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2INDEXSCREENING DATES AND TIMES 14-15TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION 15GENERAL INFORMATION 2721 2333 Scenes from Life 17The 400 Blows 8Aida 7All About Alida Valli 12The Anarchist’s Wife 20Atagoal: Cat’s Magical Forest 22Barry Purves: Stop-motion Maestro 22Black and White 10Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli 21The Bug Trainer 16Cosmic Africa 23Courses, Workshops and Events 26DANCE:FILM 09 25Days and Clouds 11Dead By Dawn 25Diamonds Are Forever 21Il Divo 7Dr No 21Dolls 18Edinburgh International Science Festival 23Encounters at the End of the World 6Exhibition: Polish Film Poster Prints 26Eyes Wide Shut 24Filmhouse Café Bar 26Filmhouse Membership & Loyalty Cards 28Filmhouse Quiz 26Finding Nemo 25From Russia With Love 21Genova 5Gentlemen 11The Girl by the Lake 12Giovanna’s Father 11Goldfinger 21Gun Crazy 8Heart of Time 20Her Whole Life Ahead 13How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? 17I Was Here 16IFF Shorts 10In the City of Sylvia 4In Search of Beethoven 5Iron Maiden: Flight 666 18Iska’s Journey 16Italian Film Festival 10-13King of the Hill 5Kubrick: A Retrospective 24INDEXLittle Old-Fashioned World 13Lolita 24LT22 Radio La Colifata 20Made in Edinburgh 24Mid-August Lunch 12Music 16N is a Number 23New Europe Film Festival 16-18Night Flowers 20Of Parents and Children 17Offsiders 17On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 21One Hundred Nails 11Open City 11Overnight 18The Oxford Murders 23The Paradine Case 13The Past is a Foreign Land 11Pinuccio Lovero: A Midsummer Death’s Dream 10Puppet Animation Festival 22Ratatouille 23Rebus: Knots and Crosses 24Religulous 4The Right Distance 13Romanian Shorts 18Round Two 20Senso 12Shorts Programme 1 22Shorts Programme 2 22Shorts Programme 3 22Sita Sings the Blues 22Sleep Dealer 20Slumdog Millionaire 7The Spider’s Stratagem 12Stop-motion: The Modern Classics 22Suspiria 13Teddy Bear 17Terra Madre 13The Third Man 13Thunderball 21Time to Die 17The Times of Harvey Milk 8Tony Manero 4Valentino: The Last Emperor 12Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before 25¡Viva! On Tour 20Weans’ World 25Wild Blood 10Wonderful Town 5The World is Big and Salvation Lurks... 18You Only Live Twice 21AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLESWe have installed in Cinema One a systemwhich enables us, whenever the necessarydiscs are available, to show onscreen subtitlesfor customers who are deaf or hard of hearing,and provide audio description (via ourinfra-red headsets) for those who are sightimpaired.This month:Slumdog MillionaireThe 1.00pm screenings on Fri 3, Sat 4 andSun 5 April will have audio description. TheSunday screening will also have subtitles.FORCRYINGOUTLOUDScreenings for carers and their babies, onMonday mornings at 10.30am. This issue:Gun Crazy on Monday 6 AprilThe 400 Blows on Monday 20 AprilBaby changing, bottle warming and buggyparking facilities are available.Tickets cost£3/£2 concessions per adult. Screenings limitedto babies under 12 months accompanied by nomore than two adults. For Crying Out Loud issponsored by CBeebies.See page 9 for details of Weans’ World, ourregular screenings for a younger audience.Filmhouse88 Lothian RoadEdinburgh EH3 9BZwww.filmhousecinema.comBox Office: 0131 228 2688 (12 noon - 9pm)Recorded Programme Info: 0131 228 2689Administration: 0131 228 6382Fax: 0131 229 6482email: admin@filmhousecinema.comFilmhouse is a registered Scottish charity, No. SC006793

Introduction3IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA BROCCOLI, CUBBY BROCCOLI – DIAMONDS ARE FOREVERENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD THE 400 BLOWSThat’s Quite Interesting...I was putting together this programme and I suddenly thought to myself: what does the title of The 400 Blows (screening this month in abrand new restoration for its 50th anniversary) actually mean? I’ve never known but have never let that spoil my enjoyment of Truffaut’smagical film. Same goes for Reservoir Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Inland Empire et al, I s’pose... Anyway, in my quest for knowledge, Idecided to avoid risking a Ronnie Hazlehurst moment (Google it!), side-step that oft-censured web community resource Wikipedia,and do my research elsewhere. What I came up with is that The 400 Blows is a direct translation of part of the French expression ‘FaireLes Quatre Cents Coups’, which translates into the English expression, ‘To Raise Hell’. So the title doesn’t, in itself, mean a whole lot ofanything, but you can sort of see where they were going with it. Wikipedia actually corroborates what I found elsewhere, which isperhaps worrying, but it also says it was briefly to be called Wild Oats in the States – not an entirely appropriate connotation for a film aboutan early teen I wouldn’t have thought... if it’s true!April kicks off with US comedian Bill Maher’s hugely entertaining, controversial and occasionally frightening documentary take on thecurrent state of world religion, Religulous – bear in mind the film is very much from the point of view of an atheist comedian!; from Chile,Tony Manero is the dark tale of a man who will stop at nothing, including eliminating the opposition, in his quest to win a Tony Manero(John Travolta’s character in Saturday Night Fever) impersonator competition; Encounters at the End of the World is Werner Herzog’sbeautiful and very idiosyncratic (well, it is Herzog!) take on the Antarctic and those who live and work there; In the City of Sylvia sees ayoung man in Strasbourg longing (very cinematically) for a girl he once knew; recently-widowed Colin Firth moves his young family tothe city of the title following the accidental death of his wife, in Genova; and Joseph H Lewis’ cracking 1950 noir, Gun Crazy, gets the fullrestoration/new print treatment.Our annual Italian Film Festival arrives in its 16th edition, as does the ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival on Tour in its 15th,as, indeed, does our New Europe Film Festival in its 3rd. And for all you Bond nuts out there, we have, to mark the centenary of the late,great, legendary producer Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, the first 7 ‘Bonds’, restored to their original, wonderful, big-screen glory.But why ‘Cubby’? Well, according to Wikipedia...Rod White, Head of ProgrammingSee a short video of Rod talking about this month’s programme highlights on our website – www.filmhousecinema.com

4New releasesRELIGULOUSIN THE CITY OF SYLVIATONY MANERONEWRELEASEReligulousFri 3 to Thu 16 AprLarry Charles • USA 2008 • 1h41m • 35mm • English, Hebrew,Arabic, Persian and Spanish with English subtitles • 15 – Containsstrong language, sex references, drug use and sexualised nudityDocumentaryAs wars rage, the state of the environment becomes moredesperate, and natural disasters more frequent, the endof the world would appear to be nigh. “If there’s onething I hate more than prophecy,” declares comedian andcommentator Bill Maher at the start of this documentary,“it’s self-fulfilling prophecy.” Maher has a beef with religionand questions for all the faiths, and he’s not prepared tolet anyone off the hook, whether they worship God, Jesus,Allah, Buddha or marijuana. It is clear Maher has done histheological homework, and he approaches his interviewswith believers armed with incredible knowledge as well asdeep skepticism.A collaboration between Maher and director Larry Charles(the co-creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm anddirector of the Borat film), Religulous could be billed as thefunniest, most irreverent and provocative documentaryyou will see in this lifetime, if its pertinence didn’t give youthe chills. At a time when members of the senate insistthat the Bible is literally the word of Our Lord and passlaws informed by that belief, or when there are plenty ofapologists for those advocating the murder of people whomake films or draw cartoons, you have to thank God, orwhoever, that Charles and Maher are around to confrontsuch madness.NEWRELEASEIn the City of SylviaEn la ciudad de SylviaFri 3 to Thu 9 AprJosé Luis Guerín • Spain 2007 • 1h25m • Digital projectionFrench and Spanish with English subtitlesPG – Contains mild sexualised nudityCast: Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de Ayala, Tanja Czichy, GladysDeussner, Philippe Ohrel.A handsome young man (Xavier Lafitte) has returned tothe city of Strasbourg in search of Sylvia, a woman he metthere six years ago. In his hotel room, he sits on his bed lostin reverie about her. He walks down the street and stops inthe café where he first encountered her. He begins a seriesof sketches in his notebook, of women talking with friends,whispering secrets, laughing. The next day, he returns tothe same café and begins sketching again. Then he spots awoman who looks familiar, and follows her...With this intriguing, virtually dialogue-free daydream of afilm, writer and director José Luis Guerín has captured theobsessive and mysterious compulsiveness of yearning andthe ways in which it can take over our consciousness. Thevery essence of cinema – sound, images, movement – thefilm perfectly captures the harmony between the observerand the environment, and invites a total immersion inits atmosphere. Nothing less than a timely and timelessmasterpiece, and compelling evidence that cinema is farfrom dying – in truth, it has hardly ever been as excitingand alive.NEWRELEASETony ManeroFri 10 to Thu 16 AprPablo Larrain • Chile/Brazil 2008 • 1h37m • 35mm • Spanish withEnglish subtitles • 18 – Contains infrequent explicit and strong sexCast: Alfredo Castro, Hector Marales, Paolo Lattus, AmparoNoguera, Elsa Poblete.Santiago, Chile, 1978: with the country in the grip ofPinochet’s oppressive dictatorship, Raúl Peralta (AlfredoCastro), a man in his 50s, indulges in the fantasy that heis disco king Tony Manero, John Travolta’s white-suited,fleet-footed ladies’ man in Saturday Night Fever. Inspiredby repeated viewing of the film at his local fleapit, he formsand choreographs a low-rent dance troupe, performingat a rundown bar on the outskirts of the city. His fantasy isalready becoming a sinister fixation, as he seems incapable ofkeeping nefarious activities in check, when national televisionannounces a Tony Manero impersonating competition. Raúlcannot be distracted from the prize he feels pre-destinedto win, even when the murderous secret police start to payinterest in the inhabitants of the bar and his fellow dancers.Tony Manero is at once an absurd black comedy; anunsettling thriller with surprising twists; a confrontation ofdark days in Chile’s recent history; and a horribly believable,realist portrait of obsession. Castro’s brilliant, suitably denselead performance as the misanthropic, misguided anti-heroand the inspired handheld filming ensure that director PabloLarraín, with only his second feature, has created a multitextured,striking work of some distinction.Lead actor Alfredo Castro will be present for a Q&A sessionfollowing the 6.15pm screening on Monday 13 April.

New releases5GENOVA WONDERFUL TOWN KING OF THE HILLNEWRELEASEGenovaFri 17 to Thu 23 AprMichael Winterbottom • UK 2008 • 1h34m • 35mm • Italian andEnglish with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong languageCast: Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Willa Holland, Perla Haney-Jardine, Hope Davis.From its gripping early moments, Genova has animmediacy and truthfulness which draws us into thestory of a family trying to rebuild itself after a tragic event.Colin Firth plays Joe, a university lecturer who leaps atthe chance of a year-long teaching job in the Italian townof Genova, seeing it as offering a fresh start for him andhis daughters, following the recent death of his wife ina car accident. When they arrive they have a month tospend together before term starts and, settled into theirapartment, sixteen year old Kelly (Willa Holland) starts toexplore the exciting possibilities of this new world. At nighther younger sister Mary (Perla Haney-Jardine), who feelsresponsible for the accident, is haunted by nightmaresand by day she starts to see her mother walking in theneighbourhood streets.Working from a script co-written with Laurence Coriat(Wonderland), director Michael Winterbottom and regularcinematographer Marcel Zyskind shoot the film largelyhand-held, using mostly real locations and available light.This freedom and intimacy of approach brings a fresh andnatural feel, and the lack of artifice shines through, notleast in the wholly believable performances. Restrainedand beautifully observed, Genova is a superlative study offamily relationships that is both resolutely unsentimentaland deeply moving.NEWRELEASESIn Search of BeethovenFri 17 to Mon 20 AprPhil Grabsky • UK 2009 • 2h18m • DigiBeta • 12A • DocumentaryFollowing the success of In Search of Mozart, director PhilGrabsky goes looking for the truth about Beethoven...No other composer has been so often quoted, writtenabout, adopted for political and revolutionary causes(ranging from Marxism to fascism) and painted, but whowas the real Beethoven? Who was the man behind theromantic image of the tortured artist with the unrulyhair, unhinged personality and furrowed brow? Thisnew film explores the truth behind the many layers ofmyth and legend surrounding a man hailed not only asthe world’s first truly independent composer, but alsothe most important. Featuring exclusive interviews andperformances, this is an absorbing and entertaining journey.Wonderful TownFri 17 to Tue 21 AprAditya Assarat • Thailand 2007 • 1h32m • 35mmThai with English subtitles • 15Cast: Anchalee Saisoontorn, Supphasit Kansen, Dul Yaambunying.An exceptional feature debut about the encounter, in asmall Thai town devastated by the 2004 tsunami, betweena Bangkok architect sent to oversee rebuilding near thebeach and the manageress of the hotel he’s staying in. Noteveryone, however, likes the newcomer… At once gentle,lyrical and tough-minded, this atmospheric and visuallyelegant film offers a refreshingly clear-eyed account ofemotional trauma and regeneration.NEWRELEASEKing of the HillEl Rey de la montañaWed 22 to Fri 24 AprGonzalo López-Gallego • Spain 2007 • 1h28m • 35mm • Spanishwith English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong violence and languageCast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, María Valverde, Thomas Riordan, AndrésJuste, Pablo Menasanch.Keen to rebuild bridges with his ex-girlfriend, Quim getsbehind the wheel of his car and sets off to drive to herhouse, stopping at a petrol station en route. There hemeets beautiful stranger Bea, who seduces him in thelavatory then steals his wallet and disappears without trace.Continuing on his journey, Quim is forced off the roadwhen an unseen sniper shoots at his car. He runs for cover,dodging more bullets and crosses paths with Bea again,but Quim isn’t sure whether she is as innocent as he is orwhether she may know more than she’s letting on. GonzaloLópez-Gallego keeps tension high and developmentsunpredictable in this taut thriller.

6NEWRELEASEEncounters at the End of the WorldFri 24 Apr to Thu 7 MayWerner Herzog • USA 2007 • 1h39m • Digital projectioncert tbcDocumentaryWerner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureateof men in extreme situations with Encounters at theEnd of the World. In this visually stunning exploration,Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdoStation, headquarters of the National Science Foundationand home to eleven hundred people during the australsummer, which runs from October to February. Over thecourse of his journey, Herzog examines human nature andMother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations withthe profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiencesof the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truckdrivers who choose to form a society as far away fromsociety as one can get.

New release/Maybe you missed.../Aida7IL DIVO SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE AIDANEWRELEASEIl DivoIl Divo: La Straordinaria vita di Giulio AndreottiFri 24 to Thu 30 AprPaolo Sorrentino • Italy/France 2008 • 1h58m • 35mm • Italianand English with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong violenceCast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, PaoloGraziosi, Giulio Bosetti.Giulio Andreotti, arguably the most famous and notoriousItalian politician of the post-war era, was Prime Ministerin his country no less than seven times. His professionalcareer is a history of contemporary Italian politics, and theallegations repeatedly levelled against him, of corruptionand Mafia involvement, reflect much of the darkestelements of Italy through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Tocall Il Divo a biopic would be a gross injustice. It is, indeed,a depiction of the life and times of Andreotti, but seenthrough a cinematic prism that is so intense that this is amillion miles away from being stodgy history.Paolo Sorrentino builds on the immense promise shownin his previous films, The Consequences of Love andThe Family Friend, and here demonstrates the full forceof his abilities. Aided immeasurably by a magnificentperformance from the great Toni Servillo (also star of TheConsequences of Love). Sorrentino creates a dazzling,visceral experience that somehow brilliantly weavestogether all the complicated political conspiracies andskullduggery into one thrilling drama.MAYBEYOUMISSED...Slumdog MillionaireFri 3 to Sun 5 AprDanny Boyle • UK/USA 2008 • 2h • 35mm • English and Hindiwith English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong language and violenceCast: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi.Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums ofMumbai, is just one question away from winning 20 millionrupees on India’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Butwhen the show breaks for the night, police arrest him onsuspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much?Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of hislife… A film brimming with humour and heartbreak, directedwith ebullient energy and ceaseless invention, and featuringsuperb performances from its ensemble cast.AUDIODESCRIPTION/SUBTITLESSee page two for details.SPECIALEVENTAidaGiuseppe VerdiSun 12 Apr at 7.30pm3h2m • Digital projection • Italian with English subtitlesU – Contains no material likely to offend or harmAida, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and broughtinto slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radames,struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyaltyto the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, Radamesis loved by the Pharaoh’s daughter Amneris, although hedoes not return the feeling. ‘Aida’ met with great acclaimwhen it opened in December 1871, and it continues to be astaple of the standard operatic repertoire.This production of Verdi’s masterpiece was filmed at theGran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in 2003, performedagainst the historic paper trompe-l’oeil sets paintedbetween 1936 and 1945 by Josep Mestres Cabanes.Performers include Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, RobertoScandiuzzi and Juan Pons, conducted by Miguel ÁngelGómez Martínez.The screening will include a fifteen minute intermission.Tickets £15/£10 concession.

8 Classic Re-releasesGUN CRAZYTHE TIMES OF HARVEY MILKTHE 400 BLOWSCLASSICRE-RELEASEGun CrazyFri 3 to Thu 9 AprJoseph H Lewis • USA 1950 • 1h27m • 35mmPG – Contains mild violence, threat and smoking scenesCast: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky.A stylish example of the doomed-lovers-on-the-runsubgenre inspired by real-life outlaws Bonnie Parker andClyde Barrow, and one of the best B movies ever made.Fourteen-year-old Bart Tare is sent to reform school forstealing a gun. Back home after a spell in the army, theadult Bart (John Dall) falls for carnival sharpshooter Laurie(Peggy Cummins) and joins the show. But the lovers soonfind themselves out of work and drift into a life of crime,for which Laurie shows a feral aptitude. She eventuallycommits murder during a heist, and the law – includingBart’s boyhood friend, Clyde (Harry Lewis), now a sheriff– begins to close inexorably in.“We go together like guns and ammunition,” says Bartto Laurie: this film was among the first in the US to makeexplicit the symbiotic connection between sex andviolence, as well as the worship of guns and their role inAmerican culture. It revels in Bart and Laurie’s perversepsychology and the nihilistic aspects of their escapades,and director Joseph H Lewis, one of the great unsungstylists of the American cinema, made the most of hisleads, playing off Dall’s air of ambiguous sexuality andmental instability (as did Alfred Hitchcock in Rope) andCummins’ unbridled carnality.CLASSICRE-RELEASEThe Times of Harvey MilkMon 6 to Wed 8 AprRob Epstein • USA 1984 • 1h28m • DigiBeta • 15DocumentaryFollowing the success of Gus Van Sant’s award-winningbiopic Milk comes a welcome re-release of Rob Epstein’s1984 Oscar-winning documentary, about the first openlygay man to be elected to a prominent political positionin California. Epstein focuses on Milk’s brief politicalcareer and structures the film as a contrast between theoutspoken flamboyant crusader for human rights andfreedom and his quiet assassin Dan White, described as aconservative All-American working class guy.CLASSICRE-RELEASEThe 400 BlowsLes Quatre cents coupsFri 10 to Thu 23 AprFrançois Truffaut • France 1959 • 1h40m • Digital projectionFrench with English subtitles • PG – Contains mild language,violence, sex references and smoking scenesCast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, GuyDecomble, Georges Flamant.Fifty years on from its unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival,Truffaut’s superb feature debut remains an influentiallandmark in the history of the cinema.Deeply moving yet devoid of maudlin sentimentality, thefilm centres on Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a13-year-old constantly in trouble – justifiably or otherwise– with his parents and teachers. Drifting into truancy andpetty theft, he soon finds himself at odds with still lesssympathetic figures of adult authority…Shot on the streets of Paris, the film exudes an authenticity– emotional, psychological, sociological – surely bornof the semi-autobiographical story, and displays realcompassion as it charts a seemingly inexorable progresstowards delinquency. Great credit goes to Léaud, whoseengaging but entirely uningratiating performance is amiracle of naturalism, but Truffaut was also wise in availinghimself of many talents, on both sides of the camera, whowould prove crucial to the development of the nouvellevague.

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10 Italian Film FestivalWILD BLOOD PINUCCIO LOVERO: A MIDSUMMER DEATH’S DREAM BLACK AND WHITE GIOVANNA’S FATHERItalian Film FestivalNow in its 16th edition, this annualcelebration of Italian cinema bringsaudiences the best in contemporarydrama, documentary and short films.This year there’s also a focus on thegreat Alida Valli, with screenings ofseveral of her films, including TheThird Man, The Paradine Case andVisconti’s rarely seen Senso, as well asa documentary on her life and career.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offSee all nine films in this season and get 35% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.Wild Blood SanguepazzoFri 17 Apr at 8.15pmMarco Tullio Giordana • Italy/France 2008 • 2h28m • 35mmItalian and French with English subtitles • 15Cast: Monica Bellucci, Alessio Boni, Luca Zingaretti.Rome, 1936. Luisa Ferida (Monica Bellucci) is a film extra witha hunger for stardom. She finds a champion in aristocraticfilmmaker Golfiero Goffredi (Alessio Boni), but is moreimmediately attracted to larger than life movie star OsvaldoValenti ( Luca Zingaretti). The duo become the toast of theMussolini era. In 1943, they move from Rome to Venice andfind favour with Italian SS officer Pietro Kock (Paolo Bonanni).It is an association that will eventually see them branded asloathsome fascist sympathisers and fighting to clear theirreputation and save their lives. Told with immense style andpolish, Wild Blood offers a lavish reconstruction of the periodwith an attempt to get under the skin of the characters andexamine the role of the artist in a divided nation.Pinuccio Lovero: A MidsummerDeath’s DreamSat 18 Apr at 3.30pmPippo Mezzapesa • Italy 2008 • 1h • Beta SPItalian with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryPinuccio Lovero is a man with an unusual dream – he’salways wanted to be an undertaker. At forty he finallyfinds a temporary job as guardian of the cemetery inMariotto, in the deep, hot south of Italy. In the middle of ascorching summer, he is waiting for his first funeral. In fact,in the five months since he arrived in the town, nobodyhas yet passed away. Pinuccio is yearning for a funeralbut the inhabitants are elated. A gentle and atmosphericdocumentary with a keen eye for detail.Black and White Bianco e neroSat 18 Apr at 8.30pmCristina Comencini • Italy 2008 • 1h40m • DigiBetaItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Fabio Volo, Ambra Angiolini, Aïssa Maïga, Eriq Ebouaney.Cristina Comencini’s captivating romantic comedy is oneof the few Italian films to directly tackle the issue of racerelations. In Rome, Elena (Ambra Angiolini) is fiercelycommitted to her job at SOS Racism. Her husband, Carlo(Fabio Volo), is an IT technician who feels obliged to makerare and reluctant appearances at her charity fund raisers.One night, he meets Nadine (Aïssa Maïga), the beautifulSenegalese wife of Elena’s colleague Bertrand (EriqEbouaney). He is instantly attracted to her, and her brokencomputer is the perfect excuse to offer her his professionalexpertise, and also to see her again...IFF ShortsSun 19 Apr at 1.00pmVarious • Italy • 1h48m • DigiBeta • Italian with English subtitles15Short films have a language, timing and rhythm that areall their own. The directors often find their way quickly tofully-fledged features and use them as a way of gettingnoticed. That is why the IFF has always reserved a specialplace for them as part of our annual focus on il cinemaitaliano. Curated by leading film specialist Vanessa Strizzi(director of the Umbria Film Festival held every July inMontone) the selection is always vibrant, intriguing andwide-ranging in its scope and ambition from the actor’snightmare of an audition to an award-winning odyssey thatstarts out in the most mundane way…

Italian Film Festival11DAYS AND CLOUDSONE HUNDRED NAILSGENTLEMENTHE PAST IS A FOREIGN LANDGiovanna’s Father Il Papà di GiovannaSun 19 Apr at 8.45pmPupi Avati • Italy 2008 • 1h44m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Silvio Orlando, Francesca Neri, Ezio Greggio, Alba Rohrwacher.A father’s love for his troubled daughter may be the onlything that can save her in this drama from writer anddirector Pupi Avati. It’s 1938, and Michele (Silvio Orlando)is a high school teacher living in Bologna with his wifeDelia (Francesca Neri) and their troubled teenage daughterGiovanna (Alba Rohrwacher). One day in a fit of angerGiovanna kills one of her friends. Sergio (Ezio Greggio),Michele and Delia’s next door neighbour, is a police officerwho tries to help his friends as much as he can, but, whilethe courts spare Giovanna’s life, she’s sent to a mentalhospital. Michele tries to remain as close to her as possible,forcing Delia to turn to Sergio for consolation.Days and Clouds Giorni e nuvoleMon 20 Apr at 6.00pmSilvio Soldini • Italy/Switzerland 2007 • 1h56m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Margherita Buy, Antonio Albanese, Giuseppe Battison.The day after a lavish birthday party, Elsa (Margherita Buy)discovers that her husband Michele (Antonio Albanese)was out-manoeuvred by his former partners, pushedout of the company he helped found, and hasn’t workedin months. Elsa vows to do all she can to get the familythrough these hard times. Silvio Soldini (Bread and Tulips)brilliantly renders an increasingly familiar nightmare:an upper middle-class family whose comfortable livessuddenly disappear. He’s powerfully aided in creating thispoignant social drama by two superb lead performances.One Hundred Nails CentochiodiTue 21 Apr at 6.00pmErmanno Olmi • Italy 2007 • 1h32m • 35mmItalian and English with English subtitles • 12ACast: Raz Degan, Luna Bendandi, Andrea Lanfredi, Amina Syed.Maestro Ermanno Olmi has declared that One HundredNails will be his final dramatic film. If that is the case, it is afitting end to a career noted for landmarks like The Job (IlPosto) and Tree Of Wooden Clogs (L’Albero deqli Zoccoli).Raz Degan stars as a young professor of theology who,experiencing a crisis of conscience, drives one hundredspikes through priceless texts in a religious library andabandons his life as an academic. He begins the quest torebuild his core values amid the glorious, sensual beautyof the Po River landscape, living as a semi-recluse in anabandoned, dilapidated old stone hut.Gentlemen I GalantuominiWed 22 Apr at 6.15pmEdoardo Winspeare • Italy 2008 • 1h40m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 18Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Fabrizio Gifuni, Beppe Fiorello.IFF favourite Edoardo Winspeare directs this intriguingblend of crime drama and star-crossed romance. Formerchildhood sweethearts Ignazio (Fabrizio Gifuni) andLucia (Donatella Finocchiaro) meet again at the funeralof Fabio (Lamberto Probo), with whom they’d formed aninseparable trio as kids. Ignazio, now a respected judge,has just moved back to Salento after a successful stintin northern Italy. Lucia never left; she ostensibly sellsperfume but is really one of the bosses of a powerful crimeorganisation. As the two fall in love again, Ignazio strugglesto reconcile his feelings with his job.Open City Città apertaThu 23 Apr at 3.00pm & 8.15pmGianni Borgna • Italy 2008 • 1h40m • DigiBetaItalian with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryA wonderfully evocative documentary looking at culturallife in the Rome of the golden era following the SecondWorld War, when the city was a melting pot and a meetingpoint for the Allies, the boogie-woogie, sciuscia (streeturchins) and film icons such as De Sica, Rossellini, AnnaMagnani and Aldo Fabrizi.The Past is a Foreign LandIl Passato è una terra stranieraFri 24 Apr at 3.30pm & 8.30pmDaniele Vicari • Italy 2008 • 2h • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Elio Germano, Chiara Caselli, Michele Riondino, Daniela Poggi.A dark psychological thriller based on the novel by lawyerGianrico Carofiglio. Elio Germano stars as Giorgio, ayoung lawyer. In flashback, we learn of his visit to an illegalgambling party at a country villa. Francesco (MicheleRiondino) is the one who introduces him to the world ofhigh stakes poker and engineers the cards to ensure thatGiorgio is a winner. It is the beginning of a compulsion thatthreatens to pull Giorgio’s life off the rails as he neglects hisstudies, embarks on a steamy affair with a married woman(Chiara Caselli) and starts to reject all the moral certaintiesof his family background.SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

12Italian Film Festival (continued)THE GIRL BY THE LAKE SENSOMID-AUGUST LUNCH VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPERORThe Girl by the Lake La Ragazza del lagoSat 25 Apr at 8.30pmAndrea Molaioli • Italy 2007 • 1h35m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Valeria Golino, Omero Antonutti, Fabrizio Gifuni, Toni Servillo.A tense, satisfying murder mystery with a powerful centralperformance from Toni (The Consequences Of Love, IlDivo) Servillo. A peaceful, provincial town is shocked bythe murder of a beautiful young woman whose body isfound naked on the shore of a lake. There are no signsof struggle or sexual assault but also there is no shortageof potential suspects including the dead girl’s boyfriendRoberto (Denis Fasolo) and her father Davide (MarcoBaliani). Inspector Giovani Sanzio (Servillo) is sent toinvestigate the murder but as he digs deeper into the girl’slife and death he uncovers more questions than answers.All About Alida ValliCome diventai Alida ValliSun 26 Apr at 3.30pmPierpaolo De Mejo • Italy 2008 • 55m • DigiBetaItalian with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryThis documentary on the life of Alida Valli uses the wordsof her unpublished autobiography and roams affectionatelythrough her childhood, adolescence, family life and her dreamsof being an actress. Those dreams became a reality in 1937at Cinecittà studios when she made her silver screen debutin Il feroce saladino. The film was made by Valli’s nephew,Pierpaolo De Mejo, who studied direction and screenwritingat the University Roma Tre while also working in the theatre.He founded the theatrical production company Alida Valli andpreviously he has directed and acted in many short films.SensoSun 26 Apr at 5.30pmLuchino Visconti • Italy 1954 • 2h3m • 35mmItalian with English soft-titles • PGCast: Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog.Visconti’s first historical film and his first in colour, Senso isset in Venice at the time of the Italian Risorgimento in the1860s. Contessa Livia Serpieri (Valli) is a married Italianaristocrat who believes passionately in the independenceof her city, which is occupied by the Austrians. FranzMahler (Farley Granger) is an Austrian officer who ishandsome, vain and an arch patriot. She falls for himhook, line and sinker and does a volte-face so that she iswilling to sell out her city. He, though, is a feckless souland is unfaithful, leading her to exact revenge. A lush andabsorbing story of grand operatic passion.Mid-August Lunch Pranzo di ferragostoSun 26 Apr at 8.30pmGianni Di Gregorio • Italy 2008 • 1h15m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 12ACast: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti.A charming and unpretentious tale, Mid-August Lunch is thestory of Gianni (played to perfection by director Gianni DiGregorio himself), in his 60s but still living with his ageing,widowed mother. Through a humorous turn of events,Gianni is forced to take care not only of his strong-willedmother during an August holiday, but three other equallyfussy elderly women as well. Perhaps not since the originalLadykillers has there been a movie with such stupendouslittle old ladies, and it is wonderfully refreshing to see oldercharacters written with so much warmth and respect, theirloneliness never once ridiculed or undermined.Valentino: The Last EmperorMon 27 Apr at 8.30pmMatt Tyrnauer • USA 2008 • 1h35m • 35mmEnglish, Italian and French with English subtitles • 12ADocumentaryValentino has made the world a more beautiful place.His classic designs and impeccable taste have been abenchmark for elegance over the past fifty years. JackieKennedy married Onassis in a Valentino gown whilstAudrey Heburn, Sophia Loren, Gwyneth Paltrow andElizabeth Taylor are among the screen giants who have allglowed in Valentino. This fascinating documentary followsValentino in the period between his 70th birthday and hisfinal couture show. It offers a unique insight into the man,his profession and his enduring relationship with businesspartner and lover Giancarlo Giammetti.The Spider’s StratagemStrategia del ragnoTue 28 Apr at 6.00pmBernardo Bertolucci • Italy 1970 • 1h41m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • PGCast: Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini, Franco Giovanelli,Tino Scotti.Made after The Conformist and showing Bertolucci at theheight of his powers, The Spider’s Stratagem transposesa Jorge Luis Borges short story to the Po Valley in Italy,introduces a dazzling density of cultural references, andremains thrilling and extraordinary. A young man revisitsthe village in the Po valley where his father was murderedby the fascists in 1936, but gradually discovers that the herohe thought his father to be was perhaps really a traitor.

Italian Film Festival13HER WHOLE LIFE AHEADTHE RIGHT DISTANCETHE THIRD MANTHE PARADINE CASEHer Whole Life AheadTutta la vita davantiTue 28 Apr 8.30pmPaolo Virzì • Italy 2008 • 1h58m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Sabrina Ferilli, Elio Germano, Valerio Mastandrea, Massimo Ghini.A sharp and witty satire that centres on the lives, lovesand struggles of the employees of a call centre. Marta(Isabella Ragonese) is a brilliant philosophy graduate whocan’t manage to secure work in her chosen field. A chanceencounter with a young mother (Micaela Ramazotti)leads her to a part-time position as a telemarketer. Hernew workplace, led by the outrageous Daniela (SabrinaFerilli), fosters a distinctly American style of motivationalexercises and cut-throat sales techniques, but, somewhatunexpectedly, Marta takes to her new job like a fish towater…The Right Distance La Giusta distanzaWed 29 Apr at 8.30pmCarlo Mazzacurati • Italy 2007 • 1h49m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Giovanni Capovilla, Valentina Lodovini, Ahmed Hefiane.Carlo Mazzacurati’s compelling mystery unfolds withremarkable assurance and a wonderfully atmosphericsense of place. Small-town teenager Giovanni (GiovanniCapovilla) has ambitions to become a journalist and issecretly working for a local paper. He is advised to keep theright distance between himself and the people he writesabout. As Giovanni reports on neighbourhood news andstrange happenings, he finds himself drawn into tragicevents that reflect the prejudices and closed minds of hisclose-knit community.Little Old-Fashioned WorldPiccolo mondo anticoThu 30 Apr at 6.00pmMario Soldati • Italy 1941 • 1h46m • 35mmItalian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Alida Valli, Massimo Serato, Ada Dondini, Annibale Betrone.This film made a star of its leading lady, Alida Valli, but itsanti-Fascist theme earned producer Carlo Ponti a brief spellin prison. Antonio Fogazzaro’s classic novel is set in 19thCentury Lombardy. The family drama depicts the travailsof a young married couple (Valli and Massimo Serato) ofdifferent social classes – he’s a nobleman, she’s a clerk’sdaughter. Besides having to deal with social prejudices,they must also cope with the death of their daughter. Forher role, Valli must run the gamut from sweet working-classgirl to near-mad grieving mother.Terra MadreThu 30 Apr at 8.30pmErmanno Olmi • Italy 2009 • 1h18m • DigiBetaItalian and English with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryEver since 1978 when he burst onto the international scenewith the magnificent Tree of the Wooden Clogs, 77-yearoldauteur Ermanno Olmi has been known as the cinematicpoet of peasant life, life lived close to, and in harmony with,the earth. In this new documentary centred around theinternational Slow Food movement, which began in Italy,Olmi shows that he has lost none of his passion or poetry.According to the philosophy of the Slow Food organisation,food should taste good, be produced in a clean way andfairly traded. In his film, Ermanno Olmi examines whetherSlow Food has found an ingenious way of solving suchglobal problems as climate change and starvation.SuspiriaMon 4 May at 8.45pmDario Argento • Italy 1977 • 1h37m • 35mmEnglish language version • 18Cast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Alida Valli, Udo Kier.Dario Argento’s dazzling and bloody horror classic. Ayoung American dancer travels to Europe to enrol at afamous ballet school. Settling in proves increasingly difficult,as she is greeted with bizarre noises and even strangeroccurrences, eventually realising that the establishment is afacade concealing a dark world of sinister witchcraft.The Third ManThu 7 May at 6.00pmCarol Reed • UK 1949 • 1h44m • 35mm • PGCast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard.Summoned to occupied post-war Vienna by his old friendHarry Lime (Orson Welles), brash American pulp writerHolly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives to find his old chumbeing widely mourned, especially by the actress Anna(Alida Valli). In this quartered, ruined, double-talking city,however, it’s as well to take nothing at face value…The Paradine CaseMon 11 May at 6.00pm & Tue 12 May at 3.00pmAlfred Hitchcock • USA 1947 • 1h54m • 35mm • UCast: Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton.A wonderful ensemble cast feature in this grippingcourtroom drama from Alfred Hitchcock. Alida Valli plays awoman accused of murdering her wealthy and much olderhusband. She’s defended by a young happily marriedlawyer (Gregory Peck), who becomes besotted by her andblind to the notion of her guilt.

14FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME 3 - 30 April 2009 BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688DAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESDAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESDAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESFri 1 Slumdog Millionaire (AD) 1.003 1 Religulous 3.30/6.00/8.15Apr 2 In the City of Sylvia 1.30/8.502 Slumdog Millionaire 3.40/6.153 Gun Crazy 1.00/6.30/8.303 Lolita (K) 3.00Sat 1 Slumdog Millionaire (AD) 1.004 1 Religulous 3.30/6.00/8.15Apr 2 In the City of Sylvia 1.30/8.502 Slumdog Millionaire 3.40/6.153 Eyes Wide Shut (K) 1.003 Lolita (K) 5.453 Gun Crazy 9.00Sun 1 Slumdog Millionaire (AD) + (S) 1.005 1 Religulous 3.30/6.00/8.15Apr 2 In the City of Sylvia 1.30/6.002 Slumdog Millionaire 3.302 Lolita (K) 8.003 Gun Crazy 1.00/3.00/8.303 Eyes Wide Shut (K) 5.00Mon 1 Religulous 2.30/6.00/8.156 2 The Times of Harvey Milk 1.30/8.30Apr 2 In the City of Sylvia 3.45/6.003 Gun Crazy (B) 10.30am (babies only)3 Gun Crazy 3.00/8.453 Vashti Bunyan: From Here... 5.45Tue 1 Religulous 2.30/6.00/8.157 2 The Times of Harvey Milk 1.30/6.00Apr 2 In the City of Sylvia 3.45/8.303 Gun Crazy 3.00/8.453 The Oxford Murders (SF) 5.45Wed 1 Religulous 2.30/6.00/8.158 2 The Times of Harvey Milk 1.30/8.30Apr 2 In the City of Sylvia 3.45/6.003 Gun Crazy 3.00/6.15/8.45Thu 1 Religulous 2.30/6.00/8.159 2 In the City of Sylvia 3.30/8.30Apr 2 Rebus: Knots and Crosses 6.15 + Q&A3 Gun Crazy 3.00/8.453 21 (SF) 5.45Fri 1 The 400 Blows 1.00/3.15/8.3010 1 Cosmic Africa (SF) 6.00 + Q&AApr 2 Tony Manero 1.00/3.15/8.452 Shorts Programme 1 (PA) 5.453 Religulous 1.15/3.30/6.00/8.15Sat 1 The 400 Blows 1.00/3.15/8.3011 1 The Anarchist’s Wife (V) 5.45Apr 2 Shorts Programme 2 (PA) 1.002 Tony Manero 3.00/6.15/8.453 Religulous 1.15/3.30/6.00/8.15Sun 1 The 400 Blows 12.45/3.00/5.1512 1 Aida 7.30 (£15/£10)Apr 2 Sita Sings the Blues (PA) 1.002 Tony Manero 3.00/6.152 LT22 Radio La Colifata (V) 8.303 Religulous 1.15/3.30/6.00/8.15Mon 1 Ratatouille (SF) 1.0013 1 The 400 Blows 3.30/6.15Apr 1 Sleep Dealer (V) 8.302 Tony Manero 3.00/9.002 Tony Manero 6.15 + Q&A3 Religulous 1.15/3.30/6.00/8.15Tue 1 Ratatouille (SF)2.30 + intro/5.4514 1 The 400 Blows 8.30Apr 2 Tony Manero 1.30/8.452 The 400 Blows 3.452 Round Two (V) 6.153 Religulous 3.30/6.00/8.15Wed 1 The 400 Blows 2.30/8.4015 1 Night Flowers (V) 6.00Apr 2 Tony Manero 3.00/6.15/8.453 Religulous 3.30/6.00/8.15Thu 1 The 400 Blows 2.3016 1 Music (NE) 6.00Apr 1 Heart of Time (V) 8.302 Shorts Programme 3 (PA) 1.002 Tony Manero 3.00/8.452 The 400 Blows 6.153 Religulous 3.30/8.153 N is a Number (SF) 5.45 + discussionFri 1 The 400 Blows 1.30/6.0017 1 Dr No (CB) 3.40Apr 1 Wild Blood (IFF) 8.152 Stop-motion: Modern Classics (SF) 1.00 + intro2 Genova 3.00/8.302 Iska’s Journey (NE) 6.003 In Search of Beethoven 1.15/6.103 Wonderful Town 4.05/9.00Sat 1 The 400 Blows 1.30/6.0018 1 Dr No (CB) 3.40Apr 1 Black and White (IFF) 8.302 Barry Purves Masterclass (SF) 1.002 Genova 3.45/8.302 I Was Here (NE) 6.003 Wonderful Town 1.15/8.453 Pinuccio Lovero... (IFF) 3.303 In Search of Beethoven 5.45Sun 1 Atagoal: Cat’s Magical Forest (PA) 1.0019 1 The 400 Blows 3.30Apr 1 Dr No (CB) 6.001 Giovanna’s Father (IFF) 8.452 Genova 1.30/8.302 The Bug Trainer + short (NE) 4.002 The 400 Blows 6.153 IFF Shorts (IFF) 1.003 Wonderful Town 3.30/8.453 In Search of Beethoven 5.45Mon 1 The 400 Blows (B)10.30am (babies only)20 1 The 400 Blows 2.30/8.30Apr 1 Days and Clouds (IFF) 6.002 Genova 3.00/6.152 How Much... Trojan Horse (NE) 8.303 Wonderful Town 3.30/8.453 In Search of Beethoven 5.45Tue 1 The 400 Blows 2.3021 1 One Hundred Nails (IFF) 6.00Apr 1 Iron Maiden: Flight 666 8.152 Genova 3.00/8.302 The 400 Blows 6.153 Wonderful Town 3.30/8.453 33 Scenes from Life (NE) 6.00

WWW.FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM 3 - 30 April 2009 FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME15DAYDATESCREEN NO. &FILM TITLESHOWTIMESWed 1 The 400 Blows 1.30/6.1522 1 Goldfinger (CB) 3.45Apr 1 Offsiders (NE) 8.302 Genova 3.00/8.302 Teddy Bear (NE) 6.003 King of the Hill 3.30/8.453 Gentlemen (IFF) 6.15Thu 1 The 400 Blows 1.30/6.1523 1 Goldfinger (CB) 3.45/8.30Apr 2 Genova 3.30/8.302 Of Parents and Children (NE) 5.453 Open City (IFF) 3.00/8.153 King of the Hill 6.00Fri 1 Encounters... End of the World 1.00/3.15/6.00/8.1524 2 Dr No (CB) 1.15Apr 2 The Past is a Foreign Land (IFF) 3.30/8.302 Time to Die (NE) 6.003 Il Divo 1.00/8.153 King of the Hill 3.45/6.15Sat 1 Encounters... End of the World 1.00/3.15/6.0025 1 The Girl by the Lake (IFF) 8.30Apr 2 Goldfinger (CB) 1.302 Romanian Shorts (NE) 4.002 Dolls (NE) 6.002 Encounters... End of the World 8.303 Il Divo 1.00/3.30/6.10/8.40Sun 1 Finding Nemo (WW) 1.0026 1 All About Alida Valli (IFF) 3.30Apr 1 Senso (IFF) 5.301 Mid-August Lunch (IFF) 8.302 Encounters... End of the World 1.15/3.45/6.15/8.303 Il Divo 1.00/3.30/8.153 Overnight (NE) 6.00Mon 1 Finding Nemo (WW)10.30am27 1 Encounters... End of the World 2.30/8.30Apr 1 From Russia With Love (CB) 6.002 From Russia With Love (CB) 3.002 Encounters... End of the World 6.152 Valentino: The Last Emperor (IFF) 8.303 Il Divo 2.45/8.153 The World is Big and... (NE) 6.00DAYDATEKEY:(AD) – Audio Description (see page 2 for details)(B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2 fordetails)(S) – Subtitled (see page 2 for details)SEASONS:(CB) – Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli (page 21)(IFF) – Italian Film Festival (pages 10-13)(K) – Kubrick: A Retrospective (page 24)(NE) – New Europe Film Festival (pages 16-18)(PA) – Puppet Animation Festival (page 22)(SF) – Edinburgh International Science Festival(page 23)(V) – ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film FestivalOn Tour (page 20)SCREEN NO. &FILM TITLE(WW) – Weans’ World (page 25)Full index of films on page 2SHOWTIMESTue 1 Encounters... End of the World 2.30/8.3028 1 From Russia With Love (CB) 6.00Apr 2 From Russia With Love (CB) 3.002 Encounters... End of the World 6.152 Her Whole Life Ahead (IFF) 8.303 Il Divo 2.45/8.153 The Spider’s Stratagem (IFF) 6.00Wed 1 From Russia With Love (CB) 2.3029 1 Encounters... End of the World 6.00Apr 1 The Right Distance (IFF) 8.302 Encounters... End of the World 3.00/8.302 From Russia With Love (CB) 6.003 Il Divo 2.45/5.45/8.20Thu 1 From Russia With Love (CB) 2.3030 1 Encounters... End of the World 6.00/8.30Apr 2 Encounters... End of the World 3.002 From Russia With Love (CB) 5.452 Terra Madre (IFF) 8.303 Il Divo 2.45/8.203 Little Old-Fashioned World (IFF) 6.00TICKET PRICES & INFORMATIONMATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm)£4.90 full price, £3.30 concessionsFriday Bargain Matinees £3.60/£2.10 conc.EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later)£6.50 full price, £4.90 concessionsConcessions available for: Students (with currentmatriculation card); School pupils (15 - 18years); Claimants (Income Support/Family Creditpayment book); Senior Citizens; Disability orInvalidity status; Children (under 15).There are ticket deals available on film seasons,these are detailed on the same page as the films.All performances are bookable in advance.Tickets may be reserved for performances andmust be collected no later than 30 minutes beforeperformance starts. Tickets may be booked bycredit card on the number below or online atwww.filmhousecinema.com. A £1.50 bookingcharge will be made for each transaction, unlessyou are a Filmhouse Member, in which casebooking is free.Tickets cannot be exchanged nor moneyrefunded except in the event of a cancellation ofa performance.Programmes are subject to change, but only inextraordinary circumstances.All seats are unreserved. If you require seatstogether please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemaswill be open 15 minutes before the start of eachscreening.The management reserves the right of admissionand will not admit latecomers.Double Bills are shown in the same order asindicated on these pages. Intervals in Double Billslast 10 minutes.BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688Open from 12 noon - 9.00pm dailyPROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com

16 New Europe Film FestivalMUSIC ISKA’S JOURNEY I WAS HEREHOW MUCH DOES THE TROJAN HORSE WEIGH?New EuropeFilm FestivalNew Europe is a term used for the twelve newmembers of the European Union that joined theCommunity in May 2004 and January 2007. NewEurope Film Festival has been bringing the filmsfrom the new EU member states to Filmhousesince 2007. The organisers hope that this annualevent will help the local Edinburgh audience andimmigrants from Eastern and Central Europe toestablish a dialogue about their life in the enlargedEurope.This year’s films come from the Czech Republic,Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary,Poland and Romania. Additionally, Filmhouse CaféBar will host an exhibition of prints of classic Polishfilm posters. This year the logo and trailer weremade by a Polish animator, Magdalena Osinska.Come and be part of the New Europe!Music MuzikaThu 16 Apr at 6.00pmJuraj Nvota • Slovakia/Germany 2008 • 1h50m • DigiBetaSlovak with English subtitles • 15Cast: Lubo Kostelny, Jan Budar, Dorota Nvotová.Peter is a jazz musician stuck in a basement flat withhis wife, kid, and his in-laws. They hate jazz, as do hiscolleagues at the water purification plant where he works.His life changes completely when he meets nymphomaniacAnca and entrepreneurial musician Hruskovic, with whomhe starts a band. But his life as a lover and star at weddingsand socialist party events cannot last long. Wrong choicesstart closing in on him in this comedy that brilliantlyrecreates the zeitgeist of Slovak socialism.Iska’s Journey Iszka utazásaFri 17 Apr at 6.00pmCsaba Bollók • Hungary 2007 • 1h32m • 35mmHungarian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Mária Varga, Rózsika Varga, Marian Rusache.Iska lives in a decaying mining town in Romania and spendsher days looking for food and scavenging for scrap metal.When she and her sickly younger sister, Rózsika, get takeninto a youth shelter they receive better care than they doat home. She meets a young boy, and together they spenda blissful day doing what kids ought to do – loafing aroundand dreaming about the future. The two plan to visit theseaside, but when Iska goes back to the shelter to saygoodbye to her sister, she is tricked by criminals who placeher on a boat. Though its destination is unknown the futurelooks bleak for her.I Was Here Mina olin siinSat 18 Apr at 6.00pmRené Vilbre • Estonia/Finland/Taiwan 2008 • 1h35m • DigiBetaEstonian with English subtitles • 18Cast: Rasmus Kaljujärv, Tambet Tuisk, Märt Avandi.Rass lives with his girlfriend in Tallinn and goes to a poshhigh school. He dreams about becoming a doctor in thefuture but right now he tries to make money through lesslegal activities: stealing petrol and dealing drugs. When hegets in with the wrong crowd and messes up with a mafiaboss his small-time gangster’s life gets out of control. Hehas to choose who to trust and play his cards right to getthe money and the girl at the end. A dark, violent thrillerthat will leave you breathless.The Bug TrainerSun 19 Apr at 4.00pmRasa Miskinyte • Lithuania 2007 • 53m • DigiBetaEnglish and Russian with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryLadislas Starewitch (1882-1965), Europe’s answer toDisney and a pioneer of puppet animation, is one of themost forgotten film geniuses. The Bug Trainer exploresStarewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work,along with opinions from film critics and other animationdirectors to help us understand why he is still consideredone of the greatest creators of the animation world.PLUS SHORTPeter & the WolfSuzie Templeton, UK/Poland/Norway/Mexico 2006, 29min, DVDAn Oscar-winning puppet animation set to Prokofiev’ssuite.

New Europe Film Festival1733 SCENES FROM LIFE TEDDY BEAROFFSIDERSTIME TO DIEHow Much Does the Trojan HorseWeigh? Ile wazy kon trojanski?Mon 20 Apr at 8.30pmJuliusz Machulski • Poland 2008 • 1h58m • 35mmPolish with English subtitles • 12ACast: Ilona Ostrowska, Maciej Marczewski, Robert Wieckiewicz,Danuta Szaflarska, Maja Ostaszewska.Machulski’s latest comedy is a delightful time-travellingfantasy. Zosia is happily married for the second time and,together with her new husband Kuba, an ideal man,bringing up her daughter from her first marriage. Althoughher ex-husband is long gone Zosia wishes she could goback in time, meet Kuba earlier and avoid making the oldmistakes... Machulski’s reconstruction of the reality ofsocialist Poland is spot on.33 Scenes from Life 33 sceny z zyciaTue 21 Apr at 6.00pmMalgorzata Szumowska • Poland/Germany 2008 • 1h40m35mm • Polish, English and German with English subtitles • 15Cast: Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr, Andrzej Hudziak.Julia has the perfect life: a loving husband, a beautifulhome and a successful career as a visual artist. In oneyear, that will all change. At first, her dog dies, then hermother is diagnosed with terminal cancer and her careerhits a crisis point. At a time when she most needs support,her husband is increasingly unavailable, her sister, who iscaught up in an affair with a priest, is of little help, and herfather is becoming more and more needy. Out of chaos,Julia summons strength and a more peaceful acceptance ofthe inevitability of pain.Teddy Bear MedvídekWed 22 Apr at 6.00pmJan Hrebejk • Czech Republic 2007 • 1h38m • 35mmCzech with English subtitles • 15Cast: Tatiana Vilhelmová, Jirí Machácek, Roman Luknár.Three childhood friends tackle issues of fidelity and fertilityin their respective families in contemporary Prague. Agallery owner, a gynaecologist and a politician revealsecrets and changes within their marriages, and the storyexposes the ways in which they affect the lives of others.The unfolding drama is interspersed with moments ofslapstick and scene-stealing cameos by Czech stars fromthe New Wave, in Jan Hrebejk’s marvellous comedy.Offsiders Boisko bezdomnychWed 22 Apr at 8.30pmKasia Adamik • Poland 2008 • 2h6m • DigiBetaPolish with English subtitles • 15Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Eryk Lubos, Dmitri Persin, Marek Kalita.Jacek, a former member of the Polish national footballteam, is now homeless and lives at Warsaw’s CentralStation. Against the odds he decides to establish ahomeless football team with his fellow misfits. Slowly herealises that this could be the turning point of his life whena TV journalist takes interest in his work.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offSee any nine (or more) films in this season and get 35% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.Of Parents and ChildrenO rodicích a detechThu 23 Apr at 5.45pmVladimír Michálek • Czech Republic 2008 • 1h50m • 35mmCzech with English subtitles • 15Cast: Josef Somr, David Novotny, Mariana Kroftova, Lubo Kostelny.A former scientist converses with his son over beer. Theymake merry over medical problems and the mysteriesof women, with their discussion ultimately providing acathartic airing of the guilt and anger each carries over longrememberedissues. Michalek creates a bittersweet comedyfrom a seemingly banal situation, carrying the story throughthe generations with flashbacks, from the family’s privatepast to major historical events of the 20th century.Time to Die Pora umieracFri 24 Apr at 6.00pmDorota Kedzierzawska • Poland 2007 • 1h44m • 35mmPolish with English subtitles • 15Cast: Danuta Szaflarska, Krzysztof Globisz, Marta Waldera.A wonderfully evocative impressionistic rendering of thedaily life of an old woman, full of joyous memories, ramblingconversations and feisty confrontations. Aniela lives alonein a rambling wooden mansion. The house has seen betterdays, and Aniela’s neighbour wants to buy it so he can tearit down. Aniela has a married son who occasionally dropsby, but she suspects that he is part of the plot to take awayher house. Between these visits, Aniela occupies herself bycarrying on affectionate chats with her beloved dog, Fila.And, when she grows bored, she spies on the neighboursto discover what they might be up to...SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

18 New Europe Film Festival (continued)/Iron Maiden: Flight 666DOLLSTHE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNERIRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666Romanian ShortsSat 25 Apr at 4.00pmRomania • 1h27m • DVD • Romanian with English subtitles • 15Award-winning Romanian shorts from a new generationof directors focusing on everyday life rather than historicalissues. Supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute, theprogramme includes:The Boxing Lesson/Lectia de boxAlexandru Mavrodineanu, 2007, 12minMegatron Marian Crisan, 2008, 14minA Good Day For a Swim/O zi buna de plajaBogdan Mustata, 2007, 10minLife’s Hard/La drumul mare Gabriel Sirbu, 2008, 20minWaves/Valuri Adrian Sitaru, 2007, 16minThe Yellow Smiley Face/Fata galbena care radeConstantin Popescu, 2008, 15minDolls PusinkySat 25 Apr at 6.00pmKarin Babinská • Czech Republic 2007 • 1h39m • 35mmCzech with English subtitles • 15Cast: Marie Dolezalová, Sandra Nováková, Petra Nesvacilova,Oldrich Hajlich.Iska, Karolina and Vendula are 18 and they’ve just leftschool. Denying their forthcoming maturity and the endto the blithe existence of their schooldays, they decideon a summer trip to Holland. When this is sabotagedby Iska’s younger brother, Vojta, they take him alongand he becomes a witness to nude bathing, sexualexperimentation and various identity crises, as well as acatalyst in the breakdown of their relationship. A personaland fresh coming-of-age story.OvernightSun 26 Apr at 6.00pmFerenc Török • Hungary/Germany 2007 • 1h32m • DigiBetaGerman, English, Hindi and Hungarian with English subtitles • 15Cast: Viktor Bodó, Kata Petõ, Hanns Zischler, Artur Szõcs, EniköEszenyi.Peter is a hot-shot broker in a big corporation in Budapest.Adored by women and his boss, he plays a dangerousgame investing an important client’s money in a dubiousbusiness. Meanwhile, his love life is falling apart aswell when his lover gets pregnant. A complicated andfascinating plot is told in a breathless style that could becompared to Syriana.The World is Big and SalvationLurks Around the CornerSvetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakadeMon 27 Apr at 6.00pmStephan Komandarev • Bulgaria/Germany/Slovenia/Hungary2008 • 1h45m • DigiBeta • Bulgarian, German, Italian andSlovenian with English subtitles • 12ACast: Miki Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, AnaPapadopulu.A charming and bittersweet drama about three generationsof a Bulgarian family. Alex, a son of Bulgarian immigrantsin Germany, leads a boring life as a translator of vacuumcleaner instructions. When his parents die in a car crashand he suffers from amnesia, his grandfather decides tovisit him to try and help him get his memory back. Theyembark on a journey through Europe, revisiting importantplaces in their family’s life while also perfecting theirbackgammon skills!SPECIALEVENTIron Maiden: Flight 666Tue 21 Apr 8.15pmSam Dunn & Scot McFadyen • USA 2009 • 2h • Digital projection15 • DocumentaryIron Maiden: Flight 666 follows the first leg of the band’shistoric Somewhere Back in Time World Tour in Februaryand March of 2008, considered to be the most ambitiousand adventurous tour in rock history. The film is anentertaining and revealing portrait of one of the world’smost successful rock bands and an inspirational and oftenhumorous account of the chaotic world of a band on tour.Circumnavigating the globe in just 45 days, the band flewin a specially customised Boeing 757 airliner, piloted bylead singer Bruce Dickinson, with the entire tour crew and12 tons of music and stage equipment on board, to 23 soldout stadium and arena shows in Asia, Australia and North,Central and South America. Filmmakers Scot McFadyen,Sam Dunn and their team bring an intimate behind-thescenesview of this remarkable journey, with a close look atthe logistics involved and Team Maiden in the cockpit, onthe plane, on and offstage.

19Exciting new taughtpostgraduate programmeMLitt/Diploma/Certificatein Global CinemaGlobal Cinema is concerned with the way cinema operatesas a global medium and with patterns of developmentand interaction of cinematic culture around the globe.Instead of simply looking at a selection of nationalcinemas from around the world, the focus of the Master’sis on the global phenomenon of cinema itself. In an eraof globalisation, such a perspective is fundamental tounderstanding one of the most enduringly fascinatingart forms.Stirling has long been renowned for its excellence in filmstudies. It hosts significant archives related to film studies,such as those of director Lindsay Anderson.TWO full-fee studentships at UK/EU home rate, PLUSmaintenance contributions of £3000 each, are available,for study on this new postgraduate programme, to beginon 1 September 2009.Start date – September 2009Modes of StudyFull-time MLitt 12 monthsDiploma 9 monthsCertificate 3 monthsPart-time MLitt 27 monthsDiploma 21 monthsCertificate 6 monthsFor more information, please contact:Programme Director, Professor Elizabeth Ezra,School of Languages, Cultures & Religions,University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UKE: e.r.ezra@stir.ac.ukT: + 44 (0) 1786 467538 (direct) or+ 44 (0) 1786 467530 (secretary)www.stir.ac.ukThe University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland,number SC 011159.Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland.Languagesfor allDaytime & EveningLanguage ClassesApril - June 2009Come along to our Open Day onSaturday 11 April 2009 from 11am - 3pmat 21 Hill Place, EdinburghFRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE,PORTUGUESE, SPANISHTo enrol for these languages call 0131 650 6200ARABIC, CHINESE, CZECH, DUTCH, GAELIC,GREEK, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, RUSSIANTo enrol for these languages call 0131 650 4400Details of all our courses can be found at:www.ed.ac.uk/short-courses/languagesThe University of Edinburgh is a charitable body,registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336

20 ¡Viva! On TourTHE ANARCHIST’S WIFELT22 RADIO LA COLIFATASLEEP DEALERROUND TWOHEART OF TIME¡Viva! On TourHighlights of the 15th Spanish and Latin AmericanFilm Festival, held at Cornerhouse in Manchester.The Anarchist’s WifeLa Mujer del anarquistaSat 11 Apr at 5.45pmMarie Noëlle & Peter Sehr • Germany/Spain/France 20081h50m • 35mm • French and Spanish with English subtitles • 15Cast: María Valverde, Juan Diego Botto, Ivana Baquero, Nina Hoss.Set during the harrowing years of the Spanish Civil War,when millions of people were expelled, imprisoned orkilled, this moving drama tells the story of one youngcouple’s undying love in the face of terrible personalsuffering. The cast is lead by two talented Goya winners,Juan Diego Botto and María Valverde, and the young starof Pan’s Labyrinth, Ivana Baquero.LT22 Radio La ColifataSun 12 Apr at 8.30pmCarlos Larrondo • Argentina/France/Italy/Spain 2007 • 1h30mDigiBeta • Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • DocumentaryLT22 Radio La Colifata is a radio show produced entirely bypatients at a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital. Recordedand broadcast from the hospital gardens, the shows breakdown boundaries between the ‘sane’ and the ‘insane’, andgive a much-valued voice to those who have been deniedone for so long. A wonderful, humanist documentarywhich calls into question received notions of normality.Sleep DealerMon 13 Apr at 8.30pmAlex Rivera • USA/Mexico 2008 • 1h30m • DigiBetaSpanish with English subtitles • 12ACast: Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Peña, GiovannaZacarías, Emilio Guerrero.Set in a near future in which the resources of the world aredirected towards the rich, water has been privatised andthe poor have become nothing more than virtual workers,Sleep Dealer is an impressive sci-fi film that combines newtechnology and global politics as three strangers attempt toconnect with each other and begin to resist their continuedexploitation. As with the very best examples of the genre,Sleep Dealer uses its future world to offer a stark warningabout today.Round Two Segundo asaltoTue 14 Apr at 6.15pmDaniel Cebrián • Spain 2005 • 1h44m • 35mmSpanish with English subtitles • 18Cast: Álex González, Darío Grandinetti, Eva Marciel, Laura Aparicio.Ángel is a twenty-year-old loner and an aspiring boxer withextremely poor career prospects. Vidal makes his livingfrom crime and pressures Ángel to join him in participatingin a series of bank robberies. Forced to choose betweenthe familiar environment of the boxing ring, and theseemingly ‘easy’ route offered by Vidal, Ángel is torn intwo directions and his sense of stability begins to weakenunder this external pressure.Night Flowers Flores de lunaWed 15 Apr at 6.00pmJuan Vicente Córdoba • Spain 2008 • 2h • 35mmSpanish with English subtitles • 15 • DocumentaryOn the outskirts of Madrid in the 1950s, illegal familyhomes were built through the night, springing up bydaybreak like ‘night flowers’. Housing economic and socialmigrants, the ramshackle community soon developed aunique identity, and out of these humble beginnings ofmud and tin shacks grew the El Pozo del Tio Raímundosuburb. This moving documentary presents the barrio’sdevelopment as a reflection of Spanish society, class warand solidarity.Heart of Time Corazón del tiempoThu 16 Apr at 8.30pmAlberto Cortés • Mexico 2009 • 1h30m • 35mmSpanish with English subtitles • PGCast: Rocío Barrios, Francisco Jiménez, Marisela Rodríguez, DoñaAurelia, Leonardo Rodríguez.In the heart of the Selva Laconda, in a Zapatista village inChiapas, a young indigenous girl is to be married – butwhen a chance meeting with a rebel fighter throws themarriage plans into disarray, both the village communityand the insurgent army are put at risk.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee all six films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Broccoli, Cubby Broccoli21DR NOGOLDFINGERFROM RUSSIA WITH LOVETHUNDERBALLON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICEBroccoli,Cubby BroccoliAlbert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, was born in Long Island,New York, and travelled from the family farm, viaHollywood, to become a major player in the Britishfilm industry. As he’s best known for producing theBond films, we’re celebrating the centenary of hisbirth with these seven spectacular digital restorations.Dr NoFri 17 to Sun 19 Apr plus Fri 24 AprTerence Young • UK 1962 • 1h45m • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord.After a pending legal case scuppered plans to makeThunderball the first Bond film, Broccoli and co-producerHarry Saltzman decided on Dr No instead. Sean Connerywas cast in the lead role and the film featured the usualBroccoli touch of exotic locations: this time Jamaica andsurrounding waters, from which a bikini-clad UrsulaAndress memorably emerged. A fast-paced, colourfulromp, the film became an enormous hit worldwide.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.GoldfingerWed 22 Apr, Thu 23 Apr & Sat 25 AprGuy Hamilton • UK 1964 • 1h52m • 35mm • PGCast: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Lois Maxwell, Gert Fröbe.To many, the quintessential Bond film. Here Bond gets hisAston Martin, spars with two statuesque British beauties(Honor Blackman and Shirley Eaton) and pits his witsagainst a memorable villain, Auric Goldfinger. Add thefirst Shirley Bassey theme song and some exciting actionsequences and the result is a near-perfect cocktail.From Russia With LoveMon 27 to Thu 30 AprTerence Young • UK 1963 • 1h56m • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw.A terrific follow-up to Dr No, with exotic locations, a thrillingplot, exciting action sequences and a top-notch performancefrom Sean Connery, well supported by a great cast includingRobert Shaw, wonderfully menacing as a brutal killer; andLotte Lenya as Russian SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb, with thefamous poison-tipped knife device in her shoe.ThunderballMon 4 & Tue 5 MayTerence Young • UK 1965 • 2h10m • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi,Rik Van Nutter.While recuperating at a health farm, Bond uncovers aSPECTRE plot to steal nuclear bombs. When the plansucceeds, Bond travels to the Bahamas to face the sinisterEmilio Largo and – in an extended underwater sequence– sets out to recover the bombs.You Only Live TwiceWed 6 & Thu 7 MayLewis Gilbert • UK 1967 • 1h56m • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba.As the space race heated up in real life, so the Bondfranchise looked to the stars with SPECTRE (working forthe Chinese government) hijacking US spacecraft with aview to inciting a war between Russia and the US. Bondtravels to Japan to find the SPECTRE secret base hiddenbeneath a volcano...Diamonds Are ForeverWed 6 & Thu 7 MayGuy Hamilton • UK 1971 • 2h • Digital projection • PGCast: Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood.While investigating mysterious activities in the worlddiamond market, 007 discovers that his evil nemesisBlofeld is stockpiling the gems to use in his deadly lasersatellite. With the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case,Bond sets out to stop the madman – as the fate of theworld hangs in the balance.On Her Majesty’s Secret ServiceMon 18 & Tue 19 MayPeter R Hunt • UK 1969 • 2h22m • Digital projection • PGCast: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti.When Connery decided to quit as Bond the press wentinto overdrive speculating on his successor; the producerschose good-looking Australian actor George Lazenby aftersuccessful screen tests. Avengers superstar Diana Riggwas brought in as an added lure and the resulting actionpackedfilm ensured that the franchise would continue.

22Puppet Animation FestivalSITA SINGS THE BLUESBARRY PURVES: STOP-MOTION MAESTROATAGOAL: CAT’S MAGICAL FORESTPuppetAnimationFestivalWelcome to Puppet Animation Scotland2009’s Animation Programme. We’ve puttogether a rich and eclectic line up thisyear, with highlights like the lush musicalfeature ‘Sita Sings the Blues’; an audiencewith master puppeteer Barry Purves anda screening of his favourite films; Eric deGodoy’s animation workshop using mobilephones; the dozens of funny, stimulatingand gorgeous animated gems in the shortsprogrammes... it goes on! We’re lookingforward to seeing you there!Curated by Susie Wilson, Projector, andSimon Hart, Puppet Animation Scotland.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offSee any six (or more) films in this season and get 25% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.Shorts Programme 1Fri 10 Apr at 5.45pmVarious • Various 2008 • 1h • Beta SP • UStretch your head with the original ideas in this quirkycollection of films that could only have been made with themyriad techniques at the animators’ fingertips. Tickets £2.Shorts Programme 2Sat 11 Apr at 1.00pmVarious • Various 2008 • 1h • Beta SP • UIt’s never too early to get plugged into the fantastical worldof animation, and the films in this programme have beenspecially chosen for our youngest audiences. Tickets £2.Sita Sings the BluesSun 12 Apr at 1.00pmNina Paley • USA 2008 • 1h27m • 35mm • 12+Director Nina Paley’s imaginative and funny autobiographicaladventure, blending the story of her real-life breakup withthe tragic Indian epic Ramayana. Sita, the heroine of theancient story, and Nina are both dutiful to their husbands,only to have their hearts broken and their loyalties discarded.The film is further boosted by beautiful jazz vocals from1920s singer Annette Hanshaw.Shorts Programme 3Thu 16 Apr at 1.00pmVarious • 1h • Beta SP • PGAn hour of the world’s funniest animated shorts, like BillPlympton’s Horn Dog, where an accident-prone pug getsinto even more trouble than usual. Tickets £2.Stop-motion: The Modern ClassicsFri 17 Apr at 1.00pmVarious • Various • 1h15m • Beta SP • 12+Animator Barry Purves will screen a personal selection ofhis favourite animated films, old and new, that have pushedthe potential of this extraordinary and exciting medium.Films will include Madame Tutli Putli, Friendly Fire,Overtime and Harvey Crumpet.Barry Purves: Stop-motion MaestroSat 18 Apr at 1.00pmBarry Purves • Britain • 1h30m • Beta SP • 12+A masterclass analysing the processes and challengesof the stop motion technique, with Barry Purves usinghis own films (Next, Screen Play, Gilbert and Sullivan) asexamples.Atagoal: Cat’s Magical ForestAtagoal wa neko no moriSun 19 Apr at 1.00pmMizuho Nishikubo • Japan 2006 • 1h21m • 35mmJapanese with English subtitles • PGA fairytale based on the manga by Hiroshi Masumura,Atagoal tells the tale of Hideyoshi, a gigantic andmischievous cat, who accidentally releases the imprisonedBotanical Queen Pileah. When she plans to drain the spiritfrom the talking cats and human townsmen of Atagoal,only Hideyoshi can stop her, in this fairytale where human,animal and spirit friends live together in the town ofAtagoal.

Edinburgh International Science Festival23THE OXFORD MURDERSEdinburghInternationalScience FestivalThe Edinburgh International Science Festival – the world’sfirst and Europe’s largest celebration of science andtechnology – is celebrating 21 years of show-stopping,jaw-dropping, eye-popping science. With 174 events in 26venues across Edinburgh and beyond, we are delightedto present our science film programme this year, includingthe popular Maths at the Movies series organised by ICMS,which explores the way mathematicians are represented indifferent kinds of narrative, plus a special film event, CosmicAfrica, a feature-length documentary film that explores andsheds new light on traditional African astronomy.For full details of programme and events from 4 - 18 April,visit www.sciencefestival.co.ukThe Oxford MurdersTue 7 Apr at 5.45pmÀlex de la Iglesia • Spain/UK/France 2008 • 1h48m • 35mm15 – Contains strong language, moderate sex and violenceCast: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling, Julie Cox.An Oxford mathematician (John Hurt) and his postgraduatestudent (Elijah Wood) try to stop a serial killer bydeciphering his trademark mathematical symbols.Organised by the International Centre for Mathematical SciencesCOSMIC AFRICA21Thu 9 Apr at 5.45pmRobert Luketic • USA 2008 • 2h3m • 35mm12A – Contains moderate violence and sex referencesCast: Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, LizaLapira.Six maths students are trained by their professor (KevinSpacey) as blackjack card-counters. Will they beat theodds when they take on Las Vegas’ casinos?Organised by the International Centre for Mathematical SciencesCosmic AfricaFri 10 Apr at 6.00pmCraig Foster & Damon Foster • South Africa 2002 • 1h12mDigiBeta • Bambara, English and Ju’hoan with English subtitles12A • DocumentaryWhen, as a child, Thebe Medupe built his first telescopein a remote African village, his world changed forever.Today, as an Astrophysicist, he journeys across Africa andwith him we discover a world unknown. Cosmic Africa isa stunningly beautiful documentary which explores andsheds new light on traditional African astronomy. Throughthe eyes of cosmic shamans and diviners we witnessancient ceremonies where the laws of the second alliancebetween earth and sky still hold true. Thebe’s journeyleads us from the ancestral land of Namibia’s huntergatherers to ancient villages in Mali, and north to revealthe secrets of the Saharan night sky. It’s an African odysseythat will change the way you look at the sky.The screening will be introduced and followed by a Q&Aled by Professor Donald Kurtz, Professor of Astrophysics,University of Central Lancashire.RATATOUILLERatatouilleMon 13 Apr at 1.00pm &Tue 14 Apr at 2.30pm (+ intro) and 5.45pmBrad Bird • USA 2007 • 1h51m • Digital projectionU – Contains comic violence and one use of mild languageWith the voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, BrianDennehy, Peter O’Toole.To complement the Science Festival talk by David Baraffof Pixar, Filmhouse presents Ratatouille, the incredibleadventure of a rat named Remy, who dares to dream theimpossible dream of becoming a gourmet chef in a fivestarFrench restaurant. It is the perfect recipe of comedy,heartfelt storytelling, and breathtaking animation. Davidwill give a short introduction to the 2.30pm screeningon Tuesday 14 April, outlining the role of mathematicalmodelling in the animation process.See www.sciencefestival.co.uk for details of David Baraff’stalk, ‘Dynamic Simulation at Pixar Animation Studios’.Organised by the International Centre for Mathematical SciencesN is a Number A Portrait of Paul ErdösThu 16 Apr at 5.45pmGeorge Paul Csicsery • USA 1993 • 57m • Beta SP • 12ADocumentaryA documentary portrait of a man with no home and no job.Paul Erdös was the most prolific mathematician who everlived, inspiring generations of mathematicians with hisinsight and humour. Followed by an audience discussionabout mathematicians in the movies.Organised by the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

24 Made in Edinburgh/Kubrick: A RetrospectiveREBUSMade in EdinburghMade In Edinburgh invites you to enjoy Edinburgh’sfinest moments on the big screen!Film plays an intrinsic part in Edinburgh’s history,cultural and economic life but it is little publicisedthat as early as 1842 Adamson and Hill werepioneering photography techniques and an averageof 250 national and international productions film inEdinburgh each year.Made in Edinburgh is a new initiative to celebratethe moving image industry talent based in theEdinburgh City Region and to showcase its workalongside productions shot on location in andaround Edinburgh.Launching last month with Restless Natives andrunning until August 2009, monthly screeningswill feature the breadth of work inspired by ourwonderful city and its surroundings. The movingimage in all its forms will be celebrated by showingfeature films, TV dramas, documentaries andanimation.The partners involved in the Made in Edinburghproject are Fimhouse, Edinburgh Film Focus, theEdinburgh Marketing Alliance – Edinburgh InspiringCapital and the Edinburgh Producers Group.LOLITARebus: Knots and CrossesThu 9 Apr at 6.15pmRoger Gartland • UK 2007 • 1h9m • DigiBeta • 15Cast: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Graeme Rooney, Therese Bradley,Sam Heughan.An episode of the brilliant Edinburgh-set crime drama,based on the novels by Ian Rankin. A murder trial isabandoned when Rebus is accused of obtaining a wrongfulconfession by coercion, leaving him facing an internalinvestigation and the wrath of the victim’s father. Then theaccused is found murdered at the same spot as his allegedvictim…Director and screenwriter Roger Gartland will take part in aQ&A after the screening.EYES WIDE SHUTKubrick:A RetrospectiveThe final two films screening in ourretrospective of the work of Stanley Kubrick.LolitaFri 3 Apr at 3.00pm, Sat 4 Apr at 5.45pm &Sun 5 Apr at 8.00pmStanley Kubrick • USA 1962 • 2h32m • 35mm • 15Cast: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers.Urbane intellectual Humbert Humbert (James Mason)arrives in New Hampshire and marries his highly-strunglandlady Charlotte (Shelley Winters) in order to spend moretime with her fifteen-year old daughter Lolita (Sue Lyon).When Charlotte dies, Humbert’s relationship with Lolitatakes on a disturbingly adult dimension.Eyes Wide ShutSat 4 Apr at 1.00pm & Sun 5 Apr at 5.00pmStanley Kubrick • UK/USA 1999 • 2h39m • 35mm18 – Contains strong sexCast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Sydney Pollack.Dr Bill Harford and his wife Alice (Tom Cruise, NicoleKidman), happily married for nine years, attend aChristmas party and end up flirting with other guests. Theirunconsummated brushes with infidelity lead to a marijuanafueledfight at home, during which Alice confesses a sexualfantasy that profoundly unsettles her husband. A riveting,thematically probing, richly atmospheric work.

Weans’ World/Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before/Coming Soon25FINDING NEMO VASHTI BUNYAN: FROM HERE TO BEFORE DEAD BY DAWN – THE PEARCE SISTERSWeans’ WorldFilms for a younger audience. Tickets cost£2.10 per person, big or small!Please note: although we normally disapprove of peopletalking during screenings, these shows are primarily forkids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!Finding NemoSun 26 Apr at 1.00pm & Mon 27 Apr at 10.30amAndrew Stanton • USA 2003 • 1h44m • 35mm • U – Containsmild perilWith the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, AlexanderGould, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney.Finding Nemo follows Marlin, an overprotective clownfish father, as he desperately searches the sea for hismissing son, Nemo. Marlin’s journey leads him beyondthe Great Barrier Reef into deeper and darker waters,where he meets Dory, a forgetful yet optimistic blue tang,and a number of not-so-friendly – and often very hungry– aquatic creatures. Meanwhile, little Nemo finds himselfin a dentist’s fish tank in Sydney, Australia, along with otherunderwater captives, including Gill, the group’s leader. AsNemo works with his new friends on a plan to escape theirtank, Marlin and Dory swim closer, but they’ll need morethan just fins to get into the dentist’s office...SPECIALEVENTVashti Bunyan: From Here toBeforeMon 6 Apr at 5.45pmKieran Evans • UK 2008 • 1h27m • DigiBeta • PGDocumentaryKieran Evans’ gorgeously shot, achingly intimate portraitretraces enigmatic singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan’sinfamous voyage by gypsy caravan, from Inner London tothe Outer Hebrides, during which she wrote her stunning,commercially disastrous 1970 album ‘Just AnotherDiamond Day’.Screening as part of the Oxjam MusicFestival – www.oxjam.orgCOMINGSOONDANCE:FILM 09After the success of its inaugural outing in 2007,DANCE:FILM is back; bigger and better than before!Scotland’s premier celebration of dance and screenwill include documentaries, features, musicals, shortsprogrammes, dance workshops, lectures, specialevents and more so watch this space! Programmelaunch 2nd April 2009. www.dancefilmscotland.comCOMINGSOONDead By DawnDead by Dawn, Scotland’s International Horror FilmFestival returns to Filmhouse this Spring, from 30 April - 3May. Now in its 16th year, Dead by Dawn is the ultimateindulgence for any genre fan!With four days of the best independent horror cinema hasto offer, this year’s event includes the UK Premiere of TonyElwood’s Cold Storage, which features festival favouriteNick Searcy (Neighborhood Watch). Tony and producerPaul Barrett will both be in attendance.Ian McCulloch, star of Lucio Fulci’s 1979 Zombie FleshEaters, will also be at the festival to host a screening andQ&A of this most infamous of genre movies.We’ll have a full programme of short films from all over theworld, delivering small but perfectly formed nightmares!Brothers Andres and Diego Meza-Valdes expect to bein town to present their exquisite short The Room, andAardman’s Luis Cook will be presenting his BAFTA-winningshort animation The Pearce Sisters, as well as offering theaudience a peek inside the film’s sketch-books.For anyone just wanting to dip their toe into shark-infestedwaters, there’s Spawn of Dawn on Saturday 2 May, whichkicks off at midnight and screens five features and tenshorts selected from the main festival programme.Dead by Dawn Passes cost £65 and Spawn of Dawn ticketscost £25, and both are available from Filmhouse box office.For full info on the festival and all programme updates,please join our mailing list at www.deadbydawn.co.uk

26 More Than MoviesEXHIBITION: POLISH FILM POSTER PRINTSFILMHOUSE CAFE BARCourses, Workshops and Events at FilmhouseMobile Phones: Making Films Mon 6 - Fri 10 April, 10am - 5pm dailyCome and create a short stop-frame animated film using your own mobile phone. You can also bringtreasured objects that will be incorporated into the film. The workshop will be led by Eric Vanz deGodoy, one of France’s most inventive stop-motion animation directors (www.vanzdegodoy.com).Age group: 10 - 14 years Cost: £50 Book: 0131 228 2688Animate Your Own Character Wed 15 - Fri 17 April, 10am - 3pm dailyEveryone has an inner character with a little voice that wants to speak out – come to this workshop to havefun alongside a stand up comedian and help release your hidden personality to then create outrageousanimated adventures for your alter ego to enjoy, or suffer, depending on how you’re feeling...Age group: 11 - 15 years Cost: £35 Book: 0131 228 2688Script Talk Sun 26 April, 11am - 1pmA monthly scriptwriting session for adults interested in writing for screen, radio or stage. All welcome.Cost: £5 Book: 0131 228 2688Exhibition: Polish Film Poster Prints 6 April - 7 MayFilmhouse is proud to present an exhibition in collaboration with the New Europe Film Festival, nowin its third year. On display in the café bar, there will be a selection of original Polish film poster printswhich have been shipped directly from the Galeria Plakatu in Krakow. Poland is globally recognisedas one of the most prominent exponents of poster art, and this exhibition will give but a smallrepresentation of the astonishing range and virtuosity of the art form. All film poster prints on displaywill be available to purchase for £20 each.For the presentation of these film poster prints, we are deeply indebted to Polish poster collectorand curator Krystof Dydo. More information on Dydo and his gallery can be found at www.cracowpostergallery.comWe are delighted to be working in partnership with VL Scotland,welcoming international students to Filmhouse.Victoria League ScotlandWelcoming international studentsFilmhouse Café BarDrop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal teaand enjoy one of our superb cakes.Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm sevendays a week!All our dishes are prepared on the premisesusing fresh ingredients.We’ve an extensive vegetarian range with avariety of daily specials.A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar hasreal choice in ales, beers and bottles.A special event? Just ask, we can probably help.Or just come and relax in the ambience!Opening hours:Sunday – Thursday 10am till 11.30pmFriday – Saturday 10am till 12.30am0131 229 5932 cafebar@filmhousecinema.comFilm QuizSunday 12 AprilFilmhouse’s phenomenally successful(and rather tricky) monthly quiz.Teams of up to eight people tobe seated in the café bar by 9pm.

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