documentary shorts made by students fromthe Independent Film and Television College in Baghdad.The screening is free and places can be booked byemailing info@screenacademyscotland.ac.uk

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24Tibet Film Festival 2009THE UNWINKING GAZE TIBET’S CRY FOR FREEDOM WHAT COURAGE MEANS TO METibet Film Festival2009Images and Reflections on TibetThe Tibet Film Festival 2009 comes toFilmhouse with a series of screenings to markthe 50th anniversary of the Tibetan NationalUprising against China’s rule, and 50 yearsin exile for the Tibetan exile community. Theprogramme comprises some of the most recentmaterial to emerge from both in and outsideTibet in response to the widespread protestswhich swept across the Tibetan plateau in2008, whilst also exploring the many diverseand intricate aspects of the Tibet issue,stimulating broader discussions on humanrights, conflict, freedom and cultural identitywithin a global context.Festival jointly presented by Through an Exile LensProject and Tibet House Trust.The Unwinking GazeThe Inside Story of the Dalai Lama’s Strugglefor TibetFri 8 May at 6.15pmJoshua Dugdale • UK 2008 • 1h9m • DigiBetaEnglish and Tibetan with English subtitlesPG – Contains one scene of moderate injury detail • DocumentaryThis film offers a unique portrait of His Holiness the DalaiLama, the Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, and oneof the leading moral and spiritual authorities in the worldtoday. Filmed over three years with unprecedented access,The Unwinking Gaze provides a behind-the-scenes insightinto His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s work towards a peacefulresolution of the Tibet issue through dialogue with theChinese Government.Tibet’s Cry for FreedomSat 9 May at 6.15pmLara Damiani • Australia 2008 • 52m • DVD • English, Tibetanand Mandarin with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryFilmed over the course of a year, from March 2007 toMarch 2008, this film offers an insightful account of Tibet’shistory and its present, exploring in depth many of thehuman rights and environmental issues facing Tibet todayas a result of more than 50 years of Chinese occupation.This is one of the most recent and comprehensiveoverviews of the Tibet issue and its current situation.PLUS SHORTHistory of MomosTenzin Tsetan, South Korea 2008, 11 min, DVD, Korean with English subtitlesA touching short film about the making of the much-lovedTibetan delicacy, momos (steam-cooked dumplings).Tintin in TibetSun 10 & Mon 11 May – Weans’ World on oppositepage for details.Undercover in TibetMon 11 May 6.15pmJezza Neumann • UK 2008 • 51m • DVDEnglish and Tibetan with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryRisking imprisonment and deportation, young exiledTibetan Tash Despa returns to the homeland he risked hislife to escape 12 years ago, along with BAFTA awardwinningdocumentary maker Jezza Neumann. Filmingsecretly, they reveal the hidden realities of life in Tibetunder Chinese occupation.PLUS SHORTWhat Courage Means to MeTibetan Children’s Village, India 2008, 4 min, DVDA short film made by a student of the Tibetan Children’sVillage (TCV), Dharamsala, showing how couragehas played a role in the story of a young Tibetan whorecently escaped into exile. TCV is a thriving educationalcommunity for Tibetan children in exile which wasestablished in 1962.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee all six films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Tibet Film Festival 2009/Weans’ World25THE RETURN MARCH TO TIBETThe Return March to TibetTue 12 May at 6.00pmLegdup Tsering & Tenzin Palkyi (Tibetan People’s UprisingMovement) • India 2008 • 42m • DVDTibetan with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryOn 10 March 2008, 101 Tibetan exiles together with anumber of international supporters set off from Dharamsalaon an epic march back to Tibet. From the heat of thelowlands to the cooler climes of the Indian Himalayas, themarchers traversed some of the northern states of India,changing their route at times along the way. Nevertheless,as this emotional account shows, their courage anddetermination to complete the journey never waned.PLUS SHORTJigdrel: Leaving Fear BehindDhondup Wangchen & Jigme Gyatso, Tibet 2008, 25 min, DVD,Tibetan with English subtitlesFirst-time filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and his assistantJigme Gyatso, two Tibetans living in Tibet, undertook ajourney ending in early 2008 which saw them film Tibetanstalking about their grievances about the Chinese rule ofTibet, about their faith and devotion to His Holiness theDalai Lama and their thoughts on the then upcomingBeijing Olympic Games. In their desire to let the worldknow of their plight, most interviewees chose not toconceal their identities, thus risking imprisonment andtheir lives in a system where criticism of China’s rule is nottolerated. The footage was smuggled out of Tibet and thefilmmakers were both subsequently arrested and tortured.Dhondup Wangchen remains in prison today. This is apowerful and revealing collection of views of ordinaryTibetans in what is the most significant visual material tocome out of Tibet in recent times.JIGDREL: LEAVING FEAR BEHINDHis Holiness the Dalai Lama inLhasa, capital of Tibet, prior toMarch 1959Thu 14 May at 6.15pmVarious • UK/Tibet • 1h • DigiBeta • With live commentaryPG • DocumentaryThe highlight of this programme of archival material,specially curated for this festival by the BFI, is the rarelyseen film Dalai Lama Examinations, made during HisHoliness the Dalai Lama’s final year in Tibet prior to hisMarch 1959 escape to India. The film is by Jigme Taring,an official of the Tibetan Government, who accompaniedHis Holiness the Dalai Lama when he visited the greatmonasteries of Drepung, Sera and Ganden to take hisexaminations in Buddhist theology. The final examinationtook place in Lhasa during the Tibetan New Year festivalof 1959. A short selection of extracts from the Tibetancollection held at the BFI National Archive is also includedto contextualise the footage and to illustrate the legacycontained within the images.For further information about the festival, please visitwww.throughanexilelens.orgAll profits go to Tibet House Trust, a UK registeredcharity that works with the Tibetan Government-in-Exile,Dharamsala, India, to deliver educational, health, culturaland other projects for Tibetan communities in exile. TibetHouse Trust is the charitable wing of the Office of Tibet inLondon, the official agency of His Holiness the Dalai Lamafor the UK, Northern Europe, Poland and the Baltic States.www.tibet-house-trust.co.uk.TINTIN IN TIBETWeans’ WorldFilms for a younger audience. Tickets cost£2.10 per person, big or small!Please note: although we normally disapprove of peopletalking during screenings, these shows are primarily forkids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!Tintin in TibetSun 10 May at 1.30pm & Mon 11 May at 10.30amStéphane Bernasconi • France 1992 • 42m • DVDEnglish language version • UTintin and his dog Snowy, along with Captain Haddock, setout on a rescue mission in the Himalayas in Tibet to savehis Chinese friend, Chang Chong-Chen. Tintin has a vividdream in which Chang survived a plane crash in Tibet.When he learns the next day that Chang was in fact on aplane that crashed there, they set off in search of Tintin’smissing friend. For many who read Hergé’s original book,first published in 1960, this was a first introduction toTibet’s majestic Himalayan landscape.See page 7 for details of the re-release of the Disneyclassic Bambi.

26 The Yiddish Films of Edgar UlmerGREEN FIELDS © The National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University THE SINGING BLACKSMITH © The National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University THE LIGHT AHEAD © The National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis UniversityThe Yiddish Filmsof Edgar UlmerOne of the most versatile and resourceful filmmakersin movie history, Edgar George Ulmer (1900-1972),worked in a bewildering variety of genres, countries,and languages.Ulmer was born in what is now the Czech republicand raised in imperial Vienna; originally a studentof architecture, he broke into the film industry asa teenager and, serving mainly as a set designer,shuttled back and forth between Berlin andHollywood through the early ‘30s. After directinga highly successful horror film, The Black Cat, forUniversal in 1934, Ulmer relocated to New YorkCity where for five years he directed an assortmentof independent ‘ethnic’ features – including aquartet of Yiddish-language talkies that have sincebecome classics. An underground auteur, largelyunrecognized during his lifetime, Ulmer has sincetaken his place among cinema’s legendary figures– an inspiration for the French new wave anda precursor of the American independent filmmovement, as well as an innovative and uniquestylist in his own right. – J HobermanScreenings organised in conjunction with the Jewish LiterarySociety and the National Centre for Jewish Film.Green FieldsGrine FelderSun 10 May at 2.00pmEdgar Ulmer & Jacob Ben-Ami • USA 1937 • 1h46m • DVDYiddish with English subtitles • PGCast: Michael Goldstein, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier, AnnaAppel, Max Vodnoy.The most critically acclaimed and beloved of AmericanYiddish talkies, Edgar Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptationof Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the GoldenAge of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholarventures into the Lithuanian countryside, searching for thecity of ‘true Jews’, he learns some unexpected lessons fromthe Jewish peasants who take him in as a boarder and tutorfor their children.Restoration and new English subtitles by The NationalCenter for Jewish Film.This screening will be preceded by a 30-minute talk onthe films of Edgar Ulmer, by Barry Davis. Barry Davistaught history at Kingston, Warwick and Thames ValleyUniversities. He has taught Yiddish on Summer coursesat Oxford and SOAS, and teaches at Spiro Ark and theLondon Jewish Culture Centre. He has acted in andadvised on Yiddish on a number of films and on stage andis a writer on Jewish History and Yiddish Literature andfilm.The Singing BlacksmithYankl der SchmidSun 17 May at 3.30pmEdgar Ulmer, Ben-Zvi Baratoff & Ossip Dymow • USA 19381h55m • DVD • Yiddish with English subtitles • PGCast: Moishe Oysher, Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss, Anna Appel,Ben-Zvi Baratoff.Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddishradio, stars in this musical version of David Pinski’splay ‘Yankl der Schmid’, a classic 1906 drama by oneof America’s most significant Yiddish writers. Shot at aCatholic monastery in New Jersey, the film focuses ona tough, hard-drinking, womanising blacksmith who isultimately transformed into a good, hardworking husbandby the love of a decent woman.Restoration and new English subtitles by The NationalCenter for Jewish Film.The Light Ahead aka Fishke the LameSun 24 May at 3.30pmEdgar Ulmer & Henry Felt • USA 1939 • 1h34m • DVDYiddish with English subtitles • PGCast: David Opatoshu, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier, RosettaBialis, Anna Guskin.Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dreamof life in the big city of Odessa, free from the poverty andstifling old-world prejudices of the shtetl. Made on theeve of World War II, The Light Ahead is at once romantic,expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger aboutto engulf European Jews.Restoration and new English subtitles by The NationalCenter for Jewish Film.

The Yiddish Films of Edgar Ulmer/Special Events27AMERICAN MATCHMAKER © The National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University CARMEN DON CARLOAmerican MatchmakerAmerikaner ShadkhnSun 31 May at 4.00pmEdgar Ulmer • USA 1940 • 1h27m • DVDYiddish with English subtitles • PGCast: Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky, Anna Guskin,Celia Brodkin.Leo Fuchs, the ‘Yiddish Fred Astaire’, stars in this musicalcomedy as Nat Silver, a debonair and fabulously wealthyJewish-American businessman whose recent engagement(his eighth) goes awry. With its urbane, neurotic hero,American Matchmaker looks ahead to the films of WoodyAllen.Restoration and new English subtitles by The NationalCenter for Jewish Film.SPECIALEVENTSCarmen Georges BizetSun 17 May at 7.30pm – TICKETS £15/£102h41m • Digital projection • Italian with English subtitles • PGA superb production of Bizet’s classic opera, filmed live atthe Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, last summer anddigitally projected onto the big screen.NB: The screening will include a fifteen-minuteintermission between Acts II and III.Conductor: Antonio PappanoDirector: Francesca ZambelloDesign: Tanya McCallinCast Includes: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jacques Imbrailo,Jonas Kaufmann, Matthew Rose, Norah Amsellem.SPECIALEVENTStevenson College EdinburghWed 3 Jun at 6.00pmVarious • Scotland 2009 • 2h • Various formats • 15A fantastic pick ‘n’ mix of styles and subjects in thisentertaining programme from the talented students ofStevenson College Edinburgh.Don Carlo Giuseppe VerdiSun 31 May at 7.15pm – TICKETS £15/£103h20m • Digital projection • Italian with English subtitles • PGVerdi’s masterful late work, filmed live on the openingnight of the 2008-09 La Scala Opera season and digitallyprojected onto the big screen.NB: The screening will include a fifteen-minuteintermission between Acts II and III.Conductor: Daniele GattiStage Direction and Sets: Stéphane BraunschweigCast Includes: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Fiorenza Cedolins,Stuart Neill, Dalibor Jenis.

28ODD MAN OUT

James Mason29THE MAN IN GREYTHE RECKLESS MOMENTBIGGER THAN LIFEA STAR IS BORNJames MasonCelebrating the centenary of the birth of one ofcinema’s most intriguing stars, six of his finest films.N.B. North By Northwest, which seems like anobvious ommission from this season, will be rereleasedin July.The Man in GreySun 3 May at 6.00pm & Mon 4 May at 1.00pmLeslie Arliss • UK 1943 • 1h56m • 35mm • PGCast: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger.A gypsy fortune teller warns Regency beauty Clarissa(Phyllis Calvert) that her friendship with downtroddenactress Hesther (Margaret Lockwood) will spell disaster,and is proved right as the two women meet up years laterand get involved with the cold, heartless Lord Rohan(James Mason) and the gentleman-turned-highwaymanRokeby (Stewart Granger), with inevitably tragic results.The Seventh VeilSun 10 May at 6.00pm & Wed 13 May at 6.15pmCompton Bennett • UK 1945 • 1h34m • 35mm • PGCast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott.A suicidal concert pianist (Ann Todd) – raised by ademanding, enigmatic guardian (James Mason) – ishypnotised by a psychiatrist (Herbert Lom) who hopes touncover the root of her neurosis. Immensely popular uponits release, The Seventh Veil remains a compelling, almostcompulsively watchable tale, with thrilling performancesand a sumptuous score.Odd Man OutFri 15 May at 1.15pm + 6.00pm & Sat 16 May at 6.15pmCarol Reed • UK 1947 • 1h56m • 35mm • PGCast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack.Carol Reed, one of Britain’s finest directors, made his namewith this haunting, lyrical masterpiece about a doomedfugitive. James Mason plays Johnny, an IRA leader whobreaks out of jail and then plans a holdup to fund hisunderground operations. Though he abhors violence,Johnny accidentally kills a man during the robbery,and is himself critically wounded. Left behind by thepanicky driver of the getaway car, Johnny stumbles away,descending into a nightmare as he becomes more andmore delirious from his wound.The Reckless MomentMon 18 May at 6.00pm & Wed 20 May at 6.15pmMax Ophüls • USA 1949 • 1h22m • 35mm • 12ACast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O’Neill.Max Ophuls’ last American film is a ‘women’s picture’ inthe grand tradition of Mildred Pierce– dark-edged andmelodramatic, and dripping with moral ambiguities. LuciaHarper (Joan Bennett) is a practical, determined housewifeattempting to hold her family together against everincreasingodds. When her wayward teenage daughteraccidentally murders her crooked older lover in theboathouse, Lucia hides the body and attempts to go on withher life. But trouble arrives in the form of Donnelly (JamesMason), an emotionally vulnerable Irish mobster sent byhis superior, the mysterious Nagle, to blackmail the Harperfamily to the tune of $5000. But while Lucia scrambles toraise the money in her husband’s absence, Donnelly beginsto develop powerful feelings for his intended victim...Bigger Than LifeTue 26 May at 3.15pm & Wed 27 May at 6.00pmNicholas Ray • USA 1956 • 1h35m • 35mm • 12ACast: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon.Mason’s furrowed brow and brooding presence haverarely been used to better effect: almost fifty years on, hisperformance as the mild schoolteacher who is prescribed thewonder drug cortisone and becomes a raving megalomaniacaddict remains profoundly disturbing. Nicholas Ray brilliantlyuses bold colours, expressionistic shadows, and preciseframing to convey both atmosphere and meaning.A Star is BornSat 30 May at 1.00pm & Sun 31 May at 3.30pmGeorge Cukor • USA 1954 • 2h55m • 35mm • PGCast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford.Judy Garland is at her peak in this dark, weighty fableof the price one pays to be at the top. A young singer(Garland) saves Norman Maine (James Mason), a staractor, from making a drunken fool of himself on stage.Later, a sober Norman hears her sing and decides to helpthis incredible talent get started in pictures. Eventually(after she changes her name from Esther Blodgett to VickiLester), he manages to get her the lead in a big musical. AsVicki’s star rises, however, Norman’s begins to fall.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee all six films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

30Made in PragueCITIZEN HAVELRENEJAN SIKL DOUBLE BILL: WITH KISSES FROM YOUR LOVEMade in PragueTo celebrate the Czech Presidency ofthe EU Council, a selection of the best incontemporary Czech cinema.Citizen HavelObcan HavelSat 2 May at 4.00pmPavel Koutecky & Miroslav Janek • Czech Republic 2008 • 1h59m35mm • Czech with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryAfter the split of Czechoslovakia in 1992, former politicaldissident, playwright and outspoken essayist Václav Havelbecame the first president of a new country, the CzechRepublic. A former enemy of the state and leader of theVelvet Revolution, Havel was given a popular mandateto transform that state and its institutions. Such eventsare not commonplace so, from day one, he permittedhis friend, filmmaker Pavel Koutecky, to be with him, tocapture as much of it as possible. Filmed over ten years,this understated, witty and considered documentary givesa fascinating insight into Czech politics and Havel himself,thrust into the spotlight of international politics andcelebrity, trying to maintain a balance between public andpersonal life while bringing his nation out of its communistpast and into a free, democratic future.RenéSun 3 May at 4.00pmHelena Trestikova • Czech Republic 2008 • 1h23m • 35mmCzech with English subtitles • 12ADocumentaryWith raw authenticity, this powerful and essential pieceof documentary filmmaking records the fate of a repeatoffender as he yo-yos between prison and freedom. Wefirst meet René when he is eighteen, and follow his life’sjourney for the next twenty years. Revealing the painfulcomplexities of the relationship between the director andher subject, this compelling film also reflects the hugelysignificant political changes that have taken place in CentralEurope.TICKETDEALSSee all three programmes in this season and get 15% offThis offer is available online, in person and on the phone,on both full price and concession price tickets. Tickets mustall be bought at the same time.Jan Sikl Double BillMon 4 May at 6.00pmStrikingly vivid yet melancholy, these atmospheric filmsoffer an intimate view of the hopes and tragedies of thosewho have lived through the upheavals of 20th CenturyCzechoslovakia. With great sensitivity to the footage andan obvious affection for the people portrayed in it, Sikl hasedited the often stunning material from private collectionsto reconstruct personal histories whilst evoking a biggerhistorical picture.See You in DenverJan Sikl • Czech Republic 2007 • 52m • DVDCzech with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryFrantisek is obsessed with the westerns his fathershows in their cinema. When the nationalisation of theCzechoslovakian film industry robs them of the cinema andthe films they love, Frantisek and his cousin Ferda start toshoot their own westerns.PLUSWith Kisses From Your LoveJan Sikl • Czech Republic 2007 • 52m • Beta SPCzech with English subtitles • PG • DocumentaryBased on family films and impassioned letters from the1940s and 1950s, this documentary relates the story ofhigh-school sweethearts Marie and Josef Sechtl, whomarried after the war and inherited the photography studiothat had belonged to Josef’s family for several generations.After the 1948 Communist takeover, the Sechtls livedin constant fear of losing their studio and their family’streasured, irreplaceable archive of photographs datingback to the late-nineteenth century.

Screening History31BOUND FOR GLORYScreening HistoryThis short season of films is running inconjunction with Screening History, an11-week course from the University ofEdinburgh’s Office of Lifelong Learning.Drawing on key works from internationaldirectors as diverse as Luchino Visconti,Stanley Kubrick, Bernardo Bertolucci,Andrzej Wajda and Theo Angelopoulos,the course explores the representationof History on film. We will examine howfilmmakers have used the historical film toboth interrogate the past and illuminatethe present.Films will be discussed in detail inclass but Filmhouse screenings areopen to all and will be introduced bycourse tutor Pasquale IannoneFor more information about the course goto www.lifelong.ed.ac.uk or telephone0131 650 4400.ASHES AND DIAMONDSBound For GloryWed 6 May at 7.50pmHal Ashby • USA 1976 • 2h28m • 35mm • PGCast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Randy Quaid.An outstanding biopic of folk singer Woody Guthrie and animpressive study of the 1930’s depression era which servedto disillusion, inspire and radicalise him. David Carradineexcels in a studious underplaying of the title role, whilstHaskell Wexler’s Oscar-winning photography brilliantlyevokes a lyrical sense of atmosphere, time and location.Ashes and Diamonds Popiól i diamentWed 13 May at 6.00pmAndrzej Wajda • Poland 1958 • 1h49m • 35mmPolish with English subtitles • 12Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski.The last of Wajda’s unplanned trilogy about the legacy ofWorld War II on his generation (following A Generation(1954) and Kanal (1956)), Ashes and Diamonds featuresthe iconic figure of Zbigniew Cybulski, frequently citedas the ‘Polish James Dean’, who died in an accident in1967. The time is the first day of peace. Cybulski plays ayoung fighter waiting to assassinate a recently appointedcommunist official in a small Polish town. But a burgeoninglove affair with a hotel barmaid leads him to question thevalue of this continual struggle.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offThis offer is available online, in person and on the phone,on both full price and concession price tickets. Tickets mustall be bought at the same time.TRILOGY: THE WEEPING MEADOWTrilogy: The Weeping MeadowTrilogia: To livadi pou dakryzeiSun 31 May at 1.00pmTheo Angelopoulos • Greece/Italy/France 2004 • 2h49m35mm • Greek with English subtitlesPG – Contains mild violence and emotional intensityCast: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursadinis, Giorgos Armenis.This, the characteristically epic first instalment of Greekmaestro Theo Angelopoulos’ projected trilogy about thetwentieth century and its legacy, centres on the experiencesof Eleni (Alexandra Aidini) from 1919, when she’s adoptedas an orphan in Odessa by a family of Greeks fleeing theRed Army and returning to the Thessaloniki area, to 1949and the Greek Civil War. Gloriously uncompromising in itsdevotion to a notion of cinema as poetry – we rarely get tosee films of such ambition, expertise and vision.Apocalypse Now ReduxSat 6 Jun at 1.00pmFrancis Ford Coppola • USA 19792001 • 3h22m • 35mm15 – Contains strong war horror, language and sexCast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper.Francis Ford Coppola’s recut/revamped masterpiece,as spectacular as its plot is simple: Vietnam in mid-war,and a dazed American captain is sent up a long river toassassinate a renegade colonel who is waging a brutal,unsanctioned war in Cambodia.“Ultimately, my aim with ‘Redux’ was to achieve a richer,fuller and more textured film experience that, as with theoriginal, lets audiences feel what Vietnam was like: theimmediacy, the insanity, the exhilaration, the horror, thesensuousness and the moral dilemma of America’s mostsurreal and nightmarish war.” - Francis Ford Coppola

32 The Leopard/Italian Film FestivalTHE LEOPARDSPECIALEVENTTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publicationof Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s remarkable (and only)novel, ‘The Leopard’ (‘Il Gattopardo’), a specialscreening of Luchino Visconti’s masterly adaptation,in association with the Italian Cultural Institute,Edinburgh.The LeopardIl GattopardoThu 14 May at 7.45pmLuchino Visconti • Italy/France 1963 • 3h8m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • PG – Contains some mild language,sex references and war violenceCast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paola Stoppa,Rina Morelli.1860s Sicily, where revolution is underway to unite Italyas a republic. When his penniless nephew (Alain Delon)marries Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the daughter ofa merchant, the Prince of Salina (Burt Lancaster in awonderfully nuanced performance) reflects sadly on thedeath of the aristocratic world and the rise of the crassbourgeoisie.One of the most gorgeously produced films in history– with sweeping scenery, sumptuous sets and costumes,and a cast of thousands – which also manages to tell adeeply personal story. With superb attention to detail,Visconti takes us right back to the place and time, fillingeach scene with authentic touches and drawing out thescript’s subtleties.THE THIRD MANItalian Film FestivalThe final three films in the Alida Valliretrospective, part of this annualcelebration of Italian cinema.SuspiriaMon 4 May at 1.00pm & 8.45pmDario Argento • Italy 1977 • 1h37m • 35mmEnglish language version • 18Cast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Alida Valli, Udo Kier.Dario Argento’s dazzling and bloody horror classic. Ayoung American dancer travels to Europe to enrol at afamous ballet school. Settling in proves increasingly difficult,as she is greeted with bizarre noises and even strangeroccurrences, eventually realising that the establishment is afacade concealing a dark world of sinister witchcraft.TICKETDEALSSee all three films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offSee all nine films in this season and get 35% offThis package is available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.THE PARADINE CASEThe Third ManThu 7 May at 6.00pmCarol Reed • UK 1949 • 1h44m • 35mm • PGCast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard.Summoned to occupied post-war Vienna by his old friendHarry Lime (Orson Welles), brash American pulp writerHolly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives to find his old chumbeing widely mourned, especially by the actress Anna(Alida Valli), though less so by British Major Calloway(Trevor Howard). In this quartered, ruined, double-talkingcity, however, it’s as well to take nothing at face value…The Third Man remains among the most consummateof British thrillers: Reed and Greene’s sardonic visionof smiling corruption is deliciously realised with superblocation work, a roster of seasoned Viennese performersand Anton Karas’ jaunty zither score.The Paradine CaseMon 11 May at 6.00pm & Tue 12 May at 3.00pmAlfred Hitchcock • USA 1947 • 1h54m • 35mm • UCast: Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton.A wonderful ensemble cast feature in this grippingcourtroom drama from Alfred Hitchcock. Alida Valli plays awoman accused of murdering her wealthy and much olderhusband. She’s defended by a young happily marriedlawyer (Gregory Peck), who becomes besotted by her andblind to the notion of her guilt.

Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli/Coming Soon33THUNDERBALL DIAMONDS ARE FOREVERON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE NORTH BY NORTHWESTBroccoli,Cubby BroccoliAlbert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, was born in LongIsland, New York, and travelled from the familyfarm, via Hollywood, to become a major playerin the British film industry. As he’s best knownfor producing the Bond films, we’re celebratingthe centenary of his birth with these spectaculardigital restorations.ThunderballMon 4 May at 3.15pm + 6.00pm &Tue 5 May at 2.30pm + 8.30pmTerence Young • UK 1965 • 2h10m • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi,Rik Van Nutter.While recuperating at a health farm, Bond uncovers aSPECTRE plot to steal nuclear bombs. When the plansucceeds, Bond travels to the Bahamas to face the sinisterEmilio Largo and – in an extended underwater sequence– sets out to recover the bombs.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offThis package is available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.You Only Live TwiceWed 6 May at 2.30pm & 6.00pm & Thu 7 Mayat 8.30pmLewis Gilbert • UK 1967 • 1h56m • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba.As the space race heated up in real life, so the Bondfranchise looked to the stars with SPECTRE (working forthe Chinese government) hijacking US spacecraft with aview to inciting a war between Russia and the US. Bondtravels to Japan to find the SPECTRE secret base hiddenbeneath a volcano...Diamonds Are ForeverWed 6 May at 8.30pm & Thu 7 May at 2.30pmGuy Hamilton • UK 1971 • 2h • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood.While investigating mysterious activities in the worlddiamond market, 007 discovers that his evil nemesisBlofeld is stockpiling the gems to use in his deadly lasersatellite. With the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case,Bond sets out to stop the madman – as the fate of theworld hangs in the balance.On Her Majesty’s Secret ServiceMon 18 May at 3.00pm & Tue 19 May at 8.15pmPeter R Hunt • UK 1969 • 2h22m • Digital projection • PGCast: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti.When Connery decided to quit as Bond the press wentinto overdrive speculating on his successor; the producerschose good-looking Australian actor George Lazenby aftersuccessful screen tests. Avengers superstar Diana Riggwas brought in as an added lure and the resulting actionpackedfilm ensured that the franchise would continue.COMINGSOONNorth by NorthwestAlfred Hitchcock • USA 1959 • 2h16m • New 35mm print • PGCast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G Carroll,Jessie Royce Landis.Hitchcock’s masterful thriller, re-released in a stunningnew print.North by Northwest treads a bizarre tightrope between sexand repression, nightmarish thriller and urbane comedy.Cary Grant is truly superb as the light-hearted advertisingexecutive who’s abducted, escapes, and is then houndedacross America trying to find out what’s going on, andslowly being forced to assume another man’s identity. Witha sizzling love interest in the form of Eva Marie Saint, JamesMason on top form as a suave villain, and a thrilling scoreby Bernard Herrmann, it has all the ingredients of a classic.See pages 28-29 for a season of six filmscelebrating the centenary of the birth ofthe marvellous James Mason.

34 More Than MoviesLEANORA OLMI: THE EMPTY LAND and THE CLEARANCE PROJECT PART TWOFILMHOUSE CAFE BARCourses, Workshops and Events at FilmhousePlease Welcome Fiona Henderson, Filmhouse’s new Education OfficerHi, my name is Fiona Henderson and I am really excited about starting at Filmhouse as Education Officer. My backgroundis quite varied: I worked in TV and film production within the BBC and Channel 4 for many years, and then completeda PGCE in community education, to include more community learning and development. I am keen to make links withany groups who would like to develop their interest and skills in the moving image in any way. We can arrange schoolsvisits, CPD training for teachers, workshops or special interest group activities. This month we are organising a visit tothe BBC studios in Glasgow – so sign up for this if you would like a tour of the BBC building to see how it all operates.I am also hoping to run some focus groups, so if you have any suggestions or questions, please contact me by email:fionah@filmhousecinema.comBBC Tour Saturday 9 MayTake advantage of a day out in Glasgow and see round the BBC quayside building to gain an insight into how programmesare made, see the studios and maybe watch the news bulletin going out. We will travel together to the studio and thenafter the tour, you will have the afternoon to yourself to decide what you’d like to do – whether going round the ScienceCentre or to a screening at the Glasgow Film Theatre, or enjoying the Dr Who exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum.Meet at Waverley Station for 9.30am train. Children aged over 11 years of age are welcome but must be accompanied byan adult. Perhaps bring a snack for the train journey as the tour will end at 1.30pm.Cost: £17.00 per adult and £12.00 per child including return train tickets Book: At Box Office or on 0131 228 2688ExhibitionLeanora Olmi: The Empty Land and The Clearance Project Part Two From 4 MayDuring the Nineteenth Century many Scottish Highlanders left their homeland and braved the journey to Australia. Theirvalues and traditions had been repressed in the aftermath of the failed Jacobite uprising of 1745; in the years that followedlandowners pursued the greater profit to be made from sheep farming, evicting tenants from land their families hadinhabited for centuries. Looking for a way out of the poverty that had taken hold of their communities, many Highlandersseized the opportunity to start a new life in the country termed terra nullius: ’land belonging to no one’, or ’empty land’.Olmi uses photography and text to comment on political and cultural issues surrounding migration, colonialism andracism, and to point towards landscape’s relationship with the past. The work uncovers landscape’s hidden stories andacknowledges how Australia and Scotland see their own histories, engaging the viewer in a reading of these histories in thepresent.Filmhouse Café BarDrop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal teaand enjoy one of our superb cakes.Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm sevendays a week!All our dishes are prepared on the premisesusing fresh ingredients.We’ve an extensive vegetarian range with avariety of daily specials.A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar hasreal choice in ales, beers and bottles.A special event? Just ask, we can probably help.Or just come and relax in the ambience!Opening hours:Sunday – Thursday 10am till 11.30pmFriday – Saturday 10am till 12.30am0131 229 5932 cafebar@filmhousecinema.comFilm QuizSunday 10 MayFilmhouse’s phenomenally successful(and rather tricky) monthly quiz.Teams of up to eight people tobe seated in the café bar by 9pm.

New Bollocks CinemaMAILINGLISTSACCESSSTAFFTo have this monthly brochure sent toyou for a year, send £6 (cheques payableto Filmhouse Ltd) with your name andaddress and the month you wish yoursubscription to start.This brochure is also available todownload as a PDF from our website,www.filmhousecinema.comAlternatively, sign up to our emailing list tofind out what’s on when, and hear aboutspecial offers and competitions, by goingto www.filmhousecinema.comThere is a large printversion of the brochureavailable which can beposted to you free ofcharge.FUNDINGFILMHOUSECORPORATEMEMBERSThe Leith AgencyEQSNVast BlueNewhavenLine Digital LtdINFORMATION FOR PATRONS WITHDISABILITIESFilmhouse foyer and box office arereached via a ramped surface fromLothian Road. Our café-bar andaccessible toilet are also at this level. Themajority of seats in the café-bar are notfixed and can be moved.There is wheelchair access to all threescreens. Cinema one has space for twowheelchair users and these places arereached via the passenger lift; cinemastwo and three have one space eachand to get to these you need to use ourplatform lifts. Staff are always on hand tooperate them – please ask at the boxoffice when you purchase your tickets.Advance booking for wheelchair spacesis recommended. A second accessibletoilet is situated at the lower level closeto cinemas two and three. If you needto bring along a helper to assist youin any way, then they will receive acomplimentary ticket.There are induction loops and infra-redin all three screens for those with hearingimpairments. Our brochure carriesinformation on which films havesubtitles.We regularly have screenings with AudioDescription and subtitles for those withhearing difficulties – see page two fordetails of these.Email admin@filmhousecinema.com orcall the Box Office on 0131 228 2688 ifyou require further information.Ginnie AtkinsonChief Executive OfficerJames McKenzieChief Operations OfficerRod WhiteHead of ProgrammingDavid BoydChief TechnicianRichard MooreCinema Operations ManagerAllan MacRaild &Morvern CunninghamFront of House ManagersRobert HowieCatering ManagerTheresa ValtinMarketing OfficerJakub OndrousekMarketing AssistantFiona HendersonEducation OfficerJenny LeaskProgramme CoordinatorJames RiceProgramme CoordinatorJayne FortescueAdministration AssistantHazel ClementsFinance OfficerRELATEDORGANISATIONSEdinburgh International Film FestivalTel: 0131 228 4051 Fax: 0131 229 5501www.edfilmfest.org.ukEdinburgh Film GuildTel: 0131 623 8027www.edinburghfilmguild.com

FINDINGFILMHOUSE88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZNearest car parks: Morrison Street (next tothe Conference Centre), Castle TerraceBuses: 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24,30, 34, 35