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UKPREMIEREAPH Sun 6 | 5.30ST PHILIP’S Thu 10 | 9.00 APH Sat 12 | 3.30EADWEARD | CFF 15Canada 2015. 106 mins.Eadweard Muybridge is often considered the godfather ofthe cinematic moving image. His photographic studies ofmotion in the human body and in animals were a pre-cursorto cinema’s 24 frames per second. This psychological dramalooks at the man behind the myth with his obsession forhis work alongside his relationship with his wife. As well asbeing the world-famous turn-of-the-century photographer,Muybridge had notoriety for being the last American to receivea justifiable homicide verdict after murdering his wife’s lover.Director Kyle RideoutStarring Michael Eklund, Sara Canning, Charlie CarrickPRINT SOURCE Motion 58 Entertainment Inc.EISENSTEIN INGUANAJUATO | CFF 18Netherlands/Mexcio 2015. 105 mins.Dutch with English subtitles.Director Peter GreenawayStarring Elmer Bäck, Luis AlbertiPRINT SOURCE Films BoutiqueWORLDPREMIEREEUROPREMIEREAPH Sun 13 | 4.00In 1931 the Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein travels to Guanajuato to direct his film Queviva México. There he encounters a new culture and its dealings with death; he alsodiscovers another revolution – and his own body. Peter Greenaway depicts Eisenstein asan eccentric artist who travels to Mexico filled with the hubris of being an internationallycelebrated star director. Once there, he undergoes the transition from a conceptualfilmmaker into an artist fascinated by the human condition. Making use of extremeclose-ups, split-screens and a dramatic montage – all to enact the transformationof a hero who presents himself as a tragic clown – Greenaway deliberately quotesand modifies Eisenstein’s own cinematic tools. Scene by scene the film gets closer toEisenstein the man, who finds himself surprised by an unexpected desire.THE FENCER | CFF 15MiekkailijaFinland/Estonia/Germany 2015. 99 mins. Estonian/Russianwith English subtitles.A postwar Soviet era drama loosely based on the storyof Estonian fencing master Endel Nelis. Fleeing from theRussian secret police the young Nelis is forced to return to hishomeland, where, lying low, he becomes a PE teacher in a rundown local school. Determined to give his students a goodeducation he starts an after school fencing club. The schoolheadmaster does not approve, and attempts to ban the clubon the grounds that fencing is an antiquated sport of the presovietera. When the ban fails because of the overwhelmingcommunity support for the club the head decides to dig upthe dirt and expose Nelis’ fugitive past. The Fencer is a finelycrafted suspense drama set against the backdrop of Sovietfear and paranoia.Director Klaus HäröStarring Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik ToomperePRINT SOURCE The Little Film CompanyDOCSilverScreenAPH Tue 8 | 3.00FACE TO FACE | CFF 15 SHOWING WITHTaiwan 2014. 60 mins. Chinese with English subtitles.Forget WWE...this is wrestling Taiwan style! Challenging social acceptance and selfbelief, this documentary targets a small group of people who inhabit the interior ofTaiwanese wrestling. By day they are relatively average folk - an engineer, an angryarmy man, an ex-Olympian, and a truck driver - but they all share a lack of selfconfidence and a wish for approval and fame. This concise documentary is ChuanChung’s second foray into sports documentaries and is an intriguing and rivetinginsight into a rarely seen world.Director Chuan ChungPRINT SOURCE Cloud 9 Media StudioSKATEBOARDING’SFIRST WAVE | CFF 15USA 2015. 20 mins.A look at the early days ofskateboarding culture in SouthernCalifornia, and the group of kids thatwould shape its role in the media andin society.Director Don BurgessPRINT SOURCE Genevieve FarrellSilverScreenTHE FIRE | CFF 15El IncendioArgentina 2015. 95 mins. Spanish withEnglish subtitles.Director Juan SchnitmanStarring Pilar Gamboa, Juan Barberini,Luciano Suardi, Marcelo D’AndreaPRINT SOURCE Figa FilmsAPH Fri 4 | 3.00 APH Fri 11 | 9.00On the way to closing the contract on their first home, Lucía and Marcelowithdraw a hundred thousand dollars in cash from their bank. The seller can’tmake it to the signing and all is postponed to the next day. Frustrated, theyhead back to their old place and put the money away. The crushing tensionbuilding over the next 24 hours will unveil the true nature of their love, the crisisthey are in, and the violence within themselves, as we follow the evenhandedpower struggles, keeping the audiences guessing at every turn.A scorching debut feature from Juan Schnitman this powerful two-hander,sends out sparks that singe the atmosphere all around. VARIETYUKPREMIEREDOCDOCUKPREMIEREDOCUKPREMIEREUKPREMIEREAPH Tue 8 | 9.00 LIGHT Thu 10 | 4.00THE FORECASTER | CFF 15Germany 2014. 94 mins.If this documentary is to be believed we should be veryworried. Martin Armstrong was always interested in money,trading rare coins in his teens led to a study of history wherehe started to recognise cycles in business. He was able toprovide accurate advice on the commodity markets. Hedesigned a computer model that can predict the future marketmovements, calculating developments in the world economywith eerie accuracy and even the outbreak of wars. Of majorinterest to the US government and the FBI demanded accessto his model. He refused to hand it over and was sent toprison on contempt charges. Now, he shares his views on thefinancial crisis and offers his solutions to governments.Director Marcus VetterPRINT SOURCE Autlook FilmsalesST PHILIP’S Wed 9 | 6.30 LIGHT Fri 11 | 4.00THE FOREST | CFF 15PadureaRomania 2014. 73 mins. Romanian with English subtitles.A fascinating documentary that is part detective story, partspy thriller, and yet provides a brief history of Romaniafrom 1947. In 1947, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito visitedRomania for the first time. Its communist regime gave him,as a present, a painting from a great Romanian artist IonAndeescu, ‘The Leafless Forest’. In the 1960s, a young artcritic, Radu Bogdan, went in search of the painting. When heeventually found it he made a remarkable discovery. It maysound a rarified topic but the compilation of archive footageand extraordinary story is compelling. Director Dragin hasmarshalled his material succinctly to give an insight into analmost forgotten and yet critical part of 20th century history.We are delighted to welcome director Siniša Dragin tothe screenings.Director Siniša DraginPRINT SOURCE MrakoniaAPH Sun 6 | 8.30 LIGHT Tue 8 | 6.30FROM CALIGARITO HITLER | CFF 15Von Caligari Zu HitlerGermany 2014. 118 mins. German with English subtitles.The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was the free-est state onGermain soil, a wild era characterised by disruption, crisis andcultural brilliance. It was also the most important period ofGerman cinema, a time full of wonder and invention. RüdigerSuchsland’s exceptional documentary investigates this era,tracing the diversity and beauty of its filmmaking. Featuringfootage of great works by the likes of G. W. Pabst, F. W.Murnau, Fritz Lang and Ernst Lubitsch, and interviews withfigures including Thomas Elsaesser, Volker Schlondorff andFatih Akin, the film offers an entertaining and educational tripinto the aesthetic foundations of the so-called ’Seventh Art’.Director Rüdiger SuchslandWith Fatih Akin, Prof. Elisabeth Bronfen,Prof. Thomas ElsaesserPRINT SOURCE Eureka EntertainmentAPH Sun 13 | 6.00GENTLE | CFF 15Diu DàngVietnam 2014. 98 mins. Vietnamese with English subtitles.Based on ‘The Gentle Creature’, a short story by FyodorDostoevsky, director Kiet Le-Van has transposed it to modernday Vietnam. Linh lives with her aunt, but is badly treated asa servant. While Linh lives with this without complaint, she isnoticed by the pawnbroker Thien. Thien courts her, offering her away out and so she reluctantly agrees to marry. Le-Van deliversa delicate and moving film that slowly peels back layer afterlayer of emotion, sadness and loss. Beautifully shot, with acutecontrasts between the natural and destructive and the clinicalworld of money and business, and with performances whereevery little gesture and movement counts.Director Le-Van KietStarring Nguyen Dustin, Nguyen Thanh TuPRINT SOURCE Oration FilmsBox office: 0871 902 5720 Main Features | CambridgeFilmFestival2015 | 9