Opening Night Film Closing Night Films APH Thu 20 7.30 APH Fri 21 10.00am I, Daniel Blake | 15 UK 2016. 100 mins. Loach’s second Palme d’Or winner after The Wind That Shakes The Barley is a coruscating portrait of a contemporary Britain in which the working class continue to suffer deprivation and the added indignity of a Tory government that treats them as scrounging criminals worthy of mistrust and contempt. Focusing around an aged, ailing handyman’s battle to survive after being denied his government health allowance and the relationship he strikes up with a young single mother also being unceremoniously shoved around by the vagaries of the benefits system, I, Daniel Blake is a film of heart, passion and brutal honesty. It’s a savage indictment of Britain that Loach, working with regular scriptwriter Paul Laverty, was forced to come out of retirement to make it. As the eponymous Daniel Blake, Dave Johns gives an incredibly committed performance, an affable, generous man pushed to the limits by his situation. As Katie, the single mum from London relocated to a council flat in Newcastle because of the cheaper cost of living, Hayley Squires is equally adept, creating a character whose sacrifices for her children further highlights a broken Britain of food banks and curmudgeonly-given hand outs. Essential viewing that reminds the viewer both of the singular greatness of Loach and of the hopelessness of the current climate in the U.K. Director Ken Loach Starring Dave Johns, Hayley Squires Print source Entertainment One Blunt, dignified and brutally moving. Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian Perceptive and funny… intensely moving. The Independent An Immediate Classic. The Times UK PREMIERE APH Thu 27 8.00 APH Thu 27 5.00 Into the Inferno | CFF 15 UK/Austria 2016. 104 mins. Director Werner Herzog With Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer Print source Netflix Described as an exploration of active volcanoes around the world, in the hands of acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog Into The Inferno is far, far more. “Obviously there is the scientific side to our journey,” says Herzog. “But what we are really chasing is the magical side, the demons, the new gods. This is the itinerary we have set for ourselves no matter how strange things may eventually get.” Herzog is joined by Clive Oppenheimer, a volcanologist from <strong>Cambridge</strong> University who first met the director when he was in Antarctica to film Encounters at the End of the World and Oppenheimer was there to study Mt. Erebus. They each recognized a kindred spirit - in 1976 Herzog made La Soufrière on the island of Guadaloupe, where a volcano threatened to engulf the island. The pair travel to multiple locations including Indonesia, Iceland, Ethiopia and North Korea to ruminate on volcanoes and their meaning. A satisfying blend of reportage, history, and philosophy, It’s also a visual wonder to behold, and is of course accompanied by Herzog’s own singular narration which characteristically paints its own picture of the futility of humankind compared to the magnificence of the natural world. We are delighted that Clive Oppenheimer will introduce the screening and meet the audience for a Q&A. A Quiet Passion | CFF 12 UK/Belgium 2016. 125 mins. Director Terence Davies Starring Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Jodhi May, Catherine Bailey Print source Soda Pictures A Quiet Passion, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, is the life story of the celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson, from her youth as a headstrong schoolgirl through to her reclusive adulthood where poetry was solace. Actress Cynthia Nixon gives a great performance as the legendary poet Emily Dickinson, who led a deeply introverted life, except for her encounters with her mother, father and sister. We hope to welcome guests from the film to the screening. You will see no more beautiful a film this year — beautiful in its sumptuous photography, but also in the respect and love that it brings to its subject. The internal lives of poets are hard to visualize, yet Davies, a magician when it comes to understanding the inner workings of the most sensitive of minds, has created an extraordinarily moving account of Emily Dickinson’s particular genius. Toronto International Film FESTIVAL GOG 3-D | CFF PG USA 1954. 85 mins. APH Thu 27 1.00 APH Thu 27 8.00 We continue our retro 3-D series with the European Premiere of this amazing new restoration of a golden-age 3-D title. Scientists are being killed at a secret underground space research base and a security agent is sent to investigate the compound, where he encounters its two new and experimental robots, Gog and Magog. The film has never been seen in the UK in 3-D and so this is the premiere in its original format. We are thrilled to welcome Mr Bob Furmaneck, award-winning producer, author, motion picture archivist and founder of the 3-D Film Archive, responsible for this restoration, which has saved the film from totally disappearing in its 3-D original format. Mr Furmaneck has told us that he may bring some stereoscopic surprises from his huge vault with him, including an extremely rare clip of Money from Home in 3-D, a Lewis/Martin film never seen in 3-D in the UK. Director Herbert L. Strock Starring Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall Print source Bob Furmaneck (3D Film Archive) Gog, in all its 1950s jumpsuit 3-D glory, was like agatha christie, sigmund freud and harlan ellison got high together and made a movie. The Nitrate Diva UK PREMIERE Box office: 0871 902 5720 Festival Highlights | <strong>Cambridge</strong>FilmFestival2016 | 5