2012 Cambridge Film Festival Brochure

CAMBRIDGE
FILM FESTIVAL
2012
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SEPTEMBER
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SEPTEMBER

In some respects, it’s been a great
year for British film. In Sight and
Sound’s eagerly anticipated tenyearly
poll of the Greatest Films
of All Time, a British director took
the top slot with VERTIGO. And, at
the opening ceremony of London
2012, Danny Boyle drew on the
finest technical expertise in the UK
film industry to create a stunning
spectacle. Creative industries are all
too often undervalued or dismissed
in this country – despite the billions
they bring to it – so it was pleasing
to have a demonstration of just
how accomplished we are at the art
of illusion on a grand scale, and a
reminder of exactly why so many
films – British or not – are made here.
A film festival celebrates such
achievements, but also a great deal
more. As much as a festival of sport,
it provides an occasion to share
and celebrate common enthusiasms
and values – the things that reach
beyond national boundaries and
make film a unifying phenomenon
– as well as the characteristics that
make each participant unique. In
addition to bringing new mainstream
films from established driectors –
this year we have David Frankel’s
HOPE SPRINGS, Woody Allen’s TO
ROME WITH LOVE and Walter Salles’
ON THE ROAD – it’s a chance to
enjoy national cinemas that we may
otherwise see only rarely, if ever, and
to discover maverick filmmakers who
defy categorisation altogether. As in
previous years, we bring together the
best of German contempory cinema,
with a little help from Festival friend
Monika Treut, whose own film THE
RAW AND THE COOKED – a culinary
journey around Taiwan – is also
showing here. We bring together
several key films from Catalonia,
too, including Villaronga’s BLACK
BREAD, and have a surreal glimpse
of exciting new developments in
Estonian cinema.
Of course, film isn’t only about
creating illusion – it’s also about
capturing truths. The stunning
CHASING ICE does something
seemingly impossible, putting global
warming up on the screen for all to
see. We have more documentaries
this year than ever before, from
which emerge some spontaneous
themes. Gender issues and sexual
WELCOME
to the 32nd Cambridge
Film Festival
politics are explored in TALES OF
THE WARIA, CALL ME KUCHU and
FREEDOM FOR BIRTH – the latter part
of a worldwide campaign. Matters
of faith are investigated in LEAP,
DIGITAL DHARMA and THE TROUBLE
WITH ST MARY’S. There’s a strand
of music documentaries, too: ANDA
UNION charts efforts to rediscover
Mongolian music, while EL GUSTO
follows veteran Chaabi musicians
from Algiers – Muslim and Jewish. We
also have a little night music in the
form of classic concert footage: THE
DOORS LIVE AT THE BOWL ‘68, and
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY: QUEEN LIVE
IN BUDAPEST. As ever, there are films
with live musical accompaniment,
including Soviet science fiction epic
AELITA, screened on the front steps
of Cambridge University Library (and
accompanied by our old friend Neil
Brand) as well as several Hitchcock
silents.
Which brings us back to
the greengrocer’s son from
Leytonstone... Amongst the dozen
Hitchcock films spanning the years
1925-1964, we have six key titles in
brand new digital prints – including
VERTIGO. Writer and critic George
Perry and director Richard Bracewell,
both of whom have contributed to
this brochure, will be joining us to
reflect further on the the work of
the master.
And, if that isn’t enough, we also
have even more free events this
year than ever! None of this would
be possible, of course, without the
support of all our sponsors, of whom
special thanks are due to Studio24,
TTP, The Westbrook Trust and Hauser-
Raspe for their continued support.
Tony Jones
Director, Cambridge Film Festival
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YOUR GUIDE TO THE CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2012
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SELECT YOUR FILMS AND EVENTS
What you have in your hands contains full information and listings for all the films and
events confirmed at the time of going to print – complete with a handy day-by-day
calendar in the centre pages to help you choose by time of day, or day of the week.
New films, guests, events and other surprises continue to be added to the Festival, so
don’t forget to check the latest arrivals online at www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
BOOK YOUR TICKETS
Tickets are on sale from 3 September (1 September for Picturehouse Members).
Advance tickets for all venues are available:
in person at the Arts Picturehouse Box Office
over the phone on 0871 902 5720 (9.30am – 8.30pm)
as well as online via www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
SAVE
For the best value, snap up our money-saving Festival Pass
(£60, or £40 for Picturehouse members). Pass holders get
four free tickets and £4.00 off the adult ticket price
– and if you’re also a Picturehouse Member, your
second ticket gets the normal membership £2 discount
so you can bring a guest to screenings at members’
rates. See page 72 for more information. The
Festival Pass can be purchased by phone or in
person at the Arts Picturehouse.
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TAKE YOUR SEAT
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Now for the fun part. The Festival takes place at a range of
venues across the city so before setting out please check
where your chosen screenings or events are taking place.
If attending more than one venue on the same
day, make sure that you leave sufficient transit
time between screenings. See page 73 for more
information on our venues.
GET ONLINE AND GET INTERACTIVE
WEBSITE - The best way for you to find out the latest news, added screenings, last minute
guests and much more, is to become a regular visitor to our new website, built by awardwinning
Cambridge web developers Studio 24. You can:
review films you’ve watched at CFF
book online
learn more about the films we’re showing
enjoy multimedia coverage as well as an independent take on the Festival from Take One
(also available as free printed issues)
search the programme
E-NEWSLETTER If you haven’t done so already, make sure you also sign up to our
newsletter so you don’t miss out on those hot tickets!
SOCIAL MEDIA - you can find us across the online social spectrum:
Cambridge Film Festival @camfilmfest flickr: Cambridge Film Festival
CamFilmFestival Cambridge Film Festival
and more - visit our website for details.
Audience Awards 2012 –
Search For The Stars!
IN COMPETITION
FOR THE 2012
AUDIENCE
AWARD
IN COMPETITION
FOR BEST SHORT FILM
2012 AUDIENCE
AWARD
We like romantic comedies. But we also like hard-hitting
documentaries. Which are best? There’s only one way to find
out... VOTE!
There are TWO awards this year – the Audience Award and the
Audience Best Short Award. All the films eligible have the star
symbol next to them in this brochure; where the symbol is next
to a Shorts programme, you can vote for any individual film in
that programme. Cast your vote with your ticket stub on the
way out, or look for the CFF iPads (courtesy of John Lewis).
To view the list of films in competition for our Audience Awards,
visit www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/filmmakers/awards –
and remember you must cast your vote in person as you leave
the screening!
ARTS PICTUREHOUSE
MEMBERSHIP
Remember – as a Picturehouse Member you
get priority booking for Festival films and
events AND a £2 discount on each Festival
film you attend. Throughout the rest of the
year, you’ll also benefit from:
H Three free tickets per person for regular
Picturehouse programmes
H £2 discount on full price tickets
H No booking fees
H 10% off snacks and drinks in the bar
H Picturehouse publications posted to your home
H Valid at Picturehouse cinemas nationwide
Membership costs just £33 (£25 concessions)
or £60 for joint Membership (£49 concessions)
Call 0871 902 5720
or visit www.picturehouses.co.uk
Arts Gift
Membership
Available
Tony Jones
Festival Director
Catherine Kemp
Festival Administrator
Iris Ordonez
Hospitality & Print Transport Manager
Aline Conti
Festival Programme Coordinator & Programmer
Verena Von Stackelberg
International Programmer
Becky Innes
Family Film Festival & Screen Team
Bill Lawrence • James Mackay
Festival Programmers
João Serejo
Shorts Programmer & Submissions Coordinator
Claire Rastogi
Web & Design Manager
John Tobin
Development Manager
Vicky Fenton
Marketing Manager
Dan Taylor
Brochure Designer
Toby Venables
Press & PR Manager & Brochure Editor
Special thanks to
Mike O’Brien & Mike Boyd
Sam Grant, Jacob Klimaszewski, Angela Liu-Wilkin, Nashira
Martinez, Sarah McIntosh, Marta Wisniewska
CFF Interns
Rosy Hunt (Editor) • Jim Ross (Deputy Editor) • Mike Boyd
(Comms Manager) • Gavin Midgley (Sub Editor)
Take One Festival Magazine
Isabelle McNeill • Tony Jones • Jean Khalfa • Nicolas Joicey
The Trustees
Plus all the fantastic volunteers!
AT THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE
Keith Gehlert
General Manager
Daniel Patten • John Davis • Alicia Lopez Rios
Duty Manager
Joe Delaney
Assistant Manager & Chief Projectionist
Rydian Cook • Claire Mackenzie • Dermot Nolan • Christian
Lapidge • Jesse Wood • Nashira Martinez
Projectionists
Roger Smith
Projection & Cambridge Film Projects
Alex Rotherham
Picturehouse Café
And all the fantastic Front of House staff!
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Saffron Screen on the Green
Saturday 8 September, from 6.00pm, Saffron Walden Common
The Cambridge Film Festival crosses the border to Essex to present Saffron
Screen on the Green – an ABBA-solutely fabulous evening of free cinema on
Saffron Walden Common which is only half an hour from Cambridge.
We’ll be joining forces with
independent cinema Saffron Screen
to present a free family screening
of the much-loved crowd-pleaser
MAMMA MIA! (PG, 108 mins) at dusk
(approximately 8.00pm). We’ll also
be screening rare archive films
of the local area, presented in
partnership with the Media Archive
of Central England.
The Screen Team 2010-2012
More info is online at www.saffronscreen.com or by calling 01799 500238
This September is the culmination of the Cambridge Film Trust’s innovative three year Screen Team events and training initiative.
We’ve already selected twenty lucky Screen Team participants for this year, who have been receiving specialist training from
the Festival team and will be working hard behind the scenes at our outdoor screenings this summer. The Screen Team is a
Cambridge Film Trust initiative which has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, creating a lasting impact from the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games by funding ideas and local talent to inspire creativity across the UK. For more information,
email becky@cambridgefilmtrust.org.uk
With thanks to the Westbrook Trust for their on-going generous support of the Cambridge Film Trust.
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Lido Picture Show
Sunday 9 September, approx 8.00pm, Jesus Green Outdoor Pool
Jaws (12A)*
Dir: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Roy Schieder, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss. USA 1975. 124 mins.
Join us again for our annual family film
event at Cambridge’s renowned open-air
swimming pool – this year, FREE! Situated
splashing distance from the river,
Jesus Green Outdoor Pool is not only a
Cambridge institution, but also one of the
few of its kind remaining in Britain – and
one of the largest in Europe.
To help you enjoy this delightful and
unique setting, we present another aquatically-themed classic that
did for sharks what Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS did for our feathered
Skyline Cinema
Archive Programme
Sunday 9 September, approx 8.00pm, Varsity Hotel
Varsity Hotel, Thompson’s Lane, Cambridge CB5 8AQ
Skyline Cinema – the latest spectacular new open-air venue in
Cambridge – presents a FREE screening of archive film, featuring
material selected from the East Anglian Film Archive, including
HERE’S A HEALTH TO THE BARLEY MOW.
In partnership with the Cambridge FIlm Trust, the Varsity Hotel on
Thompson’s Lane has opened its rooftop to the public for a series
of screenings throughout the summer. Stunning views to savour
over St John’s, Magdalene and Trinity Colleges with the River Cam
winding alongside Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. Show
starts shortly after sunset.
friends; the film that made an entire generation
terrified to go into the water... Spielberg’s nail-,
leg– and torso-biting masterpiece JAWS.
Pack a picnic or choose from a delicious range
of drinks and snacks from the poolside cafe,
then simply sit back and enjoy the thrills.
With the light-filled pool, and a backdrop of
surrounding trees, this is cinematic sharkaction
as you’ve never experienced it before!
*Contains sustained threat and occasional bloody violence.
See pages 72-73 for venue information.
Rural Cinema Conference
Tuesday 18 Sept 10.00am-5.00pm
Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
The BFI and Creative England are hosting the first UK
conference dedicated to Rural Cinema. The Rural
Cinema Conference aims to explore and develop
ideas and strategies on rural cinema in order
that practitioners, funders and commercial
organisations can optimise their involvement
in this arena.
Our agenda will include panel discussions on
Growing Audiences in Rural Communities, New Models
for Rural Cinema, Rural Distribution, Funding and
Sustainability and the Future of Rural Cinema.
Speakers will include: Rose Regeneration,
Rural Cinema Pilots, Digital Funding
Partnership, Regional Screen Scotland,
Dogwoof, @Curzon, City Screen, BFI
and Creative England.
For information about
remaining places,
please contact:
ruralcinema@
bfi.org.uk
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Open-Air Screening WITH LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
Cambridge University Library Friday 21 September, approx 8.00pm
Aelita: Queen Of Mars (CFF PG)
Director: Yakov Protazanov. Starring: Nikolai Tsereteli, Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky.
USSR 1924. 111 mins.
Kindly sponsored by the Russkiy
Mir Foundation and Gazprom
Looking East: Lunchtime
Archive Film Show (U)
Throughout the summer of 2012 the Cambridge Film
Festival’s Screen Team project (see page 6) has been
working in partnership with MACE (Media Archive
of Central England) as well as the East Anglian Film
Archive and the Norwich HEART (Heritage, Economic
and Regeneration Trust) Digital Heritage Project, to
present special screenings of archive films at unusual
locations in the East of England. Join us at this special
event to enjoy the very best of the film footage that
has been showcased at these screenings. You’ll sample
fascinating archive film featuring locations, people
and events from across the Eastern region – including
extracts from HEART’s new BON VOYAGE compilation
of recently restored films exploring the history of
travel and transport across the East of England, which
has been brought back to life with a wonderful new
voiceover by Norfolk resident John Hurt.
PRICES
Adults £4.60
Concessions £3.60
In 1920s Moscow, engineer Los is among a group of technicians who receive a strange
radio message that seems to be from another world. Los dreams about a woman on the
distant planet Mars, little realising that Aelita, the daughter of its totalitarian ruler, is
observing him through a telescope. Tragedy strikes – but so does an opportunity... Building
a spaceship he travels to the red planet, and with his comrade Gulev leads a proletarian
uprising. But is everything quite what it seems? The USSR’s first science fiction film was a
huge hit when first released. Screened in front of Cambridge University Library’s imposing
facade, it is shown here in a newly restored version, with a live score performed by Neil
Brand, and a special introduction by Professor Ian Christie (Birkbeck University).
The film starts at dusk – approx 8.00pm
Screening organised in collaboration with the University Library to link up with their exhibition
A Soviet Design for Life, and a conference organised by the Departments of Slavonic Studies and
History of Art (University of Cambridge): Design without Frontiers: Interdisciplinary and Collaboration
in Soviet Art, Architecture and Design (20-21 September).
For more information, please go to: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions or www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events
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ARU Screenings
Lord Ashcroft Courtyard, ARU, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT
Wednesday 19 September, approx 8.00pm
A Hard Day’s Night (U)
Director: Richard Lester. Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George
Harrison, Ringo Starr. UK 1964. 87 mins.
A ‘typical’ day in the life of The
Beatles at the first peak of their
popularity. The band is heading
from Liverpool to London to
appear on TV, but along the
way they have to deal with
Paul’s wayward grandad (Wilfrid
Brambell) and a disappearing
drummer. Stylish, fast-paced,
highly influential, and with a pretty decent soundtrack, too.
Thursday 20 September, approx 8.00pm
The Blues Brothers (15)
Director: John Landis. Starring: John Belushi, Dan Ayckroyd, Cab Calloway,
Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin. USA 1980. 133 mins. Blues.
One black suit jacket. One pair
black suit pants. One hat... Black.
Do you see the light? The band...
The band? The band! THE BAND!!!
We’re on a mission from God.
Tonight only, the fabulous Blues
Brothers Rhythm and Blues revue.
You on the motorcycle... You two
girls... tell your friends. It’s 106
miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark
and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.
The Cambridge Family Film Festival
Not-So-Silent Movies (PG) starring Neil Brand
Saturday 22 September, 11.00am
Think that in the days before
the arrival of ‘The Talkies’
cinema audiences used to
watch films in complete
silence? Think again! Join
Neil Brand, one of the
world’s leading silent film
accompanists, for a fun-filled,
inspiring and interactive
session celebrating the magic
of the silent cinema era as
well as exploring how live
musical accompaniment can
truly bring the images on screen to life. You’ll enjoy clips from some
classic silent movies as well as having the chance to join in with
Paper Cinema
Sat 15, every half hour from 1.00pm
(last performance at 6.30)
Raging storms and supernatural forces prevail over one man’s
almighty quest to get home. Immerse yourself in a journey through
the high seas, soak up the adventure and encounter danger and
exhilaration as a silent film is created before your eyes!
The show is an interpretive live performance based on The
Odyssey, using hand-drawn paper puppets that are brought to
life through live cinema. Homer’s cornerstone of literature is
vividly told with beautiful illustration, as cinematic projection and
cunning tricks transform a suitcase full of cut-out paper puppets
into an array of living characters and striking landscapes, set to
a captivating live score from the
exceptional Paper Cinema musicians.
www.thepapercinema.com
PRICES
Adults £5
Children under 15 £3
presents
the live musical accompaniment
yourselves!
Although primarily aimed at
family groups, this event will be
great fun for audiences of all ages
– including those of you whose
appetite for silent film has recently
been whetted by THE ARTIST, and
silent cinema aficionados alike.
Children under 15 £4
Kids Club Members £3
Accompanying Adults £2
PRICES
For all over 15 not accompanying a child, normal Festival ticket
prices apply (see page 72).
Ages 11-25
Saturday 15 September, 10.30am
Cambridgeshire Film Consortium Presents
Music On Film:
Masterclass
For young
filmmakers, composers
and students aged 11-25
If you are a student with an interest in film/music/sound,
or have attended animation, digital film production, Jump Cuts or
Short Cuts workshops, then join sound artist and composer James Rogers, who will
discuss adding sound and music to film.
Bookings: Tel 0871 902 5720 Enquiries: trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk Follow us on twitter:@cfi lmconsortium
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The Trouble With Alfred
George Perry and Richard
Bracewell investigate Hitchcock
To accompany screenings of two of Hitchcock’s finest works, we
present talks by author and critic George Perry, and filmmaker
Richard Bracewell (both of whom have also contributed pieces
to the Hitchcock section in this brochure). The talks are free and
are illustrated with clips from some of his key films.
Please note: both these free events are ticketed.
Sunday 16 September, 3.00pm
Hitchcock: Master Of Technique
Bright Sparks
19-30 September 2012
Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art,
Anglia Ruskin University
Prior to the screening of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, fellow director
Richard Bracewell brings a filmmaker’s perspective to bear on
the works of the ‘master of suspense’, looking at the ways in
which Hitch hooked, enthralled and appalled his audiences.
Richard Bracewell is a British director, writer, cinematographer
and producer whose credits include THE GIGOLOS and CUCKOO.
He runs the UK feature film production company Punk Cinema,
which he set up in 2004 with co-producer and brother Tony
Bracewell
Thursday 20 September, 4.30pm
George Perry On Hitchcock
Before the screening of VERTIGO, George Perry considers the
genius and the legacy of the humble lad from Leytonstone
who went on to terrify the world – and make the film now
voted the greatest of all time.
George Perry – once editor of undergarduate newspaper
Varsity – is a journalist, writer, film critic and author of
numerous books, including biographies of Monty Python,
Rupert Bear and James Dean, histories of film studios
(Pinewood, Ealing and Warner Bros.) and studies of Hitchcock
and Spielberg.
A celebration of work by the BA Film and Television
Production students and graduates of Anglia Ruskin
University. It is the result of their passion, imagination, talent
and creativity. If their films absorb you and keep you in the
picture – they have succeeded.
Psychosis Of A Sane Man
And Others
Thursday 20 September, 10.00am-11.45am
Showcasing ARU Graduate Films
2011-2012
These short dramas, documentaries, animations and experimental
films showcase the best work of students on the Communication,
Film and Media Studies programme at Anglia Ruskin University,
exploring the possibilities of cinema, telling
stories, or
working frameby-frame
on
the fundamental
dynamism of
film. All welcome.
Pictures at the Press
Working with Cambridge University Press, The Cambridge Film Festival brings you two nights of openair
screenings in the impressive surrounds of the oldest publishing house in the world.
But that’s not all – through the magic of technology we bring you the first open air, pop-up multiplex!
The addition of an extra screen and a choice of soundtracks via radio headsets means we’re able
to offer TWO films each night, to be screened simultaneously, with a specially chosen child-friendly
alternative title on both nights (suitable for under 12s). So, bring a picnic or browse the varied food
and drink on offer from local vendors, choose your screen, tune into your soundtrack, and snuggle
down on a rug under the stars to watch:
The Artist (PG)
Director: Michel Hazanavicius. Starring: Jean Dujardin,
John Goodman, Berenice Bejo, James Cromwell.
France/Belgium 2011. 100 mins.
The Oscar-winning story of silent film star George Valentin and
wannabe starlet Peppy Miller (and a dog), which wowed audiences
at Cannes and showed that silent cinema was far from dead!
or
Monsters Inc. (U)
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15
Moonrise Kingdom (12A)*
Director: Wes Anderson. Starring: Jared Gilman,
Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand.
US 2012. 94 mins. *(Contains moderate sex references)
In 1960s New England, a young boy and girl in love run away
together. As factions of the town mobilize to search for them, the
town is turned upside down – which might not be such a bad thing...
or
The Princess Bride (U)
Screenings will be at the Cass
Sports Ground, Cambridge
University Press, Shaftesbury Road
– see pages 72-73 for ticket prices
and venue info.
Keep checking www.cambridge
filmfestival.org.uk for updates.
Bring your own headphones and use our pre-tuned radios for a great cinematic
experience. £5 deposit required. Film starts at dusk – approx. 8.00pm.
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STOPPRESS
UK
Premiere
Wake up to The New Paul Stainton Breakfast Show
on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire from Mon 3rd Sept.
Fast and fresh - raising eyebrows and raising smiles.
Paul Stainton will keep you in touch with
everything that matters to you.
Turn on and Tune in. 96fm/95.7fm/DAB/Online
Confessions Of
A Child Of The
Century (CFF 15)
Director: Sylvie Verheyde. Starring: Pete
Doherty, Charlotte Gainsbourg, August
Diehl, Lily Cole. France/United Kingdom/
Germany 2012. 120 mins.
Print source: Soda Pictures
Late Night
Frights
FRI
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10.00pm
Cannes Award Winner Charlotte Gainsbourg (MELANCHOLIA) stars opposite Pete Doherty
in his film debut in CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY. Doherty plays Octave, a
young and beautiful libertine who witnesses his lover being unfaithful. Despair leads to
decadence, until he meets a young widow Brigitte and they embark on a relationship.
But with one broken heart already Octave is quick to rise to suspicion and in a world
where love is fragile will he be strong enough to stay faithful. Also starring Lily Cole
(DR PARNASSUS), August Diehl (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) and Joséphine de La Baume
(BOOGIE WOOGIE).
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The Hidden
Face (CFF 15)
(La Cara Oculta)
Director: Andrés Baiz. Starring: Martina
García, Quim Gutiérrez and Clara Lago.
Columbia/Spain 2011. 97 mins. Spanish
with English subtitles.
Print source: TBC
THU
20
10.45pm
A tense and intriguing thriller about orchestra director Adrian, who becomes a murder
suspect when his girlfriend, Belén, disappears. He starts a relationship with Fabiana, who
begins to hear noises, and experience strange events in the house. Is Belén reaching out
from beyond the grave, or is something more sinister going on? What looks like a clichéd
psychological thriller from the outside is actually a film with hidden depth, and soon turns
into a compelling tale of intersecting narratives. Suspense is built up to a startling finale.
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PENING FILMS
UK
Premiere
We are delighted to welcome director David
Frankel to this screening.
Hope Springs
(12A)*
Director: David Frankel. Starring:
Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve
Carell. USA 2012. 100 mins.
Print source: Momentum
*Contains frequent
moderate sex references
We are delighted to welcome director
Robert Guédiguian to this screening.
THU
13
6.00pm
Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted
couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things
up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned
couples specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope
Springs, she attempts to persuade her sceptical husband – a steadfast
man of routine – to get on a plane for an entire week of marriage
therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is
hard enough – the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed
their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each
other in the first place.
Directed by David Frankel (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA) and featuring sparkling performances
from Streep, Jones and Carell, this is one romantic comedy that isn’t afraid to suggest
that sometimes, to keep the magic, you need to learn a few tricks...
The Snows Of Kilimanjaro (15)
(Les Neiges Du Kilimandjaro)
Director: Robert Guédiguian. Starring: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre
Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Maryline Canto. 107 mins. France 2011.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: Cinefile
THU
13
8.30pm
FRI
14
12.30pm
In 2009, acclaimed French filmmaker Robert Guédiguian brought his
gripping wartime thriller THE ARMY OF CRIME to Cambridge. This year
he returns with his latest work, an absorbing drama inspired by a
Victor Hugo poem. Despite losing his job as a shipyard worker through
voluntary redundancy, Michel, a proud trade unionist, lives happily with
Marie-Claire. The pair have been a devoted couple for thirty years –
their children and grandchildren are their pride and joy, and they have
a close group of friends. But their happiness is shattered when two
masked gunmen break into their home, tie them up and rob them of everything –
including Michel’s severance package. By chance, the couple discover that the brutal
attack was organized by one of the young workers laid off along with Michel. But when
they set the wheels in motion to have the assailants brought to justice, they discover that
true justice is not as straightforward as it might seem.
To Rome With
Love (12A)*
Director: Woody Allen. Starring:
Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto
Benigni, Penélope Cruz. USA/Italy/
Spain 2012. 112 mins. English and
Italian with English subtitles.
Print source: Sony
*Contains moderate sex references
and one use of strong language
CL SING
FILM
Holy Motors (18)
Director: Leos Carax. Starring: Denis
Lavant, Eva Mendes, Edith Scob, Kylie
Minogue. France/Germany 2012. 115
mins. French, English and Chinese
with English subtitles.
Print source: Artificial Eye
THU
13
7.45pm
SUN
23
8.00pm
Woody Allen’s TO ROME WITH LOVE is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set
in one of the world’s most enchanting cities. In it, we meet a
well-known American architect reliving his youth, an average
middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome’s biggest
celebrity, a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic
encounters and an American opera director endeavouring to put a
singing mortician on stage. Their stories explore the eternal quest for
love and sex in its many variations, from a betrothal and a honeymoon
through to assorted acts of infidelity; from tender lovemaking to more spontaneous
liaisons; from the absurd and ridiculous to the poignant and profound; from the
exhilaration of newfound love all the way to heartbreak and its aftermath. With the
writer-director also back in front of the camera, this is the kind of movie that Allen made
his own: a paean to a great city with his own wry take on the nature of relationships.
HOLY MOTORS, by French maverick Leos Carax (LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF,
POLA X), was probably the most talked-about title at Cannes this year.
Billed as a film that broke boundaries, this cinematic tour-de-force was
described by Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw as ‘barking mad’, ‘weird and
wonderful’ and ‘weightless and euphoric’. From dawn to dusk, we follow a
few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys
from one life to the next. He is in turn captain of industry, assassin,
beggar, monster, family man... Monsieur Oscar is accompanied only by Céline, the slender
blonde woman behind the wheel of the vast stretch limo that transports him through and
around Paris, and in which he keeps his wardrobe of bizarre disguises...
“Exhilarating, opaque, heartbreaking and completely bonkers – French auteur Leos
Carax’s so-called comeback film, HOLY MOTORS, is a deliciously preposterous piece
of filmmaking that appraises life and death and everything in between, reflected in a
funhouse mirror.” The Hollywood Reporter
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Premiere
We hope to welcome director Mat
Whitecross to the screening.
Winner, Sundance World Cinema Documentary Directing Award
Winner, Best Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival
5 Broken
Cameras (CFF 12A)
Directors: Emad Burnat and Guy
Davidi. Occupied Palestinian Territory/
Israel/France/Netherlands 2011. 90
mins. Arabic and Hebrew with English
subtitles.
Print source: New Wave
TUE
18
6.30pm
BUDDHIST
SAT
22
3.00pm
Filmed from the perspective of a Palestinian farm labourer (Emad Burnat), 5 BROKEN CAMERAS
was shot using six different video cameras – five of which were destroyed in the process
of filming. Emad, who lives in Bil’in, just west of the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, was
thrust into global politics when his community peacefully resisted Israeli plans to erect a wall
through their land to separate them from the ever-growing Israeli settlements. Initially given
the camera to chronicle the birth and childhood of his son Gibreel, the film captures Gibreel
growing into a precocious preschooler over six years, against the backdrop of the many nonviolent
protests that have become an intrinsic part of life in Bil’in. An extraordinary work of
both cinematic and political activism, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS daringly meshes personal essay with
political cinema, displaying how images and cameras can change lives and realities.
Ashes (CFF 15)
SUN
23
Director: Mat Whitecross. Starring: Ray Winstone, Jim
Sturgess, Leslie Manville, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Evans. 8.15pm
UK 2010. TBC mins.
Print source: CinemaNX
Frank (Ray Winstone) is confined to a residential home, stricken
with Alzheimer’s, past, present and future steadily disintegrating.
Then, one day, James (Jim Sturgess) appears, wanting to reconnect
with a father who no longer knows him. James springs Frank from
the home, and the pair go on the run. As their haphazard journey
unfolds – funny, violent and tragic by turns – the present merges with
imperfect memories of the past, and fact with fiction, and we begin
to realise that nothing is quite what it seems. Director of ROAD TO
GUANTANAMO, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, and Ian Dury biopic SEX & DRUGS
& ROCK & ROLL, Whitecross – a graduate of Revolution Films – follows
in mentor Michael Winterbottom’s eclectic footsteps by tackling yet
another new genre. But ASHES itself defies neat categorisation; part
road movie, part psycholocial thriller, part contemporary film noir, but
all beautifully shot, and with a grimly satisfying twist.
About Elly (CFF 12A)
(Darbareye Elly)
Director: Asghar Farhadi. Starring: Golshifteh Farahani,
Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti. Iran 2009. 119 mins.
Persian with English subtitles.
Print source: Axiom
THU
13
3.30pm
From acclaimed director Asghar Farhadi (A SEPARATION) ABOUT ELLY
follows a group of middle-class friends who travel from Tehran to
spend the weekend by the sea. Elly, an unmarried teacher, is invited
by Sepideh, mother of one of her pupils, to travel with them. Sepideh
plans to introduce her to recently divorced friend Ahmad, now living in
Germany. The next morning, they go shopping, but when Elly suddenly
announces she has to return to Tehran, Sepideh urges her to stay,
hiding her luggage. While Elly watches the children playing in the sea,
Sepideh’s daughter calls to some men on the beach to rescue one of
them from the water. The little boy is saved – but Elly has disappeared.
What has happened to her? Has she simply returned to her mother in
Tehran? Or has something far worse happened? Is she even alive?
Anda Union: From The
Steppes To The City (CFF 15)
Directors: Sophie Lascelles, Tim Pearce. UK 2012.
97 mins. Mongolian with English subtitles.
Print source: Eye4Films
ANDA UNION, a group of self-styled ‘gatherers’ of Mongolian music, aim
to reconnect young Mongols with their forgotten heritage – revitalising
the ancient tradition of storytelling through song. The troupe brings
together instruments, singing traditions and dialects from several
different Mongolian tribes, unified by Genghis Khan in the 13th century.
In those times, nomadic minstrels would travel between riverside,
grassland or mountain settlements, accompanying their lyric poetry
with a lute or a ‘horse-violin’. Today, herders chat on mobile phones
and live in eco-yurts. ANDA UNION charts a mission to inject modern
life with the magic and mystery of Mongolian history, and features a
colourful selection of incidental encounters with priests, musicians
and nomads – as well as offering a glimpse into the personal stories,
past lives and loves of the young musicians themselves.
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UK
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Bert Stern: Original
Madman (CFF 15)
Director: Shannah Laumeister.
USA 2011. 93 mins.
Print source: Films Transit
A story of self-creation, celebrity and reinvention, documentary
BERT STERN: ORIGINAL MADMAN looks at the 60 year career of hugely
influential fashion photographer Bert Stern. From humble beginnings
in the mailroom at Look Magazine, Stern ended up as photographer
to the stars, from jazz greats and rock music icons, to the cream of
the Hollywood crop – not least, Marilyn Monroe, who he photographed
just six weeks before her death in the famous sequence known as
‘The Last Sitting’. His style, and the brashness with which he flaunted
it, led to the rise of the celebrity photographer, whilst his polished
and inventive images helped define the golden age of advertising.
Laumeister’s documentary, filled with examples of Stern’s work, rarely
seen archive material, and revealing interviews, is the first time the
photographer has been convinced to tell his story on film.
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20
12.45pm
Avalon (CFF 15)
Director: Axel Petersen. Starring: Johannes Brost,
Peter Carlberg, Léonore Ekstrand. Sweden 2011.
79 mins. Swedish with English subtitles.
Print source: Swedish Film Institute
THU
13
10.15pm
FRI
14
12.45pm
Janne is an adult teenager, mentally stuck in the consumerist 80s.
After serving time in prison, Janne (superbly acted by Johannes Brost)
travels to Båstad to open an exclusive nightclub and get his life back
on track. During the star-studded tennis week, he makes his final
preparations and enjoys life as a soon-to-be-crowned club king. But
just a few days before the club’s premiere, Janne causes a catastrophic
accident. His increasingly desperate attempts to deal with the situation
drag him into a dark downward spiral. Wherever the impressive mood
thriller AVALON has been shown it has scooped awards, and was billed
as “this year’s best Swedish film” by Lovefilm DK.
A film that echoes some of the
best of recent Scandinavian art
cinema [...] The pic is a
fascinating and ultimately
haunting movie, partly because
of the way Petersen choreographs
his characters, but also because
of those characters themselves.
John Anderson, Variety
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Fredrik Gertten to this screening.
Bestiaire (CFF PG)
Director: Denis Côté. France/Canada 2012. 72 mins.
Print Source: Figa Films
TUE
18
8.15pm
WED
19
2.00pm
To simply label this film a documentary would be wrong – equally
‘fiction’ or ‘film-essay’ does not quite hit the mark. One thing is certain:
we are in a safari park and we see animals. Or we see animals watching
us watching them. BESTIAIRE is a captivating contemplation of the
observer and the observed, of those who are captives and those
who believe themselves to be free. Stunning cinematography and
supremely manipulative sound design turn this film into a multi-layered
philosophical (if you want) visual experience or a bestiary picture
book. Denis Côté considers each new film he makes a revolt against
his previous one – but, nonetheless, there is a fine line connecting
his body of work (DRIFTING STATES, OUR PRIVATE LIVES, ALL THAT
SHE WANTS, CARCASSES): a subtle, dark undercurrent flows through
them, punctured by drops of light humour, all marked by an extreme
confidence in creating his very own cinematic language.
Big Boys Gone
Bananas!* (Cert TBC)
Director: Fredrik Gertten. Sweden 2011. 90 mins.
English /Swedish with English subtitles
Print source: Dogwoof
WED
19
6.00pm
When filmmaker Fredrik Gertten made his 2009 documentary
BANANAS, recounting the lawsuit between 12 Nicaraguan plantation
owners and the giant Dole Food company, he had no idea that it
was only the start of the story. Angered by a film they hadn’t yet
seen, Dole Food released a cease and desist letter to the producers,
removing the film from the LA Film Festival and beginning an eight
month process of corporate bullying and media spin designed to
discredit the film and its message. This powerful documentary
reveals precisely how a multinational will stop at nothing to get its
way. As Dole’s public relations company puts it, “It is easier to cope
with a bad conscience than a bad reputation”.
Camp 14: Total
Control Zone
(CFF 18)
Director: Marc Wiese. With: Shin Dong
Huyk, Hyuk Kwon, Oh Yangnam. Germany
2012. 104 mins. English and Korean with
English subtitles.
Print source: Global Screen
FRI
14
3.00pm
SUN
16
1.00pm
CAMP 14 is a hard-hitting documentary about Shin Dong-Huyk, one of the many victims
of the inhuman North Korean regime, giving a rare first-hand account of being born
and raised behind barbed wire until his dramatic escape. He eloquently describes the
brutal life in Camp 14, giving chilling accounts of inhumane living conditions, starvation,
beatings, torture and execution of adults and children alike. Clever use of animation
allows for some visualization of these events and as well as Shin talking to camera there
are interviews with former Camp commanders and secretly filmed footage of brutal police
interrogations. “Our sole purpose was to follow the rules of the work camp and then die.
We knew nothing about the outside. All we knew was that our parents and our forefathers
were guilty and that we had to work hard in order to make up for it.”
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Wagner to the Sat 15 screening.
We hope to welcome director Dylan
Richards to this screening.
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Blind Spot (CFF 15)
(Doudege Wenkel)
Director: Christophe Wagner. Starring: Jules
Werner, André Jung , Brigitte Urhausen.
Luxembourg 2012. 96 mins. Luxembourgish and
French with English subtitles.
Print source: Samsa Films
SAT
15
3.15pm
MON
17
10.00am
Between Jo Nesbø, French detectives and Danish television, Europe
would seem to have the murder mystery thriller all tied up – a
postulation given extra weight by police drama DOUDEGE WENKEL,
the first thriller to be made in Luxembourgish. When charismatic
and mysterious Inspector Hastert is handed the investigation
into the death of a fellow cop, he gets the awkward help of the
policeman’s brother, the restless and resentful Olivier. What at first
seems to be a murder linked to a previous case is slowly revealed
to be much more complicated, with Olivier leading the reluctant
Hastert (who of course is near retirement) into a world of big
business, corruption and scandal.
Burton: The Secret? (CFF 15)
(Burton: Y Gyfrinach?)
Director: Dylan Richards. Starring: Richard Harrington,
Dafydd Hywel. Wales 2011. 82 mins. Welsh with English subtitles.
Print source: Green Bay Media
SUN
23
3.30pm
A provocative drama that considers what might have occurred at a
pivotal moment in the life of ‘60s superstar Richard Burton, Dylan
Richards’ intimate two-hander captures Burton and his elder brother,
Ifor Jenkins, in the aftermath of a Swiss funeral. For Burton it was the
chance to re-connect with a revered father figure estranged since his
love affair with CLEOPATRA co-star Elizabeth Taylor. For Jenkins it was
a moment to reflect on the past and look to the future. The awkward,
booze-fuelled reunion was to climax in a shattering accident that left
Ifor paralysed from the neck down. Richard Harrington and Dafydd
Hywel soak the screen in Welsh melancholy and familial angst; Richards
and writer Wil Roberts dare to suggest a cause for an incident that was
to haunt Burton for the rest of his days. Commissioned for Welsh TV,
BURTON: THE SECRET? receives its English theatrical premiere at CFF.
Call Me Kuchu (15)
Directors: Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax
Wright. Uganda 2012. 87 mins.
Print source: Dogwoof
TUE
18
6.00pm
“If we keep on hiding, they will say we’re not here,” states activist,
and Uganda’s first openly gay man, David Kato. Facing the
impossible, he fights Uganda’s government and media in the courts
and at the United Nations to repeal the country’s homophobic laws,
and to liberate his fellow homosexual men and women, or ‘kuchus’.
Kato works with the few who dare to protest against an upcoming
‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’, which will further ignite the ongoing
witch-hunt to out the kuchus across the country. Not just an
important chronicle of the victimisation of many and the courage of
one man, but also the heartbreaking, deeply personal story of Kato
and the Kampala kuchus, as they strive to change their fate and
that of other kuchus around Africa.
Chasing Ice (CFF PG)
Director: Jeff Orlowski. USA 2012. 74 mins.
Print source: Dogwoof
THU
20
8.00pm
FRI
21
1.30pm
How do you show climate change? National Geographic
photographer James Balog sets out to do just this in CHASING ICE.
Creating the Extreme Ice Survey, he headed out across the Arctic
to capture photographic evidence of the world’s retreating glaciers
using time-lapse cameras. But it was never going to be easy. Simply
putting the cameras in position demanded risky expeditions to
extreme locations in Greenland, Iceland and beyond. Freezing
temperatures and equipment failure then challenged Balog and his
team beyond human endurance. Nevertheless, their persistence
paid off – and fellow team member and director Jeff Orlowski has
captured some of the most astounding images ever committed to
camera in his documentary about the project. Watch in awe – and
more than a little humility – at perhaps the most important story on
the planet. Seeing is believing.
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Come As You
Are (CFF 18)
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven.
Starring: Gilles De Schrijver, Robrecht
Vanden Thoren, Isabelle de Hertogh.
Belgium 2011. 115 mins. Dutch with
English subtitles.
Print source: Films Boutique
THU
13
5.30pm
THU
20
1.30pm
COME AS YOU ARE is the story of three ordinary guys in their twenties. They love wine. They
love women. But while they have plenty of experience when it comes to wine, all three are
still virgins. Then, they discover the answer to their problem. Under the guise of a wine tour
they embark on a journey to Spain, heading for the one place where they hope to have their
first sexual experience. Nothing will stop them. Not even their disabilities: one is blind, one is
confined to a wheelchair and the third is completely paralysed. Described by its director as a
“tragicomedy” COME AS YOU ARE explores territory so often ignored by cinema – and finds a
deep well of humour, love and friendship along the way.
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UK
Premiere
Comic-Con Episode
IV: A Fan’s Hope (CFF PG)
Director: Morgan Spurlock. USA 2011. 86 mins.
Print source: Autlook Films
WED
19
12.00pm
Have you ever imagined a place where vulcans and vampires get along?
Where wizards and wookiees can be themselves? Welcome to Comic-
Con San Diego. What started as a fringe comic book convention for
500 fans has grown into the pop culture event of the year, influencing
every form of entertainment. Made by SUPER-SIZE ME director Morgan
Spurlock, the film explores this cultural phenomenon by following the
lives of five attendees as they descend upon the ultimate geek mecca
in the hope of making a career in comic book illustration, winning an
award with impressive monster-costumes (including facial muscles
steered by electrodes!), and saving a library of rare comics. As if that is
not drama enough, there is a young man who plans to propose to his
geek-girlfriend during the biggest comic event of the fair.
“Spurlock brings his usual good-humored approach to the subject,
nicely balancing absurdity with genuine human interest.” VARIETY
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10.30pm
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A Cube Of Sugar (CFF U)
(Ye Habe Gand)
Director: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi. Starring: Puneh
Abdolkarim-Zadeh, Amir-Hossein Arman. Iran. 2011.
116 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Print source: Soureh Cinema Org
SAT
15
2.00pm
EMMANUEL
TUE
18
10.30am
In A CUBE OF SUGAR, three generations come together to celebrate the
wedding of young Pasandide, portrayed by a vibrant Negar Javaherian
(winner of Best Actress at last year’s Fajr International Film Festival).
Spanning the two days before the union, there is plenty of opportunity
for familial frictions and affections to colour the atmosphere. Old Uncle
Ezzatolah (Saeed Poursamimi) hosts the reunion in his beautiful and
dilapidated home, where Mir-Karimi’s painstaking compositions are
complemented perfectly by Mohammad Reza Aligholi’s voluptuous
score. Mir-Karimi’s experience in graphic design is evident in his
instinctive and indulgent use of light and colour as a sweet backdrop to
the light, tight script. Not just a chick flick, A CUBE OF SUGAR is a gently
thought-provoking portrait of Iranian tradition and family life.
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Digital Dharma
(CFF PG)
Director: Dafna Yachin.
USA 2011. 82 mins.
Print source: Off the Fence
FRI
14
6.15pm
BUDDHIST
MON
17
10.30am
When ancient writings of Sanskrit and Tibetan texts vanish during the political turmoil
of the 1950s and 1960s, following the Chinese invasion of Tibet, the history of a whole
society – its beliefs, customs and sense of enlightenment – is in danger of disappearing.
Enter American pacifist E. Gene Smith, a Mormon from Utah, the unlikely leader of an
effort to rescue, preserve and share these early insights into mankind’s consciousness,
from the medical to the mystical. Crossing multiple borders – geographic, political and
philosophical – DIGITAL DHARMA is an epic documentary of a cultural rescue and how one
man’s mission became the catalyst for an international movement to provide free access
to the story of a people.
El Gusto (CFF PG)
Director: Safinez Bousbia. Ireland 2011. 88 mins.
French and Arabic with English subtitles.
Print source: Fortissimo
SUN
23
5.45pm
Safinez Bousbia was exploring Algiers when she met old Mr Ferkioui
selling mirrors in a back street. He reminisced about his days as a
folk musician in the 1940s, when Chaabi music was a scandalous
genre, enjoyed mainly in cannabis dens. In 1962, the resolution of the
Algerian War had forced the orchestra to disperse, but Safinez vowed
to track down Mr Ferkioui’s Jewish and Muslim band mates. It took her
two years to find all surviving members. Nearly a half-century after
disbanding, El Gusto are now enjoying a new lease of life: they opened
at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 2007, and the following year released an
album produced by Damon Albarn. EL GUSTO is a symphony of sound,
memory and history – and a celebration of friends reunited.
Fire In The Blood (CFF PG)
Director: Dylan Mohan Gray. India 2012. 84 mins.
Print source: Dogwoof
MON
17
3.00pm
AIDS may not have a cure, but antiretroviral drugs have been a
treatment mainstay since the mid-1990s – yet originally they were
heavily protected by patents from Western pharmaceutical firms.
FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how access to low-cost or
generic AIDS drugs was blocked by the drugs companies and the
governments who supported them in North America and Europe by
setting prices too high. AIDS sufferers elsewhere in the world were
left unable to afford the medication they so desperately needed; it
is estimated that ten million died unnecessarily. Dylan Mohan Gray’s
powerful documentary recounts how campaigners brought together
figures as diverse as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu and the Indian
government in a struggle to place human life before profit.
UK
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We are delighted to welcome director Toni
Harman to the morning screening and
members of Brightlight to the afternoon’s.
Drying For Freedom
(Cert TBC)
Print source: TBC
Director: Steven Lake. UK/India/USA 2011. 60 mins.
Our planet’s economic and environmental future hangs on an
unlikely thread: the clothesline. British filmmaker Steven Lake
criss-crosses the world to unravel the reasons and consequences
for the banishing of the clotheslines in favour of tumble dryers.
DRYING FOR FREEDOM is a voyage into the new environmental
THU
20
1.00pm
battlefield where money, status and class come first and our planet
is a poor second.
Programme 101 – Memory
Of The Future (CFF PG)
Directors: Alessandro Bernard and Paolo Ceretto. Italy 2011. 55mins.
Italian with English subtitles. Print source: TBC
Tasked with designing the future, engineers at Olivetti developed
the Programma 101, the first commercial desktop computer,
launched at the 1964 World’s Fair.
Elena (Cert TBC)
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev. Starring: Andrey Smirnov,
Nadezhda Markina, Elena Lyadova. Russia 2011. 109 mins.
Russian with English subtitles.
Print source: New Wave
FRI
21
5.30pm
Winner at Cannes of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize,
ELENA is a gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller. Sixtyish
spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share a palatial Moscow
apartment—he’s a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she’s his dowdy
former nurse who has clearly ‘married up’. Estranged from his own
wild-child daughter, Vladimir openly despises his wife’s freeloading
son and family. But when a sudden illness and an unexpected
reunion threaten the dutiful housewife’s potential inheritance, she
must hatch a desperate plan. Masterfully crafted by award-winning
Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev (Golden Globe nominee THE
RETURN) and featuring evocative, Hitchcockian music by Philip
Glass, ELENA is a subtly stylish exploration of crime, punishment
and human nature. (Text courtesy of Zeitgeistfilms).
Flying Blind (Cert TBC)
Director: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. Starring: Helen
McCrory, Najib Oudghiri, Kenneth Cranham. UK
2012. 93 mins.
Print source: Content Films
MON
17
6.15pm
TUE
18
10.45pm
Frankie is a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for
the military. When she meets Kahil, a French-Algerian student, she
embarks on a passionate affair, until one morning she is detained
by the security services and told that Kahil is a “person of interest”.
She now realises how little she knows of Khalil. Soon her certain
world starts to crack, but is her love stronger than her mistrust?
With an incredibly strong central performance from the magnificent
Helen McCrory, this is an absorbing mix of erotic love story and
political thriller. Carefully unfolding its secrets, while holding
enough ambiguity to keep itself one step ahead of the viewer,
FLYING BLIND is a ground-breaking debut feature.
We are delighted to welcome director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
and producer Alison Sterling to the Mon 17 screening.
Freedom For Birth
(CFF 15)
Directors: Toni Harman, Alex Wakeford.
UK 2012. 50 mins.
Print Source: Alto Films
THU
20
11.00am
THU
20
5.45pm
Human rights abuses in childbirth are happening every day in every
country around the world. These routine human rights abuses
do not just affect the health and well-being of mothers and their
babies, but on a global scale, these violations threaten our survival
as a species. The film focuses on the story of two Hungarian
women, a midwife Agnes Gereb and a mother, Anna Ternovsky. This
film positions childbirth as the most pressing human issue globally
and provides the key to unlock a revolution that will change the
world. FREEDOM FOR BIRTH is premiering all over the world on
this day – after this special Cambridge Premiere the audience are
invited to join in with a discussion about how we can all help to
change childbirth for the better.
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Gregory
Crewdson:
Brief Encounters
(CFF U)
Director: Ben Shapiro.
USA 2012. 79 mins.
Print source: Soda
FRI
21
5.30pm
For acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdson it is never a simple case of taking a
picture; every image involves days and weeks of invention, design, and set-up. The epic
production of these movie-like images is both an intensely personal work of creative art
and a highly public process, coming to life on streets and soundstages in the hill towns of
Western Massachusetts. Filmed over a decade, GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
reveals the life and story behind the work. The film is told through frank reflections on
his life and career, including childhood fears and ideals, adult anxieties and desires, and
the influences of pop-culture and his psychologist father. There is no specific backstory,
no before-and-after to Gregory Crewdson’s images, simply a moment that lends itself to
mystery and intrigue.
Hit and Run (15)
Directors: David Palmer,
Dax Shepard. Starring: Dax
Shepard, Kristen Bell, Tom
Arnold, Bradley Cooper.
USA 2012. 100 mins.
Print source: Momentum
MON
17
10.45pm
Young couple Annie and Charlie (Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard) risk it all when they leave
their small town life to embark on a road trip to Los Angeles. Annie has a big interview
lined up. It could mean her landing her dream job, and Charlie is determined to get her
there on time. There’s just one problem. Charlie is an ex-getaway driver, and in order to
get his girl to LA is having to bust out of his identity in the Witness Protection Program.
The complications multiply as Annie and Charlie head west: Annie’s obsessive exboyfriend
is after her, Charlie’s old gang – given the tip-off by Annie’s ex – are after him to
settle old scores, and bringing up the rear is bumbling, closeted US Marshall (Tom Arnold)
whose seemingly impossible mission is to keep Charlie alive. A romantic comedy with its
foot permanently on the gas.
UK
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UK
Premiere
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Grandma Lo-Fi: The
Basement Tapes Of
Sigrídur Níelsdóttir
(CFF PG)
SUN
16
6.00pm
MON
17
8.00pm
VARSITY
Directors: Orri Jónsson, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Ingibjörg
Birgisdóttir. Denmark/Iceland 2011. 65 mins. Danish and Icelandic
with English subtitles.
Print source: Killit Films
At the tender age of 70 Sigríður Níelsdóttir started recording and
releasing her own music straight from her living room. 7 years later she
had 59 albums to her name with more than 600 songs; an eccentric
myriad of catchy compositions mixing in her pet’s purrs and coos, found
toys, kitchen percussion and casio keyboards. Before long she became
a cult figure in the Icelandic music scene. Shot mostly on Super-8 and
16mm film, GRANDMA LO-FI was created over a period of eight years by
three musicians debuting as directors and capturing the most creative
period in the life of Sigríður Níelsdóttir. GRANDMA LO-FI is a cinematic
tribute to an amazing musician and her boundless creativity.
Hemel (CFF 18)
Director: Sacha Polak. Starring: Hannah Hoekstra,
Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen. Netherlands/Spain,
2012. 80 mins. Dutch with English subtitles.
Print source: Media Luna
THU
13
5.15pm
SAT
15
12.30pm
Hemel (the Dutch word for heaven) has an unconventional lifestyle.
She is young, beautiful and in her father’s eyes the most
precious thing on earth. She is also wild, sadistic, masochistic.
She frequently goes clubbing, risks her life sleeping with dubious
strangers and has an unhealthy admiration for her womanizing dad,
Gijs. When Gijs finally finds his partner for life, Hemel goes through
hell, and a time of loss and self-discovery lies ahead for the rebel.
This absorbing, fresh portrait of a young woman living a life without
boundaries and a never ending hunger for sex and attention is not
simply provoking – it is done with tenderness, humour and a fine
cinematographic eye. Whether director Sacha Polak has made the
female answer to SHAME is for you to decide. HEMEL received the
critic’s FIPRESCI award at Berlinale 2012.
Hit So Hard (CFF 15)
Director: P. David Epersole. USA 2011. 103 mins.
Print source: Peccadillo Pictures
FRI
21
10.30pm
In the early nineties, Grunge music burst into the scene and spread
like wildfire across the TV and radio waves. The heroes of the era
would come and go within three short years, famously ending with the
untimely death of Nirvana front man, Kurt Cobain. One of the seminal
bands of the time was Hole, and just before their Live Through This tour,
the drummer, Patty Schemel, was given a video camera. Using this, she
captured incredible footage from the eye of the storm that surrounded
her, all unseen – until now. Using this footage as well as current-day
interviews, HIT SO HARD is a rare and intimate record of the time as well
as a personal story of overnight success, detailing the cost of addiction
and fame, leading ultimately to recovery and redemption.
Indignados (CFF PG)
Director: Tony Gatlif. Starring: Mamebetty Honoré
Diallo. France 2011. 88 mins. French, Wolof, Greek
and Spanish with English subtitles.
Print source: Les Films du Losange
THU
20
8.00pm
FRI
21
12.00pm
Shoes of African refugees are washed up onto a beach. Then Betty
comes into view: she too has arrived in Europe by sea. Her journey as
an illegal immigrant takes her across a Europe in transition. She meets
people rising up against the system, joins their solidarity marches
and becomes a witness to the Occupy movement, impoverished illegal
immigrants, the dissatisfaction of a younger generation and a society
in turmoil. A mixture of dramatised scenes and real-life events are used
to portray Betty’s journey to the heart of today’s zeitgeist. Stéphane
Hessel’s bestselling essay ‘Time for Outrage!’, an inspiration to many of
the protagonists of this pan-generational movement, steers us through
Tony Gatlif’s film. Images of flyers fluttering down from the skies and
iridescent flamenco dancers are among the many colourful scenes that
convey a powerful impression of the strength of these protests.
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We are hoping to welcome director
Stelios Kammitsis to this screening.
We are delighted to welcome director
Jesse Vile to this screening.
Jerks (CFF 15)
Director: Stelios Kammitsis. Starring: Giorgos
Kafetzopoulos, Aineias Tsamatis , Diogenis
Skaltsas. Greece 2011. 77 mins. Greek with
English subtitles.
Print source: Astor Films
SAT
15
4.00pm
SUN
16
12.45pm
Foibos, Andreas and Savas make a pact that in one year they will
leave Athens and move to Berlin in search of a better life. Tonight
is the last night before they depart and the three friends stand on
the edge of their futures. But will their plans change as the hidden
fears, hopes and truths of life reveal themselves over the course of
the night? Taking place along the endless streets and passageways
of Athens, the characters wander as if searching for reasons to go
or stay, the film perfectly catching those life-changing moments
of decision. Youthful playfulness and the wisdom gained with the
passing of age come together in a charming, funny and deeply
moving coming-of-age tale.
Kid-Thing (CFF 15)
Director: David Zellner. Starring: Sydney
Aguirre, Susan Tyrrell, Nathan Zellner,
David Zellner. USA 2012. 83 mins.
Print source: Zellner Brothers
SUN
16
2.45pm
As school’s been out for days already and there’s no-one to look after her, 10-year-old Annie
roams alone through forest and meadow, leaving a trail of destruction in her path. But her
confidence is severely shaken when she comes across a hole in the ground from whose depths
a woman’s voice can be heard calling for help. As if guided by some magic power, she returns
again and again to this place of mystery, first with sandwiches and walkie-talkies, and later with
a request. She may bellow defiantly “I’m not scared of nothing!” into the hole, but is frightened
nonetheless – full of questions which no adult seems able to answer. The land that the Zellner
brothers present is a run-down realm of the debilitated and the disturbed, their combination
of hyperreal independent film motifs and fairy tale tropes generating something genuinely
unique: disturbing, funny, brutal, offbeat and melancholy. (Text courtesy of Berlinale 2012)
Jason Becker:
Not Dead Yet (CFF 15)
Director: Jesse Vile. With: Jason Becker, Ehren Becker,
Gary Becker, Pat Becker, Ron Becker, Marty Friedman, Dave
Lopez, Serrana Pilar, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
UK/USA 2012. 90 mins.
Print source: Dogwoof
SAT
15
8.15pm
Award-winning
documentary JASON
BECKER: NOT DEAD
YET charts the
extraordinary life of
Jason Becker, who in
the 1980s was rising
fast to stardom
having made a name
for himself as an
exceptional guitarist
playing in the legendary David Lee Roth band. When, aged 19, he was
diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, his world collapsed. A paralysing,
terminal illness with no cure, it has trapped Jason inside his own body
for the past 22 years. Unable to move, speak, or play the guitar he
has nevertheless overcome all odds with the help of his friends and
family. Now immobilised he continues to write songs using an eye
communication system invented by his father, thus releasing the music
that is trapped inside his mind. Despite his immobility, his persona
remains vibrant and his fan base huge.
UK
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Jiro Dreams
Of Sushi (U)
Director: David Gelb. USA 2011. 81 mins.
Japanese with English subtitles.
Print source: Soda
MON
17
6.00pm
TUE
18
12.45pm
Described by film critics as “mouthwatering” and “maddeningly
delicious looking” this documentary is a must for any sushi lover. JIRO
DREAMS OF SUSHI is the story of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered
by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor
of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously
located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it
is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious three-star
Michelin Guide rating, and sushi lovers from around the globe make
repeated pilgrimage, calling months in advance and shelling out top
dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro’s sushi bar.JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI is
a thoughtful and elegant meditation on work, family, and the art of
perfection, chronicling Jiro’s life as both an unparalleled success in the
culinary world and as a loving yet complicated father.
UK
Premiere
We are hoping to welcome the
executive producer to this screening.
Kinderblock 66: Return
To Buchenwald (CFF PG)
Director: Rob Cohen.
USA/Czech Republic/Israel/Germany 2012. 87 mins.
Print source: Big Foot Productions
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SUN
23
3.00pm
Almost a thousand little boys were liberated from Buchenwald
concentration camp, on April 11, 1945. Four of these children
returned to the camp 65 years later. KINDERBLOCK 66 reveals how
they found sanctuary in a special barracks run by an underground
Communist resistance. In the seclusion of Block 66, their Czech
guardians saved them from slaughter on several occasions.
Producer Steve Moscovic avoids the usual ‘talking head’ approach,
instead giving each survivor his own camera, and allowing their
stories to unfold naturally. His father Alex, one of the survivors,
speaks to schoolchildren today “so they will pass on our story to
make sure it never happens again [...] I see it as my responsibility to
try to leave the world a better place than I found it.”
UK
Premiere
Leap (CFF PG)
(Hyppy)
Director: Jouko Aaltonen. Finland 2012. 81 mins.
Finnish and English with English subtitles.
Print source: Illume
FRI
14
8.30pm
BUDDHIST
SUN
16
10.30am
LEAP is primarily a portrait of the international and controversial
Hare Krishna movement, but also takes a broader look at religious
experience in general – at the choices that must be made on any
journey of surrender to a higher power, with the support of a mentor.
Award-winning director Jouko Aaltonen’s documentary follows the
story of Keshava Madhava Das, a Finnish tram driver, whose life was
changed when he witnessed his grandfather’s death. His spiritual
leader Radhanath Swami is one of the movement’s most charismatic
Indian gurus. Endorsed by the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness, LEAP offers unprecedented insight into the movement
and charts the progress of the disciple Keshava over two years, as he
faces the dilemmas of reconciling his personal life with the calling of
one of the world’s most fascinating and demanding religions.
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Liberal Arts (Cert TBC)
Director: Josh Radnor. Starring: Josh Radnor,
Elizabeth Olsen, Allison Janney, Richard
Jenkins. USA 2012. 96 mins.
Print source: Picturehouse Entertainment/Revolver
SAT
22
8.00pm
SUN
23
10.30am
D
C
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher (writer-director
Josh Radnor) worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter
how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back.
When his favourite college professor invites him to campus to speak at
his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance. He is prepared for the
nostalgia of the dining halls and dorm rooms, the parties and poetry
seminars; what he doesn’t see coming is Zibby (Olsen) — a beautiful,
precocious, classical-music-loving sophomore. Zibby awakens scary,
exciting, long-dormant feelings of possibility and connection that Jesse
thought buried forever.
“Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like
an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and
vision. Dryly affectionate and super-sharp.” Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly
On The Road
(CFF 18)
Director: Walter Salles. Starring:
Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen
Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams,
Viggo Mortensen. France/UK/USA/
Brazil 2012. 137 mins.
Print source: Lionsgate
SAT
15
7.30pm
SUN
16
3.00pm
Just after his father’s death, Sal Paradise (Riley), an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean
Moriarty (Hedlund), a devastatingly charming ex-con, married to the very liberated and
seductive Marylou (Stewart). Sal and Dean bond instantly. Determined not to get locked into a
constricted life, the two friends cut their ties and take to the road with Marylou. Thirsting for
freedom, the three young people head off in search of the world, of other encounters, and of
themselves. Featuring an all-star cast and based on Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel of the Beat
Generation – itself a road movie waiting to happen, long before that term had meaning – Walter
Salles’ eagerly anticipated ON THE ROAD is a fast-paced, rollercoaster ride through 1950s
America – a portrait of a time of change, and those who were changed by their search for ‘it’.
Official selection at the Cannes International Film Festival 2012
Meet The Fokkens
(Ouwehoeren) (CFF 15)
Directors: Gabrielle Provaas and Rob Schröder.
Netherlands 2011. 76 mins. Dutch with English subtitles.
Print source: Autlook Films
FRI
14
5.45pm
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“In the old days, the local copper would tap on the window if a girl was
showing too much ankle, now the girls deal coke from their cubicles.”
Louise and Martine Fokkens are identical twins. For over fifty years they
were working as prostitutes. They freed themselves from the control of
their pimps, ran their own brothel, and set up the first informal trade
union for prostitutes. They are familiar faces in Amsterdam’s Red Light
District, but soon they will bid their farewells. MEET THE FOKKENS is a
portrait of these remarkable women.
Despite its content, or more likely in
a deliberate attempt at irreverence,
the film is absolutely charming and
presented almost like a piece of 60’s
French cinema. The non-diegetic
music is full of accordions and
clarinets, the cinematography is
whimsical and colourful and the
overall message is one of enjoying the
particulate experience of life.
Sound on Sight
We are delighted to welcome director
Ol Parker to the Wed 19 screening.
Now Is Good (12A)*
Director: Ol Parker. Starring: Dakota Fanning,
Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine. UK 2012. 103 mins.
Print Source: Warner Brothers
MON
17
8.00pm
WED
19
10.30am
Tessa is seventeen and passionate about life. Diagnosed with a
terminal illness, she determines to use every moment and compiles
a list of what a normal teenager would experience. While her
parents and brother each deal with their fear of losing her in their
own way, Tessa explores a whole new world, determined to live
every day as intensely as possible. Falling in love with Adam, her
new neighbour, wasn’t on the list – but it proves to be the most
exhilarating experience of them all. Based on the novel Before I Die
by Jenny Downham, this is a heart-warming, and at times heartwrenching,
exploration of what really matters in life. A film that will
stay with you long after you’ve left the cinema.
*Contains strong language, drug use and sex references
The Penguin King 3D (U)
Directors: Anthony Geffen, Slas Wilson. UK 2011. 75 mins.
Print Source: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution
SAT
22
2.30pm
Three years ago, the Penguin King left home. Now he is returning to
the place where he was born and raised: Penguin City. What follows
is a journey through the most challenging time of the Penguin
King’s life. His story is often comic, sometimes tragic, and ultimately
triumphant: a rite of passage set on one of the earth’s last great
wildernesses. Enjoy this thrilling new wildlife documentary narrated
by Sir David Attenborough in spectacular 3D.
There is also a special Family Film Festival screening of this film
on Sat 15 at 1.00pm
Postcards From
The Zoo (CFF 15)
(Kebun Binatang)
SUN
16
8.15pm
MON
17
3.15pm
Director: Edwin. Starring: Ladya Cheryl, Nicholas Saputra, Adje
Nur Ahmad. Indonesia/Germany/Hong Kong/China. 2012. 96mins.
Indonesian with English subtitles.
Print source: The Match Factory
This is the story of Lana, whose father abandoned her in Jakarta’s zoo
like an exotic animal. Lana will be raised by zookeepers and when old
enough, she will help them to look after the animals. Her inspiration is
the giraffe and she dreams that one day she may touch her. Before this
can happen though, she will fall in love with a cowboy, and magician
who can light a fire with his bare fingers. He is going to take her to her
natural habitat – the city. This is a bitter-sweet fairytale for adults by
director Edwin (BLIND PIGS WHO WANT TO FLY) with many layers and
meanings, full of poetry, quirky moments and magical images.
“An unclassifiable work of striking originality.”
Screen International
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We are delighted to welcome director
Monika Treut to the Friday 14 screening.
The Raw And
The Cooked
(CFF PG)
Director: Monika Treut. Germany/Taiwan
2012. 83 mins. Mandarin, Taiwanese and
English with English subtitles.
Print source: Hyena Films
FRI
14
8.15pm
SUN
16
4.00pm
BUDDHIST
THE RAW AND THE COOKED is a culinary journey around the gourmet’s paradise, Taiwan.
In the capital, Taipei, we visit a traditional Taiwanese restaurant, a legendary dim-sum
palace, and one of the city’s lively night markets. Next, we encounter the hearty cuisine of
the Hakka, Taiwan’s largest ethnic community. We’re introduced to the pure and delicious
seafood specialities of the Ami indigenous tribe, and get a glimpse of the Buddhist
influences on Taiwanese cuisine. Finally, we are invited to a banquet by one of the island’s
most creative chefs to witness him weave culinary magic to create spectacular and novel
dishes. We also witness the efforts of Taiwan’s young environmental movement to resist the
rapid pace of urbanisation destroying much of the island’s beautiful countryside. THE RAW
AND THE COOKED is an island tour that celebrates fine food.
Steve Jobs: The
Lost Interview (CFF PG)
Director: Paul Sen. USA 2011. 70 mins. English
Print source: Autlook Films
SAT
15
8.45pm
EMMANUEL
SUN
16
8.30pm
While making TV series Triumph of the Nerds in 1995, Bob Cringely
conducted an hour-long interview with Steve Jobs. At the time Jobs
was running NeXT, the company he founded after being ousted from
Apple in 1985. Jobs was at his charismatic best – witty, outspoken
and visionary. He talked of his pioneering days with Steve Wozniak,
developing the first Apple computer, his eventual departure from
the company and finally, of a digital future – a world of astonishing
products created by artists and poets. Long thought lost, a VHS
copy of the tape was found in the series director’s garage and
remastered using the latest technology, allowing us a second look
at this fascinating interview. It reveals the drive and desire behind
the man who redefined the modern technology landscape.
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Salma And The
Apple (CFF PG)
(Sib O Salma)
FRI
14
1.00pm
SUN
16
8.30pm
BUDDHIST
Director: Habib Bahmani. Starring: Hadi Dibaji, Sogol Ghalatian.
Iran. 2011. 90 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Print source: Soureh Cinema Org
Notable Iranian director Habib Bahmani found success at Russia’s
Golden Minbar festival (2011) and at Cannes this year with his social
drama SIB O SALMA, a story which uses the symbol of the apple
as forbidden fruit to represent issues of consent, accountability,
forgiveness, human rights and free will. Contemporary Persian cinema,
championed by Haneke and Herzog, is known for its elliptical, quaintly
curious but always engaging appeal. Hadi Dibaji stars as a cunning,
playful and impulsive Muslim seminary student and cleric, who embarks
on a voyage of discovery which is bittersweet in its self-indulgent
futility. Bright and mischievous as its central character, and grounded
by a stalwart performance from co-star Behruz Baghaei, SIB O SALMA is
thoughtful and philosophical, a compelling contemporary moral fable.
UK
Premiere
Starbuck (Cert TBC)
Director: Ken Scott. Starring: Patrick Huard, Julie
LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand. Canada 2011. 103 mins.
French and Spanish with English subtitles.
Print source: Entertainment-One
SAT
15
5.45pm
MON
17
12.45pm
Both screwball farce and a heartwarming comedy, STARBUCK is an
innovative angle on the arrested adolescent so popular in recent
American films. David Wozniar (Huard) has reached 40 without
lumbering himself with a single adult responsibility; he coasts
through life as an unreliable delivery man and is a burden to his
girlfriend Valerie. But when she announces her surprise pregnancy,
David’s past suddenly catches up. Unsure he wants to be a father to
one child, he discovers that a series of sperm donations he made 20
years earlier mean he’s already the unwitting father of 533 children.
STARBUCK has a plot of such high-concept simplicity it’s no surprise
Hollywood has already lined up the re-make.
Photo credit: Victor Arnolds
UK
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Tony 10 (CFF U)
Director: Mischa Kamp. Starring: Carlo Boszhard,
Anna Drijver. Netherlands 2012. 90 mins. Dutch with
English subtitles.
Print source: Lemming Film
SAT
22
12.45pm
Poor Tony, almost ten years old, is desperate to prevent his parents
splitting up. He begins to suspect that his father has fallen for
another woman – specifically, the Queen (the statuesque Annet
Malherbe). How else would a lowly crane driver earn a promotion
to Secretary of State? Tony takes matters into his own young
hands and confronts the Queen herself – over a ping-pong table.
He eventually learns to accept that some things just can’t be
fixed, including his parents’ marriage – but his family can still find
happiness. Scriptwriter Mieke de Jong takes the sensitive subject
of divorce, seen from the perspective of a young boy, and turns
the theme into a modern day fairy tale. Under Mischa Kamp’s
drily humorous direction, TONY 10 is a surreal, and yet touchingly
sensitive examination of loneliness.
Tales Of The Waria
(CFF 15)
Director: Kathy Huang. Starring: Suhami, Mama Ria, Tiara.
USA/Indonesia. 2011. 57 mins. Indonesian with English
subtitles.
Print source: Kathy Huang
TUE
18
4.00pm
BUDDHIST
When Kathy Huang first learned of the Indonesian waria – biological
men who identify as women – she was amazed to discover that
a transgender community could exist so visibly in the world’s
largest Muslim country. She travelled to Indonesia to hear their
stories first hand, and discovered a world full of contradictions,
tragedy and heroism. The waria willingly collaborated with Huang
on this unprecedented glimpse into a little-known but remarkable
community.
Khaana (CFF PG)
Director: Rajinder Sawhney. Starring: Ferena Wazeir,
Rez Kempton. UK 2011. 8 mins.
Print source: ImagineAsia Ltd
Rajinder Sawhney’s delightful drama short about an orthodox Muslim
mother-to-be dealing with the culture shock of life in London.
KHAANA received the future filmmaker award at this year’s Palm
Springs Shortfest.
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Trattoria (CFF 15)
Director: Soleen Yusef. Starring: Anna Hermann,
Uwe Preuss. France/Germany 2012. 40 mins.
German with English subtitles.
Print source: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
SAT
15
4.15pm
EMMANUEL
FRI
21
4.00pm
Lea, 19 years old, wants to meet her father – but he doesn’t want
to know. Undaunted, she smuggles herself into his life and starts
working in his restaurant. But what does this world of pizza, pasta
and shady deals really mean to him... and, finally, to her?
Robyn O. (14) (CFF 15)
Director: Cecilia Verheyden. Starring: Els Dottermans,
Flor Decleir, Zoe Thielemans. Belgium 2012. 27mins.
Dutch with English subtitles.
Print source: Cecilia Verheyden
A Trip To The Moon (U)
(Le Voyage Dans La Lune)
Director: Georges Méliès. Starring: Georges Méliès,
Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, France 1902. 14mins.
Print source: Park Circus
SUN
23
11.00am
Presented in its fully restored original 1902 colours, Georges Méliès’
classic adventure tale of a lunar voyage is now as beautiful as ever.
A rare chance to enjoy the restoration that premiered at Cannes
2011 and was hailed by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott as
“surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.”
The Extraordinary Voyage (CFF U)
Director: Serge Bromberg. France 2011. 63 mins.
Print source: Park Circus
The Trouble With
St Marys (Cert U)
Director: Peter Hegedus. Australia 2011. 75 mins.
Print source: Wild Fury Pty Ltd
FRI
14
4.00am
BUDDHIST
THU
20
11.00pm
When seventy two year old Father Peter Kennedy is sacked by the
Catholic Church for unorthodox practices, a fight ensues that will
result in one of the biggest rifts in the history of the Australian
Catholic Church. The sacking not only removes Peter Kennedy from
the Church, but also effectively exiles over 1,000 members of his
community who have followed him for almost thirty years. A new
observational documentary originally produced for the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation Compass programme by writer/director/
producer Peter Hegedus, (director of MY AMERICA) THE TROUBLE
WITH ST MARY’S follows the journey of a rebel priest and his
community and their attempt to find a new way forward outside
of the Catholic Church. Will they survive their struggle with the
authority of a powerful establishment, and can they remain a united
community under a common spirituality?
Untouchable (CFF TBC)
(Intouchables)
Directors: Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.
Starring: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny.
France 2011. 112 mins. French with English subtitles.
Print source: Entertainment
SUN
16
5.45pm
MON
17
12.30pm
Teenage girl Robyn is desperate to join her older brothers at parties,
but they don’t want her around. When their parents leave for a business
trip, Robyn’s little brother manages to achieve what she has never been
able to. She totally loses control.
Early Birds (CFF 15)
Director: Jeroen Bogaert. Starring: Szaga Lauwers,
Tom Van Bauwel. UK 2012. 21mins. Flemish with
English subtitles.
Print source: Jeroen Bogaert
Mila, a rebellious 12-year-old girl, has a secret crush on her 40-yearold
neighbour and coach, Sam. When she finds out that he’s moving
away to Italy for at least a year, she conceives the plan to go with him.
THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE chronicles the painstaking restoration
of Georges Méliès’ fantastical masterpiece A TRIP TO THE MOON to
its original 1902 colours – from film archivists Serge Bromberg and
Eric Lange of Lobster Films acquiring a severely damaged colour
print in 1999, to the final realisation of their dream, shown in its
fully restored glory at Cannes in 2011. The film includes interviews
with contemporary filmmakers such as Costa-Gavras, Michel Gondry,
Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Pierre Jeunet discussing Méliès’
influence on cinema.
Don’t miss Not-So-Silent Movies (p. 9), Neil Brand’s interactive
musical exploration of the magic of silent cinema, including the
work of Méliès.
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We are delighted to welcome director
Bryn Higgins to this screening.
Unconditional (CFF 18)
Director: Bryn Higgins. Starring: Madeleine Clark ,
Harry McEntire, Christian Cooke. UK 2012. 92mins.
English
Print source: Media Luna
FRI
21
8.00pm
Written by BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Joe Fischer,
UNCONDITIONAL is as unpredictable a movie as you could wish for.
Part coming of age drama, part thriller and part psycho-sexual
character study, the film has already been gathering praise at
American film festivals. Teenage twins Kristen and Owen are misfits
in the real world, bored of caring for their mum and spending their
time idly fantasising about her murder. Spiraling money problems
lead the pair to a loan shark, the charming Liam, who Kristen
instantly takes a shine to. But Liam’s attentions focus instead on
the impressionable Owen, to whom he offers unconditional love –
on one condition: Owen must take his sister’s identity and become
a new ‘Kristen’.
Voted the top
cultural event of
2011 in France,
where it became
the second most
viewed film of
all time after
just nine weeks,
UNTOUCHABLE is
the incredible true
story of the unlikely
friendship between Driss, the recently released convict turned
live-in carer, and Phillipe, a disabled man. Poignant and memorable
performances from the brilliant Sy and Cluzet form the heart of
what is being hailed as a modern comedy masterpiece. A rare,
perceptive and positive story of Paris life, rooted in both honesty
and humour, it works as a feel-good buddy film which is also able to
deal with some very difficult subjects.
It has warmth, humour and an
understated sweetness.
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War Witch (CFF 18)
(Rebelle)
Director: Kim Nguyen. Starring:
Rachel Mwanza, Alain Bastien, Serge
Kanyinda. Canada 2012. 90 mins.
French, Lingala with English subtitles.
Print source: Films Distribution
SAT
15
5.00pm
MON
17
1.00pm
When this film was shown in the official competition at this year’s Berlinale, people
frequently stated that the synopsis scared them, but that when they actually saw the film,
felt it was one of the best films in the competition. Film distributors also said it was one of
their favourite films, but ‘too tough a sale’. Nevertheless, Rachel Mwanza was awarded the
Silver Bear for Best Actress – all of which proves that audiences are far more open-minded
and intelligent than some would have us believe. Komona – a child soldier in the Congo –
tells her story to her unborn child. How she was abducted, became a sorceress and fell in
love with an albino. How she could see ghosts and he would travel the world over twice
to find the wedding gift she asked for. This is a fairytale about love, a story about war
and finding inner peace. It’s a film with many facets – so moving and surprising that it is
not easily forgotten. If you like it, tell your friends. Perhaps this will convince those in the
business of film that an audience is not scared of challenging, intelligent, beautiful films.
The World According
To Irving (Cert TBC)
Director: André Schäfer. Germany 2011. 90 mins.
Print source: Florianfilm
TUE
18
5.30pm
John Irving is one of the most popular and best-selling authors of
our time; a household name around the world with more than 10
million copies of his 12 novels having been sold in 30 languages.
Now, for the first time, with unlimited access to the author, this
documentary explores his life and work from a first-hand point
of view. The film not only details his writing habits, his love of
wrestling and talent as a pizza chef, but goes on a world-wide
literary tour with the author, exploring the inspiration behind
the books. Bringing the novels and characters remarkably to life
through Irving’s own words and experiences, THE WORLD ACCORDING
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Yossi (CFF 15)
Director: Eytan Fox. Starring: Ohad Knoller, Lior Ashkenazi,
Orly Silbersatz Banai. Israel 2012. 83 mins. Hebrew with
English subtitles.
Print source: Peccadillo Pictures
THU
20
6.00pm
Returning to the same role from 2003’s YOSSI AND JAGGER, Ohad
Knoller plays the perennially sad, closeted gay man, Yossi. When
his past comes back to haunt him, he decides to take a road trip to
escape. Picking up a group of fun-loving soldiers on holiday finally
ignites a need to awaken from his emotional slumber. Not quite a
sequel, YOSSI is an engaging and accomplished film. A wonderfully
subtle performance from the incredible Knoller gives the film its
emotional heart, with Fox’s skilful and honest filmmaking moving
the character from the stark, empty world of the city into the rolling
beauty of the road trip, as his world begins to crack open.
UK
Premiere
D C
D
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!Women Art Revolution:
A Secret History (CFF 15)
Director: Lynn Hershmann Leeson. USA 2011. 83 mins.
Print source: Lynn Hershmann Leeson
For over forty years, director Lynn Hershman Leeson has collected
hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians,
curators and critics who shaped the beliefs and values of the Feminist
Art Movement. !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION elaborates the relationship
of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights
movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male
protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first
of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film
details how major developments in women’s art of the 1970s, including
the first feminist art education programs, political organisations and
protests, alternative art spaces such as the A.I.R. Gallery New York and
the Los Angeles Women’s Building, publications such as Chrysalis and
Heresies, and landmark exhibitions, performances, and installations
radically transformed the art and culture of our times.
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8.45pm
The Well: Voices
From Ethiopia (CFF PG)
(Il Pozzo: Voci D’acqua
Dall’ Etiopia)
SUN
16
6.15pm
BUDDHIST
TUE
18
12.30pm
Director: Paolo Barberi. Italy 2011. 52 mins. Borana with English subtitles.
Print source: Esplorare la Metropoli
THE WELL describes the life of the Borana people, a semi-nomadic
shepherd tribe of South Ethiopia that struggles perennially for survival.
In a dry land of astonishing beauty, during the long periods of annual
drought, the Borana life revolves around ancient perpetual wells – the
only resource against the tragic effects of global climate change.
Carbon For Water (CFF PG)
Director: Evan Abramson. USA 2012. 22 mins.
English and Swahili with English subtitles.
Print source: Cows in the Field
In Kenya’s Western Province, most drinking water is contaminated.
CARBON FOR WATER introduces audiences to the inspiring people who
face these hardships, and explores one company’s innovative solution.
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Remember
There are no adverts or trailers
before Festival screenings, so please
be seated by the advertised time.
DOC Documentary
FFF Family Film Festival
SHORTS Shortfusion
You’ll notice a number of To Be
Confirmed (TBC) screening slots in this
timetable. This gives us the flexbililty
to drop in last minute additions to
the programme, as well as respond to
audience demand by adding repeat
screenings of popular titles. We will
announce the TBC slots on www.
cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk and at
the Arts Picturehouse throughout the
Festival, so keep checking for the most
recent updates – you never know what
you might miss otherwise!
All tickets must be collected at least
15 minutes prior to the screening if it’s
taking place at the Arts Picturehouse.
If you are attending a screening at
another venue you can collect prebooked
tickets or buy tickets from the
Arts Picturehouse up to an hour before
the film starts. After that you must
collect pre-booked tickets from the
Festival desk at the relevant screening
venue, where you will also be able to
buy tickets (subject to availability).
THURSDAY 13
3.30 ABOUT ELLY 16
5.15 HEMEL 24
5.30 COME AS YOU ARE 21
6.00 HOPE SPRINGS 14
7.45 TO ROME WITH LOVE 15
8.00 GERMAN FORMENTERA 43
8.30 THE SNOWS OF
KILIMANJARO
14
10.15 AVALON 17
10.30 SHORTS TO RUST 67
Sawston Cinema
6.30 THE 39 STEPS 48
8.30 THE ARTIST 11
56 BLACK BREAD
FORMENTERA 43
FRIDAY 14
10.15 TBC
10.30 HOPE SPRINGS 14
12.30 THE SNOWS OF
KILIMANJARO
14
12.45 AVALON 17
1.00 SALMA AND THE APPLE 30
3.00 DOC CAMP 14: TOTAL
CONTROL ZONE
3.15 TBC
19
3.30 GERMAN FORMENTERA 43
5.30 CATALAN BLACK BREAD 56
5.45 DOC MEET THE FOKKENS 28
6.00 HITCHCOCK THE
PLEASURE GARDEN
47
8.00 GERMAN BARBARA 42
8.15 DOC THE RAW AND THE
COOKED
8.30 CATALAN THE BODY IN
THE WOODS
30
56
10.30 TRIDENTFEST 66
10.45 SCALA SANTA SANGRE &
UN CHANT D’AMOUR
11.00 SHORTS TO BE IN THE
PRESENT
Buddhist Centre
4.00 DOC THE TROUBLE WITH
ST MARY’S
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67
33
6.15 DOC DIGITAL DHARMA 22
8.30 DOC LEAP 27
COME AS YOU ARE 21
SATURDAY 15
10.00 TBC
10.30 EVENT CFC MUSIC ON
FILM MASTERCLASS
10.30 FFF OCTONAUTS 52
11.30 FFF GRUFFALO’S CHILD 52
11.45 FFF LEGO NINJAGO 54
12.15 FFF GRANDPA IN MY
POCKET
9
53
12.30 HEMEL 24
1.00 FFF THE PENGUIN
KING 3D
1.00-
7.00
EVENT PAPER CINEMA
(repeats every half hour)
53
1.30 HITCHCOCK REBECCA 47
3.00 GERMAN BARBARA 42
3.15 BLIND SPOT 18
4.00 JERKS 26
5.00 WAR WITCH 34
5.45 STARBUCK 30
6.00 GERMAN COMBAT GIRLS 43
7.30 ON THE ROAD 29
8.15 DOC JASON BECKER:
NOT DEAD YET
9
26
8.30 CATALAN V.O.S. 58
10.30 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
SINISTER
10.45 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
DEAD BEFORE DAWN 3D
64
65
11.00 SHORTS TO CELEBRATE 68
Emmanuel College
2.00 A CUBE OF SUGAR 21
4.15 TRATTORIA + ROBYN O
(14) + EARLY BIRDS
6.30 ESTONIAN THE
TEMPTATION OF ST TONY
8.45 DOC STEVE JOBS: THE
LOST INTERVIEW
Cambridge University Press
8.00 THE ARTIST &
MONSTERS INC
32
60
31
11
SUNDAY 16
10.30 DOC LEAP 27
10.30 FFF LEGO NINJAGO 54
10.45 FFF GRUFFALO’S CHILD 52
11.30 FFF SPRITES 11 54
11.45 FFF DANGERMOUSE 53
12.45 JERKS 27
1.00 DOC CAMP 14: TOTAL
CONTROL ZONE
19
1.30 FFF THE BFG 54
2.45 KID THING 27
3.00 ON THE ROAD 29
3.00 RICHARD BRACEWELL
ON HITCHCOCK
3.30 HITCHCOCK NORTH BY
NORTHWEST
10
47
4.40 GERMAN THE BIG EDEN 43
5.30 UNTOUCHABLE 33
6.00 DOC GRANDMA LO-FI 24
6.40 CATALAN WARSAW
BRIDGE
8.00 REVIVAL CHIMES AT
MIDNIGHT
8.15 POSTCARDS FROM
THE ZOO
8.30 DOC STEVE JOBS: THE
LOST INTERVIEW
58
51
29
31
10.15 GERMAN COMBAT GIRLS 43
10.20 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
DEAD BEFORE DAWN 3D
65
10.30 THE 39 STEPS 48
Buddhist Centre
4.00 DOC THE RAW AND THE
COOKED
6.15 DOC THE WELL +
CARBON FOR WATER
30
34
8.30 SALMA AND THE APPLE 30
Cambridge University Press
8.00 MOONRISE KINGDOM &
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
11
MONDAY 17
10.15 ESTONIAN THE
TEMPTATION OF ST TONY
60
10.30 BLIND SPOT 18
10.30 DOC DIGITAL DHARMA 22
12.30 UNTOUCHABLE 33
12.45 STARBUCK 30
1.00 WAR WITCH 34
3.00 DOC FIRE IN THE BLOOD 23
3.15 POSTCARDS FROM
THE ZOO
29
3.30 GERMAN THE BIG EDEN 43
6.00 DOC JIRO DREAMS OF
SUSHI
6.00 HITCHCOCK THE
LODGER
26
47
6.15 FLYING BLIND 23
8.00 NOW IS GOOD 28
8.15 CATALAN THANKS FOR
THE TIP
8.45 GERMAN HOME FOR THE
WEEKEND
10.30 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
TOWER BLOCK
57
44
65
10.45 HIT AND RUN 25
11.00 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
SLEEP TIGHT
Varsity – Skyline Cinema
64
8.00 DOC GRANDMA LO-FI 24
BARBERA 42
WAR WITCH 34
FIRE IN THE BLOOD 23
THE GRUFFalo’S CHILD 52
ON THE ROAD 29
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TUESDAY 18
9.00 EVENT RURAL CINEMA
CONFERENCE (until
5.00pm)
10.00 TBC
10.30 A CUBE OF SUGAR 21
10.45 FLYING BLIND 23
12.30 DOC THE WELL +
CARBON FOR WATER
12.45 DOC JIRO DREAMS OF
SUSHI
7
34
26
3.00 HITCHCOCK NOTORIOUS 48
3.00 GERMAN HOME FOR THE
WEEKEND
5.30 DOC THE WORLD
ACCORDING TO IRVING
44
35
5.30 ESTONIAN THE IDIOT 60
6.00 DOC CALL ME KUCHU 19
7.30 GERMAN REPORTED
MISSING
8.00 CATALAN THE NIGHT
ELVIS DIED
44
56
8.15 DOC BESTIAIRE 18
10.00 REVIVAL MAGICAL
MYSTERY TOUR
51
10.30 DOC COMIC-CON 21
11.00 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
SINISTER
Buddhist Centre
4.00 TALES OF THE WARIA +
KHAANA
64
31
6.30 5 BROKEN CAMERAS 16
8.30 ANDA UNION 16
WEDNESDAY 19
10.00 TBC
10.30 NOW IS GOOD 28
12.00 DOC COMIC-CON 21
12.45 TBC
1.00 LOOKING EAST ARCHIVE
PROG
2.00 DOC BESTIAIRE 18
3.00 ROSI SALVATORE
GIULIANO
3.30 ESTONIAN SHORTS
PROGRAMME
3.45 GERMAN REPORTED
MISSING
8
62
61
44
5.30 GERMAN TOTEM 44
6.00 DOC BIG BOYS GONE
BANANAS!
6.00 DOC BERT STERN:
ORIGINAL MADMAN
8.00 TBC
18
17
8.00 ROSI THE MATTEI AFFAIR 63
8.15 MICROCINEMA FRANK 40
10.30 HITCHCOCK PSYCHO 48
10.45 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
GUINEA PIGS
11.00 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
SLEEP TIGHT
Anglia Ruskin University
8.00 A HARD DAYS NIGHT 8
65
64
20
THURSDAY
10.00 EVENT PSYCHOSIS OF A
SANE MAN + OTHERS
10.30 DOC THE TROUBLE WITH
ST MARY’S
10
33
11.00 DOC FREEDOM FOR BIRTH 23
12.45 DOC BERT STERN:
ORIGINAL MADMAN
1.00 DOC DRYING
FOR FREEDOM +
PROGRAMME 101
17
22
1.30 COME AS YOU ARE 21
3.15 GERMAN TOTEM 44
3.30 ROSI HANDS OVER THE
CITY
4.30 GEORGE PERRY ON
HITCHCOCK
63
10
5.15 HITCHCOCK VERTIGO 48
5.45 DOC FREEDOM FOR BIRTH 23
6.00 YOSSI 35
8.00 DOC CHASING ICE 19
8.00 INDIGNADOS 25
8.15 MICROCINEMA ALL
DIVIDED SELVES
10.00 REVIVAL HUNGARIAN
RHAPSODY: QUEEN LIVE
IN BUDAPEST
10.00 SHORTS TO
ACCOMMODATE
10.45 LATE NIGHT FRIGHT
HIDDEN FACE
Sawston Cinema
7.30 A TRIP TO THE MOON +
THE EXTRAORDINARY
VOYAGE
40
51
68
12
32
FRIDAY 21
10.15 DOC CHASING ICE 19
10.15 KID THING 27
10.30 TBC
12.30 NOW IS GOOD 28
2.00 CATALAN WARSAW
BRIDGE
3.00 ROSI THE MATTEI
AFFAIR
3.15 TBC
58
63
3.30 DOC ANDA UNION 16
4.00 TRATTORIA + ROBYN O
(14) + EARLY BIRDS
32
5.30 ELENA 22
5.30 DOC GREGORY
CREWDSON: BRIEF
ENCOUNTERS
24
6.00 HITCHCOCK BLACKMAIL 49
7.30 MICROCINEMA SAVAGE
WITCHES + COMMUNION
41
8.00 UNCONDITIONAL 33
10.00 CONFESSIONS OF A
CHILD OF THE CENTURY
12
10.30 INDIGNADOS 25
10.30 SHORTS TO CRY 69
Cambridge University Library
8.00 AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS 8
SATURDAY 22
10.00 TBC
10.30 TBC
11.00 FFF EVENT NOT-SO-
SILENT MOVIES
12.30 HITCHCOCK THE BIRDS 49
12.45 TONY 10 31
1.00 ROSI ILLUSTRIOUS
CORPSES
9
63
2.30 THE PENGUIN KING 3D 29
3.00 DOC 5 BROKEN
CAMERAS
5.30 CATALAN BARCELONA
(UNA MAPA)
6.00 MICROCINEMA THE
LACEY RITUALS
16
57
41
6.15 HITCHCOCK THE RING 49
8.00 LIBERAL ARTS 28
8.30 CATALAN BLACK BREAD 56
8.45 DOC !WOMEN ART
REVOLUTION
10.30 SCALA THUNDERCRACK
+ HOLD ME WHILE I’M
NAKED
10.45 REVIVAL THE DOORS
LIVE AT THE BOWL ‘68
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59
51
10.45 SHORTS TO BELONG 69
SUNDAY 23
10.15 HITCHCOCK THE BIRDS 49
10.30 LIBERAL ARTS 28
11.00 A TRIP TO THE MOON
+ EXTRAORDINARY
VOYAGE
12.30 TBC
32
1.00 ROSI LUCKY LUCIANO 63
1.00 SHORTS TO HATE 70
3.00 KINDERBLOCK 66 27
3.15 HITCHCOCK MARNIE 49
3.30 BURTON: THE SECRET? 18
5.30 TBC
5.45 DOC EL GUSTO 23
6.00 SHORTS TO BE A MAN 70
8.00 CLOSING FILM HOLY
MOTORS
15
8.15 ASHES 17
8.30 TBC
EL GUSTO 23
ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES 63
THE BIRDS 49
Anglia Ruskin University
8.00 THE BLUES BROTHERS 8
GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS 24
ASHES 17
HOLY MOTORS 15
SLEEP TIGHT 64
44
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND
12
CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY
TO CRY: A FISTFUL OF SANDWICH 69
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MICROCINEMA
This year’s microcinema event focuses on the long form, or feature film. These represent the flipside
of big-budget, mainstream film production in the UK – projects being made ‘outside the system’, and
on shoestring budgets.
Even in the world of the independent/artist’s film, works can
all-too-easily find themselves falling into the familiar structures
established by the film industry. There have, however, always been
those filmmakers who are driven by a desire for expression and
experimentation. We are living in a time when, more than ever before,
filmmakers have access to tools which offer opportunities to make
big cinematic statements – cheap technology making even ambitious
films possible on very low budgets, with the only limits those of their
own creativity. These films serve as a beacon for those interested in
World
premiere
We are delighted to welcome director
Richard Heslop and producer Ciska
Faulkner to the screening.
a cinema of no compromises, a cinema of art not largely driven by
the desire for profit and acceptability.
The three features here are of an extraordinarily high quality,
each displaying a unique and innovative approach, miles removed
from the directorial complacency of so much recent British film. If
you’re seeking an indigenous auteur cinema that does not bow to the
middle-brow, the middle-of-the-road, and the mainstream then look
no further.
James Mackay
Frank (CFF 15)
Director: Richard Heslop. Starring: Con O’Neill, Kellie Shirley,
Darren Beaumont. UK 2012. 94 mins.
Print source: Ciska Faulkner and Andrea Pejovski
WED
19
8.15pm
Richard Heslop has won all manner of prizes for his previous films which include
THE CHILD AND THE SAW and FLOATING, both of which were previously shown at
the festival. FRANK is Heslop’s first feature length film. Living a lonely existence
in a run-down boarding house in the North East of England, Frank finds his own
idiosyncratic ways to cope with everyday life. When Frank meets fellow lodger Sasha,
a tender friendship begins, and she becomes the map reader of Frank’s emotionally
splintering life. Finding solace in the dystopian wastelands and beaches surrounding
his home, Frank one day discovers Fidel, takes him home and eagerly tries to
befriend him. Unfortunately Fidel reveals himself to be an unpleasant houseguest.
When Frank encounters Polly – a jilted and morbidly depressed young bride – he
becomes besotted in an instant, attempting to build a happy and loving home for
them both. But as his new-found friends develop an intimate bond of their own, he is
left as an outsider in his own home with his life spiralling out of control once again.
World
premiere
We are delighted to welcome writer/directors
Daniel Fawcett and Clara Pais to the screening.
We are delighted to welcome director
Nina Danino to the screening.
Savage Witches (CFF PG)
The Lacey Rituals: Films By Bruce Lacey
(And Friends) (CFF 18) 70 mins.
Directors: Daniel Fawcett and Clara Pais. Starring: Christina
Wood, Victoria Smith. UK 2012. 70mins.
Print source: Daniel Fawcett and Clara Pais.
Following on from last year’s presentation of DIRT, Daniel Fawcett and
Clara Pais bring the World Premiere of their new feature length film to
Cambridge. SAVAGE WITCHES is a playful and experimental film about
two teenage girls who want nothing but to play games, dress up and
have adventures, but when they find themselves in conflict with the
world around them they set out to transform it and break free! SAVAGE
WITCHES is a colourful collage of sounds and images that has been
created using all manner of processes and formats, from VHS and Super
8 to drawn animation and hand-coloured frames, resulting in a bold and
expressionistic exploration of the art of cinema.
Communion (CFF 15)
Director: Nina Danino. Starring: Thalia Somerville-Large.
UK 2010. 10 mins.
Print source: Nina Danino.
A portrait of a young girl, filmed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Billy
Williams BSC, creating a silent, translucent image drawing on the paradox
between beauty as iconic, secular glamour and as religious interiority.
Presenting experimental home movies, a pop promo for the Lonnie Donnegan skiffle smash hit Battle of New Orleans and more
besides, this delightful programme showcases the playful, physical sense of humour and irreverent sensibility of great British
artist and eccentric, Bruce Lacey. All films are digitally restored.
How to Have a Bath
Directors: Bruce Lacey & Jill Bruce. UK 1971. 5 mins.
Outside In (extract)
Directors: John Lewis & Dennis Lowe. UK 1973. 6 mins.
The Lacey Rituals (extract)
FRI
21
7.30pm
SAT
22
6.00pm
We are delighted to welcome director
Luke Fowler to the screening.
All Divided Selves (CFF 15)
Director: Luke Fowler. UK 2011. 90 mins.
Print source: LUX
THU
20
8.15pm
Award-winning Scottish artist filmmaker Luke Fowler presents his first feature
length work. The social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s were spearheaded by
the charismatic, guru-like figure of Glasgow-born psychiatrist R.D. Laing. In his now
classic text The Politics of Experience (1967) Laing argued that normality entailed
adjusting ourselves to the mystification of an alienating and depersonalizing world.
The film concentrates on archival representations of Laing and his colleagues as
they struggled to acknowledge the importance of considering social environment
and disturbed interaction in institutions as significant factors in the aetiology of
human distress and suffering. ALL DIVIDED SELVES is a dense, engaging and lyrical
collage, in which Fowler weaves archival material with his own filmic observations
– marrying a dynamic soundtrack of field recordings with recorded music by Éric La
Casa, Jean-Luc Guionnet and Alasdair Roberts.
Turner Prize shortlist 2012
Everybody’s Nobody
Director: John Sewell. UK 1960. 18 mins.
Battle of New Orleans
Director: Bob Godfrey. UK 1960. 4 mins.
The Flying Alberts
Director: Roger Graef. UK 1965. 9 mins.
One Man Band
Director: Bob Godfrey. UK 1965. 11 mins.
Directors: The Lacey Family. UK 1973. 10 mins.
From young children to fully grown adults, everyone in the Lacey
family took turns to operate the camera and present a daily ritual in
this highly unusual, brilliant experimental home movie.
Stella Chase
Directors: Bruce Lacey & Jill Bruce. UK 1974. 4 mins.
If I Had a Talking Picture of You
Director: Bruce Lacey. UK 2002. 2 mins.
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CONTEMPORARY
GERMANCINEMA
Defining a ‘national cinema’ is a tricky business. Many filmmakers
would reject the idea that their films have anything in common with
the work of fellow compatriots merely because of shared geopolitical
boundaries – and most good national films transcend
such boundaries and are significant in their own terms. But within
the context of several films taken together, shown outside their
native country, a different picture might emerge. While the films in
this selection are stylistically eclectic, together they may provide a
glimpse into what is moving the country today. Through them, we
encounter internal struggles, expressions of the zeitgeist, strange
creatures, unfulfilled desires, high-flying successes... We have sought
out some of the very best of Contemporary German Cinema,
presenting directors who are approaching the art of making films
in their own individual way – some outside the regular production
system. This is a unique collection of films that we believe will surprise
and inspire you.
With thanks to
Monika Treut, for
her help with this
selection. She will
be presenting her
film THE RAW AND
THE COOKED at the
Festival.
UK
Premiere
The Big Eden (CFF 15)
Director: Peter Dörfler. Germany 2011.
90 mins. German with English subtitles.
Print source: Rohfilm
SUN
16
4.40pm
MON
17
3.30pm
Billed as ‘Germany’s last Playboy’, King of Disco and DJ Rolf Eden
started the first beauty contests and popularised striptease in a
prudish West Berlin. He partied with the Rolling Stones, danced with
Ella Fitzgerald and has seven children with seven women. With his
dyed blond hair and a girlfriend younger than his own grandchild,
the octogenarian playboy is not just a provocation because of his
tabloid lifestyle, but because, as he (convincingly) states: “I’ve always
had luck in life. I only, only, only had luck. Never a down, never real
trouble, always up, up, up – until today.” A cinematic firework in
cinemascope – nominated for Best German documentary 2012 –
THE BIG EDEN tells the remarkable story of a hedonistic man who
reinvented himself as a pop icon after escaping Nazi Germany and
working as an elite soldier in the Israeli war in 1948.
Combat Girls (CFF 15)
(Kriegerin)
Director: David Wnendt. Starring: Alina Levshin,
Jella Haase, Sayed Ahmad Wasil Mrowat. Germany
2011. 103 mins. German with English subtitles.
Print source: East West Distribution
SAT
15
6.00pm
SUN
16
10.15pm
Twenty-year-old Marisa is a combat girl in a Neo-Nazi gang, using
her general hatred and frustration against foreigners and society.
When young Svenja joins the group, Marisa appears like a role
model to her: she fits the purest idea of a combat girl. But Marisa’s
convictions will slowly evolve when she meets a young Afghan
refugee. Lead actress Alina Levshin’s performance is a tour de
force, creating fierce tension in her encounters with her family, the
refugee and the gang – all complemented by the sharp dialogue,
rhythmic camera work and precise editing. Winning multiple awards
at festivals around the world, this is a film that reflects global
issues of exclusion and humanity.
UK
Premiere
UK
Premiere
Barbara (CERT TBC)
Director: Christian Petzold. Starring:
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld and Rainer
Bock. Germany 2012. 105 mins. German
with English subtitles.
Print source: Soda Pictures
FRI
14
8.00pm
SAT
15
2.30pm
In 1980s GDR, asking for permission to move to West Germany could lead to surveillance,
imprisonment and a ban on working within one’s chosen profession. Despite having been
denied a permit to leave, Barbara (Nina Hoss) is determined to escape. In the meantime,
she has to work in a shabby hospital in the countryside as an over-qualified doctor. She
is manipulated and humiliated by Stasi officials. Her colleague André seems to follow
her every step, and she is unsure whether he has a personal interest or is simply spying
on her. All Barbara can do is hide her emotions – except with a young patient who is
transferred from a juvenile detention, and who seems the only person to whom Barbara
can show her true self while secretly planning her exit. BARBARA earned Christian Petzold
(YELLA, JERICHOW) the Silver Bear for Best Director at this year’s Berlinale – this film is
finally an honest portrayal of GDR end-times, featuring the ghost-like, subtle signature
that has made him so popular among cinephiles worldwide.
Formentera
(CFF 15)
Director: Ann-Kristin Reyels.
Starring: Sabine Timoteo, Thure
Lindhardt, Ilse Ritter. Germany 2012. 93
mins. German / Spanish with English
subtitles.
Print source: Unafilm
THU
13
8.00pm
FRI
14
3.30pm
Formentera is a small island not far from Ibiza, and to a good swimmer it may seem as
if one can simply swim over to the bigger island’s shore. Young couple Ben and Nina are
enjoying their time away from Berlin, the sun and the company of friends. During a wild
party at a beach, driven by jealousy, Nina decides to swim through the night. Nothing
will be quite as it was before – dark secrets will emerge, people will disappear. After her
critically-acclaimed, award-winning debut HOUNDS, Ann-Kristin Reyels once again proves
herself a keen observer of humanity and sensitive storyteller. Featuring impressive
performances by lead actors Sabine Timoteo and Thure Lindhardt, FORMENTERA is an
intense and touching portrait of a generation in search of its own identity.
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UK
Premiere
Home For The Weekend
(CFF 15) (Was Bleibt)
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid. Starring: Lars Eidinger,
Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler. Germany 2012.
85 mins. German with English subtitles.
Print source: The Match Factory
MON
17
8.45pm
TUE
18
3.00pm
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its
own way”. Whether or not director Hans-Christian Schmid had the
opening line of Anna Karenina in mind, it forms the basic premise of
this film’s plot. When Marko and his little son return to his parent’s
bungalow for a weekend away from the capital, he is confronted by
the complicated unhappiness his parents and brother are carrying
underneath their jolly demeanour. His mother Gitte has been bipolar
since his early childhood and has just stopped the numbing medical
treatment in order to ‘live again’. But no one is pleased for her –
everyone has become used to her ghost-like presence and in fact
started hatching their own plans to escape their unhappiness. This is
Schmid’s (REQUIEM, STORM) most subtle, quiet drama taking a look at
the internal and universally valid struggles of modern family life.
Reported Missing
(CFF 15) (Die Vermissten)
We are delighted to welcome director Jan
Speckenbach to these screenings.
Director: Jan Speckenbach. Starring: André
Hennicke, Luzie Ahrens, Sylvana Krappatsch. Germany
2012. 88 mins. German with English subtitles.
Print source: JuniFilm
TUE
18
7.30pm
WED
19
3.45pm
A grown-up man, Lothar, discovers that his estranged teenage
daughter has gone missing. Looking more closely, he realises that
many children are disappearing – as if some wave or mysterious force
has taken hold of children of all ages. Lothar befriends young Lou
and together they are drawn deeper into the inexplicable, dangerous
movement that has taken hold of the country, travelling through dark
forests and abandoned villages. Evoking the tale of The Pied Piper,
director Jan Speckenbach traces the gap that has opened between
generations with imagination and a child-like wonderment. But
unlike the fairytale, this film’s Ratcatcher is a child himself – or more
accurately, many children at once. Scratch the surface and you will
find an eerie relevance to recent events: the youth riots in the UK, the
earlier Paris uprising, Cairo’s revolution...
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Germany 2011. 86 mins. German with
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Print source: Arepo Media
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19
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20
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Fiona works as a housemaid for the Bauer family. They have strangely inert twin babies,
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HITCHCOCK
REVISITED
New digital
restorations of
VERTIGO, PSYCHO,
MARNIE, and THE BIRDS
by kind permission of
Universal
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Introduction by George Perry
Britain has given the world no greater filmmaker than Alfred Hitchcock.
Born in London in 1899, he worked in films from the early 1920s to the
late 1930s, and established himself as the foremost British director.
In 1939 he left for Hollywood and was a dominant force in American
cinema for five decades. He has been dead for 32 years but his creative
reputation continues to grow. This summer his 1958 film VERTIGO was
voted the greatest movie of all time in Sight & Sound’s ten-year poll of
critics and film-makers, finally knocking CITIZEN KANE from its perch.
Rarely do pantheon filmmakers connect well with the general public, and
never as successfully as Hitchcock. His name above the title would generate
massive box-office returns, and filmgoers knew him as ‘the master of
suspense’ who would skilfully keep them on the edge of their seats. In his
later career his weekly television series of mystery and suspense dramas,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which he introduced in a mordant, self-mocking,
flat-voiced style ensured his personal recognition as a household familiar.
So many of his films, which superficially could be perceived as fast thrillers,
often involving the pursuit by the innocent of the real villain, probed much more
deeply into the nature of guilt, the frailty of identity, the fear of retribution.
He injected a sexual frisson with the interplay between a hero and an ice-cool
blonde whose trust had to be won. He exploited the random, sudden nature
of violence, and how it was as likely to erupt in sunny open spaces as in dark
nocturnal alleys. He delighted in making it impossible for his protagonists to
turn to the police for help, because they would never be believed.
He was an extraordinary innovator. Many of his silent films had moments
of brilliant visual imagination, and when talkies arrived he quickly explored
unconventional ways to use sound – the ‘knife’ sequence in BLACKMAIL, the
interior monologue in MURDER!, the Albert Hall assassination predicated on
a cymbal clash in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. He shot an entire film in
a tiny lifeboat in a studio tank (LIFEBOAT), another in a New York penthouse
in what appeared to be a seamless take, punctuated only by reel changes
(ROPE), and a Greenwich Village courtyard surrounded by apartments seen
only from the viewpoint of an immobilised photographer (REAR WINDOW).
Whether or not VERTIGO is his greatest film is a discussion point. It is
abundant in Hitchcockian themes: obsession, voyeurism, false identity, sex,
sudden death. Its Pygmalion-like plot magnificently engages the texture and
topography of San Francisco as an integral element.
Although his principal oeuvre was American, he never really lost his
Britishness, living a quietly conservative life with his wife Alma in a relatively
modest house in Bel Air, regarding Los Angeles as a company town, and
retreating whenever he could to their ranch and vineyard in the hills above
Santa Cruz. His sets were polite places. He would expect his crew to
wear collars and ties, rather than the standard tee-shirts and
jeans prevailing on other stages. He would even preface his
shots with the gentlemanly request: “Action, please.”
George Perry is a film critic and writer,
whose books include Hitchcock and The
Great British Picture Show.
George Perry will be giving a
free talk on Hitchcock’s
work – see p.10 for
details.
With live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne.
The Pleasure Garden (PG)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Virginia Valli,
Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander. Scenario: Eliot Stannard.
Novel: Oliver Sandys. UK/Germany 1925. 75 mins. Print source: BFI
Thrilling, emotional, and full of twists and turns, THE PLEASURE
GARDEN is a fascinating overture to Hitchcock’s later features –
which were to prove he had become undisputed master of just such
qualities. Jill and Patsy forge a firm friendship as chorus girls in
the same financial boat at the Pleasure Garden theatre. But money,
men and morals begin to drive them apart as choices good and bad
present themselves to the pair. The film was an early example of
American talent imported to a UK production in order to attract as
many cinema-goers as possible, in the form of Chicago-born Virginia
Valli: gorgeous, charismatic, and at the height of a fame that sadly
would not survive the advent of the talkies.
New
digital print
North By Northwest (PG)
FRI
14
6.00pm
SUN
16
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie
Saint, James Mason. Screenplay: Ernest Lehman. USA 1959. 3.30pm
136 mins. Print source: BFI
Packed with zingy one-liners and eye-popping chase sequences,
the film (said to be Cary Grant’s favourite) tells the tall tale of
Roger Thornhill, an adverting executive straight from the ‘Mad Men’
school of snappy dressing and elegant cocktails. Within minutes,
Thornhill has been mistaken for a government agent by a pack of
foreign spies. This leads to a frenetic chase across the country, in
the company of ice-cool Hitchcock blonde Eve (Eva Marie Saint), as
Thornhill desperately seeks to solve the mystery – and survive. Add
into the mix Saul Bass’s hugely influential ‘kinetic’ opening titles
and Bernard Hermann’s gloriously frenetic score, and the result is a
piece of work rightly regarded as one of Hitchcock’s finest.
Rebecca (PG)
SAT
15
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Laurence Olivier,
Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson. Screenplay: Robert E 1.30pm
Sherwood, Joan Harrison. Novel: Daphne Du Maurier.
USA 1940. 130 mins. Print source: BFI
Hitchcock’s first US project tapped straight into the American
craze for European gothic prevalent in the 1930s and 1940s.
Whilst tensions were high between producer David O Selznick and
his director, Hitchcock still managed to turn out a pitch-perfect
melodrama that did justice to Du Maurier’s creepy, claustrophobic
story. It tells of a young woman (never named) who marries a
wealthy man in haste, and begins to repent at leisure when it
appears he may still hanker after his late first wife. A deserved
Oscar win for Best Picture was secured in 1940 – sadly not for
Hitchcock, but for Selznick as producer.
New
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With a new musical score by Nitin Sawhney
The Lodger (PG)
MON
17
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Marie Ault, June Tripp,
Ivor Novello. Scenario: Eliot Stannard. Novel: Marie Belloc 6.00pm
Lowndes. UK 1927. 92 mins. Print source: BFI
THE LODGER tells a story inspired by the crimes of Jack the Ripper;
crimes that, at the time, were not yet 40 years old. Once again,
fans will spot shades of themes to come, not least the central
‘villain’ of the film depicted as physically attractive, boyish and
bashful; in short, a proto-Norman Bates. The film is also notable
for its innovative and creative camera tricks (namely a conceit
whereby the inhabitants of the rooms below the Lodger’s can ‘see’
him pace the floor above as they hear him, as though the ceiling is
momentarily invisible). A dark, spine-tingling, highly atmospheric
little tale of menace that is exceptionally well suited to its subtitle:
A Tale of London Fog…
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With live musical accompaniment by Neil Brand.
With live musical accompaniment by John Sweeney.
The 39 Steps (U)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Robert Donat,
Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearl. Screenplay:
Charles Bennett, Ian Hay. Novel: John Buchan.
UK 1935. 86 mins. Print source: Park Circus
THU
13
6.30pm
SAWSTON
SUN
16
10.30pm
THE 39 STEPS throws together suspense and action, along with
tropes familiar to Hitchcock fans – a character falsely accused of
wrong-doing, and his ensuing flight from sinister, unknown forces
– all executed at breakneck speed. Canadian Richard Hannay is
visiting London and finds himself offering refuge to a girl, Annabella,
who claims to be a spy. When she is murdered at his flat Hannay
finds that not only is he in the frame, but the real killers now have
him in their sights. With no-one to turn to, Hannay must unravel the
mystery of ‘the 39 steps’ – a phrase uttered but never explained by
Annabella – before he becomes the next victim.
Notorious (U)
TUE
18
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Cary Grant,
Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains. Screenplay: Ben Hecht. 3.00pm
From a story by: John Taintor Foote. USA 1946. 101 mins.
Print source: BFI
Combining a nuanced study of love, duty, trust and betrayal with
a gripping espionage thriller, NOTORIOUS was further proof that
Hitchcock was a master storyteller. Ingrid Bergman is Alicia, a
woman who is at once using and being used by the men in her life:
spy handler Devlin (Cary Grant) and Nazi Sebastian (Claude Rains).
The fact that Sebastian is portrayed with a degree of sympathy adds
depth, and was a bold move given its year of release. NOTORIOUS
is also notable for the appearance of pre-war German actress
Leopoldine Konstantin in her only American film role, as Sebastian’s
evil mother, one of Hitchcock’s most memorable and chilling villains.
The Ring (U)
SAT
22
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Carl Brisson,
Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter. UK 1927. 116 mins.
6.15pm
Print source: BFI
Written and directed by Hitchcock, THE RING displays the talents
of a rapidly evolving filmmaker champing at the bit to advance a
medium still very much in its infancy. The story concerns a love
triangle involving Nellie and two boxers, Jack and Bob. Nellie is
engaged to Jack, but Bob seduces her, leaving Jack to plot revenge
in the only way he knows how: in the boxing ring. The culture of
boxing would have been a rich and vibrant source of inspiration for
Hitchcock, who hailed from an area of London that gave the world
Daniel Mendoza and Jack Broughton. As a story involving tension,
jealousy and betrayal the film is a must for Hitchcock fans wishing
to observe the ‘master of suspense’ developing his craft.
Blackmail (PG)
FRI
21
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Anny Ondra,
John Longden, Cyril Ritchard. Scenario: Alfred Hitchcock, 6.00pm
Benn Levy. Play: Charles Bennett. UK 1929. 75 mins.
Print source: BFI
Hitchcock called this his farewell to the silent era, and it’s a
fascinating piece of film history as much as an efficient and
effective thriller. When a secret date with another man goes horribly
wrong, Alice and her boyfriend Frank, a policeman, do what they
can to avoid Alice’s arrest. But they haven’t reckoned with the
attentions of a blackmailer, who knows of Alice’s guilty secret. Whilst
seeming to be a straightforward story of suspense, BLACKMAIL
challenges the audience with the moral ambiguity of the characters’
actions and choices. Some might want or expect a neat ending, but
Hitchcock, being Hitchcock, doesn’t let us off so lightly.
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Psycho (15)
WED
19
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Anthony Perkins,
Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin. Screenplay: Joseph 10.30pm
Stefano. Novel: Robert Bloch. USA 1960. 109 mins.
Print source: Universal
Starting as a sleazy film noir with a femme fatale plotting to steal
from her boss, PSYCHO literally changes genre – and protagonist
– half-way. With its now iconic imagery, shock twist and nerveshredding
score, the shower scene not only left audiences reeling,
it ushered in a new species of horror film – one so ahead of its time
it wouldn’t be fully realised until the 70s slasher boom. Arguably
Hitchcock’s finest work, and certainly his most influential, it features
edgy, intense performances by Leigh as the ill-fated blonde, and
Perkins as a new type of cinematic monster – inspired by real-life
killer Ed Gein, and light years from the world of Karloff and Lugosi.
Vertigo (PG)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: James
Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
THU
20
5.15pm
FRI
21
10.45am
Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor. Novel: Pierre Boileau &
Thomas Narcejac. USA 1958. 128 mins. Print source: Universal
Recently voted the greatest film of all time, VERTIGO met with a
mix of muted praise and bemusement upon release. It largely has
critics to thank for its rehabilitation, but is far from being a merely
cerebral pleasure. A typically idiosyncratic take on film noir (shot in
bright, Technicolor daylight) it manipulates us into seeing the world
through the eyes of reliable, ex-cop Scottie (Stewart) as he pursues
the apparently possessed Madeleine (Novak), then steadily unravels
everything we thought we knew. Part thriller, part ghost story,
part Freudian nightmare, with one of the most gripping opening
sequences in cinema.
The Birds (15)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Tippi Hedren,
Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette.
Screenplay: Evan Hunter. From a story by: Daphne Du
Maurier. USA 1963. 119 mins. Print source: Universal
SAT
22
12.30pm
SUN
23
10.15am
Ostensibly a creature feature in 1950s mould, THE BIRDS sets out like
a romantic comedy in which flighty (pun intended) socialite Melanie
Daniels (Hedren) pursues suave lawyer Mitch Brenner (Taylor) to his
home on the California coast. While Mitch’s mother (Tandy) seems
none too happy at the arrival of this other woman, it seems to bring
something far worse upon the town. Cue another Hitchcock gear
shift... Birds randomly turn on humans – and romance turns jarringly
to horror. As the attacks increase in ferocity, the group must fight to
survive – the threat made all the more disturbing by the fact that it
has no explanation.
Marnie (15)
SUN
23
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Tippi Hedren,
Sean Connery, Diane Baker. Screenplay: Jay Presson 3.15pm
Allen. Novel: Winston Graham. USA 1964. 130 mins.
Print source: Universal
All of Hitchcock’s tropes are present in this underrated follow-up
to THE BIRDS. Tippi Hedren returns to play Marnie, an habitual
thief, who specialises in stealing from her employer (like Marion
in PSYCHO). Apparently damaged by some childhood trauma (like
Norman Bates), she flits from place to place and job to job – until
wealthy boss Mark Rutland sees her for what she is, and, drawn to
her, believes he can resolve her issues (like Scottie in VERTIGO).
Although lacking the adrenaline rush of Hitchcock’s action-based
thrillers, this is a rich and disturbing study of a damaged psyche that
was well ahead of its time.
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HITCHCOCK THE TECHNICIAN
By Richard Bracewell
Martin Scorsese believes that the filmmaker can find the answers to all
his questions in Hitchcock. HALLOWEEN director John Carpenter put it
more bluntly: “I try to steal from him as often as I possibly can.” And
he’s not alone. For directors and screenwriters, every Hitchcock film is a
masterclass. Some filmmakers have worn his art on their sleeve – Brian De
Palma’s BODY DOUBLE (1984) borrowed the plots from both REAR WINDOW
and VERTIGO, whilst Gus Van Sant’s PSYCHO (1998) was a shot-for-shot
remake. More often than not the imitations are unconscious, which for
Hitchcock is the sincerest form of flattery. His films delight in exposing the
unconscious desires within us all.
Hitchcock’s technical team
remained almost unchanged
throughout the 40 years of his
work within the American studio
system. Screenwriters, on the other
hand, came and went. Some burned
more brightly than others – Dorothy
Parker wrote dialogue for SABOTEUR,
Thornton Wilder penned SHADOW OF
A DOUBT – but Hitchcock’s films are
works of visual art, not literature,
and few of his writers returned for
second helpings of humble pie.
“If it’s a good movie, the sound
could go off and the audience would
still have a perfectly clear idea of what
was going on,” Hitchcock boasted.
Using on-screen clips from
Hitchcock’s films, we’ll take a
closer look at the elements of
this visual art: Point of View,
Montage, and Composition.
In other words: where to put
the camera, and how long to
leave it there.
Point of View is about revealing or hiding
information – how much the audience sees, how little
the hero knows. Almost always the audience is ahead
of the hero: Hitchcock delights in making us suffer
because we know what’s going to happen next. We’re
sitting in the dark, but so are they. In THE BIRDS,
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) perches on
a school bench as black crows swarm on a
climbing frame behind her – she’s in blissful
ignorance and we’re screaming at her. But
she can’t hear us, and that’s Point of View.
Montage is storytelling by pictures.
It’s a rapid succession of shots used
sometimes to truncate time, occasionally
to slow it down, but always in Hitchcock
to elicit emotion. The montage titles of
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN introduce the rival
protagonists, seen as two pairs of shoes
hurrying to catch a Pullman. But as the
editing speeds up and the shoes seem
like they’re on a collision course we feel
a mounting sense of dread in what will
Give them pleasure,
the same pleasure
they have when they
wake up from a
nightmare.”
happen if these two characters should ever meet.
And Composition? Isn’t every shot in a film
composed? Perhaps, but not always with such malice,
or such glee, and invariably with the aim of telling the
story in a single frame. When Cary Grant is introduced
to Ingrid Bergman in the opening reel of NOTORIOUS
we find him centre-frame at a drinks party, but in
silhouette and with his back to us. Yet you can’t
take your eyes off him for a moment. Hitchcock’s
composition looks daring, 60 years on.
At the heart of Hitchcock the Technician we’ll find
a paradox. Despite his supreme technical artistry,
Hitchcock claimed that he was unexcited by the
process of actually making his films, a tiresome
adjunct to the pleasant business of dreaming them
up, where his fantasy could run riot. As a director he’s
been portrayed as cold, unfeeling, treating his actors
as if they were little more than mannequins.
But Hitchcock’s technique isn’t the end in itself,
it’s the means to an end (usually a sticky one). His
technique generates emotion in his audience: the
bond with our hero or heroine, fear as we find them in
danger, relief as they make it safely to the other side;
and always a suspicion that the next terror is lurking
in the dark.
“Give them pleasure,” advised Hitchcock of any
aspiring filmmaker, “the same pleasure they have
when they wake up from a nightmare.”
Hitchcock created his nightmares out of closeups,
pans, dollies, and dissolves. He invites us to
admire the technique, knowing that we can’t resist
the emotion. And are these nightmares any less
frightening because we know how they are made?
Richard Bracewell is a British film director and
producer whose features include THE GIGOLOS
and CUCKOO. Richard Bracewell will be giving a free
talk on Hitchcock’s work – see p.10 for details.
‘Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece
Collection’ is released for the first time on
Blu-ray from 1 October. Available online.
Chimes At
Midnight (PG)
Director: Orson Welles. Starring:
Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John
Gieguld, Jeanne Moreau. France/Spain/
Switzerland 1967. 115 mins
Print source: Mr Bongo
Magical Mystery
Tour (PG)
Director: Bernard Knowles / The
Beatles. Starring: The Beatles, Victor
Spinetti, Ivor Cutler, Bonzo Dog Doo-
Dah Band. UK 1967. 55 mins.
Print source: Omniverse
Originally broadcast on Boxing Day 1967 by
the BBC, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR is a series of
gently psychedelic vignettes, with the group
let loose on a typically English ‘day trip to
nowhere’. Full of crazy aunts, jolly bus drivers
and seaside postcard humour, it captures
The Beatles relaxing into their own identities,
but before it all began to fall apart. And of
course the music is peerless. Programme also
includes an exclusive preview of a 50 min
Arena documentary on the late 60s scene.
REVIVALS
Shot across two years with typical Wellesian trickery (he was supposed to be using
the money to make Treasure Island), CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT is a hugely ambitious
project. Weaving together five Shakespeare plays, it tells the story of Falstaff
(Welles) and his friendship with Prince Hal – and of the latter’s eventual
rejection of his boastful companion. All ends at the famous Battle
of Shrewsbury, where Welles’ genius creates chaos out of a few
extras and rapid, impressionistic editing. With CITIZEN KANE now
knocked from atop the Sight and Sound poll, this is the perfect
time to see the film Welles himself thought one of his best.
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SUN
16
8.00pm
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
TUE
18
10.00pm
Hungarian
Rhapsody: Queen
Live In Budapest (12A)*
Director: János Zsombolyai.
Hungary/Canada/USA/1987.
English and Hungarian with English
subtitles. 118 mins.
Print source: More2Screen
THU
20
10.00pm
In 1985, with their fortunes seemingly in
decline, Queen played Live Aid and stole the
show. The following year, the Magic Tour
saw them play to a record-breaking million
people, including an 80,000 strong crowd at
Budapest’s Népstadion. This is that concert.
This was also to prove their final tour, with
Freddie Mercury tragically being diagnosed
with AIDS in 1987.
*(Contains infrequent strong language)
The Doors Live At
The Bowl ‘68 (PG)
Director: Ray Manzarek.
USA 1987. 62mins.
Print source: More2Screen
SAT
22
The only full live recorded 10.45pm
performance by The Doors – from 1968,
but not released until 1987 – captures
the legendary band (and one of rock’s
most enigmatic frontmen), at their quirky
best. Shot with four cameras and skilfully
creating an intimate atmosphere, it
features songs that never appeared on any
Doors studio album, as well as superlative
performances of ‘The End’ and ‘Light
my Fire’. Plus supporting documentary
(approx 50 mins).

Now we
are three!
The
Cambridge
Family Film
Festival
The Family Film Festival returns with
our much‐loved mixture of favourite
film and television characters old and
new, presented in a family-friendly
environment and at an affordable price.
And this year we’re staging our first ever
Family Film Festival Kids
Takeover - yep, we’ll take over the entire Arts
Picturehouse cinema on the morning of Saturday
15 September to celebrate our Opening Weekend
with an amazing Octonauts Underwater Party,
face-painting, competitions and goodies galore!
Our friends at Heffers Bookshop on Trinity Street
and John Lewis will also be joining in the fun with
special Family Film Festival-themed activities in
store – check out www.heffers.co.uk/childrens or
www.johnlewis.com/cambridge for more info.
See pages 8-9 for more
family-friendly treats, incl.
music sessions with film
composer Neil Brand!
SAT
10.30am
15
SAT
15
11.30am
SUN
10.45am
16
Explore! Rescue! Protect! (U)
Director: Darragh O’Connell. UK 2010. Approx. 45 mins.
Print Source: Silver Gate
The Octonauts are a team of undersea adventurers who are always
ready to dive into action. Their mission: to explore underwater
worlds, rescue amazing sea creatures, and protect the ocean. Based
on the richly imaginative books by award-winning design team
Meomi, this massively popular TV series combines elements of
classic team adventure with stunning CGI animation to transport
little ones into an exciting and magical world under the sea.
Join us to celebrate the start of this year’s Family Film Festival with
a fabulous Octonauts Underwater Party! Come dressed as your
favourite Octonaut – the best costumes will win special Octo-prizes!
– and join in with Octonauts-themed games and craft activities. As
Captain Barnacles would say: Octonauts, let’s do this!
www.theOctonauts.com
The Gruffalo’s Child (U)
Directors: Uwe Heidschotter, Johannes Weliand. UK 2011. 27 mins.
Voices: Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, John Hurt, Robbie Coltrane
Print Source: Magic Light Pictures
This beguiling and thrilling animated treat, with a star-studded
cast, is based on the best-selling children’s picture book by author
Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo lives
with his daughter in a cave surrounded by woods. The Gruffalo’s
child yearns to explore beyond their familiar clearing, but her
father warns her not to go into the deep, dark woods because if she
does, the Big Bad Mouse will be after her. But one wild and windy
night the Gruffalo’s child ignores her father’s warnings and bravely
tiptoes out into the snow in search of the fabled Mouse…
OCTONAUTS Meomi Design Inc.
OCTONAUTS © 2012 Vampire Squid Productions Ltd.
© Orange Eyes Limited 2011
The Penguin King 3D (U)
Directors: Anthony Geffen, Slas Wilson. UK 2011. 75 mins.
Print Source: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution
Three years ago, the Penguin King left home. Now
he is returning to the place where he was born
and raised: Penguin City. What follows is a journey
through the most challenging time of the Penguin
King’s life. His story is often comic, sometimes
tragic, and ultimately triumphant: a rite of
passage set on one of the earth’s last great
wildernesses. Enjoy this thrilling new wildlife
documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough
in spectacular 3D. There is also a non-Family Film
Festival screening of this film on Sat 22 at 3.00pm.
SUN
11.45am
16
Grandpa In My Pocket (U)
plus Ha Ha Hairies
Director: Martin Franks. UK 2009-2012. Approx 35 mins.
Print Source: Adastra Creative
SAT
15
SAT
15
We’re delighted to welcome Cambridgeshire-based TV production
company Adastra Creative back to the Family Film Festival, with two
special screenings of their much-loved CBeebies favourite GRANDPA
IN MY POCKET as well as an extra special treat – a rare showing for
an episode from their fab new series HA-HA HAIRIES.
Take one Grandpa (James Bolam) and his imaginative seven-year
old grandson, Jason Mason. Give Grandpa a magic shrinking cap
and watch him turn into the biggest kid of the lot – when he’s
small he’s great fun to be with, but full of mischief… GRANDPA IN
MY POCKET explores the hugely important relationship between
grandchildren and grandparents by turning it on its head – and as
the Family Film Festival is all about encouraging families to enjoy
film events together, there’ll be a special prize for any child who
brings their own Grandpa – or Grandma – to this screening!
www.grandpainmypocket.co.uk
1.00pm
12.15pm
UK
Premiere
Dangermouse (U)
Creators: Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall. UK 1982. Approx 40 mins.
Print source: Fremantle
He’s the greatest He’s fantastic! Wherever there is danger he’ll
be there…
Legendary British film and TV production company Cosgrove
Hall’s most celebrated creation was this fantastically witty
series chronicling the adventures of our brave eye-patched hero
Dangermouse (David Jason) and his slightly less brave assistant
Penfold (Terry Scott) as they battle the evil Baron Greenback.
We’ll be screening three of the very best episodes – Close
Encounters of the Absurd Kind, The Duel and The Four Tasks
of Danger Mouse (which features a cameo from another
Cosgrove Hall creation, Count Duckula) – to showcase
the combination of laugh-out-loud slapstick comedy, sly
cultural references, and pure silliness which make this
classic programme so well-loved by children and adults alike.
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SUN
11.30am
16
THE BFG (U)
Director: Brian Cosgrove. UK 1989. 87 mins.
Voices: David Jason, Amanda Root.
Print Source: Fremantle
The official Roald Dahl Day takes place on 13 September
every year, on what would have been the birthday of the
World’s No. 1 Storyteller. We’re joining in the fun to celebrate
30 years of the swizzfiggling Big Friendly Giant with a
gloriumptious rare screening of this whizzpopping animated
film which was created by Cosgrove Hall - who were also
behind the equally scrumdiddlyumptious DANGERMOUSE
episodes that we’re showing.
Check out www.roalddahlday.com where there are
tons of Dahl-inspired activities and competitions to
get you in the mood for this splendiferous screening!
SUN
16
Sprites 11 (PG)
Directors: Various. 2009 -2011. Approx 65 mins.
Print Source: onedotzero
This dazzling selection of visually stunning family-friendly shorts
and pop videos from around the world has been hand-picked
for the new digital generation by onedotzero – an international
contemporary digital arts and design organisation. Let the Family
Film Festival team guide you through this array of comical and
charming stories which promise to entertain and enchant. All
materials screened are suitable for children of all ages, although
very young children may find some of the imagery and sounds
rather intense – do feel free to dip in and out of the screening and
use our separate Chill Out Zone area if this is the case.
www.onedotzero.com
1.30pm
Halloween Punting & Walking Ghost Tours
Come with us to explore the darker side of
Cambridge. Halloween Punting & Walking Ghost
Tours last 90 minutes and run each evening from
24 th to 31 st October 2012. Join us....if you dare!
Prices
Adult £18.50, concession £17.00 & under-12 £9.25
SAT
15
11.45am
SUN
10.30am
16
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LEGO NINJAGO – RISE
OF THE SNAKES (PG)
Director: Peter Hausner. USA 2011. Approx 65 mins.
Print Source: LEGO
At a time of peace in Ninjago, our four Ninja heroes are about to face a
new dangerous enemy. Lloyd Garmadon, son of their arch-enemy Lord
Garmadon, has unleashed four ancient breeds of sinister snake-people
with magic weapons and unique powers. Catch the Masters of Spinjitzu
in action at these extra special cinema screenings of the first three
episodes from the latest LEGO Ninjago series – and bring along your
own LEGO Ninjago minifigure to join in with exciting LEGO Ninjago
activities and competitions before the on-screen action starts!
Check out www.ninjago.com for more LEGO Ninjago fun - and to
watch the rest of the Rise of the Snakes episodes.
LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Knob configuration and the Minifigure are
trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2012 The LEGO Group.
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Barcelona (Un Mapa)
Catalan
CINEMA
Catalonia is one of the oldest nations in Europe, currently an
autonomous community of Spain, with a strong cultural and political
heritage. Increasingly, here is a cinema that is less conventional
than that of Spain or even the films of Pedro Almodóvar – which
is not to say that they are inaccessible to general audiences. The
legacy of the Spanish Civil War hangs heavily in the filmmaking of
the region, but is interpreted in many different ways. In this overview,
we highlight some extraordinary work from seven Catalan directors:
from complex comedy to vibrant artistic cinema, these are directors
pushing to the edge of what cinema can achieve.
Thanks to Ramon Lamarca for all his knowledge, advice, help
and support in delivering this season. Additional thanks to the
Institut Ramon Llull and Catalan Films & TV.
We hope to welcome director
Ventura Pons to the screening.
Barcelona
(Un Mapa) (CFF15)
Director: Ventura Pons. Starring: Núria
Espert, Josep Maria Pou, Rosa Maria
Sardà, María Botto. Catalonia 2007.
90 mins. Catalan with English subtitles.
Print source: Catalan Films
SAT
22
5.30pm
BARCELONA (UN MAPA) is based on a stage production by Lluïsa Cunillé, which director
Ventura Pons was compelled to bring to the cinema, entranced by its dialogue and
relationships. In doing so he has maintained much of the intensity and claustrophobia of
the production in a series of five duets centring on an elderly couple who rent rooms in
their apartment to three people. Each conversation reveals more about the couple until
the final conversation, when long held secrets are released. The cadence of the dialogue
is enthralling and the performances magical. While the human dramas may seem farfetched,
the resonance with the images of General Franco that open the piece lead to the
film as metaphor for the recent history of Catalonia. A fascinating drama.
UK
Premiere
We hope to welcome producer
Toni Espinosa to the screening.
The Body In
The Woods (CFF 18)
(Un Cos Al Bosc)
Director: Joaquim Jordà. Starring: Rossy de Palma, Ricard Borràs,
FRI
14
8.30pm
Núria Prims. Catalonia 1996. 90 mins. Catalan with English subtitles.
Print source: Catalan Films
Jordà was a well-established, internationally renowned documentary
maker, but he made a short foray into the world of fiction with this
exceptional thriller. Set deep in the woodlands of Catalonia, some
hunters discover the corpse of a young woman who has been brutally
murdered. Sent to investigate is lieutenant Cifuentes, a woman in
a man’s world. As her investigation proceeds, she uncovers the
dark and dirty secrets of the town. With twists and turns this is an
excellent thriller, written and directed with intelligence.
Black Bread (CFF 18)
(Pa Negre)
Director: Agustí Villaronga. Starring: Francesc
Colomer, Marina Comas, Nora Navas. Catalonia 2010.
108 mins. Catalan with English subtitles.
Print source: Beta Cinema
FRI
14
5.30pm
SAT
22
8.30pm
Spain’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar is the first
film in the Catalan language to win the Goya for Best Film as well as
in eight other categories. It is set during the aftermath of the civil
war, and against the backdrop of the beautiful Catalan countryside.
Beneath this beauty lies the debris of nationwide conflict. A young
boy, Andreu, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The
authorities want his father to be made responsible for the deaths, but
Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them.
From a shocking opening, Villaronga follows his themes of childhood,
war, horror and guilt in a powerful film.
The Night Elvis Died
(CFF 18)
(La Nit Que Va Morir L’Elvis)
Director: Oriol Ferrer. Starring: David Bagés, Pere Cuscó, Eli Iranzo.
Catalonia 2010. 104 mins. Catalan with English subtitles.
Print source: Enunai produccions
Aureli is a solitary, extremely sensitive man. He is in a dark place
with a violent memory locked away. Maria is directing a very
important Passion play production. Dark forces are afoot and the
TUE
18
8.00pm
production is under threat, from funding and strange occurrences.
As the wheels of destiny turn, Aureli’s memories start to return.
Owing much to Wim Wenders’ PARIS TEXAS (Aureli is a distant cousin
of the Harry Dean Stanton role), THE NIGHT ELVIS DIED, is a bizarre
slice of Catalan culture, mixing religion, aggressive forces and off
the wall humour with the legacy of the Spanish Civil War just under
the surface.
Thanks For The Tip (CFF 15)
(Gracies Per La Propina)
Director: Francesc Bellmunt. Starring: Santiago Ramos,
Juli Mira, Lluís Ferrer. Catalonia 1997. 117 mins. Catalan
with English subtitles.
Print source: Catalan Films
MON
17
8.15pm
Catalan film director Francesc Bellmunt adapts Valencian writer
Ferran Torrent’s book about two orphan brothers who are raised
by their uncles in a Valencian village in Franco’s fascist Spain.
Mediterranean charm and warmth abound in this film that
showcases Bellmunt’s skills for comedy, with splendid photography
in scope and a score by famous Catalan jazz pianist Manel Camp.
The family saga portrayed in this film represents the desire
for freedom in an era when Spain was dominated by a dictator
(Franco) and an oppressive religion (mostly) in connivance with
Franco’s regime.
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SCALA BEYOND
Recalling the heady, trashy heyday of the
infamous Scala Cinema – one of London’s most famous
repertory/arthouse cinemas – SCALA BEYOND is part of a free-form,
nationwide film season celebrating all forms of cinema exhibition across the UK.
www.scalabeyond.com
V.O.S. (CFF 15)
Director: Cesc Gay. Starring: Àgata Roca, Vicenta N’Dongo,
Andrés Herrera, Paul Berrondo. Catalonia 2009. 87 mins.
Catalan/Spanish with English subtitles.
Print source: Catalan Films
SAT
15
8.30pm
In a similar wavelength to that of Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman
and Michael Gondry, Cesc Gay directs a very charming and original
example of a film within a film (the title refers to the acronym for
Original Version with Subtitles). Clara and Manu are having a baby
together and Ander and Vicky are romantically involved. However,
appearances deceive in this film where the drama is played out
against the background of a film being made, so it is not clear what
is reality and what is drama. It has to be seen to be understood.
With great coup de cinema, the audience is kept guessing and never
allowed to settle into this very different romantic comedy.
Warsaw Bridge (CFF 15)
(Pont De Varsòvia)
Director: Pere Portabella. Starring: Carme Elias,
Francisco Guijar and Jordi Dauder. Catalonia 1990.
85 mins. Catalan with English subtitles.
Print source: Films 59
This is a film that is impossible to describe, but was beautifully
praised by SILENCE OF THE LAMBS director, Jonathan Demme: “I was
lucky enough to first see Warsaw Bridge in Barcelona in 2000 as part
of a retrospective of Portabella’s work. I was literally freaked and said,
‘Who? Pere Portabella? Used to produce Buñuel films? How could a
rich and dazzling and sumptuous film such as this remain so utterly
unknown in my country? The exquisite images, the superbly rendered
music, the bravura style, this bold narrative, the great performances,
the perfection of the totality of this unique and vibrant wonderland of
a film...?” As one reviewer said, time to get excited about film again.
LET US ENTERTAIN YOU...
SUN
16
6.40pm
FRI
21
2.00pm
Santa Sangre (18)
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky. Starring: Axel Jodorowsky,
Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell. Italy/Mexico 1989. 123 mins.
Print source: Mr Bongo
FRI
14
10.45pm
Recognised as one of the greatest horror films of all time, SANTA SANGRE is
a terrifying and psychedelic experience, where circus horrors cross over into
everyday life. Divided into a flashback and a flash-forward, the film tells the
story of Fenix, a patient in a mental hospital, and his shattered past as a boy
growing up in a circus, and his vengeful life beyond the asylum. From the
celebrated director of EL TOPO, this is unlike any film ever made; an epic and
surreal odyssey of beauty and madness. A show not to be missed.
“I am reminded by Alejandro Jodorowsky that true psychic horror is
possible on the screen – horror, poetry, surrealism, psychological pain and
wicked humour, all at once.” Roger Ebert
Un Chant D’Amour (18)
Director: Jean Genet. Starring: Java, Coco Le Martiniquais and
Lucien Sénémaud. France 1950. 26 mins.
Print source: BFI
Two prisoners in adjacent cells use an unusual means of communication
to overcome their isolation – but the jealous and sadistic prison guard
proves a tougher obstacle. Genet’s only film as director, and banned for
years, UN CHANT D’AMOUR is a silent, poetic, and intensely physical vision of
homosexual desire.
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Thundercrack! (CFF 18)
Director: Curt McDowell. Starring: Marion Eaton, Melinda McDowell
and George Kuchar. USA 1975. 120 mins approx.
Print source: n/a
If John Waters had remade THE OLD DARK HOUSE as a hardcore
pornographic black comedy whilst under the influence of Paul Morrissey
and the Marx Brothers, it might have turned out something like this. It’s a
dark and stormy night, and a seemingly endless stream of travellers take
refuge at the house of the very drunk and somewhat insane Mrs Hammond
– a house apparently replete with sex toys – but things get really out of
hand when the circus animals turn up. Co-written by George Kuchar, king
of underground porno kitsch, this symphony of sleaze shares his distinctly
low-fi aesthetic, featuring clearly fake sets and ‘bad’ acting, and exploiting
every possible opportunity for improbable sexual interaction between its
parodic protagonists. Packed with absurdities, bad taste jokes and graphic
sex, THUNDERCRACK! is definitely NOT for the faint of heart!
Hold Me While I’m Naked (15)
Director: George Kuchar. Starring: Starring: Donna Kerness, George Kuchar and Stella Kuchar. USA 1966. 17 mins.
Print source: Lux
A camp classic from the director whose salacious shorts caused his banishment from the New York Eight Millimeter Motion Picture Club. The
sudden, unplanned departure of lead actress Donna Kerness due to excessive shower scenes swiftly becomes the subject of the film.
SAT
22
10.30pm
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FOCUS ON
ESTONIa
When we saw THE IDIOT, we had the sense that something was up in Estonia’s film world and started to dig
a bit deeper. It turned out that THE IDIOT’s producer, Katrin Kissa, is a driving force in her country, and was
also responsible for the impressive THE TEMPATION OF ST. TONY. Looking at a large number of short films
and documentaries it became immediately apparent that Estonian film production is undergoing an
exciting new phase, as well as fostering their tradition of creating masterful
animation. Here we present just a glimpse of this highly artistic and
imaginative new work.
UK
Premiere
The Idiot (CFF 15)
Director: Rainer Sarnet. Starring: Risto Kübar, Katariina Unt, Tambet Tuisk,
Tiina Tauraite. Estonia 2011. 132 mins. Estonian with English subtitles
Print source: Homeless Bob Production
Based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel of the same name, THE IDIOT tells the story
of Prince Myshkin, a naïve, pure and fragile character who tries to save the soul
of the beautiful, fallen Nastassya Filippovna. His almost angelic behaviour makes
those around him realize what pitiful, vain and greedy characters they have become.
Sarnet’s take on The Idiot can be perceived as a passionate love story, or as a
philosophical parable about the human condition. He has created a remarkable,
essentially faithful adaptation of the great novel, albeit from his own very personal
viewpoint. THE IDIOT should be seen on the big screen (and this is a rare chance):
it was shot entirely in a cathedral, including sportive beach scenes dotted by sexy
bikinis, train carriages, tree-lined parks and pompous interiors, accompanied by a
racy soundtrack with classical, 60s beat and 80s pop-music, carried along by strong
performances, capturing the spirit of Dostoyevsky with ease and confidence.
Recent winner of Best Film in Parallels & Encounters, Palic Film Festival.
The Temptation of St. Tony (CFF 18)
Director: Veiko Õunpuu. Starring: Taavi Eelmaa, Ravshana Kurkova,
Denis Lavant. Estonia, Sweden, Finland 2009. 115 mins. Estonian with
English subtitles
Print source: Homeless Bob Productions
TUE
18
5.30pm
SAT
15
6.30pm
EMMANUEL
MON
17
10.15am
“Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy
Inexplicably, Tony finds himself in exactly the darkening forest that Dante describes. An
unusual problem intrudes upon his moderately prosperous and quiet life – morality. Is it
possible to be a ‘good person’? What does that mean anyway? And what’s in it for him? On
his journey towards a clearer conscience, he finds an increasingly complicated reality.
“Looking like a grown-up version of the hero of ERASERHEAD, Tony seems at times
a two-dimensional character traversing a multidimensional, Lynchian landscape.”
New York Times
“Full of beautifully choreographed and surreal set pieces that virtually define
bravura.” NY Magazine
Estonia’s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the
83rd Academy Awards.
Visions From Estonia (CFF 15)
Print source: Estonian Film Foundation
Immerse yourself in the weird and wonderful world of Estonia’s most recent short animations,
documentaries and fictional stories. All films shown in Estonian with English subtitles.
Big House (Suur Maja)
Director: Kristjan Holm. Animation. 2011.10 mins.
This rhythmic, funny animation takes us to an ordinary warm
summer night when the residents of an ordinary apartment house
gather in their yard. A citizen of questionable motives takes
advantage of the situation.
Another Dimension (Salme Saladus)
Director: Moonika Siimets. Documentary. 2012. 28 mins.
The Estonian Christian pop-quartet Sonajalad (‘The Ferns’) is formed
by two pairs of twins living together on a remote island. Their
preferred mode of transport is a helicopter, which comes in handy
when managing their windmills. Dressed in white, with pumped-up
lips, the girls read Ave Maria as if it was phone sex. An older lady
from Salme, the same village, firmly believes that her garden has
a gateway to another dimension. Through parallel montage these
two stories start to play off each other, forming a truly bizarre and
hilarious viewing experience.
The Other Side Of The Rainbow
(Teiselpool Vikerkaart)
Director: Triin Ruumet. Starring: Hendrik Toompere Jr., Katre Kaseleht.
2012. 18 mins.
Perhaps there is no big difference between games and reality. One
can be replaced with the other. But what happens if we go too far?
Aivar and Leeni are a couple pretending that he just gave a lift to
her, a sexy hitchhiker.
As Time Goes On (Aeg Ei Peatu)
Director: Moonika Siimets. Starring: Ene Järvis, Feliks Kark, Carita
Vaikjärv. 2012. 22 mins.
Malle doesn’t want to live any more. She doesn’t get out from bed
and watches whodunits on TV, which makes her even sicker than she
actually is. The only meaning in Malle’s life is her daughter Miina.
But one day there is an unexpected surprise behind her door.
Body Memory (Keha Mälu)
Director: Ülo Pikkov. Animation. 2011. 9 mins.
Our body remembers more than we imagine. It remembers the
sorrow and pain of our predecessors. It keeps alive the stories of our
parents and grandparents as well as their ancestors. How far back is
it possible to go in your bodily memory?
With thanks to Tristan Priimägi and the Estonian Film Foundation
WED
19
3.45pm
We are delighted to welcome producer
Mari Kallas to the screening.
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Francesco Rosi
As the great Italian director Francesco Rosi celebrates his 90th birthday, we present a short
review of a remarkable career, focusing on key films that dissected the political and criminal
corruption that was endemic in Italian society. Developing a style of dramatic political cinema,
he created an international reputation for exciting filmmaking that remains powerful today.
Borrowing from the success of American models he appropriates the gangster film and makes
it his own. He focused on the top stories of the time, creating a socially committed cinema that
remained entertaining and accessible to international audiences.
Hands Over
The City (U)
(Le Mani Sulla Città)
THU
20
3.30pm
Director: Francesco Rosi. Starring: Rod Steiger, Guido Alberti, Salvon
Randone. Italy 1963. 105 mins. Italian with English subtitles.
Print source: Contemporary Films
Francesco Rosi is remembered for his films on Italian corruption,
such as ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES and SALVATORE GIULIANO. This film
centres on the irresistible rise of property speculator Nottola as
he makes sure that new public buildings are constructed on his
own land. ‘It’s not only totally convincing as an analysis of civic
corruption, but also one of the very few left-wing movies that
one can imagine reaching the mass audience it’s aimed at.’ – Tony
Rayns, Time Out
Lucky Luciano (18)
Director: Francesco Rosi. Starring: Gian Maria Volontè,
Rod Steiger, Vincent Gardenia. Italy 1973 105 mins.
English and Italian with English subtitles.
Print source: TBC
SUN
23
1.00pm
With all his investigations of Italian society, it was only natural
that Rosi should turn his attention to the Italian emigrants to
America from the Mafia families. Again employing his fractured
chronology, he looks at the career of Lucky Luciano starting at
the point of his departure from America in 1946, having been
pardoned for his support for the war effort. Rosi digs deep into
the legend of Luciano and seeks the truth, looking at his life in
both the USA and Italy. With an American and Italian cast and an
almost operatic style, LUCKY LUCIANO is a fascinating contrast to
the contemporary THE GODFATHER.
The Mattei Affair (U)
(Il Caso Mattei)
Director: Francesco Rosi. Starring: Gian Maria
Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranci Ombuen. Italy 1972.
116 mins. Italian with English subtitles.
Print source: Cineteca di Bologna
WED
19
8.00pm
FRI
21
3.00pm
Illustrious Corpses (PG)
(Cadaveri Eccellenti)
Director: Francesco Rosi. Starring: Lino Ventura, Max von
Sydow, Fernando Rey. Italy/France. 1976 120 mins. Italian
with English subtitles.
Print source: TBC
SAT
22
1.00pm
Salvatore
Giuliano (18)
Director: Francesco Rosi. Starring:
Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff, Pietro
Cammarata. Italy 1962. 123 mins. Italian
with English subtitles.
Print source: BFI
WED
19
3.00pm
Winning the Silver Bear in Berlin in 1962, SALVATORE GIULIANO brought Rosi to
international attention. Based on a true story, it opens in 1950 as 28-year-old outlaw
Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. In flashback, the life of
Giuliano unfolds: a Sicilian bandit who could be bought by politicians to fight for them,
or equally for the Mafia. Beautifully filmed in black and white, it has an intense quasidocumentary
style that is never less than compelling.
Enrico Mattei was tasked with the rebuilding of the Italian
Petroleum industry after the end of the Second World War and
created the powerful National Fuel Trust, seen by many as a state
within a state with control of many areas of Italian industry. He
was killed in an unexplained plane crash in 1962. Rosi investigates
the life of this prominent citizen – his own Citizen Kane – and
looks for the causes of his death. He had many enemies. With
Gian Maria Volonté in a towering performance, THE MATTEI AFFAIR
is a powerful portrait of state corruption.
At its simplest level ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES is about a rash of
killings which threatens to decimate the High Court judiciary
and throw an unnamed European country into a state of violence
and terrorism. But behind the violence someone is scheming.
Inspector Rogas is assigned to investigate the murders of
Supreme Court justices. As he goes deeper he finds conspiracy
upon conspiracy. Based on the novel il Contesto by Leonardo
Sciascia.
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LATE NIGHT FRIGHTS
Sinister (15)
Director: Scott Derrickson. Starring:
Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Juliet
Rylance, Fred Dalton Thomspon,
James Ransone. USA 2012. 110 mns.
Print source: Momentum
SAT
15
10.30pm
TUE
18
10.30pm
Don’t buy a house where the previous family was hanged, drowned, incinerated or otherwise
murdered, unless you have the strongest of constitutions. True crime writer Ellison Oswald
has made a career out of exposing police mistakes and now he’s investigating a shocking
small-town death first hand by moving into the house where it actually took place. But
strange occurrences start happening and Ellison becomes convinced the figure he sees
lurking in some old home movies he discovers is the ancient occult ‘eater of children’
demon. The scares are not just intense but unyielding in this compelling horror yarn from
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE director Scott Derrickson. Impressive in its restraint during
quieter moments, and powerfully disturbing at its nastiest, SINISTER is a very creepy, darkly
entertaining terror tale. And Ethan Hawke shines as the agonized writer whose deteriorating
state of his mind shatters everything he holds dear.
Tower Block
(15)
Directors: James Nunn, Ronnie
Thompson. Starring: Sheridan Smith,
Russell Tovey, Jack O’Connell, Jill
Baker. UK 2012. 87 mins.
Print source: Lionsgate
MON
17
10.30pm
The tower block was first built for affordable living after World War II. Communities
welcomed them as their excellent views made them popular places to live. Until they
deteriorated, and became breeding grounds for crime and violence. Redevelopers took
over, knocking them down. However it’s not easy moving out existing tenants. Now it’s the
turn of Serenity House to be demolished. And the top floor residents are the final people
left to be re-housed. But something is about to happen in Serenity House that will make
the tenants sitting targets for a psychopathic sniper. With all the lifts booby-trapped,
every entrance and exit obstructed, the mysterious killer has thought of every last detail
to divide and conquer the panic-stricken and maimed occupants. See no evil, hear no
evil, speak no evil… A rousing, riveting British thriller high on tension, scares and nastily
effective splatter chaos.
We hope to welcome director April Mullen and
writer Tim Doiron to the Sat 15 screening.
Sleep Tight (15)
(Mientras Duermes)
Director: Jaume Balaguero. Starring:
Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San
Juan, Iris Ameida. Spain 2011. 102 mins.
Spanish with English subtitles.
Print source: Lionsgate
MON
17
11.00pm
WED
19
11.00pm
[REC] director Jaume Balaguero says “Hola Hitchcock” in this scary and darkly unsettling
psychological horror thriller. Unassuming Cesar is janitor at an upscale apartment block in
Barcelona. However, his quiet politeness hides a much more sinister personality. His current
obsession is Clara, the new cheerful tenant on the fifth floor. At night when Clara is fast
asleep, Cesar sneaks into her flat – and bed – to appease his twisted fantasies. If only the
pesky young girl down the corridor would mind her own business, and one senior citizen
wouldn’t poke her nose in. But soon Cesar’s life is going to spiral out of all control due to a
police investigation that threatens to ruin his whole miserable master plan… Provocative and
intense, with Spanish superstar Luis Tosar delivering a sensationally disturbing performance,
the growing tension, clever twists and startling chills will keep you biting your nails to
the end.
Dead Before
Dawn 3D (CFF 18)
Director: April Mullen. Starring: Devon Bostick,
Christopher Lloyd, April Mullen, Tim Doiron, Kevin McDonald.
Canada 2012. 88 mins.
Print source: Wango Films
SAT SUN
15 16
10.45pm 10.20pm
Film Festival regulars April Mullen and Tim Doiron, who previously
brought popular comedies ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: THE WAY OF THE
TOSSER and GRAVYTRAIN to Cambridge, return with this horror romp
– the first ever 100% Canadian 3D feature. Devon Bostick (DIARY OF A
WIMPY KID) stars as Casper Galloway, a college student on the brink
of failing his course, whose grandfather (Christopher Lloyd – BACK TO
THE FUTURE) owns an occult antiques store. When he and his friends
accidentally smash a rather fragile urn, people in the neighborhood start
to turn into zombie demons – or Zemons, to be exact. Can Casper and co.
find a way to reverse the curse before the Zemons take over the world?
Guinea Pigs (CFF 18)
Director: Ian Clark. Starring: Alex Reid, Aneurin Barnard,
Nia Roberts, Steve Evets, Skye Lourie. UK 2011. 90 mins.
Print source: Vertigo Films
WED
19
10.45pm
10 August 2010. Seven volunteers arrive at the isolated and hightech
Limebrook Clinic to take part in a clinical trial for ProStasia
Pharmaceuticals’ new drug – PRO-9. Initially, everything seems
innocuous – one by one they are injected, eat dinner and retire.
Ahead of them, two weeks of blood tests, bed rest and boredom, with
a £2K cheque at the end. But shortly after midnight the guinea pigs
are awoken by the anguished screams of the first of their number to
have been injected. He is quickly removed from the ward for close
observation, leaving the rest of the volunteers wondering what might
be in store for each of them. So begins the horror fraught night
for the seven volunteers as one by one, in the order the Pro-9 was
administered, they succumb to the drug’s terrible consequences.
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TRIDENTFEST
SHORTFUSION
CFF 15
FRI
14
10.30pm
Print source: Project Trident
Following the acclaimed premiere of THE PURPLE FIEND at last year’s Festival, Cambridge-based indie filmmakers Project Trident
return with another explosive collection of shorts.
This weird and wonderful collection of no-budget films covers everything from comedy, documentary and music video to their
trademark schlock horror – with TRIDENTFEST, you just never know quite what you’re going to get.
So join Project Trident for a night of nightmare birthday parties, talking severed heads, weird chess collections, super-powers and
battleships. This year will also see Project Trident unveil their plans for their first ever feature film. Not to be missed!
www.projecttrident.com
The Verse (2012)
Director: Christian Lapidge. 3 mins.
A young woman faces certain death in the
deep jungles of the distant past.
Powers (2012)
Directors: The Fabulous Poo Brothers. 2 mins.
Andrzej tests his superpowers out.
Listening (2012)
Directors: The Fabulous Poo Brothers. 1 min.
Andrzej doesn’t listen.
Devrin Comes To Play
(2012)
Directors: Carl Peck & Simon Panrucker.
8 mins. Alistair’s birthday takes a turn for
the worse when Devrin comes to play.
The Trim
(2012)
Directors: The
Fabulous Poo Brothers.
1 min.
According to Simon,
Andrzej’s tash needs a
trim. Should he do it?
Chess Man (2012)
Director: Sammy Patterson. 8 mins.
A documentary about a man. A chess man.
Teaching Simon How To
Skateboard (2012)
Directors: Simon Panrucker & Ryd Cook.
7 mins. A documentary in which Ryd
teaches Simon how to skateboard on a
skateboard.
Victory Points Music
Video (2012)
Director: Ryd Cook. 3 mins.
A music video for local band Victory Points.
Andy Needs His Milk
(2012)
Director: Carl Peck. 12 mins.
When a loner stumbles across an
incapacitated man named Andy, he finds
solace in his company. But now ‘Andy’
needs his Milk.
Winston And Colchester
(2012)
Director: Carl Peck. 3 mins.
The first ever Project Trident animation! Our
heroes spend some time together in their
undies with little to say.
Training (2012)
Directors: The Fabulous Poo Brothers. 1 min.
Andrzej’s training hard and loud. Can Simon
stand it?
Feature Teaser (2012)
Director: Christian Lapidge. 2 mins.
Project Trident are making a feature film
and we’re going to tell you a bit about
how that is going to work.
“Bears” Music Video
(2012)
Director: Tom Martin. 3 mins.
Music video for The British Public.
Confession (2012)
Directors: The Fabulous Poo Brothers. 2 mins.
Simon needs Andrzej to hear something
important.
To Rust (CFF 15)
Films about experimentalism. 83 mins.
THU
13
10.30pm
RUSKIN’S POND
Director: John Woodman. UK 2012. 10 mins.
An investigation into landscape film and duration, and the way in
which, through time, changes in light, weather and season, affect
our perception of space and place.
LEMONS AND TACKS
Director: Trisha McRae. UK 2012. 6 mins
A visual stream of consciousness that moves from childhood
through the differing phases of life, inspired by a drawing of lemons
and tacks seen on a kitchen wall.
DIP: THE FAR END
Director: Sebahat Ersoy. Turkey 2012. 14 mins
Mehmet, a kid who has just suffered abuse, heads home. His family
begin to notice his strange behaviour.
AU FIL DU TEMPS
Director: Neil Boynton. UK 2011. 8 mins
Ten time-lapse sequences captured during the same season in
three different Alpine locations.
THE VOICE OF GOD
Director: Bernd Luetzeler. Germany/India 2011. 10 mins
A melodramatic docu-drama with voice-over, in stop-motion and
long time exposure.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS (RAUCH UND SPIEGEL)
Director: Nick Moore. Australia 2012. 6 mins.
A trapeze routine is transformed into a stage trick, a music box
automaton and a mesmerising carousel.
APSIS
Director: Max Weinman. USA 2012. 16 mins
A caped demon lost in the limitless expanse of another world
realises his existence through the brief encounter.
THE FUNERAL
Director: Jun-Woo Lee. South Korea 2011. 13 mins.
A family gathers around the death of a father. As the corpse
carriage glides in, they begin to detect that something is wrong.
To Be In the Present (CFF 15)
Films about parallel universes. 80 mins.
10 MINUTES
Director: Charlie Bray. UK 2011. 15 mins.
FRI
14
11.00pm
In this short sci-fi thriller, John, a heart-broken university tutor, can
think of only one thing. To achieve it, he needs to blackmail, lie and
bend the laws of physics.
THE LIFT (AUFZUG)
Director: Emily Kuhnke. Germany 2011. 18 mins.
The lift is a place of relative safety. But floor by floor, with each
passenger in his or her tableaux, the atmosphere of mayhem seeps
in to afflict the young lift operator.
O.V.N.I.
Director: Flore Aste. France 2012. 6 mins.
Marianne walks the streets of the city, sinking slowly into madness.
GRACE
Director: Keir Burrows. UK 2012. 21 mins.
Set the night a nuclear war breaks out, GRACE is a compelling
drama of interconnected lives in the hours before the bombs fall.
THE GAME
Director: Marcin Janiec. Poland 2011. 5 mins.
Somewhere between life and death a thrilling chess match takes
place. The stake is high – a way to the world of living.
BURNING HEARTS
Director: James McFay. Australia/Japan 2011.15 mins
A washed-up taxi driver must save a young model from the Yakuza.
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To Celebrate (CFF 15)
Films about mourning. 88 mins.
SAT
16
5
11.00pm
CALLUM
Director: Michael Van Der Put. UK 2011. 14 mins
When his first love Joanna is killed at a railway station, average
schoolboy Callum struggles to cope with guilt, grief and fear. But he
must look for the courage to do the right thing.
THE WAY THE LAMP SWINGS
Director: Peter Kelly. UK 2012. 11 mins
Adrift on a boat in the middle of the ocean, a fisherman and his
daughter are desperately trying to fix their engine and return
home.
BLACK DUST
Director: James Lawes, UK 2012. 11 mins.
Best friends Andy and Bryn are coal miners’ sons growing up in 70’s
Britain. A cave-in has resulted in Andy’s father being trapped, and
it’s left up to Ike, Bryn’s abusive father, to get him out.
DYLAN’S ROOM
Director: Layke Anderson. USA 2012. 20 mins
A mother finds a way back to her lost son.
DAYS OF AWE
Director: Rehana Rose Khan. UK 2012. 12 mins.
Ten days of mercy, introspection and forgiveness.
LINE 102
Director: Damian Schipporeit. Germany 2011. 20 mins
One cold winter night bus driver Margret, ejects Jessica, a drunk
teenage girl travelling without a ticket. But the girl becomes the
victim of a crime – and Margret’s life breaks apart.
To Accommodate (CFF 15)
Films about innovative filmmaking. 79 mins.
HOLLOW DATE
Director: Alexander Tuschinski. Germany 2012. 3 mins.
THU
20
10.00pm
How do college students get together? This surreal look at dating
norms and smalltalk offers unexpected insight...
WHEN SUDDENLY THE EAST LIES IN THE
WEST (WENN DER OSTEN PLÖTZLICH IM WESTEN LIEGT)
Director: Ki Bun. Germany 2012. 15 mins.
What happens to a human being whose society – whose decade’s
work – disappears overnight?
MAGIC LAMP
Director: Dino Kazamia. UK 2012. 10 mins.
Ray and Frank are businessmen catching up over a pint. A sinister
negotiation follows as one desperate man attempts to make a sale.
MARCHEN II
Director: Kondo Reiko. France 2011. 14 mins.
The new trip of Little Red Riding Hood.
THE PUB
Director: Joseph Pierce. UK 2012. 8 mins.
Kemi lives and works in the murky slipstream of a North London
pub. As the booze flows, the line between who belongs behind and
in front of the bar becomes increasingly blurred.
THE OLD WOMAN (DIE ALTE FRAU)
Director: Ariane Mayer. Germany 2011. 29 mins.
In a time when the publication of a poem may lead to death, a
writer plans to write a subversive novel, but the sudden death of an
old woman turns his life into a nightmare.
To Cry (CFF 12A)*
Films about the act of laughing. 77 mins.
FRI
21
10.30pm
COOK BOOK
Directors: Martin Briggs-Watson & Andrew William Robb.
UK 2012. 6 mins.
A hapless bachelor struggles to cook a romantic dinner and gets
some unexpected help from his kitchen appliances.
THE FINNISH COW (VACA FINLANDEZA)
Director: Gheorghe Preda. Romania 2012. 20 mins.
Fane, a farmer who loves animals, sells a cow to a contemporary
art museum unaware that the animal’s exposure in the museum will
cause him to radically change his life.
THE FOREIGNER
Director: Alethea Avramis. Greece 2012. 15 mins.
A remote Greek village must increase its population in order to
avoid being cut off from the local government.
AILEMA
Director: Cecilia Frugiuele. UK 2012. 10 mins.
Amelia is a 7 year-old dyslexic who has learned to transform her
shortcomings into creativity – even in the unforgiving restrictions
of the classroom.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM
Director: Giles Ripley. UK 2011. 5 mins.
What could be more fun than throwing Jim a surprise birthday
party? The guests are hushed, the phone’s on loudspeaker and Ed’s
begun his prank. But Jim’s not really fussed for a party. Not with
that lot, anyway…
THE THINGS MY FATHER NEVER TAUGHT ME
Director: Burleigh Smith. Australia 2012. 7 mins.
Melvin gives dating advice to his three-year-old son.
A FISTFUL OF SANDWICH
Director: Philippe Leone. UK 2012. 14 mins.
A car park security guard is faced with a dilemma: whether to
confront two martial arts enthusiasts whose samurai sword-fight
has interrupted enjoyment of his lovingly crafted sandwich.
*(Contains moderate bad language)
To Belong (CFF 15)
Films about different points-of-view. 82 mins.
SAT
22
10.45pm
THE TORTOISE
Directors: Pedro Lino, Luis da Matta Almeida. Portugal/UK 2012. 10
mins.
One day, while out walking, a man spots something he has never
seen before: a tortoise. He runs home to tell the family. But will they
believe him?
BUBBLY
Director: Steven Carne. UK 2012. 15 mins.
A businessman signs a deal that will ensure financial security for
the next twenty years, little knowing his business is about to end
his family’s lives. Who is the terrorist? The man who designed the
bomb, the man who made it, the man who sold it or the man who
planted it?
MAN IN FEAR
Director: William Jewell. UK 2011. 11 mins.
Fleeing a coach crash, Anthony wanders the streets, bloodied
and desperate, convinced that people are trying to kill him – by
accident.
JT VS. THE GOOD GUYS
Director: Chris Shimojima. USA 2012. 12 mins.
A short portrait of youth through the eyes of the high school bully.
THE RUNNER
Director: Parker Ellerman. Germany 2012. 9 mins.
A little boy from a township in Cape Town needs to find money for
his mother’s vital surgery, and pays a high price that changes his
world.
THE LIFE SMUGGLERS
Director: David W. Wells. USA 2011. 25 mins.
Two retirees from Phoenix, Arizona run prescription drugs from
Mexico to help pay for a wife’s medical bills. But when their work
suddenly includes people smuggling, it becomes more ethically
complex.
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To Hate (CFF 15)
Films about love. 96 mins
GEMALOGIA
Director: Rick Limentani. Spain/UK 2011. 12 mins.
Erick is fired from his job classifying diamonds when he claims to
have found the perfect gem – and all because he has fallen in love
with a girl called Gemma.
THE OTHER SIDE (DE OTRO LADO)
Director: Yanillis Pérez. Dominican Republic/France / 2011. 15 mins.
Miguel, a young Dominican, earns a living by selling food on the
street and dreams of a home with Laura. But when her grandmother
finds out, Laura’s life changes forever.
ONE NIGHT STAND
Director: Michael Thai. China/USA 2012. 16 mins.
What begins as a fun and flirtatious game of cat and mouse for Liu
and Yan ends up leaving an indelible mark on them both.
NO MESSAGES
Director: Cian McGarrigle. Ireland 2012.18 mins.
Somtimes, that much-needed kick up the arse can come when you
least expect it – as Dave, a beleaguered Irish barman, is about to
find out.
AND IF TOMORROW...
Director: Joe Iacovino. USA 2012. 20 mins.
A man. A woman. An abstract painting.
PRATTLE: YOUR WORDS ARE SO EMPTY
AND SO IS YOUR HEART (NOW IN BLACK AND
WHITE!)
Directors: Ryan Daniel Dobson & Patrick Cavanaugh. USA 2011. 15 mins
A neo-noir comedy about two best friends who make an illconceived
bet: the first person to meet, date, and successfully
propose to a woman online wins $500.
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SHORTS
SUN
23
1.00pm
To Be a Man (CFF 15)
Films about women. 102 mins
SUN
23
6.00pm
GHOST IN THE MACHINE
Director: Oliver Krimpas. UK 2011. 18 mins.
Lonely Noreen dreams of being whisked away by a square-jawed
cowboy, but has to make do with an abandoned 60 year-old talking
tractor.
MADELEINE ZABEL
Director: Chris Shimojima. USA 2011. 17 mins.
Infamous socialite Maddy Z, a stressed reporter, and the phone
interview from hell...
CANDID
Director: Nicholas Paton. UK 2011. 10 mins.
A supernatural mystery emerges from the images snapped by a
broken-hearted photographer in this hypnotic thriller.
REPRISE
Director: Shripriya Mahesh. USA 2011. 13 mins.
Struggling in an abusive same-sex marriage, Meena is forced to
confront the difficult choice between staying and leaving.
LIFE THROUGH A LENS
Director: Ellenor Argyropoulos. Australia 2011. 17 mins
After 50 years of struggling with her own family’s identity, Rose
realises she must conquer her fears of rejection or continue living
her photographic fantasy.
RUBY
Director: Iain Mitchell. UK 2011. 10 mins.
What do forty years of marriage mean if you can’t remember them?
On their ruby wedding, a wife attempts to spark the memories in
her husband who has dementia.
MADAME IDA
Director: Lisa Forrell. UK 2011.17 mins.
On the last day of her life, infamous ballerina Ida Rubinstein reveals
her ancient ballet shoes and begins to dance.
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Advance tickets can be purchased for all venues from any of the following:
ONLINE www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
IN PERSON at any till at the Arts Picturehouse
BY TELEPHONE 0871 902 5720 (9:30am – 8:30pm | 10p a minute from a landline)
ARTS PICTUREHOUSE
AND BUDDHIST CENTRE
Weekday matinees (before 5pm) and all
day Monday:
Adult £7.50
Picturehouse Member £5.50
Concession* £6.50
Child (under 15s) £5.00
Family (4) £21.00
Weekday evenings (from 5pm): Tue,
Wed, Thu
Adult £8.50
Picturehouse Member £6.50
Concession* £7.50
Child (under 15s) £5.50
Family (4) £24.00
Weekends: Fri (from 5pm), Sat, Sun,
(and bank holidays)
Adult £9.50
Picturehouse Member £7.50
Concession* £8.50
Child (under 15s) £6.50
Family (4) £27.00
SAWSTON CINEMA
Adult £3.50
Concession* £2.50
FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL
PROGRAMMES
Children £4
Kids Club Members £3
Accompanying Adults £2
No unaccompanied adults to be admitted
SPECIAL EVENTS
PICTURES AT THE PRESS
Adult £12
Concession* and Picturehouse Member £10
Family (4) £25
For the latest information on tickets and prices,
please check our website at
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Picturehouse booking line on 0871 902 5720.
Calls cost 10p per minute from a landline.
* Concessionary tickets are available at all times
for people in full time studies, claimants and senior
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3 September for general public
• Booking for all outdoor events opens 3 August
The Festival Pass
£40 for Picturehouse Members, £60 for non Picturehouse Members
Valid for Cambridge Film Festival screenings (13-23 September 2012), the Festival Pass can be bought
by phone or in person, and used online, over the phone, and at the cinema.
Pass holders get four free tickets, plus £4.00 off the adult ticket price – and if you’re also a
Picturehouse Member, your second ticket gets the normal membership £2 discount so bring a guest
to screenings at members’ rates. Add your Pass (and Picturehouse Membership) to your online
shopping basket to enable its discounts
ARTS PICTUREHOUSE MEMBERSHIP
Remember – as Picturehouse Member you get priority booking for Festival films
and events AND a £2 discount on each Festival film you attend. Throughout the
rest of the year, you’ll also benefit from:
• three free tickets per person for regular Picturehouse programmes
• £2 discount on full price tickets
• no booking fees
• 10% off snacks and drinks in the bar
• Picturehouse publications posted to your home
All of the above are applicable at Picturehouse cinemas nationwide
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The Arts Picturehouse
www.picturehouses.co.uk | 38-39 St Andrew’s Street,
Cambridge, CB2 3AR
Book tickets in advance for ALL venues through the Arts Picturehouse.
The Arts Picturehouse screens a year-round programme of the best
in new and classic cinema over three screens (including one THXcertificated
for best quality sound and another RealD 3D enabled). All
screens are licensed, so you can take your drink from the café-bar in
with you. You do not have to be a member to view films at the Arts
Picturehouse, but if you are you’ll receive discounts on tickets, free
preview screenings and priority booking for the Festival.
The Buddhist Centre
(Formerly Festival Theatre)
www.cambridgebuddhistcentre.com | 38 Newmarket Rd,
Cambridge, CB5 8DT
A short walk away from the Arts Picturehouse through Christ’s Pieces,
the Buddhist Centre is home to the ‘Festival’ Theatre, one of only
a handful of pre-Victorian theatres outside London. The two tiered
galleries stand as they were originally designed in 1814 as well as the
large curved screen or ‘cyclorama’ built by Terence Gray in 1926. For
the first time this year, a number of screenings will take place in this
remarkable building.
Emmanuel College
www.emma.cam.ac.uk | St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge,
CB2 3AP
Founded in the 16th century, Emmanuel College is ideally located just
opposite the Arts Picturehouse. Its historic surroundings will play
host to a number of screenings again this year. The Queen’s Building,
designed by Sir Michael and Patty Hopkins and voted ‘Building of the
Year’ when it first opened, houses an impressive tiered auditorium.
Sawston Cinema
At The Marven Centre, Sawston Village College
www.sawstoncinema.org.uk | New Road, Sawston, CB22 3BP
Spicer’s Theatre was the home of cinema in Sawston from 1932 until
falling attendance led to its closure in the ‘60s. However, supported by
the Cambridge Film Trust, 2008 saw screenings return once again to
Sawston with the establishment of Sawston Cinema in the very same
building, which today is called the Marven Centre. Sawston Cinema
is operated by young people from Sawston Village College who also
engage in their own filmmaking activities.
Parking is available on the Sawston Village College site.
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5 BROKEN CAMERAS 16
39 STEPS, THE 48
A
ABOUT ELLY 16
AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS 8
ALL DIVIDED SELVES (MICROCINEMA) 40
ANDA UNION 16
ARTIST, THE 11
ASHES 17
AVALON 17
B
BARBARA (GERMAN) 42
BARCELONA (UNA MAPA) (CATALAN) 57
BERT STERN: ORIGINAL MADMAN 17
BESTIAIRE 18
BFG, THE (FFF) 54
BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS! 18
BIG EDEN, THE (GERMAN) 43
BIRDS, THE (HITCHCOCK) 49
BLACK BREAD (CATALAN) 56
BLACKMAIL (HITCHCOCK) 49
BLIND SPOT 18
BLUES BROTHERS, THE 8
BODY IN THE WOODS, THE (CATALAN) 56
BURTON: THE SECRET? 18
C
CALL ME KUCHU 19
CAMP 14: TOTAL CONTROL ZONE 19
CARBON FOR WATER 34
CHASING ICE 19
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (REVIVAL) 51
COMBAT GIRLS (GERMAN) 43
COME AS YOU ARE 21
COMIC-CON 21
COMMUNION (MICROCINEMA) 41
CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE
CENTURY 12
CUBE OF SUGAR, A 21
D
DANGERMOUSE (FFF) 53
DEAD BEFORE DAWN 3D (LATE NIGHT
FRIGHTS) 65
DIGITAL DHARMA 22
DOORS LIVE AT THE BOWL ‘68,
THE (REVIVAL) 51
DRYING FOR FREEDOM 22
E
EARLY BIRDS 32
EL GUSTO 23
ELENA 22
EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE 32
F
FIRE IN THE BLOOD 23
FLYING BLIND 23
FORMENTERA (GERMAN) 43
FRANK (MICROCINEMA) 40
FREEDOM FOR BIRTH 23
G
GEORGE PERRY ON HITCHCOCK
(HITCHCOCK) 10
GRANDMA LO-FI 24
GRANDPA IN MY POCKET (FFF) 53
GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF
ENCOUNTERS 24
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GRUFFALO’S CHILD, THE (FFF) 52
GUINEA PIGS (LATE NIGHT FRIGHTS) 65
GUSTO, EL 23
H
HANDS OVER THE CITY (ROSI) 63
HARD DAYS NIGHT, A 8
HEMEL 24
HIDDEN FACE (LATE NIGHT FRIGHTS) 12
HIT AND RUN 25
HIT SO HARD 25
HOLD ME WHILE I’M NAKED (SCALA) 59
HOLY MOTORS 15
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND (GERMAN) 44
HOPE SPRINGS 14
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY: QUEEN LIVE
IN BUDAPEST (REVIVAL) 51
I
IDIOT, THE (ESTONIAN) 60
ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES (ROSI) 63
INDIGNADOS 25
J
JASON BECKER: NOT DEAD YET 26
JAWS 7
JERKS 26
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI 26
K
KHAANA 31
KID-THING 27
KINDERBLOCK 66 27
L
LACEY RITUALS, THE (MICROCINEMA) 41
LEAP 27
LEGO NINJAGO (FFF) 54
LIBERAL ARTS 28
LODGER, THE (HITCHCOCK) 47
LOOKING EAST ARCHIVE PROG 8
LUCKY LUCIANO (ROSI) 63
M
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (REVIVAL) 51
MARNIE (HITCHCOCK) 49
MATTEI AFFAIR, THE (ROSI) 63
MEET THE FOKKENS 28
MONSTERS INC 11
MOONRISE KINGDOM 11
MUSIC ON FILM MASTERCLASS 9
N
NIGHT ELVIS DIED, THE (CATALAN) 57
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (HITCHCOCK) 47
NOT-SO-SILENT MOVIES (FFF) 9
NOTORIOUS (HITCHCOCK) 48
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND (GERMAN) 44
NOW IS GOOD 28
O
OCTONAUTS (FFF) 52
ON THE ROAD 29
P
PAPER CINEMA 9
PENGUIN KING 3D, THE (FFF) 29, 53
PLEASURE GARDEN, THE (HITCHCOCK) 47
POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO 29
PRINCESS BRIDE, THE 11
PROGRAMME 101 22
PSYCHO (HITCHCOCK) 48
PSYCHOSIS OF A SANE MAN + OTHERS 10
R
RAW AND THE COOKED, THE 30
REBECCA (HITCHCOCK) 47
REPORTED MISSING (GERMAN) 44
RICHARD BRACEWELL ON HITCHCOCK
(HITCHCOCK) 10
RING, THE (HITCHCOCK) 49
ROBYN O (14) 32
RURAL CINEMA CONFERENCE 7
S
SALMA AND THE APPLE 30
SALVATORE GIULIANO (ROSI) 62
SANTA SANGRE (SCALA) 59
SAVAGE WITCHES (MICROCINEMA) 41
SINISTER (LATE NIGHT FRIGHTS) 64
SLEEP TIGHT (LATE NIGHT FRIGHTS) 64
SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO, THE 14
SPRITES 11 (FFF) 54
STARBUCK 30
STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW 31
T
TALES OF THE WARIA 31
TEMPTATION OF ST TONY, THE
(ESTONIAN) 60
THANKS FOR THE TIP (CATALAN) 57
THUNDERCRACK (SCALA) 59
TO ACCOMMODATE (SHORTFUSION) 68
TO BE A MAN (SHORTFUSION) 70
TO BE IN THE PRESENT
(SHORTFUSION) 67
TO BELONG (SHORTFUSION) 69
TO CELEBRATE (SHORTFUSION) 68
TO CRY (SHORTFUSION) 69
TO HATE (SHORTFUSION) 70
TO ROME WITH LOVE 15
TO RUST (SHORTFUSION) 67
TONY 10 31
TOTEM (GERMAN) 44
TOWER BLOCK (LATE NIGHT FRIGHTS) 65
TRATTORIA 32
TRIDENTFEST 66
TRIP TO THE MOON, A 32
TROUBLE WITH ST MARY’S, THE 33
U
UN CHANT D’AMOUR (SCALA) 59
UNCONDITIONAL 33
UNTOUCHABLE 33
V
V.O.S. (CATALAN) 58
VERTIGO (HITCHCOCK) 48
VISIONS FROM ESTONIA SHORTS
PROGRAMME (ESTONIAN) 61
W
WAR WITCH 34
WARSAW BRIDGE (CATALAN) 58
WELL, THE 34
!WOMEN ART REVOLUTION 34
WORLD ACCORDING TO IRVING, THE 35
Y
YOSSI 35
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