2014 Cambridge Film Festival Brochure

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AUGUST- 

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SEPTEMBER 

CAMBRIDGE 

FILM FESTIVAL 2014

WELCOME 

to the 34th Cambridge Film Festival 

It’s now 12 months since the decision by the Competition Commission to request 

the sale of either the Arts Picturehouse or Cineworld in Cambridge. Vociferous 

campaigns staged and extremely well articulated arguments presented have 

probably swayed a decision to retain the Arts Picturehouse, though no-one, 

other than the Competition Commission, wished for either cinema to be sold 

(closure was never an option). Please be patient, I know it’s frustrating but it is a 

long process and I am as concerned as all of you. The Festival retains its offices 

in the Arts Picturehouse, and as usual you will always find us here. Many of us 

have been fighting hard both publicly and behind the scenes to safeguard the 

future of Cambridge’s film culture, so do make sure you join us at the Festival to 

show your support too. 

In these circumstances, we are not 

using Cineworld this year, but we 

have extended our screenings at both 

Emmanuel College and St Philips Church 

on Mill Road. To increase the range of 

titles and to provide full flexibility we 

are installing a DCI-approved digital 

projector for the season at St Philips. 

Securing the range of titles for 

Cambridge does get more difficult. In 

the UK the two leading festivals - the 

London and Edinburgh Film Festivals - 

receive considerable funding. They are 

key events, and the only UK festivals 

that are older than Cambridge. However 

the funding gap is huge. Agreed, the 

production costs for London and 

Edinburgh are way higher, and maybe 

their goals are different - but Cambridge, 

along with every other UK festival, has 

to dip into an incredibly small pot of 

potential funding. CFF only continues 

with the assistance it receives from 

its local friends and supporters. We do 

thank you all. 

CFF strives to be original, exciting and 

independent - we want to surprise you 

with new discoveries. Audience numbers 

are important and, you will note, we have 

had to change dates again this year. We 

have brought the CFF forward by three 

weeks, to immediately follow on from 

our regular screenings at Grantchester 

Meadows. This should enable us to have 

a wider range of previews - which are 

an essential section of the programme. 

Operating the CFF in mid to late 

September left very few ‘previews’ 

for CFF, with the London Film Festival 

opening less than two weeks later. We 

feel the balance is better this year with a 

number of those hotly anticipated titles 

now previewing in Cambridge. 

We are very pleased to be opening 

2014 with the wonderfully dark comedy 

centred on Michel Houellebecq and 

his mysterious disappearance several 

years ago after a book tour. We hope 

to welcome both director Guillaume 

Nicloux and Michel Houellebecq himself 

to this premiere of THE KIDNAPPING OF 

MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ. Our 20th Woody 

Allen preview at the Festival is his new, 

delightful comedy set in the South of 

France with Colin Firth, Antonia Clake, 

Emma Stone and Eileen Atkins delving 

into some MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT. 

The Eye on Films strand highlighting 

the work of new filmmakers continues. 

This excellent project funded by 

the European Media programme 

and handled by Wide Management 

enables us to also present these films 

across the UK. Another Media-funded 

programme has made available the 

work of Gerhard Lamprecht (founder of 

the German Cinematheque and prolific 

filmmaker). We are proud to present the 

UK premieres of four of Lamprecht’s 

silent works (with new scores) and 

distributed through the Europe’s Finest 

Programme. These titles will also be 

made available for wider exhibition 

following their Cambridge premieres. 

We are very pleased to welcome 

regular Festival favourite Neil Brand, 

and percussionst Jeff Davenport to 

accompany Lamprecht’s CHILDREN OF NO 

IMPORTANCE, and also for Edgar Ulmer/ 

Curt Siodmacks PEOPLE ON SUNDAY. As 

usual, Neil Brand will present his NOT 

SO SILENT MOVIES III for the Family Film 

Festival, again accompanied by Jeff 

Davenport. 

Dylan Thomas at 100 is celebrated 

with Andrew Sinclair’s UNDER MILK 

WOOD & DYLAN ON DYLAN, plus Andy 

Goddard’s SET FIRE TO THE STARS 

(Thomas’s turbulent time in 50’s New 

York). Amongst the award winning 

documentaries are STILL THE ENEMY 

WITHIN (taking us back to the frontline 

and the 1984 miners’ strike) , WE 

ARE MANY (2003 and 36 million anti 

-war protesters) , TONY BENN: WILL & 

TESTAMENT (Skip Kite’s portrait of one 

of our most articulate, forthright and 

passionate parliamentarian) all playing 

alongside PRIDE, Matthew Warchus’s 

immensely moving story of the support 

from the Lesbian and Gay community for 

the striking miners South Wales. 

The Cambridge Film Trust – the 

charitable trust behind the Film Festival 

- along with The Broadway in Nottingham 

are the joint delivery partners for Film 

Hub Central East, a new BFI initiative of 

the Film Forever programme. This will 

seek to broaden audiences for cinema 

and to also provide a wider choice 

of films available for audiences. The 

Festival can now extend the exhibition of 

its titles to other venues across eastern 

and central England. This initiative is 

much appreciated by our contributing 

filmmakers and distributors. 

For those of you wanting more 

encounters of a Science Fiction 

dimension, then mark down Sept 

19-21 for STATION X at Bletchley Park. A 

collaboration with Independent Cinema 

Milton Keynes, Film Hub CE and the 

Cambrdge Film Trust, We have three days 

of films and events at this renowned 

centre of codebreaking. Guest speakers 

and workshops alongside screenings of 

DR STRANGELOVE, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, X 

THE UNKNOWN, THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO, 

DR WHO & THE DALEKS, 1984, THINGS TO 

COME, THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE, 

QUATERMASS and THE PIT, INVASION OF 

THE BODY SNATCHERS - 3 days over 18 

films! www.cambridgefilmtrust.org.uk 

I think we’re ready to battle on! 

Tony Jones

THE 

GUIDE 

What you have 

in your hands 

contains full 

information 

and listings for 

all the films and 

events confirmed 

at the time of going 

to print – complete 

with a handy day-byday 

calendar on pages 

42-45 to help you 

choose by time of day, 

or day of the week. 

New films, guests, 

events and other 

surprises continue 

to be added to the 

Festival, so don’t 

forget to check the 

latest arrivals online 

at www.cambridge 

filmfestival.org.uk 

Tickets will go on sale to Picturehouse 

Members on Wednesday 13 August and to 

the general public on Friday 15 August. 

Advance tickets for all venues are 

available: 

in person at the Arts Picturehouse Box 

Office 

over the phone on 0871 902 5720 

(9.30am – 8.30pm) 

as well as online via 

www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk 

For the best value, snap up one or more 

of our money-saving Festival Passes – see 

page 6 for more details. 

All films will be shown at the Arts 

Picturehouse, Cambridge, unless 

otherwise stated. 

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Now for the fun part. The Festival takes place at a range of venues 

across the city and in Bury St Edmunds, so before setting out please 

check where your chosen screenings or events are taking place. If 

attending more than one venue on the same day, make sure that you 

leave sufficient transit time between screenings. See page 78 for 

more information on our venues. 

WEBSITE The best way for you to find out the latest news, added 

screenings, last minute guests and much more, is to become a regular 

visitor to our new website, built by award-winning Cambridge web 

developers Studio 24. You can: 

browse the programme 

review films you’ve watched at CFF 

book online 

learn more about the films we’re showing 

enjoy multimedia coverage as well as an independent take on the 

Festival from Take One (also available as free printed issues) 

E-NEWSLETTER If you haven’t done so already, make sure you also 

sign up to the e-newsletter on our website so you don’t miss out on 

those hot tickets. 

SOCIAL MEDIA You can find us across the online media spectrum: 

Cambridge 

FIlm Festival 

@camfilmfest / 

#CamFF 

and more – visit www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk for more details. 

CON 

TENTS 

06 

GUIDE TO THE 

FESTIVAL 

09 OPENING 

FILMS 

10 MAIN 

FEATURES 

38 SPECIAL 

EVENTs 

41 INTO 

FILM 

42 

46 

schedule of 

films 

SHORT reel/ 

aBBEYGATE 

47 contemporary 

german 

52 GERHARD 

LAMPRECHT 

56 retro 

3-d 

58 DYLAN 

THOMAS 100 

60 Lionel 

Rogosin 

64 CAMERA 

CATALONIA 

67 

Film Hub 

Central East 

70 short 

fusion 

74 

family film 

festival 

80 and venues 

map 

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THE 

FESTIVAL 

THE FESTIVAL PASS 

Festival passes are 

much simpler for this 

year’s Festival goers. 

There are simply 

two cards: one costs 

£30 and buys you 

£40 worth of tickets 

(a significant 25% 

saving). The other 

costs £60 and buys 

you £100 worth of 

tickets (a huge 40% 

saving). 

And you can also 

apply your usual 

Arts Picturehouse 

membership discount 

for even bigger 

savings. 

Ask the Arts 

Picturehouse staff or 

Festival volunteers 

about Festival Passes 

when purchasing 

tickets. 

SPECIAL DISCOUNT 

on FILM BOOKS 

Wallflower Press, specialist publishers 

of books devoted to cinema and the 

moving image, are very pleased to offer 

large discounts of up to 40% on all their 

titles for patrons of the Cambridge Film 

Festival. A table of new and backlist titles 

will be set up in the Arts Picturehouse on 

Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August 

and on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th 

September. Please visit to find books 

on all film genres, national cinemas, 

individual filmmakers, documentary, 

animation, cult film, experimental and 

avant-garde cinema and lots else. More 

information: www.wallflowerpress.co.uk 

AUDIENCE AWARDS 

Every year the Cambridge Film Festival crowns three audience award winning films. 

The Golden, Silver and Crystal Punts go to the best feature, best documentary 

and best short film, in that year’s festival. They are awarded on the basis of an 

audience vote and are designed to highlight the outstanding work of filmmakers 

from around the globe during the last year. 

The winners at the 33rd Cambridge Film Festival in 2013 were... 

Golden Punt Award 

Best Feature 

Silver Punt Award 

Best Documentary 

Crystal Punt Award 

Best Short 

THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM 

The mountainous scenery of 

Lesotho provides the canvas for 

director Andrew Mudge’s 

profoundly visual story, which 

tells the tale of Atang: a young 

man obliged to make a pilgrimage from the bustle of 

Johannesburg to his native Lesotho. The first film ever to be 

produced in Lesotho, THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM is a beguiling 

quest steeped in the history and culture of the Basotho people. 

BLACK AFRICA, WHITE MARBLE 

Among the largely ugly history of 

European colonialism in Africa, is 

that of Brazzaville in the Republic 

of Congo – named in honour of 

Italian explorer Pietro Savorgnan 

di Brazza, whose kindness and friendship eternally endeared 

him to its people after he arrived 

there in 1875. Shadow puppetry, 

animation and archive footage mesh 

together in this intriguing 

documentary. 

RHINO FULL THROTTLE 

Animated fiction. 

Bruno makes his 

way through Berlin 

searching for its soul. 

Driven by his curiosity, a 

challenging imagination and his wild reflection on 

reality, he lifts the old dusty curtain of the city’s 

crusted perception. 

Before you go into a screening of any “in 

competition” film you will be handed a voting 

card. Please rate the film and keep an 

eye or ear open to find out if your 

favourite wins. 

This year we are pleased that the 

Crystal Punt Award is being supported 

by John Lewis who will be donating 

a prize. 

SURPRISE 

FILM 

Every year we present a surprise film 

(or two) - with absolutely no advance 

warning of title, director, stars or 

genre - just a screening time and a 

venue. And every year it sells out. 

Without doubt the Surprise Film is the 

hottest ticket in the Festival. What will 

it be this year? Only Festival director 

Tony Jones knows for certain and the 

guessing game has started amongst 

the Festival team eager to find out. 

Past Surprise Films have included UP!, 

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, A COCK 

AND BULL STORY, BURN AFTER READ- 

ING and LOOPER. So, with no hype and 

no reviews to distract you, book your 

ticket, sit back in your seat, and enjoy. 

Sunday 7 September, 

8.00 

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The Kidnapping of Michel HouEllebecq L’ENLÈVEMENT DE MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ CFF 15 

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Director Guillaume Nicloux. 

Starring Michel Houellebecq, Mathieu 

Nicourt, Maxime Lefrançois. France 2014. 

French with English subtitles. 93 mins. 

We hope to welcome director Guillaume 

Nicloux to the screening. 

THU 28 

7.00 

FRI 29 

3.00 

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT 

Director Woody Allen. 

Starring Colin Firth, Emma Stone, 

Antonia Clarke, Eileen Atkins, Marcia 

Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon 

McBurney. USA 2014. 97 mins. 

THU 28 

10.00 

A suitably post-modern work that comes blessed with an impish sense of humour, The Kidnapping of 

Michael Houellebecq is an incredibly original, meta-film that will delight fans of the author’s work and 

slowly seduce those with a taste for daringly original cinema. In September 2011, while supposedly 

on the promotional tour for his novel ‘The Map and the Territory’, writer and enfant terrible Michel 

Houellebecq briefly disappeared. Rumours began circulating on the Internet that he’d been abducted. 

Some Twitter users expressed their delight. Director Guillaume Nicloux reveals what ‘really happened’ 

as he details three tough guys with bodybuilding and personal grooming fixations relieving the star 

intellectual from the daily stress of autograph hunters and the grind of everyday life. A surprisingly 

game Houellebecq gleefully plays himself, mellowing from a grouchy Mark E. Smith of The Fall (the 

pair share a love of chain-smoking) type into something mellower and slightly surprisingly amiable. 

Blessed with a wonderful sense of the absurd, this is a crime caper quite unlike any other. 

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Woody Allen’s late career renaissance continues in a sparkling romantic comedy about a sceptical 

Englishman (Firth, proving a dab hand at comedy) brought in to help unmask a possible swindle 

involving a young woman (Stone, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) with apparent clairvoyant abilities. 

Personal and professional complications ensue. Beautifully recreating the Côte d’Azur of the 1920s 

against a backdrop of opulent mansions, jazz joints and fashionable spots for the fabulously wealthy, 

Magic in the Moonlight bears all the hallmarks of recent Allen efforts such as Midnight In Paris and 

the multi-award winning Blue Jasmine. Anne Seibel’s production design is impeccable and Darius 

Khondji’s cinematography is sumptuous. Allen’s ear for dialogue is absolutely spot on and he marshals 

a characteristically estimable ensemble cast with aplomb. There is much to enjoy here, not least the 

suggestion that Allen is in perhaps the richest form of his incredible career. 

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20,000 Days on Earth 15 

Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. 

Starring Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Kylie 

Minogue. UK 2014. 97 mins. 

ACRID CFF 15 

For their unique debut feature artists 

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard present 

a bold vision of one of music’s most 

charismatic singers, the iconic 

Nick Cave. A synthesis of drama 

and documentary that weaves a 

cinematically staged day in Cave’s 

life with never-before-seen verité 

observation of his full creative cycle, 

this is a film that could only have 

come from a close collaboration 

between the trio. The film delves into 

Cave’s artistic processes, unpicking 

the stuff that makes him tick. We 

meet those who have affected his 

life, personally and professionally, 

including comic moments shared 

with his regular collaborator, the 

multi-instrumentalist and epic beardwearer 

Warren Ellis; actor and friend 

Ray Winstone; and Kylie Minogue. These voices from the past revisit Cave in daydream-like scenes as 

he sits behind the wheel of his Jaguar driving through his adopted Brighton home. Avowedly neither a 

music documentary nor a concert film, 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH still contains electrifying performances. 

We see a song grow from the tiniest of ideas sketched out by Cave in his office to a monstrous epic 

performed by the peerless Bad Seeds on stage at Sydney Opera House. We also witness Cave open up 

to psychoanalyst Darian Leader as he discusses how his early years continue to inform his work, and 

later join him on a journey through his personal archive. A work that celebrates the transformative 

power of the creative spirit, 20,000 Days on Earth is a fittingly unique and singular endeavour. 

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8.30 5.45 

Director Kiarash Asadizadeh. Starring Roya Javidniya, Ehsan 

Amani, Pantea Panahiha. Iran 2014. Farsi with English subtitles. 

94 mins. 

Iranian Kiarash Asadizadeh’s feature debut intelligently interweaves 

the stories of a number of characters in relationships, exploring the 

connections, secrets and feelings that bind them. We travel from one 

to another, young lovers or married couples and discover they are all 

linked by a close circle between them, where trust is at stake. 

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1.30 12.00 NOON 

Director Ben Stassen. WITH Kevin Richardson. Belgium/France 

2013. 86 mins. 

This unique documentary takes us on an adventurous expedition of 

exciting landscapes and wildlife of our planet, stretching from the coast 

of Namibia to the summit of Kilimanjaro. Directed by Ben Stassen, one of 

the 3D-masters, the stunning pictures provide a sensitive awareness of 

the uniqueness and diversity of the African ecosystem, as we encounter 

lions, endangered black rhino and bathing elephants in the Okavango 

Delta. This promises a great show for young and old audience. 

The screenings are in Aid of Wood Green Animal 

Shelter Cambridge. 


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Amour Fou CFF 15 


5.00 1.30 

Director Jessica Hausner. 

Starring Christian Friedel, Birte 

Schnoeink, Stephan Grossmann. 

Germany/Austria/Luxembourg 2014. 

German, with English subtitles. 96 mins. 

Director Jessica Hausner is 

undoubtedly one of the most 

captivating voices in contemporary 

European cinema. Lovely Rita and 

Hotel achieved festival success, 

Lourdes garnered her wider critical 

and public attention. A beautifully 

mounted period piece with a bone dry 

wit, the Cannes selected Amour Fou 

is a brilliant advance on Hausner’s 

meticulous sense of time, place and 

character. Berlin, the Romantic Era. 

Young poet Heinrich (Friedel, The 

White Ribbon) wishes to conquer the 

inevitability of death through love, 

yet is unable to convince his sceptical 

cousin Marie to join him in a suicide 

pact. It is whilst coming to terms with 

this refusal, ineffably distressed by 

his cousin’s insensitivity to the depth 

of his feelings, that Heinrich meets 

Henriette, the wife of a business 

acquaintance. Heinrich’s subsequent 

offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal, that is until Henriette discovers she is 

suffering from a terminal illness. Loosely based on the suicide of poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811, this is 

a richly rewarding and resonant work that approaches serious issues and levity and humour. 

We are delighted to welcome lead actor Christian Friedel for a Q&A session after the 

evening screening. 

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Attila Marcel CFF 15 

Director Sylvain Chomet. 

Starring Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, 

Jean-Claude Dreyfus. 

France 2013. French, with English subtitles. 

102 mins. 

The first live-action feature from 

the celebrated director of Belleville 

Rendezvous and The Illusionist, Attila 

Marcel blends Chomet’s blend of 

whimsy and melancholy to disarming 

effect. Thirty-something Paul (Gouix) 

lives in a Paris apartment with his 

aunts (Vincent and the late Lafont), 

two old aristocrats who have 

raised him since his parents died 

when he was two and who dream 

of seeing him become a virtuoso 

pianist. Paul’s life is made up of the 

same daily routine that takes him 

from the grand piano in the living 

room to his job as accompanist 

at his aunts’ dance studio. Cut off 

from the outside world, Paul has 

aged without ever having lived… 

or talked. But everything changes 

when he meets Madame Proust (Le 

Ny), his neighbour from the fourth floor. This eccentric woman has the recipe for a herb tea that, 

with the help of music, is able to conjure up the most deeply buried memories. With Madame Proust’s 

help, Paul will both discover his past and find the key to living. Full of wry humanism, immaculately 

designed and boasting musical interludes to stir the soul, the film’s heightened sense of reality is 

beautifully balanced with truly imaginative flashback sequences. Evocative of Demy’s The Umbrellas 

of Cherbourg, the music comes courtesy of Chomet himself. 


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BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP 15 

Director Rowan Joffe. 

Starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, 

Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff. 

USA 2014. 92 mins. 

We hope to welcome director Rowan Joffe and 

author Steve J. Watson to the evening screening. 

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Based on the acclaimed bestseller by 

former clinical scientist Steve J Watson, 

which was inspired by a true-life incident 

of an operation to cure a patient of 

epilepsy, Before I Go To Sleep is another 

intelligent and accomplished piece of 

fllmmaking from director Rowan Joffé 

(Brighton Rock). In Joffé’s adaptation the 

patient in question is Christine (Kidman, 

Stoker), a woman forced to wake up every 

day remembering nothing, the result of a 

traumatic accident in her past. One day, 

new terrifying truths emerge forcing her 

to question everyone around her. In a 

return to form performance that banishes 

memories of Grace of Monaco, Kidman 

excels, expertly walking a psychological 

tightrope. Firth (The Railway Man) leads 

characteristically deft support as the 

husband she no longer knows. “What’s 

great about this story is that you are never sure whether you are watching a movie about a woman 

who, as a result of a brain injury, misconstrues the world around her and believes she is the victim 

of a conspiracy,” says Joffé. “Or a thriller in which a character with amnesia is being exploited for 

some nefarious ends by the men around her and she needs to figure out what, who and why quickly 

or she’ll be in jeopardy. 


9.00 1.00 


The Case Against 8 CFF 15 

CHERRY TOBACCO Kirsitubakas CFF 15 

With a stillness and lack 

of pretension reminiscent 

of Kelly Reichardt, Cherry 

Tobacco, the directorial debut 

of married couple, Andres 

and Katrin Maimik captures 

all the angst and tenderness 

of female adolescence. This 

is the intimate story of Laura 

(Maris Nõlvak), a small-town 

girl stuck in that netherworld 

between teenager and 

adulthood. Cajoled onto a 

hiking trip by best friend, 

Merit, Laura meets middleaged 

nature-guide, Joosep. 

(Gert Raudsep) Cherry Tobacco 

explores the burgeoning 

friendship of the pair without 

falling into the usual clichés 

A Curious Life 


9.15 1.30 

and manages to create two well-rounded and believable individuals, who will linger in your 

affections long after the film has ended. 

We hope to welcome director Katrin Maimik and 

actress Maris Nõlvak to the evening screening. 

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CFF PG 

Directors Andres and Katrin Maimik. 

Starring Maris Nõlvak, Gert Raudsep. 

Estonia 2014. Estonian with 

English subtitles. 97 mins. 

THE DANCE OF REALITY 

CFF 18 

La danza de la realidad 


8.30 


10.30 10.45 

Director Ivan Kavanagh. Starring Rupert Evans, Antonia 

Campbell-Hughes, Steve Oram. Ireland 2014. 92 mins. 

In this classic ghost story film archivist, David (Rupert Evans), is haunted 

by images of a brutal murder that took place in his house a century ago. 

As this historical crime begins to have a very real impact on his life, he 

descends into madness in an effort to protect his family. The Canal is 

a perfectly composed ghost story, following in the footsteps of Henry 

and MR James with echoes of horror cinema masterpieces; from Val 

Lewton to the best J-Horror. Most importantly it has more than enough 

genuinely terrifying moments. 

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Directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White. USA 2014. 109 mins. 

The Case Against 8 takes audiences behind the scenes of one of the 

most important civil rights cases in recent years, the overturning of 

California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The unexpected partnership of 

political foes Ted Olson and David Boies provides both legal insight and 

a good deal of humour. This, combined with the emotional yet eloquent 

stories of the plaintiffs, creates a rousing film more than worthy of its 

multiple festival wins. 

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6.00 8.30 

Director Dunstan Bruce. UK 78 mins. 

The phenomenon that is anarcho-punk-folk band the Levellers as told by 

their eccentric bassist Jeremy Cunningham, A Curious Life is a hilarious 

journey through 25 years of “subsidised dysfunctionalism”. An uplifting 

tale of battling demons, that reminds us that behind every band there 

is always a story of struggle for expression, acceptance and survival. 

Filmmaker and Chumbawumba band member Dunstan Bruce explains 

““What started off as an attempt to explore how the Levellers have 

stayed together for so long turned quickly into a film about Jeremy 

Cunningham the archivist, the historian, the artist, the bassist and the 

conduit for telling the story of the band and all their ups and downs and 

their ultimate survival over the last 26 years.” 

We hope to welcome director Dunstan Bruce to the screening at 

St Philips Church. 

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2.30 

Director Alejandro Jodorowsky. Starring Brontis Jodorowsky, 

Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits. France 2013. Spanish with 


Returning to the screen with The Dance of Reality after an absence 

of 23 years, legendary cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky takes us 

back to his birth place of Tocopilla, a coastal town on the edge of the 

Chilean desert. It was here that Jodorowsky underwent an unhappy and 

alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family. Blending his personal 

history with metaphor, mythology and poetry, The Dance of Reality 

reflects Alejandro Jodorowsky’s philosophy that reality is not objective 

but rather a “dance” created by our own imaginations. Variety calls it 

“by turns playful, tragic and surprisingly light on its feet.” 

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DAYBREAK (New Digital Restoration) 

Le Jour Se Lève 

PG 

The Distance 

CFF 18 

La Distancia 

“Only a true fan would be attentive enough to the fake brand’s 

imaginary world to pick up on the reference.” 

THE NEW YORK TIMES 


1.30 

Director Marcel Carné. Starring Jean Gabin, Arletty, Jules Berry. France 1939. French with 


Le Jour se Lève by Carné and Prévert, which was almost lost in the 1940s when RKO pictures 

remade it and attempted to destroy all copies of the French original. It may not have the sweeping 

grandeur of The Children of Paradise, but Carne and Prevert skilfully combine drama, romance 

and tension in a perfect expression of poetic realism. Jean Gabin provides a remarkable central 

performance as the doomed hero, François, who nervously waits in his apartment for the police to 

arrest him, while flashbacks woven into the film reveal the events that led to the crime of passion 

he has committed. “Possibly the best of the Carné-Prévert films, certainly their collaboration at its 

most classically pure” – Tom Milne (Time Out) 


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11.00AM + 10.30 

Director Jim Jarmusch. Starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Robert Benigni. USA/West 

Germany 1986. English. 107 mins. 

Jarmusch’s third feature fine-tunes the director’s disregard for genre and convention, beginning as 

a tale defined by an authentic urban naturalism before taking a scenic detour to include elements 

of the prison movie drama, the noir thriller and the fairytale romance. Jarmusch also brings his 

own esoteric sensibility to bear on the buddy movie, crafting a comic and characteristically offbeat 

variant in which miscommunication, a common Jarmusch theme, is key. 

The film charts the exploits of two New Orleans deadbeats: pimp Jack (Lurie) and radio DJ Zack 

(Waits), both of whom are framed by the corrupt local police for crimes they unwittingly commit. 

Thrown together in jail, their hothead similarities breed a simmering antagonism until the pair finds a 

fresh butt for their sniping in new cellmate Roberto (Benigni), a diminutive Italian tourist and alleged 

murderer with a passion for Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. Ridiculed for his rudimentary grasp 

of English, Roberto ultimately acts as a solidifying force, leading his inmates to freedom across a 

Southern bayou. The visuals are evocatively rendered in high contrast black and white, with regular 

Wim Wenders lensman Robby Müller capturing both the seediness of late night New Orleans and 

the silvery, eerie beauty of the swamps in which the men seek freedom. Down by Law remains the 

director’s favourite of his own movies, largely for the celebratory atmosphere in which it was shot. 

Recalls Jarmusch: ‘we had a really wild time. In retrospect I don’t know how we got through it’ 

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Director Sergio Caballero. Starring Michal 

Lagosz, Alberto Martinez, Jinson Añazco, 

Roland Olbeter, Fx Vidi Vidal. Spain 2014. 

Spanish with English subtitles. 80 mins. 

This film is further proof that Sergio 

Caballero is an idiosyncratic talent setting 

new boundaries in cinema. Essentially a 

heist movie, but like no other. Three Russian 

dwarves are sent to rescue a performance 

artist in an abandoned Siberian power station 

where strange things are happening. It is a 

film of fascination, comedy and wonder, with 

an excellent sound track. Classic FM meets 

David Lynch. 

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Director Sergio Caballero. 

Spain 2014. 25 mins. 

In this short horror film inspired by Goya’s 

black paintings – Caballero uses absurd 

animated puppets and live action to tell the 

story of a young girl possessed by the devil. 

With a sick sense of humour and visceral 

imagery, it has been called Caballero’s “most 

punk” (Sonar,2014) film to date. 

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EASTERN BOYS CFF 18 

Energized 

Macht EnergIE 

CFF PG 

Four Corners Die Vier Hoeke CFF 18 


4.00 3.00 

Director Robin Campillo. Starring Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill 

Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov. France 2013. French/Russian with 


They come from all over Eastern Europe. The eldest appear no older than 

25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They spend 

all their time hanging around the Gare du Nord in Paris. They might be 

prostitutes. Daniel, a discreet man in his early fifties, has his eye on one 

of them - Marek. Gathering his courage, he speaks to him. The young 

man agrees to meet Daniel the following day. Written and directed by the 

screenwriter of Laurent Cantet’s Foxfire, Eastern Boys won the Horizon 

Best Film Award at Venice Film Festival and Variety called it “a sleek, 

shape-shifting and intermittently stunning sophomore feature”. 

Print source Peccadillo Pictures. 

Finding Fela CFF 18 


5.00 

Director Hubert Canaval. Austria 2014. 91 mins. 

An excellent analysis of the problems of ensuring our energy supply. 

Energized takes viewers on a journey through the crazy world of energy. 

The film documents the desperate attempts to tap the planet’s last 

oil and gas deposits and conceal the risks of nuclear energy. It also 

debunks myths about renewable energy, and takes a look at other, 

unworkable, solutions. Ultimately, the film shows that the business is not 

about providing what is needed, but enabling certain people to make 

a fortune. 

Print source Memento Films International 

Flesh of my Flesh 

CFF 18 

La Chair de ma Chair 

Director Ian Gabriel. 

Starring Abduragman Adams, 

Irshaad Ally, Brendon Daniels. 

South Africa 2014. Afrikaans/English. 

114 mins. 

Free Range/ Ballad on 

Approving of the World 

CFF 15 

Free Range/ Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest 


4.00 11.00AM 

South Africa’s Foreign language Oscar entry FOUR CORNERS is the first film to delve into the street 

war of South Africa’s Numbers Gangs, the 26 and the 28. A multi-thread, coming of age crime drama it 

focuses on four characters trying to survive in Cape Flats, the violent suburbs of Cape Town. At times 

raw and violent, at other times touching and true, the four lives of Farakhan, Leila, Tito and Gasant 

converge around Chess prodigy Ricardo, who has a promising future ahead of him, but seems unlikely 

to fulfill his promise, or even make adulthood, as he is drawn into running with a vicious gang. 

Print source The Little Film Company 

GIUSEPPE TORNATORE: 

EVERY FILM MY FIRST FILM 

CFF PG 

GIUSEPPE TORNATORE: OGNI FILM UN’OPERA PRIMA 

SP 


8.30 12.00 NOON 

Director Alex Gibney. USA 2014. 119 mins. 

Acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney looks at the life and work of 

Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose influence stretches beyond music 

into politics. Fela not only created Afrobeat, he continually fought 

Nigerian dictatorship, forming his own political party and running 

for office. Using archive footage and personal films, Gibney forms a 

comprehensive picture of an extraordinary character. 



11.00 

Director Denis Dercourt. Starring Anna Juliana Jaenner, Francois 

Smesny, Louis Sébastien. France/Germany 2013. French with 

English subtitles/English. 76 mins. 

French director Dercourt is building a body of work that offers 

fascinating takes on traditional genre. Best known in the UK for his 

restrained thriller, The Page Turner, he now turns to the horror film. 

But this is not horror as we know it. Ana is an Austrian immigrant living 

in France with her sick six-year-old daughter. Anna has learnt that 

certain foods are best for her daughter’s condition and hunts down prey 

that will help her live. Trapped in a nightmare we watch as Ana does 

everything she can to protect the flesh of her flesh. 

Print source The French Connection 


6.45 1.00 

Director Veiko Öunpuu. Starring Lauri Lagle, Jaanika Arum, Laura 

Peterson. Estonia 2013. 104 mins. 

Öunpuu’s latest feature pays homage to the golden age of 1960s rebels 

– the age of angry young men blazing against the complacent older 

generation. His leading man, a chain-smoking, sullen and drunk Fred 

(Lagle), spends his entire time running from responsibility. On hearing 

his girlfriend is pregnant, he runs off with an old flame; and after being 

fired from his job as a film critic, he takes 

one menial job after another. A complex 

character study, and a stylish film. 

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SP 


8.30 2.30 

Director Luciano Barcaroli, Gerardo Panichi. Italy 2012. Italian 

with English subtitles. 101 mins. 

This documentary reconstructs Giuseppe Tornatore’s creative world and 

reveals the personality and motivations behind the well- loved and much 

respected Italian filmmaker. Barcaroli and Panichi undertake an in-depth 

analysis of the great man’s work – including Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and 

The Starmaker – and conduct compelling interviews with an inspiring 

cast of collaborators, including Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, 

actors Monica Bellucci and Tim Roth. 

We’re also screening Tornatore’s classic Cinema Paradiso on 

Grantchester Meadows on 23 August – see page 38.. 

Print source Minerva Films 


THE HOMESMAN CFF 15 

IDA 

12A 

ShortReel Cambridge Student Film Award 

2014’s winning film will have its premiere on 

Saturday 30 August, screening with IDA. For 

more information see page 46. 

Director Tommy Lee Jones. 

Starring Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee 

Jones, Meryl Streep. 

USA/France 2013. 122 mins. 


10.15 11.00AM 

The Homesman is a western reimagining, that joins the ranks of True Grit and Meek’s Cutoff, leaving 

the gunslinging and gangs for another film. Instead it focuses on the rigors of life and the female 

experience. Hilary Swank gives a perfect performance as Mary Bee Cuddy a feisty unmarried woman 

who leads a party of three highly disturbed young women back east to civilisation and refuge with 

a Methodist minister’s wife (Meryl Streep). Mary Bee enlists the help of George Briggs (Tommy 

Lee Jones), forming an odd couple relationship that sustains the film. The film “is both lyrical and 

shocking, weirdly funny and grimly serious.” – Todd McCarthy (The Hollywood Reporter) 

Print source E-One Film 

SP 


7.30 6.00 

Director Pawel Pawlikowski. Starring Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid 

Orgodnik. Poland/Denmark 2013. Polish with English subtitles. 80 mins. 

The first film to be shot in his native Poland, Pawlikowski’s Ida is evocative of Bresson in its formal 

exactness and penetrating rendering of human emotion. Anna, an orphan raised in a convent, 

is preparing to take her vows when she’s sent to visit Wanda, her aunt and only living relative. A 

cynical, hard-drinking Communist Party judge, Wanda reveals that Anna’s real name is Ida and that 

her parents were Jews murdered during the Nazi occupation. So the two embark on an unusual 

journey through the wintry countryside to unearth their family’s dark history. Pawlikowski has 

thrilled audiences before with his documentary work and his features Last Resort and My Summer 

of Love but this may just be his greatest achievement yet. Set in a sombre 1960s Poland with its 

atmosphere of Catholicism, Communism and lingering memories of the Holocaust it’s a vibrant, 

intimate and subtle portrait of two contrasting women and a deeply humanist work full of thematic 

and formal grace and composure. The black and white cinematography by Łukasz Żal, Ryszard 

Lenczewski is a thing of rare beauty. The performances are also truly exceptional. 


The Iran Job CFF 15 

How I Came To Hate Maths 

Comment J’ai Détesté les Maths 

CFF U 

The Hypnotist 

15 

Hypnotisören 

In Order of Disappearance 15 

Director Till Schauder. Germany/USA/ 

Iran 2012. English/Persian with English 

subtitles. 90 mins. 

American Kevin Sheppard accepts the offer to 

play basketball for a newly-promoted team in 

Iran. With tensions running high between Iran 

and the West, Kevin tries to separate sport and 

politics only to find that politics is impossible 

to escape in Iran. He forms an unlikely alliance 

with three outspoken Iranian women, and his 

apartment turns into an oasis of free speech. 

While Kevin fights to bring success to his 

team, Iranians fight for greater democracy 

through the Green Movement – a powerful 

prelude to the sweeping changes in the Middle 

East in the wake of the Arab Spring. 

Print source Till Schauder 

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6.00 6.00 

Director Olivier Peyon. France 2013. French with English 


Films based on mathematics are rare, so when one comes along it has 

to be shown and seen, especially in Cambridge, the home of so many 

great mathematical minds. This documentary is mis-named, for it really 

tries to show why some people do love mathematics. While there is 

enough to entertain those schooled in the great subject, there is also 

plenty for those who ‘hate’ maths. This is an entertaining engagement 

with characters in the business of proving theorems – their demons and 

successes – conferences, awards and a celebration of the subject. 

Print source Doc and Film International 

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8.30 10.30 

Director Lasse Halleström. Starring Tobias Zilliacus, Mikael 

Persbrandt, Lena Olin. Sweden 2013. Swedish with English subtitles. 

122 mins. 

The Hypnotist stars Michael Persbrandt (In a Better World) as a 

psychologist who is brought in by the police to help find a brutal killer. 

To do so, he must hypnotise the killer’s only surviving victim, something 

he swore he would never do again. Finnish actor Tobias Zilliacus stars 

as police detective Joona Linna. The Hypnotist is the first in a series of 

eight Joona Linna novels optioned for film adaptations. 



10.00 4.00 

Director Hans Petter Moland. Starring Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Kristofer Hivju. 

Norway 2014. Norwegian/Swedish with English subtitles. 116 mins. 

Introverted snowplow driver Nils (Skarsgård, Nymphomaniac) has just been named citizen of the year 

in his small rural backwater when he receives tragic news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. 

Disbelieving the official report, Nils soon uncovers evidence of the young man’s murder - a victim in a 

turf war between the preening local crime boss, known as “The Count,” and his Serbian rivals. Armed 

with heavy machinery and beginner’s luck, Nils embarks upon a quest for revenge that soon escalates 

into a full-blown underworld gang war. A blackly comic revenge tale that doesn’t stint on the violence, 

director Moland (A Somewhat Gentle Man) has managed to craft something genuinely original 

and striking from what could have been clichéd material. Beautifully played, including a droll turn 

from Bruno Ganz (Downfall) as a Serbian crime lord, the film features striking scenery and amidst 

the mayhem and carnage a surprisingly poignant comment on fatherhood. ‘A hugely enjoyable, 

gruesome, ingenious, brilliantly cast, pitch-black comedy set against the cinematic white landscape 

of a rural Norwegian winter. Like Death Wish set in Fargo, but funnier…’ Matthew Turner, THE LIST. 


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IRANIAN 

CFF PG 

Japanese Dog 

CFF 15 

Câinele Japonez 

The Keeper of Lost Causes Kvinden i Buret 15 

Life of Crime CFF 15 


4.00 1.30 

Director Mehran Tamadon. France/Switzerland 2014. 

Farsi with English subtitles. 105 mins. 

Atheist, Iranian, Paris-based filmmaker Mehran Tamadon managed to 

persuade four mullahs, all believers in the Islamic Republic of Iran, to 

come and stay with him for four days and engage in discussions. In the 

confined space of his Tehran home, daily life is combined with debate, 

an unremitting demonstration of the problematic issue of how to live 

together, when each side’s view of the world is so contrary. This is an 

acute insight into a society much mis-understood in the West. 

Print source Doc and Film International 

JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING 

Que Ta Joie Demeure 

CFF PG 


4.30 1.00 

Director Denis Côté. Canada 2014. French with English subtitles. 

70 mins. 

Prolific Quebecois filmmaker Denis Côté explores the world of work 

in Joy of Man’s Desiring, a poetical and hybrid study of industrial life, 

factories and the meaning of labour. The film begins with a woman 

talking over her shoulder, seemingly making an amorous pact with 

someone. In fact, it becomes apparent she is an embodiment of the 

workplace itself, and the potential lover is every worker. This enigmatic 

film offers a stimulating poetic montage of ideas about labour, leisure 

and humanity’s higher satisfactions and aspirations, accompanied by a 

terrific musical score. 

Print source New Wave 


9.00 4.00 

Director Tudor Christian Jurgiu. Starring Victor Rebengiuc, Serban 

Pavlu. Romania 2013. Romanian with English subtitles. 86 mins. 

“Romanian cinema’s ability to explore big themes with minimal materials 

is reconfirmed in The Japanese Dog, a leisurely, lyric and clear-eyed study 

of the changes in the life of an elderly man following the 2010 floods 

that devastated the northeast of the country” (Hollywood Reporter). 

Costache (played by veteran actor Victor Rebengiuc) picks up his life after 

a catastrophic flood in rural Romania. He finds himself driven to reconnect 

with his long since emigrated son and thus is finally introduced to his 

daughter-in-law and grandson. Rebenginc gives a wonderful performance, 

playing Costache with the perfect combination of stubbornness and 

tenderness, which becomes increasingly lovable as the film moves on. 

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10.15 2.00 

Director Mikkel Nørgaard. Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter. Denmark/ 

Germany/Sweden 2013. Danish/Sweden/Arabic with English subtitles. 97 mins. 

Based on the award-winning novel Mercy, the first of the bestselling Department Q crime fiction series 

by Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes is a powerful and gripping addition to the recent 

Scandinavian noir cycle. Carl Mørck (Kaas, The Killing) is a brooding detective who takes the fall when his 

partner is wounded during a seemingly routine operation. Reassigned to the newly created Department 

Q, a basement-bound job filing cold cases, he is allocated a new assistant, Assad (Fares, Zero Dark Thirty), 

a smart young Muslim cop. Always one to question hierarchy and direct orders, Mørck throws them 

headlong into the mystery of a politician’s disappearance five years earlier. Believing the case to be 

unsolved, they embark on a dangerous journey that will uncover a shocking truth, leading to a thrilling 

and unforgettable climax. Citing Hitchcock as a primary influence and a desire to tell a film through dark 

and powerful images, director Nørgaard has crafted ‘a story about the dark side of life, what happens if 

you cannot let go of the past, when it devours you from within. This is a story of how humans deal with 

the horrific things that happen throughout life, being able to move forward from that or not’. 

Print source Picturehouse Entertainment 

THE LAST EMPEROR 3D 15 


3.00 

Director Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole, Ruocheng 

Ying. China, 1987. 160 mins. 

Remastered and converted to 3D for the recent BFI tribute to maverick British producer Jeremy 

Thomas, The Last Emperor 3D is an even more ravishing visual spectacle than in its previous 2D 

incarnation. The Winner of nine Academy Awards, the film recounts the life of Emperor Pu Yi, who 

in 1908 ascended to the throne aged just three. Pu Yi witnessed decades of cultural and political 

upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating Ching dynasty China with 

astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production 

designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man 

reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy. Both Bertolucci (The Conformist, Last Tango in 

Process) and Thomas (whose many credits include Eureka, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Crash and 

Sexy Beast) took an active interest in the remastering process so as to enable fans of the film and new 

audiences to revel in a truly epic and magical vision. 

Print source Altitude 

Director Daniel Shechter. Starring 

Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Tim 

Robbins. USA 2013. 94 mins. 

Based on acclaimed crime writer Elmore 

Leonard’s The Switch (which was followed by 

Rum Punch, the inspiration for Tarantino’s 

Jackie Brown), Life Of Crime is a taut and 

suspenseful tale of a kidnapping heist gown 

wrong. Ordell Robbie (Def, Be Kind Rewind) 

and Louis Gara (Hawkes, Martha Marcy May 

Marlene) hit it off in prison, where they were 

both serving time for grand theft auto. Now 

that they’re out, they’re joining forces for one 

big score. The ploy is to kidnap Mickey Dawson 

(Anniston, never better) the wife of a wealthy 

Detroit developer (Robbins) and hold her for 

ransom. Everything is going to plan, with one 

hitch, the lowlife husband doesn’t want his 

wife back. So now it’s time for Plan B and the 

opportunity to make a real killing. Evocative 

of Soderbergh’s Out of Sight with its fine ear 

for Leonard’s dialogue and its frequently witty 

visual style, Life of Crime is something of an 

unexpected treat. The period Detroit detail 

is superb as is the fine interplay between 

the principal players. Mark Boone Junior is 

priceless as a dim-witted accomplice whose 

love of Nazi regalia is not much shared by 

his cohorts. 

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SAT 30 

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I Believe in Unicorns CFF 15 

M (New Digital Restoration) 

PG 

MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY CFF 15 


6.30 1.00 

Director Leah Meyerhoff. 

Starring Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack, 

Amy Seimetz. USA 2014. 80 mins. 

EM 


4.00 6.15 

“A unique and gently striking style, resulting in an appealing left-field story of teen love, adventure 

and trauma ...” (Screen International), I Believe in Unicorns takes us on a road trip through the 

stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love. Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed 

teenage girl who often escapes into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the 

sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new relationship with an older boy. 

She is swept into a whirlwind of romance and adventure, but the enchantment quickly fades when 

Sterling’s volatile side begins to emerge. This is a deeply personal film for director Leah Meyerhoff, 

who grew up taking care of her own mother who has Multiple Sclerosis, and who she casts in the film. 

Print source Leah Meyerhoff 

Director Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor 

Loos. Germany 1931. German with English subtitles. 117 mins. 

Fritz Lang’s M is an undisputed classic of world cinema. His impeccable 

direction introduces angles, lighting and police procedural elements 

that would form the foundation of film noir; and establishes many of the 

musical construction that are now a given in most films. His vision of a city 

gripped with fear, haunted by surveillance and total mobilization, is still 

remarkably powerful today. Lorre in his career defining role as Hans Becker 

the psychopathic child-killer, creates one of the most terrifying on-screen 

killers, not for his brutality but rather his quiet and unassuming demeanour 

which creates a paradoxical air of innocence. M is a timeless classic. 

Print source BFI Distribution 

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8.30 6.00 

Director Nawapol Thamrongrattanrit. Starring Patcha Poonpiriya, 

Chonnikan Netjui, Vasuphon Kriangprapakit. Thailand 2013. Thai with 


In his second feature director and writer Nawapol Thamrongrattanrit uses 

410 consecutive tweets from @marylony to create a melancholy surreal 

comedy about teenager Mary Molony. Accompanied by her best friend 

Suri, Mary goes about her life: taking photos in golden hour light, worrying 

about the future and searching for love, while her school is overtaken by a 

dictatorial new headmaster, squashing her dreams of creating a beautiful 

yearbook. The tweets add a strange texture to the film, sometimes 

completely changing the direction of the narrative or overlapping with 

speech. It is refreshing to see a film that uses social media but that does 

not concern itself with any debates about the ethics of the technology. 

Print source Day For Night 

LAST CALL 

CFF U 

LOVE IS ALL: 100 YEARS OF 

LOVE & COURTSHIP 

CFF PG 

Monica Z (WALTZ FOR MONICA) 

CFF PG 


5.00 10.00 


3.30 3.45 

Director Enrico Cerasuolo. Italy 2013. English/Italian with English 


40 years ago, a book was published that shook the political 

establishment and was condemned by presidents, prime ministers and 

economists around the world. The Limits of Growth was commissioned 

by the Club of Rome, a loose group of people brought together to look at 

the world’s problems and help solve them. The argument was that with 

finite resources on the planet, we cannot have exponential growth. The 

documentary looks at the launch of the book, the political fall-out and 

the fact we still have to tackle the problems outlined in the book. 

Print source Zenit Arti Audiovisive 

Director Kim Longinotto. Soundtrack by Richard Hawley. 

UK 2014. 70 mins. 

Kim Longinotto’s Love is All takes us on a journey through the Twentieth 

century, exploring love and courtship on screen in a century of 

unprecedented social upheaval. From the very first kisses ever caught 

on film, through the disruption of war, to the birth of youth culture, gay 

liberation and free love, we follow courting couples flirting at tea dances, 

kissing in the back of the movies, shacking up and fighting for the right to 

love. This is the celluloid story of love and courtship since the birth of the 

movie camera; told with spellbinding footage from the BFI and Yorkshire 

Film Archive and a stunning soundtrack composed by Richard Hawley. 


Director Per Fly. 

Starring Edda Magnason, Sverrir 

Gudnason, Kjell Bergqvist, Vera Vitali. 

Sweden 2013. Swedish/English. 109 mins. 


11.00AM 6.00 

1950s rural Sweden Monica Zetterlund works on as a switchboard operator but dreams of stardom 

as a jazz singer. Invited to New York to play with the Tommy Flanagan Trio she leaves her daughter 

with her disapproving father over Christmas. A classic biopic charts the rise of Monica who eventually 

became a celebrity in her own country but with a turbulent personal life in the heady days of the 

1960s. WALTZ FOR MONICA was the most-seen film in Sweden in 2013. It’s a tour-de-force for stunning 

first-time actor and musician Edda Magnason, who performs Monica’s songs herself. Great music and 

enjoyable, glossy presentation. 

Print source Swedish Film Institute 



A Most Wanted Man 15 

Night Moves 15 

Director Anton Corbijn. 

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem 

Dafoe, Rachel McAdams. UK/Germany/ 

USA 2014. 121 mins. 


8.00 1.30 

Cut from a similar cloth to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy (and also based on a John Le Carré novel), Anton 

Corbijn’s third feature film is a snare tight psychological thriller. The film follows German spy Gunther 

Bachmann as he tracks down Issa, a suspicious Chechen-Russian immigrant on the run in Hamburg. 

Ignoring pressure to capture and interrogate Issa, Bachmann plays the long game and uncovers a 

connection between a world renowned Muslim philanthropist and a terrorist group. Brilliantly cast, 

and a fitting epitaph to the career of Philip Seymour Hoffman. 

Print source E-One 

Director Kelly Reichardt. 

Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota 

Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard. 

USA 2013. 112 mins. 


6.30 12.30 

This is a tense and beguiling thriller following the drastic actions of a group of environmentalists. 

Night Moves follows Josh (Eisenberg), Dena (Fanning) and Harmon (Sarsgaard) through the build-up, 

execution and aftermath of an attack on a local dam. Eisenberg and Fanning are quietly determined, 

while Sarsgaard is dependably creepy. Although the film centres on green issues, it avoids preaching 

or heavy-handed ideology, focusing instead on the characters. 


N: The Madness of Reason CFF 15 

Nekromantik 18 

Sat 4 Oct | 7.30pm 

Night Will Fall 15 


6.00 11.00AM 


4.30 4.00 

Director Peter Krüger. Belgium/Germany/Netherlands 2014. 

French with English subtitles. 102 mins. 

N is a story of an unusual obsession; it tells the story of the Frenchman 

Raymond Borremans, who left Europe for Africa in the mid-20th 

century. He devoted his life to the creation of the first encyclopaedia 

of this other world, dreaming of eternal recognition. He died, however, 

only reaching the letter ‘N’. His restless spirit drifts around West 

Africa, caught between life and death, past and present. This story of 

completing a task from beyond the grave is, both musically and visually, 

a truly striking film. “Symphonic, heartbreaking and innovative…one of 

the best films I’ve ever seen about Africa” Mark Cousins. 



10.30 

Director Jörg Buttgereit. Starring Bernd Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice 

Manowski, Harald Lundt. Germany 1988. German with English 


Inspired by American serial killer Edward Gein, Nekromantik tells the story of 

necrophilic couple: Betty and Rob. He works for a street cleaning company 

specializing in body disposals of all kinds. With Betty, he not only shares the 

apartment, but also a sexual preference for the dead. What excitement, when 

Rob brings home a corpse. But when he is fired from his job, Betty leaves 

him, taking the dead lover with her. Buttgereit’s debut feature was made as 

a protest against rigid new censorship in the Federal Republic of Germany in 

the 1980s. While it was banned in some countries, it achieved cult status in 

others, and established Buttgereit as master of German splatter and horror. 

Print source Arrow Video 

A Zulu ballet 

Cultural explosion of music, song and dance 

from Ladysmith Black Mambazo with 

dancers from The Royal Ballet 

Media partners: 

Director André Singer. Starring . UK 2014. 75 mins. 

When British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camps in 1945, 

a camera crew filmed images of piles of corpses and emaciated inmates. 

London-based producer Sidney Bernstein intended this footage to be used 

to demonstrate the scale of Nazi extermination policy: Alfred Hitchcock was 

to edit the film. But the film was consigned to archives, the allies deciding 

that post-war reconstruction was more important than confronting the 

Nazis with their guilt. Night Will Fall retraces the story of the ‘missing 

Hitchcock’ and, unveiled at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, the film offers an 

unflinching eyewitness account of mankind’s destructive nature. 

We hope to welcome director André Singer and producer Sally Angel to 

the evening screening. 

Print source BFI Distribution 


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NINGEN CFF 15 

PALO ALTO CFF 15 

Directors Çaǧla Zencirci and Guillaume 

Giovanetti. Starring Masahiro Yoshino, 

Masako Wajima, Megumi Ayukawa, Xiao 

Mu Lee. Japan/Turkey/France 2013. 

Japanese with English subtitles. 

104 mins. 


6.30 4.00 

Stemming from a Japanese fairytale, a raccoon and a fox decide to transform into human beings and see 

who can accumulate the most wealth. But they quickly lose sight of the game as both characters forget 

they are only pretending to be human. The raccoon becomes chief executive of a company ready to fold, a 

suicide attempt landing him in a mental institution, while the fox is his loyal wife and company associate. 

The deeply moving battle begins when he understands where his real happiness lies. 

We are delighted that directors Çaǧla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti will be present at the screenings. 


Director Gia Coppola. 

Starring James Franco, Emma Roberts, 

Val Kilmer. USA 2013. 100 mins. 


6.30 

A teen movie for the ages, and the debut feature from writer-director Gia Coppola - based on the 

book “Palo Alto: Stories” by James Franco. The film follows four dissolute teenagers as they busy 

themselves with community service, unrequited love, and sexual escapades in the sun-kissed, 

Californian city of Palo Alto. Featuring a stand-out performance from Emma Roberts in the film’s lead 

role as April, a high school student seduced by her amorously creepy soccer coach Mr B (Franco), the 

film is a worthy debut feature from yet another prodigiously talented member of the Coppola family. 


NOOR 

CFF PG 

The Overnighters CFF 15 

Coming Soon 

Please note that this film is screening online on platform FilmDoo only. 

Directors Çaǧla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti. Starring Baba 

Hussain, Gunga Sain, Mithu Sain, Noor, Uzma Ali. France 2012. Urdu/ 

Punjabi with English subtitles. 78 mins. 

Noor first featured at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was 

selected by ACID to screen. It also scooped the Grand Prize at the Dieppe 

International Film Festival. In the film, Noor narrates and acts in his own 

true life story, about leaving his transgender community in Pakistan to 

find a new life. A poetic, political road movie about having the freedom 

to be yourself. 



6.30 3.30 

Director Jesse Moss. USA 2014. 90 mins. 

Premiering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded 

The Special Jury Prize for Intuitive Filmmaking, The Overnighters is a 

powerful portrait of desperation in a post-recession America. Controversial 

hydraulic fracturing lures tens of thousands of men to North Dakota 

dreaming of six figure salaries, only to be faced with the grim reality 

of slim work prospects. Pastor Jay Reinke is hell-bent on delivering the 

men some dignity and so converts his church into a make-shift dorm and 

counselling centre. Before too long this builds resentment among the 

congregation and the townsfolk, and soon the situation is spiralling out of 

control. A modern-day parable that challenges the fabric of our society. 


Bigger Brighter Better 

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PETER DE ROME: 

GRANDFATHER OF GAY PORN 

CFF 18 


10.30 1.30 

Director Ethan Reid. UK 2014 97 mins. 

This documentary looks at the life and work of director Peter de 

Rome who sadly passed away in June of this year. To say it is hard to 

imagine this 90-year-old filming sex scenes with sailors he met on 

Manhattan streets is not really fair. He may be a gentleman, but he has 

a roguish twinkle in his eye. His descriptions of New York and its not so 

underground gay scene are told with a nostalgic air which make it sound 

all the more real. Clips from his films are explicit but add to the story at 

a level beyond their initial shock value. 

We hope to welcome executive producer David McGillivary to the 

evening screening. 

Print source Marvy Movies 

Peter Sellers: 

THE EARLY SHORTS 

Directors Leslie Arliss and James Hill. Starring Peter Sellers. 

UK 1957. 90 mins. 

CFF U 

EM 


6.00 11.00AM 

Long before he was Inspector Clouseau, or even before Dr Strangelove, 

Peter Sellers debuted in a series of film shorts, co-written with Lewis 

Greiffer (Dr Who, Dangerman) and Mordecai Richler. Now, 50 years later 

the three, half-hour films will be shown at the Cambridge Film Festival. 

Dearth Of A Salesman, Insomnia Is Good For You and Cold Comfort, follow 

the misadventures of Hector Dimwittie, a loveable loser on a quest to 

become Britain’s best salesman, pitching everything from tape recorders 

to toilet paper. 

Print source Dimwittie Films Limited 

PRIDE 15 


7.15 

Director Matthew Warchus. 

Starring Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, 

Andrew Scott. UK 2014. 120 mins. 

It’s the summer of 1984 – Margaret 

Thatcher is in power and the 

National Union of Mineworkers 

(NUM) is on strike. At the Gay 

Pride March in London, a group of 

gay and lesbian activists decides 

to raise money to support the 

families of the striking miners. 

But there is a problem. The Union 

seems embarrassed to receive 

their support. But the activists 

are not deterred. They decide to 

ignore the Union and go direct to 

the miners. They identify a mining 

village in deepest Wales and set 

off in a mini bus to make their 

donation in person. And so begins 

the extraordinary true story of two 

seemingly alien communities who 

form a surprising and ultimately 

triumphant partnership. An 

impassioned work from theatre 

director Matthew Warchus, Pride 

pulls no punches in looking at a dark period in Britain’s history but also manages to combine wit, 

irony and a deep streak of humanism. The performances are first class, especially rising star George 

Mackay (How I Live Now) and the sense of time and place is impeccably rendered. Educational and 

entertaining, this is an inspirational, essential work. 

Print source Pathe 

Dancing in Dulais CFF 15 

SACRO GRA CFF 15 

QUALITY FILM 

Including live events, classics, art-house gems and documentaries. 

Comfy seats or cosy sofas while enjoying a drink from our licensed bar. 

PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK 

No. 4 Hatter Street Café and Restaurant. 

Using local products where possible yet blending thrilling foods from around the world. 

Abbeygate Cinema 

4 Hatter Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1LZ 

Box office: 0871 902 5722 | Restaurant: 01284 754477 

www.abbeygatecinema.co.uk 

@Abbeygate_bury 

/Abbeygatecinema 


4.00 12.00 NOON 

Director Colin Clews. 

Dancing in Dulais was made by members of Lesbians and Gays Support 

the Miners (LGSM) and Lesbians Against Pit Closures during and 

immediately after the 1984/85 miners strike. Like the forthcoming movie 

‘Pride’ it documents the interactions between lesbians and gay men and 

the miners and their families in Dulais in South Wales – only this time 

it’s the real thing. As well as some memorable footage that includes the 

Blaenant Lodge banner leading the 1985 Lesbian and Gay Pride march and 

LGSM members struggling with bingo at the local community hall, the film 

documents the wider political impact of this seemingly unlikely alliance. 

Print source Colin Clews 


8.15 4.30 

Director Gianfranco Rosi. Italy/France 2013. Italian with English 


The first documentary ever to win the Golden Lion Award at the Venice 

Film Festival, Sacro GRA is an fascinating fly-on-the-wall look at the 

Grande Raccordo Anulare, the giant ring road that circles Rome and the 

people who live around it. Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi spent two years 

meeting people, finding out who they are, and filming them. Thus we 

meet an ensemble of characters and get glimpses of their lives: the 

nobleman from the Piemonte and his daughter sharing an apartment, 

botanists studying palm tree’s, a cigar-smoking man doing gymnastics 

on the roof of his castle, a paramedic eternally on duty in his ambulance. 



School of Babel 

La Cour de Babel 

CFF U 

SEVEN STREETS, TWO MARKETS 

AND A WEDDING 

CFF U 

Spark: A Burning Man Story CFF 15 

EM 


8.30 11.00AM 

Director Julie Bertuccelli. France 2014. French with English 


Reminiscent of Laurent Cantet’s The Class in its portrait of a changing, 

multi-cultural France, Bertucelli’s School of Babel is a quietly remarkable 

documentary about inclusivity, hardship and acceptance. The film details 

a year in the life of a Parisian class of immigrant youth from countries 

around the world who have come to France for asylum, to escape 

turmoil, or simply better their lives. Filmed without narration, the story 

takes place largely within the classroom and is told through the images, 

emotions and responses of the kids themselves. 

Print source Verve 

SP 


3.30 6.15 

Director Various. UK 2014. 66 mins. 

A feature-length programme of archive films curated by London’s 

Screen Archives, this is a collection of 10 rare films offering glimpses of 

lost London from 1930 to 1980. Largely unseen for generations, these 

snapshots of London life provide a unique insight into the continuities 

and changes in the capital across the twentieth century. Viewers will 

travel from Brent to Southwark via Hackney and Hampstead Heath in this 

heritage showcase. Highlights include the original Lambeth Walk, dray 

horses in ‘60s Marylebone and an East End parade. Seven Streets, Two 

Markets and a Wedding is a fascinating look at lost aspects of London 

life. “Evocative and strangely moving... this compilation really does 

enable us to peek back into a lost world” (The Independent). 

We are delighted that co-producer Rebekah Polding will introduce the screening. 

Print source ICO 

Directors Steve Brown and Jessie 

Deeter. USA/New Zealand/South Africa/ 

UK/Lithuania 2013. 90 mins. 

We hope to welcome director Steve Brown 

to the screening. 

Still the Enemy Within 


10.00 

In the clarity of the desert light, every year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in Nevada 

to build a temporary festival city. The result is the legendary week long art festival and party which 

culminates in the burning of a giant effigy, the Burning Man. This beautifully made documentary 

describes how, rooted in principles of self-expression and community, Burning Man has stirred the 

participants to shed their 9-5 existence and act on their dreams. Accompanied by a sensational 

soundtrack the film takes us behind the curtain to experience Burning Man for ourselves. 

Print source Spark Pictures 

CFF PG 

Eat at 

Café restaurant 

Cake shop 

Coffee bar 

Established 1921 

51-52 Trumpington St, CB2 1RG 

(5 minutes walk from the Picturehouse) 

www.fitzbillies.com, 01223 352500 

© John Sturrock reportdigital.co.uk 

Director Owen Gower. 


We hope to welcome members of the 

production team to the screenings. 

SP 


7.30 6.00 

Still the Enemy Within is a unique insight into one of history’s most dramatic events: the 1984-85 

British Miners’ Strike. Thirty years on, this is the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through 

Britain’s longest strike. The film follows the highs and lows of that life-changing year. Using interviews 

and a wealth of rare and never before seen archive, it draws together personal experiences to take 

the audience on an emotionally powerful journey through the dramatic events of that year. Still the 

Enemy Within is ultimately a universal tale of ordinary people standing up for what they believe in. 

It challenges us to look again at our past so that in the words of one miner, “we can still seek to do 

something about the future”. 

Print source Bad Bonobo 


Supernova CFF 15 

TORN CFF 15 

Director Tamar van den Dop. 

Starring Bob Schwarze, Gaite Jansen, 

Tamar van den Dop. Belgium 2014. Dutch 

with English subtitles. 102 mins. 

EM 


4.00 8.30 

Meis is fifteen, lives in the back of beyond, and aspires to a grand and stirring life, but all that happens is 

the passing of the time, waiting for the next car to run into the front of the house. She dreams of a young 

driver called “Brad” whom she would like to take care of and maybe have sex with. Her dad is waiting for the 

next driver to bring some heroism to his life again. Her mom is waiting for the same moment, so they can 

permanently move to the city. Ever since her dad was the first person that ran into the house, her grandma 

cannot stop shaking, and it seems to be worsening. Meis hopes this is a sign something is bound to happen. 

During one of Meis’ forbidden, dangerous nocturnal visits to the half bridge, deliverance finally arrives…. 


Director Jeremiah Birnbaum. 

Starring Mahnoor Baloch, Dendrie Taylor, 

John Heard. Pakistan/USA 2013. 80 mins. 


8.45 

An excellent study of the ripples that extend from an explosion. When a bomb goes off in the local 

shopping mall killing many, the first suspect is the young man from a Muslim background and the 

investigation focuses on his parents. Torn plays with the perceptions of the viewer, from a middle 

class muslim family to a working class white mother, the perceptions of the FBI. One of the most 

sensitive and even-handed investigations into American attitudes post 9/11 told with fascinating 

economy of the story-telling - a lot goes into 80 minutes - and the eye for detail that portrays so 

much in a single short shot. 

Print source Pathfinder 

TIR CFF 15 

Tony Benn: Will and Testament CFF 15 

Ockham’s Razor Theatre Company 

presents 

Not Until We Are Lost 

The View From Our House 

CFF PG 


11.30AM 3.15 

Director Alberto Fasulo. Starring Branko Zavrsan, Lucka Pockaj, 

Marijan Sestak. Italy/Croatia 2013. Italian/Croatian/Slovene/ 

English. 85 mins. 

Branko has been a lorry driver for only a few months, an understandable 

choice given that he now earns three times as much as he did as a 

schoolteacher in Bosnia. But we realise everything has a price, as we watch 

him trying to maintain a family life by phone from his cab while has drives 

across Europe from one delivery point to the next, far away from his family. 

Alberto Fasulo’s debut won top prize at the Rome Film Festival in 2013. 

Print source Fandango 


7.30 

Director Skip Kite. UK 2014. 

Until his death in March this year, Tony Benn was the longest-serving 

Labour MP in history and, possibly, the most popular and respected 

UK politician of modern times. Through intimate, quasi-confessional 

interviews and his personal photographic and film archive, Will and 

Testament reveals a very human face behind the political mask. The film 

follows Benn as he criss-crossed the UK, bearing witness to major social 

and political upheavals and events. A fitting testament to a forceful 

orator whose tongue was as sharp as his mind. 

We hope to welcome director Skip Kite to the sreening. 

Print source Praslin Pictures 

See the Corn Exchange 

as never before with 

this unique, breath-taking, 

aerial theatre show, suitable 

for the whole family 

‘Gravity free, rhythmical movement.’ 

The Telegraph 

Thu 18 & Fri 19 Dec: 1.30pm & 8pm 

Sat 20 & Sun 21 Dec: 3pm & 8pm 

EM 


6.30 

DirectorS Anthea Kennedy and Ian Wiblin. UK 2013. 76 mins. 

Directors Anthea Kennedy and Ian Wiblin explore the story of Erica 

Kock, a photographer who remembers the screams of prisoners in the 

Nazi-run internment camps behind her teenage home in the 1930s. This 

is a disturbing narrative of life in Germany before WWII, put together 

from unsent letters, memories, family films, images of contemporary 

landscapes and photographs taken by Erica herself. 

Print source Collectif Jeune Cinema. 

SHOWING WITH 

CROSSING POINTS 

Director Lucy Harris. UK 2013. 14mins. 

Similar to The View from Our House, Lucy Harris’ Crossing Points looks 

at the interplay between memory, history and architecture. Interweaving 

shots of the empty 1936 Berlin Olympia Stadium and Kuppelsaal with two 

fencers performing a series of choreographed gestures, the film creates 

a dialogue about the disruption that occurs to an architectural space 

when an historical legacy becomes attached to it. 

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Media partners:

VIOLET CFF 15 

Watermark 

CFF PG 

WE ARE MANY 

CFF PG 

Director Bas Devos. 

Starring Cesar de Sutter, Koen de Sutter, 

Mira Helmer. Netherlands/Belgium 2014. 

Dutch with English subtitles. 77 mins. 

Violette CFF 15 


8.30 1.20 

Director Martin Provost. Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine 

Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet. France/Belgium 2013. French with 


Violette Leduc, born out of wedlock at the beginning of the 20th 

century and scarred by childhood trauma and a loveless marriage, 

encountered Simone de Beauvoir in the post World War II years. An 

intense relationship began between the two women, which would 

endure a lifetime. A parade of great French writers is brought to life by 

a magnificent ensemble cast as the film vividly brings to life the heady 

intellectual atmosphere of 1940s Paris. 



11.15AM 2.15 

Opening with a CCTV camera focused on a deserted shopping mall, two young men come into shot and 

are attacked by other youths. One is left bleeding on the floor while the other, Jesse, stands back in 

shock. As the investigation starts, his friends cannot understand why Jesse didn’t fight to support his 

friend and he becomes isolated from his BMX biking friends. This beautifully paced study of youth and 

trauma justifiably won the Grand Prix at Generation 14plus for the best feature film at this year’s Berlin 

Film Festival. Bas Devos’ debut feature film, shows amazing confidence and imagination, not least the 

final shot that leaves the viewer in a state of awe. An extraordinary use of 65mm photography. 

Print source New Europe Film Sales 

WAR STORY CFF 15 


8.45 

Director Mark Jackson. Starring Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, 

Ben Kingsley. USA 2013. 90 mins. 

War Story is an extraordinary story about grief and trauma told with 

beautiful sensitivity. Lee is a war photographer, just back from a difficult 

assignment. She spends her days chain-smoking in bed and shuts 

herself off from any human contact. Only when Lee meets a young 

Tunisian refugee, and decides to help her, is there a breakthrough in her 

own healing process. As War Story unfolds you gradually find out what 

is happening or happened and understand Lee’s behaviour. A powerful 

and moving film. 

Print source Visit Films 


8.00 

Directors Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. Canada 2013. Mandarin/Bengali/ 

Hindi/Spanish/English. 92 mins. 

Watermark is a feature documentary from multiple-award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal 

and Nick de Pencier, and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, marking their second 

collaboration after the remarkable Manufactured Landscapes in 2006. The film brings together 

diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, 

what we learn from it and how we use it. Shot in stunning 5K ultra high-definition video, the film 

immerses the viewer in a magnificent force of nature that we all too often take for granted. 


THE WHITE CITY CFF 15 


4.00 1.30 

Directors Tanner King Barklow and Gil Kofman. Starring Bob Morley, Thomas Dekker, Haley 

Bennett. USA 2014. 

The White City tells the story of an emotionally charged love triangle set in the hot political climate 

of modern Tel Aviv. A young couple take a winter break in Tel Aviv as an opportunity to exercise their 

creativity. But while Eva writes poetry and parties with friends, Kyle works on a film which expresses 

his own confused sexuality with Avi, a young ex-soldier; drawing Avi further into the couple’s complex 

relationship. The White City presents a new slant on the love triangle genre, with the backdrop of Tel 

Aviv as a cultural counterpoint to the American couple’s life. Directors Tanner King Barklow and Gil 

Kofman previously collaborated on Unmade in China, which screend at Cambridge Film Festival 2013. 

We are delighted to welcome director Gil Kofman to the screenings. 

Print source Gil Kofman 

Director Amir Amirani. 


Featuring contributions from a remarkable 

cast including Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Danny 

Glover, Richard Branson, Noam Chomsky, Ken 

Loach, Tony Benn, Mark Rylance, Tariq Ali and 

Hans Blix. We Are Many is the riveting story of 

the greatest mass mobilization in history and a 

devastating critique of the state of democracy 

today. 

On February 15 2003, millions and millions 

of people, in over 800 cities across all seven 

continents, marched against the impending 

invasion of Iraq. This mobilization was the 

largest in human history and yet it remains 

an untold, little-known story. Journalist 

and filmmaker Amir Amirani reveals the 

background to that day and explores its wider 

meaning. Chronicling the rise of a new kind of 

democratic movement, this is a chilling but 

also inspirational drama concerning millions 

of everyday people fighting to stop a war, set 

against a small number of people working 

to start one. Featuring revealing interviews 

and potent archive footage, We Are Many 

also serves as a contribution given back to 

the movement against war and is intended to 

reunite, both physically through networking on 

the website, and in spirit through the film, the 

people who took part on 15 February 2003. 

We are delighted that filmmaker Amir Amirani will 

be present at the screening. 

Print source Metro International 

Entertainment 

THU 4 

9.00 


Movies on 

Grantchester Meadows 

Saturday 23rd August, c.8.00 

The Grand 

Budapest Hotel 

15 

Sunday 24th August, c.8.00 

Close Encounters of the 

Third Kind 

PG 

Six Films, Three Screens, Two Nights, One River, Millions of Stars. 

Sunset screenings on the August Bank Holiday weekend... Six fantastic films in the most 

picturesque setting Cambridge has to offer! 

Bring a picnic or browse the varied food and drink on offer from local vendors, before snuggling 

on a rug under the stars to watch the evening feature on our giant inflatable Airscreens - three 

of the largest in the UK. Three films will be shown simultaneously each night with appropriate 

viewing for both adults and children. Up to four children can attend on one child’s ticket when 

accompanied by a paying adult. 

Gates open at 6pm. Films starts about 8pm – 8:10pm (dependent on night fall). 

Events should finish before 10:30pm. 

The soundtrack will, as usual, be 

delivered through a special radio 

headset system (£5 refundable deposit). 

Please feel free to bring your 

own earphones. 

Director Wes Anderson. Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray 

Abraham, Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton. USA 2014. 100 mins. 

Idiosyncratic and witty, Wes Anderson’s film is set in the interwar 

years and centres on the eponymous hotel. Fiennes is the savvy 

concierge, Gustav, while Revolori plays his new lobby boy. The guile of 

both is tested when a favoured guest (Swinton) bequeathes Gustav a 

priceless painting, which arouses the suspicions of the local detective 

(Edward Norton). 

Print source 20th Century Fox 


The Lego Movie 

U 

Director Steven Spielberg. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Francois 

Truffaut, Teri Garr. USA 1977. 135 mins. 

Richard Dreyfuss is Roy Neary, a man who, after encountering an 

unexplainable phenomenon one night, becomes obsessed with 

discovering more, much to the dismay of his wife and family. The movie 

is a mesmerising story of earth’s encounter with spaceships and aliens 

through the eyes of one man. 

Print source Sony Pictures / Park Circus 


THINGS TO COME 

PG 


CINEMA PARADISO 

PG 


Flash Gordon 

PG 

Director Giuseppe Tornatore. Starring Philippe Noiret, Jacques 

Perrin, Marco Leonardi. Italy/France 1988. 124 mins. 

Told in flashback as successful film director Salvatore returns to his 

native Sicilian village. Cinema Paradiso centres on the friendship 

between Salvatore and the irascible projectionist Alfredo (Philippe 

Noiret). Romantic, nostaligic, funny and exuberant, Cinema Paradiso is 

all the more memorable for the winning performances of Noiret and 

10-year-old Salvatore Cascio. 


Director Mike Hodges. Starring Max von Sydow, Topol, Sam Jones. 

USA 1980. 111 mins. 

This updated version of the 1930s comic strip sees Flash, the footballing 

hero, skyjacked aboard Dr Zarkov’s rocketship along with the beautiful 

Dale Arden. The threesome cross paths with evil Ming the Merciless and 

soon Flash has to unite the warring kingdoms of planet Mongo to defeat 

Ming and save the world. 

Print source Studio Canal / Park Circus 

Director Phil Lord and Chris Miller. WITH THE VOICES 

OF Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will 

Arnett. USA 2014. 100 mins. 

Emmet (Pratt) is just an average Lego 

figure who, after a bad case of mistaken 

identity, is tasked with saving 

Legoland from the evil President 

Business (Ferrell), who is 

conniving to take control 

of everything in the Lego 

universe. Thrown together 

with an unlikely band of 

crusaders, Emmet embarks on a 

series of zany adventures. 

Print source Warner Bros 

Director William Cameron Menzies. Starring Raymond 

Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson. 

Austria 1936. 97 mins. 

Based on the novel of the same name 

by H.G. Wells, this film, made in 1936, 

demonstrates, Wells’ incredible ability to 

peer into a dark future. This is the story of 

a century: a decades-long second World War 

leaves plague, anarchy and a society that has 

broken down; then, over a period of several 

years, a rational state rebuilds civilisation and 

attempts space travel. But once again, communities 

revolt and violence rears its head… 

Print source Park Circus 

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THE LIDO PICTURE SHOW 

SUN 14 

SEPT 

c.8.00 

INTO FILM 

The popular outdoor swimming pool on Jesus Green provides 

a unique viewing experience for The Lido Picture Show. 

Join us for an evening of fun, making yourself 

comfortable on the banks of the pool - one of the 

longest in Europe - the perfect setting for the 

wonderfully hilarious O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? 

Refreshments can be purchased from the Lido cafe. 

Doors open after final swimming session ends at 

7.30 pm. Film starts after dark. 

CINEMOBILE 

The Cinemobile is a touring mobile cinema bringing film 

to the far-flung corners of the country. On the outside it’s 

a 40-ton truck, but on the inside it converts into a plush 

100-seat cinema. 

During this year’s Cambridge Film Festival the Cinemobile 

will be visiting the city’s Park and Ride sites, bringing 

the best feature films and shorts programing to audiences 

in a unique cinema-going experience. Check out 

www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk to see where and when 

the Cinemobile will be parking up at the Park and Rides! 

Fitted with 

Wheelchair access 

Dolby sound and acoustic 

damping 

4.7m wide screen 

Air conditioning and heating 

Wednesday 3 September, 5.00 

Harrods Room, Emmanuel College 

Careers in Visual Effects (VFX) – where art and technology collide 

Ever wondered how the visual effects (VFX) you see at the cinema are created? 

Did you know that amazing scenes from Gravity, Harry Potter and Robocop were all 

created here in the UK? 

If you have knowledge of art, photography and design or maybe a strong foundation in STEM 

(science, technology, engineering and maths), and computer science subjects perhaps you 

should consider a career in VFV? Come along to this talk with industry professionals and 

university course leaders to find out more. 

Professor Jeffrey Baggott - Dean of Faculty - Media and Performance/Acting HoS 

Performance Arts University Bournemouth 

Pete Truckel - Director - The VFX Hub at Bournemouth University 

The UK, which is a world leader in this field, is facing a serious skills shortage and needs 

young people with knowledge in these subjects. 

It’s your chance to find out about: 

The careers opportunities are available in a rewarding, hands-on and creative industry 

The skills VFX professionals need to take their expertise to international production centres 

Choosing the right course 

We’ll also provide you with a careers map and information about next steps. 

For more info, and to reserve your free place, email yen.yau@intofilm.org 


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SCHEDULE 

OF FILMS 

THURSDAY 28 AUG 

ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 

Screen 1 

7.00 THE KIDNAPPING OF MICHEL 

HOUELLEBECQ 9 

10.00 MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT 9 

SCREEN 2 

4.00 SUPERNOVA 34 

6.00 German THE WOMAN 

WHO DARES 50 

8.15 SACRO GRA 31 

10.15 THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES 23 

SCREEN 3 

6.30 NIGHT MOVES 27 

9.00 SHORT FUSION CONNECTION 71 

FRIDAY 29 AUG 

Screen 1 

12.30 NIGHT MOVES 27 

3.00 THE KIDNAPPING OF MICHEL 

HOUELLEBECQ 9 

5.30 LIFE OF CRIME 23 

8.00 A MOST WANTED MAN 26 

10.30 THE CANAL 14 

Screen 2 

11.00 MONICA Z 25 

1.30 RETRO 3-D HOUSE OF WAX 57 

4.00 THE WHITE CITY 37 

6.30 German OF GIRLS AND HORSES 49 

8.45 German LOVE STEAKS 48 

11.00 RETRO 3-D HOUSE OF WAX 57 

Screen 3 

11.30 TIR 34 

2.00 KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES 23 

4.30 SACRO GRA 31 

6.30 NINGEN 28 

9.15 CHERRY TOBACCO 15 

11.00 tbc 

SATURDAY 30 AUG SUNDAY 31 AUG MONDAY 1 SEPT 

SCREEN 1 

10.30 FAMILY OCTONAUTS 77 

12.10 FAMILY PINK PANTHER 78 

1.30 FAMILY CHARLIE AND THE 

CHOCOLATE FACTORY 75 

4.00 German BELOVED SISTERS 47 

7.30 IDA + SHORT REEL AWARD 21 

10.00 IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE 21 

SCREEN 2 

11.00 FAMILY SCOOBY DOO 78 

1.00 German THE POLICE 

OFFICER’S WIFE 49 

4.30 N: THE MADNESS OF REASON 26 

6.45 FREE RANGE 19 

8.30 THE CASE AGAINST 8 14 

10.30 RETRO 3-D INFERNO 57 

SCREEN 3 

11.00 PETER SELLERS: 

THE EARLY SHORTS 30 

1.30 LIFE OF CRIME 23 

4.00 I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS 24 

6.00 A CURIOUS LIFE 15 

8.00 German OH BOY 49 

10.15 tbc 

SCREEN 1 

10.30 FAMILY ROOM ON THE BROOM 78 

11.15 FAMILY WACKY RACES 79 

1.30 THE WHITE CITY 37 

4.00 IRANIAN 22 

6.30 German HOME FROM HOME 48 

Screen 2 

11.15 VIOLET 36 

1.30 FAMILY SUPERMAN 79 

4.00 DANCING IN DULAIS 31 

5.00 LOVE IS ALL: 100 YEARS OF 

LOVE AND COURTSHIP 24 

6.30 THE OVERNIGHTERS 28 

8.45 WAR STORY 36 

Screen 3 

11.00 FAMILY BUGS BUNNY 75 

1.30 CHERRY TOBACCO 15 

4.00 NINGEN 28 

6.30 ATTILA MARCEL 12 

9.00 German THE WOMAN 

WHO DARES 50 

SCREEN 1 

11.00 FAMILY FROZEN SING ALONG 76 

1.30 A MOST WANTED MAN 26 

4.00 FOUR CORNERS 19 

6.30 DYLAN THOMAS 100 

UNDER MILK WOOD 58 

9.00 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP 14 

SCREEN 2 

10.30 FAMILY OCTONAUTS 77 

11.45 FAMILY LOONEY TUNES 77 

1.30 AFRICAN SAFARI 3D 11 

4.00 IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE 21 

6.30 M 25 

9.00 JAPANESE DOG 22 

10.45 THE CANAL 14 

SCREEN 3 

11.00 tbc 

1.00 FREE RANGE 19 

3.30 SEVEN STREETS, TWO MARKETS 

AND A WEDDING 32 

6.00 HOW I CAME TO HATE MATHS 20 

8.00 WATERMARK 37 

10.00 LOVE IS ALL: 100 YEARS OF 

LOVE AND COURTSHIP 24 

There are no adverts or trailers before 

Festival screenings, so please be seated by 

the advertised time. 

You’ll notice a number of To Be Confirmed 

(TBC) screening slots in this timetable. 

This gives us the flexbililty to drop in 

last minute additions to the programme, 

as well as respond to audience demand 

by adding repeat screenings of popular 

titles. We will announce the TBC slots on 

www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk and 

at the Arts Picturehouse throughout the 

Festival, so keep checking for the most 

recent updates – you never know what 

you might miss otherwise! 

All tickets must be collected at least 

15 minutes prior to the screening if it’s 

taking place at the Arts Picturehouse. If 

you are attending a screening at another 

venue you can collect pre-booked tickets 

or buy tickets from the Arts Picturehouse 

up to an hour before the film starts. 

After that you must collect pre-booked 

tickets from the Festival desk at the 

relevant screening venue, where you will 

also be able to buy tickets (subject to 

availability). 

OTHER VENUES 

Emmanuel 

6.00 PETER SELLERS: 

THE EARLY SHORTS 30 

8.30 ACRID 11 

Emmanuel 

11.00 FAMILY School of Slapstick 

workshop (ages 5-7) 78 

2.00 FAMILY School of Slapstick 

workshop (ages 8-12) 78 

4.00 tbc 

6.00 Lamprecht CHILDREN OF 

NO IMPORTANCE 52 

8.30 SUPERNOVA 34 

Emmanuel 

4.00 German OF GIRLS AND HORSES 49 

6.15 German LOVE STEAKS 48 

8.30 SHORTS tbc 

Emmanuel 

4.00 German OH BOY 49 

6.15 I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS 24 

8.30 tbc 

Emmanuel 


DYLAN ON DYLAN 58 

6.00 Lamprecht PEOPLE TO 

EACH OTHER 53 

8.30 tbc 

St Philips Church 

6.00 IDA 21 

8.30 FINDING FELA 18 

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Screen 1 


UNDER MILK WOOD 58 

1.00 M 25 

3.30 THE OVERNIGHTERS 28 

6.00 NIGHT WILL FALL 27 

8.30 VIOLETTE 36 

Screen 2 

11.00 SHORT FUSION BELOVED 70 

1.00 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP 14 

3.30 LAST CALL 24 

6.00 MONICA Z 25 

8.20 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH 11 

10.30 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH 11 

Screen 3 

12.00 GERMAN HOME FROM HOME 48 

4.30 JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING 22 

6.15 Lamprecht IN THE SLUMS 

OF BERLIN 52 

8.00 SHORT FUSION LIFE LESSONS 71 

10.30 NEKROMANTIK 26 

OTHER VENUES 

Emmanuel 

10.00 BFI: FAN 

2.00 BFI: FAN 

4.00 BFI: FAN 

6.00 HOW I CAME TO HATE MATHS 20 

8.30 MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY 25 


6.00 FAMILY MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 77 

8.30 GIUSEPPE TORNATORE: 

EVERY FILM MY FIRST FILM 19 

Screen 1 

11.00 BIG SCREAM DOWN BY LAW 16 

1.30 IRANIAN 22 

4.00 EASTERN BOYS 18 

7.00 RSC LIVE RICHARD III 

10.30 DOWN BY LAW 16 

Screen 2 

10.30 FAMILY ROOM ON THE BROOM 78 

11.30 FAMILY PINK PANTHER 78 

1.20 VIOLETTE 36 

4.00 JAPANESE DOG 22 

6.30 GERMAN STATIONS OF 

THE CROSS 50 

9.00 CATALAN TASTING MENU 66 

11.00 SHORT FUSION LIFE LESSONS 71 

Screen 3 

11.00 BIG SCREAM TASTING MENU 66 

1.00 JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING 22 

2.30 GIUSEPPE TORNATORE: EVERY 

FILM MY FIRST FILM 19 

5.00 THE IRAN JOB 21 

7.30 STILL THE ENEMY WITHIN 33 

10.30 PETER DE ROME: 

GRANDFATHER OF GAY PORN 30 

Emmanuel 

10.00 BFI: FAN 

4.00 BFI: FAN 

5.00 Into Film Workshop 41 

6.30 THE VIEW FROM OUR HOUSE 

+ CROSSING POINT 35 

8.30 Lamprecht PEOPLE TO EACH 

OTHER 53 


6.15 SEVEN STREETS, TWO MARKETS 

AND A WEDDING 32 

8.30 THE HYPNOTIST 20 

Screen 1 

11.00 NIGHT WILL FALL 27 

1.30 DAYBREAK 16 

4.00 GERMAN SHORTS 51 

6.15 CATALAN WE ALL WANT WHAT’S 

BEST FOR HER 66 

9.00 WE ARE MANY 37 

Screen 2 

12.00 FINDING FELA 18 

2.30 GERMAN STATIONS OF 

THE CROSS 50 

5.00 GERMAN BELOVED SISTERS 47 

8.15 NEW AMERICAN CINEMA 

THE CONNECTION & BUTTERFLY 61 

10.30 RETRO 3-D CREATURE FROM 

THE BLACK LAGOON 56 

Screen 3 

12.00 DANCING IN DULAIS 31 

1.30 PETER DE ROME: 

GRANDFATHER OF GAY PORN 30 

4.00 GERMAN FINISTERWORLD 48 


ON THE BOWERY 

+ THE PERFECT TEAM 60 

8.30 THE DISTANCE & 

ANCHA ES CASTILLA 16 

10.30 THE HYPNOTIST 20 

Emmanuel 

10.00 BFI FAN 

2.00 BFI FAN 

4.00 BFI FAN 

6.00 MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY 25 

8.30 SCHOOL OF BABEL 32 


6.00 STILL THE ENEMY WITHIN 33 

8.30 Lamprecht UNDER 

THE LANTERN 53 

FRIDAY 5 SEPT SATURDAY 6 SEPT SUNDAY 7 SEPT 

Screen 1 

10.00 THE IRAN JOB 21 

12.00 DANCNG IN DULAIS 31 

1.00 CATALAN WE ALL WANT WHAT’S 

BEST FOR HER 66 

3.15 TIR 34 

5.00 ENERGIZED 18 

7.15 PRIDE 31 

10.00 SPARK – A BURNING MAN STORY 33 

Screen 2 

11.00 SCHOOL OF BABEL 32 

1.30 GERMAN SHORTS 51 

3.00 EASTERN BOYS 18 

5.30 FHCE Local Filmmakers 67 


COME BACK, AFRICA + AN 

AMERICAN IN SOPHIATOWN 61 

10.30 RETRO 3-D THE MAD MAGICIAN 57 

Screen 3 

11.00 FOUR CORNERS 19 


STREET LIFE DESIRE 63 

3.45 LAST CALL 24 

5.45 ACRID 11 

7.50 CATALAN SON OF CAIN 66 

10.15 SHORT FUSION BELOVED 70 

Emmanuel 

10.00 FHCE conference 

2.00 FHCE conference 

4.00 Lamprecht PEOPLE 

ON SUNDAY 54 

6.00 SHORT FUSION CONNECTION 71 

8.30 Lamprecht CHILDREN OF 

NO IMPORTANCE 52 


6.00 FAMILY THE GLITTERBALL & THE 

BOY WHO TURNED YELLOW 76 

8.30 A CURIOUS LIFE 15 

Screen 1 

10.30 FAMILY THE GRUFFALO 76 

12.00 FAMILY NOT SO SILENT MOVIES 3 77 

2.00 Lamprecht UNDER 

THE LANTERN 53 

5.00 AMOUR FOU 12 

7.30 TONY BENN: WILL AND 

TESTAMENT 34 

10.15 THE HOMESMAN 20 

Screen 2 

10.45 FAMILY SCOOBY DOO 78 

12.00 AFRICAN SAFARI 3D 11 

2.15 VIOLET 36 

4.00 N: THE MADNESS OF REASON 26 

6.15 CATALAN A POEM IN EXILE 65 

9.00 GERMAN WEST 50 

11.00 FLESH OF MY FLESH 18 

Screen 3 

11.00 GERMAN FINSTERWORLD 48 

1.00 Lamprecht BERLIN, 

SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY 53 

2.30 CATALAN FICTION 64 


STREET LIFE DESIRE 63 

6.30 NEW AMERICAN CINEMA SHADOWS 62 


GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES 

+ MAN’S PERIL 61 

10.30 SHORT FUSION TWINS 1 72 

Screen 1 

10.45 FAMILY SUPERMAN 2 79 

1.00 FAMILY LOONEY TUNES 77 

2.30 THE DANCE OF REALITY 15 

5.30 DYLAN THOMAS 100 SET FIRE 

TO THE STARS 59 

8.00 SURPRISE FILM 7 

Screen 2 

10.30 FAMILY FROZEN SING ALONG 76 

1.00 CATALAN OTHELLO 64 

3.00 THE LAST EMPEROR 3D 23 

6.30 SHORT FUSION TWINS 2 72 

8.45 TORN 35 

Screen 3 

11.00 THE HOMESMAN 20 

1.30 AMOUR FOU 12 


ON THE BOWERY & 

THE PERFECT TEAM 60 

6.30 PALO ALTO 29 

9.00 tbc 

Emmanuel 

1.30 tbc 

4.00 CATALAN A POEM IN EXILE 65 

6.15 Lamprecht IN THE SLUMS 

OF BERLIN 52 

BIG SCREAM No baby, no entry. All attendees 

are required to join the Big Scream Club. 

Membership is free and valid until the baby’s 

first birthday. Babies come free! 

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CONTEMPORARY GERMAN 

Short Reel 2014 is a brand new award for student filmmakers in eastern and central England, 

launched by the Arts Film Club in association with the Cambridge Film Festival. 

The winning short film by a director or producer attending an educational institution within 

the BFI Film Hub Central East region, will be premièred during the Cambridge Film Festival on 

Saturday 30 August screening alongside festival main feature IDA. Additionally the winning 

filmmakers will receive a £200 cash prize to assist them in their filmmaking. 

The ShortReel 2014 award is unusual in that the first round of judging was carried out by 

a jury composed of members of the public, drawn from the membership of the Arts Film 

Club. For the final stage of judging this jury was chaired by local filmmaker Stefan Georgiou, 

director and co-writer of the 2013 Cambridge Film Festival favourite Dead Cat. 

The Arts Film Club was formed in 2010 by a group of Cambridge film enthusiasts, to 

encourage an informal, friendly community of film lovers, who could socialise regularly 

while also exploring together some of the cinematic gems on offer at the Arts Picturehouse. 

Organising ShortReel 2014 is the Club’s first venture outside those regular meetings – for 

more info see www.facebook.com/artsfilmclub 

Find out more about the BFI Film Hub Central East page 67 

ShortReel 2014‘s winning film will have its premiere on Saturday 30 August at 7.30 at the 

Ars Picturehouse, screening alongside festival feature IDA ( page 21). 

Every year, Cambridge Film Festival offers a very 

diverse look at both established and new talent 

to give an insight into the latest developments in 

German cinema. 

Dietrich Brüggemann showed his previous film 

Move at last year’s Festival, just before celebrating 

his first international competition premiere at 

Berlinale this year with Stations of the Cross. Edgar 

Reitz, famous 

received rave 

for his Heimat series, 

reviews after presenting 

Home from Home in 

Venice last year. Both 

Jakob Lass (Love Steaks) 

and Jan Ole Gerster (Oh Boy) are 

new voices with very a-typical 

narratives that caused a stir 

at the German box office and 

at international festivals 

and award ceremonies, 

winning the hearts of 

film-lovers with their 

breath of fresh air. 

PRESENTED IN 

COLLABORATION WITH 

Frauke Finsterwalder’s Finsterworld, co-written 

by enfant terrible journalist and novelist Christian 

Kracht, is a unique film using daringly dark humour 

almost unheard of in Germany. Those who remember 

Into Great Silence will be delighted with Philip 

Gröning’s feature The Police Officer’s Wife, an epic, 

poetic and a timely mediation on the potential for 

darkness that lurks in our hearts, and the love that 

keeps us going. What keeps The Woman Who Dares 

going is lead actress Steffi Kuehnert’s performance 

as a 50-year-old woman, who decides to cross 

the Channel swimming. Christian Schwochow‘s 

West features a GDR refugee trapped in a Western 

German home for asylum seekers, offering a new critical 

perspective of Germany’s ‘Mauerzeiten’. 

Long-time Festival friend and independent filmmaker 

extraordinaire Monika Treut will present her beautifully 

tranquil coming-of-age story Of Girls and Horses. And 

don’t miss the short film section, offering a view at the 

work of film students, our future “movers and shakers” 

filmmakers. For a rare selection of silent classics enjoy 

our focus on Gerhard Lamprecht (see page 52). 

BELOVED SISTERS Die Geliebten Schwestern CFF 15 

4 Hatter Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1NZ | 0871 902 5722 

Abbeygate cinema, featuring two luxury cinemas and an excellent café bar. 

Plays host to the CFF on Tour. Members of the Arts Picturehouse can attend 

at discounted ticket prices, and Abbeygate members receive discounts at the 

Arts Picturehouse. 

Touring titles playing 31st August – 7th September include 

SEVEN STREETS, TWO MARKETS AND A WEDDING 

TONY BENN: WILL & TESTAMENT • PRIDE 

CHILDREN OF NO IMPORTANCE • M • THE CANAL 

HOUSE OF WAX 3D • FILM HUB CENTRAL EAST PROGRAMME 

TASTING MENU • UNDER MILK WOOD • STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

VIOLETTE • PETER SELLERS SHORTS • THE LAST EMPEROR 3D 

A MOST WANTED MAN • FINDING FELA 

See www.abbeygatecinema.co.uk and www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk for the touring programme. 

Director Dominik Graf. 

Starring Hannah Herzsprung, Florian 

Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia 

Messner. Germany 2014. German/French/ 



4.00 5.00 

The aristocratic sisters Charlotte and Caroline both fall in love with the controversial young writer and 

hothead Friedrich Schiller. Defying the conventions of their time, the sisters decide to share their love 

with Schiller. What begins playfully, almost as a game among the three of them, soon turns serious as 

the fragile equilibrium of their love triangle becomes unhinged. In this aesthetic tour-de-force, one of 

Germany’s foremost “auteurs,” Dominik Graf (A Map of the Heart), examines a passionate love triangle 

that may have been one of Schiller’s most closely guarded secrets. The actors Hannah Herzsprung (Four 

Minutes), Henriette Confurius and Florian Stetter (Sophie Scholl) demonstrate the full range of their 

artistry, and, through their eloquence and expressiveness, raise this gorgeously shot film to the level of a 

timeless study of love, modern in terms of thought, action and emotion. 

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HOME FROM HOME Die andere Heimat CFF 15 

Director Edgar Reitz. 

Starring Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia 

Bill, Maximilian Scheidt. Germany/France 

2013. German with English subtitles. 

225 mins. 

Finsterworld CFF 15 


4.00 11.00AM 

Director Frauke Finsterwalder. Starring Corinna Harfouch, Ronald 

Zehrfeld, Sandra Hüller. Germany 2013. German/English. 91 mins. 

In this anthology, all the characters are bound by family ties or a 

moment of coincidence in a country where the sun always shines and 

everybody is beautiful, polite, successful or happy. That is until they 

reveal their darker side, and we discover that the step from idyll to 

inferno is a short one. Rarely has German cinema produced so much 

black humour in one fell swoop. 

Print source Walker + Worm Film 

In the mid 19th century, famine, 

poverty and despotism made the lives 

of ordinary people in Europe almost 

unbearable. As a result, hundreds 

of thousands of them emigrated to 

faraway South America. “Any fate 

is better than death” was the bitter 

conclusion that at the same time 

nurtured their hopes for a decent 

future elsewhere. Edgar Reitz unfolds 

this “chronicle of quest” against the 

backdrop of this unforgotten drama. 

Once again the fictitious village of 

Schabbach is the setting – microcosm 

and universe at one and the same 

time. Here we witness the story of two 

brothers who realize that only their 

dreams can save them. A prequel to 

Reitz’s celebrated Heimat sagas which 

trace the lives of the Simon family from 

1919 to 2000 through the tragedies 

and triumphs of German history, Home From Home is a towering achievement from the 81-year-old 

director. The winner of the Best German Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 2014 Lola 

awards, the film acts as a timely reminder of poverty and the struggles faced by immigrants on 

foreign countries. Beautifully shot in black and white and featuring period costumes sourced from 

Rhineland villages, Der Spiegel hailed it as ‘a terrific completion of Reitz’s masterpiece’. 


6.30 12.00 


LOVE STEAKS CFF 15 

EM 


8.45 6.15 

Director Jakob Lass. Starring Lana Cooper, Franz Rogowski. 

Germany 2013. German/English. 89 mins. 

Shy but sensitive Clemens starts a new job as a massage therapist in a 

luxury hotel. The ladies fall for his hands and make advances to him that 

throw him off balance. Lara, who works in the kitchen, tries it the hard 

way. She shakes Clemens up and brings him out of his shell. An unlikely 

couple falls in love. Dirty, bloody, great and honest. One of the most 

explosive, wacky and passionate love stories to emerge from young 

German filmmakers in recent years. 

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OF GIRLS AND HORSES 

Von Mädchen und Pferden 

CFF PG 

EM 


6.30 4.00 

Director Monika Treut. Starring Ceci Chuh, Ellen Grell, Vanida 

Karun. Germany 2014. German/English. 85 mins. 

Alex is a 16-year-old a misfit and dropout sent to a farm in northern Germany 

by her despairing adoptive mother in a final attempt to set her straight. Alex 

hates this remote place and the demanding job of looking after the horses, 

but under the tutelage of Nina, a 30-something taking a break from city 

life and her partner, Alex gradually comes to form a bond with the animals. 

When privileged Kathy arrives at the farm to take a holiday, Alex takes an 

instant dislike, but slowly the barriers between them are broken down and 

Kathy finds herself smitten by the streetwise and energetic Alex. Days drift 

by and when they are left alone one weekend things spin out of control. 

We are delighted that director Monika Treut will be attending the screenings. 

Print source Edition Salzgeber 

OH BOY CFF 15 

EM 


8.00 4.00 

Director Jan Ole Gerster. Starring Tom Schilling, Friederike 

Kempter, Marc Hosemann. Germany 2013. German/English. 88 mins. 

Oh Boy is a love letter to Berlin and was a surprise hit at the German box 

office last year – taking the audience by storm with its style and subdued, 

ironic humour. Niko is in his late 20s and recently dropped out of college. 

He lives for the moment, drifting sleeplessly through the streets of Berlin, 

marvelling at the people around him. But one day everything changes 

and Niko is forced to confront the consequences of his inaction. 

Print source Beta Cinema 

THE POLICE OFFICER’S WIFE Die Frau des Polizisten CFF 15 

Director Philip Gröning. 

Starring Lars Rudolph, Alexandra Finder, 

David Zimmerschied, Chiara Kleemann, Pia 

Kleemann. Germany 2013. German with 


A man, a woman, a child. A small 

town. The square apartment. 

Perfect sundays. The story of a 

young family. The ceaseless labour 

of love out of which emerges 

what is later called the soul of a 

person. Creating the cradle of love 

that nurtures the child’s evolving 

soul. Affection and distance. The 

father’s career at the local police 

department. And the mother 

solely devoted to caring for 

the child. The violence between 

husband and wife. We watch as this 

woman sinks. And how she does 

everything she can to save this 

child’s soul, to keep it intact, to 

let it grow. To teach the child love. 

The Police Officer’s Wife is a film 

about the virtue of love, the virtue 

of curiosity, the virtue of joy. And 

about the dark within us. After gaining international recognition with Into Great Silence, German 

director Philip Gröning delivers a devastating look at domestic violence in a film reminiscent 

of Bruno Dumont’s divisive Humanity. The Police Officer’s Wife is a seemingly detached, slowly 

paced tale that gradually exerts a steely grip as the tensions beneath the surface rise steadily to 

the fore. A stylistically rigorous work, this is also epic and poetic and a timely mediation on the 

potential for darkness that lurks at the heart of us all. 


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Stations of the Cross Kreuzweg CFF 15 

CONTEMPORARY GERMAN SHORTS 

Thursday 4 September, 4.00 + Friday 5 September, 1.30 

AT THE DOOR 

An der Tür 

Director Miriam Bliese. 

Starring Wolfram Koch. 

Germany 2013. German/ 


A man comes to pick up his sons from his ex-wife’s 

house, just like every weekend. As always, he waits at 

the entrance to her apartment building waiting for his 

son. Today, his son is taking a little longer than usual 

and so the separated couple start talking again – via 

the intercom. Suddenly the former intimacy is back, 

the conversation almost turns to a flirt... 

Print source DFFB 

Director Dietrich Brüggemann. 

Starring Lucie Aron, Anna Brüggemann, 

Klaus Michael Kamp. Germany 2014. 

German with English subtitles. 104 mins. 

WEST 

CFF 15 

Lagerfeuer 


6.30 2.30 

An extraordinary film, composed of 14 shots, the 14 stations of the cross. Each shot a static camera set 

up. Brüggemann uses the full scope frame to move his characters across the screen and create a strong 

sense of movement. Young Maria is part of a strong Catholic family dominated by a fanatical mother. 

As the indoctrination of the local priest and mother increases, the conflicts she faces between these 

teachings and her adolescent attraction to a boy force her to make choices. A brilliant performance from 

Lea van Acken as Maria, and an intense dissection of Catholic passion and pressure. 

We hope to welcome director Dietrich Brüggemann at the screenings. 


The Woman Who Dares 

Die Frau die sich traut 

CFF PG 

COME AND PLAY 

SPIEL MIT MIR 

Director Daria Belova. 

Starring Alexander Josef 

Shtol, Mariya Zharkova, 

Julia Gorr, Ilja Pletner. 

Germany 2013. German/ 


ELISABETH 

Director Katharina Woll. 

Starring Julian Härtner, 

Pascale Schiller. Germany 

2013. German/English. 

19 mins. 

Grisha, a Russian-German boy, fools around with a 

wooden stick toy gun. The longer he plays, the further 

he is thrust into an altered reality. The boundaries 

between the past and the present, the real and surreal, 

start to blur. Images from bygone Berlin appear; 

streets and buildings still carry the memories of a 

war. Time does not disappear and the past does not go 

away – everything co-exists in one moment. 


Elisabeth is a writer. Since her mother was sent to 

a nursing home, she lives alone, spending her days 

writing. One day, Elisabeth meets 17-year-old Malek. 

The young boy is compelled to follow her home, and he 

comes to her house – again and again. A trip to his life 

leads to a rediscovery of herself. 


THIEVES 

DIEBE 

Director Lauro Cress. 

Germany 2013. 7 mins. 

German/English. 

Benny and Franz are thieves. The brothers steal in 

shopping centres and boutique stores. Their routine 

involves a scam in which Benny, the younger brother, 

has to act as a decoy. When they encounter a highlystrung 

shop assistant, it becomes clear to Franz that 

Benny is not going to let himself be pushed around 

very much longer. 



9.00 

Director Christian Schwochow. Starring Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, 

Jacky Ido. Germany 2013. German/English/Russian/Polish. 102 mins. 

Two suitcases, a schoolbag, a toy – that’s all Nelly Senff and her son 

Alexej take with them to start their new life in the West. A Volkswagen 

stops in front of their house in East Berlin and a West German man takes 

them over the border. Nelly wants a fresh start, but her only place of 

refuge is the Emergency Refugee Centre in West Berlin. It is the place 

where her past will catch up with her... 

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6.00 9.00 

Director Marc Rensing. Starring Steffi Kühnert, Jenny Schily, 

Christina Hecke. Germany 2013. German/English. 98 mins. 

Having Olympic withdrawals? The Woman Who Dares might fill that 

athletic inspirational void. Beate was once Germany’s fastest swimmer 

but hung up her hat and goggles to raise a family. Now in her 50s, 

she receives devastating news regarding her health and so decides to 

attempt to achieve her long-held dream – to swim the Channel. 

Print source Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion 

TORTURING 

Quälen 

Director Rebecca Blöcher. 


German/English. 

Based on a poem of the same name by Etta Streicher, 

Torturing is concerned with not speaking out, 

keeping your feet still or actually biting the bullet 

and achieving inner freedom. It is also about how the 

mental state of the individual can influence the world. 

Print source Aug und Ohr 

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Following the tradition of great 

Cambridge retrospectives, we are 

delighted to be highlighting the work 

of the influential German filmmaker 

Gerhard Lamprecht. A passionate 

filmgoer and film collector from 

boyhood onwards he directed over 60 

films from 1920, being prolific in the 

silent era, but maintaining a career 

in Germany throughout the war to 

the late 1950s. At the same time, 

many of his colleagues had escaped 

to America in the 1930s, for example 

Edgar G Ulmer whose People on Sunday can be seen at 

the Festival. 

Motivated by “curiosity and human interest” Lamprecht’s 

films follow a realist approach and focus on social issues 

and human suffering, his desire to contribute to an 

improvement in society. In this short selection we highlight 

classics from his silent cinema period that highlight the 

social conditions, but also exhibit a fascination with cinema 

and experimentation with the form. 

As a scene setting for the period, don’t miss Walter 

Ruttman’s classic Berlin: Symphony of a Great City. 

GERHARD 

LAMPRECHT 

Under the Lantern 

Director Gerhard Lamprecht. 

Starring Lissy Arna, Gerhard Dammann, 

Mathias Wieman. Germany 1928. 

129 mins. 

Unter Der Laterne CFF PG 

SP 


8.30 2.00 

The latest of this selection of silent films, Under the Lantern continues Lamprecht’s study of the 

dispossessed of affluent Berlin. Else has been locked out by her authoritarian father. and seeks refuge 

with her boyfriend, Hans. Her life becomes complicated when Han’s roommate, Max, falls in love with 

her. Shot on location and with a documentary style it is hard to avoid Lamprecht’s influence on neorealism. 

But what remains fascinating in his films is the clash he creates between worlds; between rich 

and poor, powerful and dispossessed. These films are waiting to be rediscovered. 

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Children of No Importance 

Die Unehelichen 

CFF PG 

IN THE SLUMS OF BERLIN 

Die Verrrufenen 

CFF PG 

People To Each Other 

Menschen Untereinander 

CFF PG 

Berlin, Symphony of a GREAT City 

CFF U 

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6.00 8.30 

Director Gerhard Lamprecht. Starring Ralph Ludwig, Fee 

Wachsmuth, Margot Misch. Germany 1926. 95 mins 

The brights lights and wealth of Berlin disappear as Lamprecht turns his 

camera towards the growing numbers of unwanted children in the city. 

Peter and Lotte live with another young girl Frieda under the care of an 

alcoholic and abusive man. When Lotte becomes ill, they are separated 

across three very different homes. With a documentary style to many 

of the street scenes and amazing performances from the children, Die 

Unehelichen is a very moving work that clearly sets the standard for 

neo-realist filmmaking 25 years later. 

We are delighted that for the screening on Fri 5 September, we will have live 

piano accompaniment by Neil Brand, with Jeff Davenport on percussion. 


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6.15 6.15 

Director Gerhard Lamprecht. Starring Aud Egede-Nissen, 

Bernhard Goetzke, Mady Christians. Germany 1925. 113 mins. 

It was not just the children who were treated badly by the wealthy 

Weimar republic. Robert Kramer is released from prison but struggles 

to adjust to civilian life. His father disowns him out, his wife has left him 

for another man. There is no work. He eventually arrives in a shelter for 

the homeless, and seeks salvation through Emma, a prostitute. A hardhitting 

attack on a society that gave no second chances with a powerful 

performance from Bernard Goetzke at its heart. 


EM EM 


6.00 8.30 

Director Gerhard Lamprecht. Starring Alfred Abel, Aud Egede- 

Nissen, Eduard Rothauser. Germany 1926. 119 mins. 

A fascinating idea and to tackle it within the strictures of silent cinema 

is impressive. While Murnau’s The Last Laugh had the apartment building 

and hotel as contrast and delibately eschewed speech and inter-titles, 

People To Each Other introduces the viewer to the inhabitants of the 

apartment block by the house directory and bases its story on the 

gossip between two of the residents. The film seeks to expose the 

contrasts between spheres of social life; while a festive meal takes place 

on one floor, there is starvation on another. 



1.00 

Director Walter Ruttmann. Germany 1927. 74 mins. Silent film. 

Walter Ruttmann’s 1927 majestic documentary is one of the most famous 

silent classics of all time. Showing a day in the life of the city, from dawn 

until late night, from the empty streets in the morning to the hustle and 

bustle of the day and the pleasures of the evening, it tells the story of 

workers, school children, civil servants, and beggars. Cars, trams and 

express trains, love, marriage and death, abattoirs, Wannsee and Berlin 

Zoo: The rhythm of the big city with all its contrasts. “I think most people 

who feel a rush of excitement watching my Berlin film don′t know where 

it′s coming from. If I managed to give people a sense of that excitement, 

of allowing them to experience the city of Berlin, then I achieved what I set 

out to do and proved that I was right all along.” (Walther Ruttmann) 


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People on Sunday Menschen am Sonntag CFF U 

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Directors Robert Siodmak and Edgar 

Ulmer. WITH Brigitte Borchert, Christl 

Ehlers, Erwin Splettstößer. 


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4.00 

People on Sunday is a unique and effervescent work that blends feature and documentary. Termed by 

its creators as ‘a film without actors,’ the film follows a handful of city dwellers in Weimar-era Berlin as 

they go about their lives. Many film historians cite the film as the harbinger of both Italian neorealism 

and the French new wave. For others it marked a pivotal move in the birth of independent cinema and 

a move away from ‘official’ studio sanctioned productions. 

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RETRO 3-D 

Let’s be clear from the beginning. 3-D cinema from the ‘50s did not use 

green and red glasses (anaglyphic 3-D). 

Many people unfairly portray the 3-D from the ‘50s as being of inferior 

quality to the current systems. Actually, those films were released 

in polarised systems with two 35mm prints running simultaneously 

on interlocked projectors. The system was more complex than flat 

projection and if there were errors then headaches were sure to 

follow, but when properly done the resulting images were amazing. 

The fact that it was rather expensive and technically complex, coupled 

with the arrival of Cinemascope, meant that its lifespan was 

short. We were left with some interesting films that showed 

the thrill that directors and producers experienced when 

having a new format for their films. You will find our 

selection of films, all digital restorations, are great fun 

when viewed in 3-D. 

Remember that you do not 

need to duck when things 

start coming at you! 

House of Wax 


1.30 + 11.00 

Director André De Toth. Starring Vincent Price, Carolyn Jones, Paul 

Picerni, Phyllis Kirk, Frank Lovejoy, Paul Cavanagh. USA 1953. 86 mins. 

House of Wax is the jewel in the crown of 3-D movies, where every scene 

of its startling story jumps off the screen right at you. Vincent Price is 

Professor Henry Jarrod, a true artist whose wax sculptures are uncannily 

lifelike. Price’s performance as a man on the verge of insanity is mesmerizing 

and the role catapulted him into stardom and becoming a master of the 

horror genre. With the original negatives damaged over the years, Warner 

Bros painstakingly restored the film to this gorgeous digital restoration. 


PG 

INFERNO 


10.30 

Director Roy Ward Baker. Starring Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, 

William Lundigan, Larry Keating. USA 1953. 83 mins. 

Hardly ever seen in 3-D or even in its flat format for many years, this 

is a brilliant example of noir cinema in colour and outside an urban 

landscape.Lucian Ballard’s stereoscopic photography in technicolour is 

a reason in itself to see the film, but we have to also admire the brilliant 

acting from Robert Ryan, who almost singlehandedly carries the film. 

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PG 

The Creature From The Black Lagoon 

PG 

THE MAD MAGICIAN 

CFF PG 

Director Jack Arnold. 

Starring Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, 

Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor 

Paiva. USA 1954. 79 mins. 


10.30 

Featuring the Gillman, one of the latest monsters from Universal, this is one of the greatest monster 

movies ever made, which becomes essential viewing in its original 3-D format. The one-sheet poster 

promised Underwater 3-D thrills and indeed the film has terrific underwater stereoscopic photography and 

very solid direction from Jack Arnold, who directed other 3-D pictures from the 50s. This digital restoration 

allowsus to see the film as it had not been enjoyed for more than half acentury. An un-credited young 

HenryMancini composed some of the cues for the score. Goggles and snorkels not provided! 

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Director John Brahm. 

Starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, 

Eva Gabor. USA. 1954. 72 mins 


10.30 

Reuniting the House of Wax star Vincent Price (called Mr 3-D on posters for the Mad Magician), and 

script writer Crane Wilbur, the Mad Magician is a wonderful revenge-tinged horror film. Shot in deep 

focus to make the most of the stereoscopic depth of 3-D, the audience will see the face of a man… the 

hands of a monster! 


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DYLAN 

THOMAS 

100 

2014 marks the centenary of poet, author, playwright and Welsh firebrand Dylan 

Thomas. Joining in with the celebrations of this great 20th century talent we 

welcome Andrew Sinclair to discuss the making of the definitive screen version of 

Under Milk Wood and his documentary Dylan on Dylan. And with immaculate timing, 

a preview of the outstanding debut feature 

Set Fire to the Stars. 

SET FIRE TO THE STARS CFF 15 


5.30 

Director Andy Goddard. Starring Elijah 

Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly, Steven 

Mackintosh. UK 2014. 90 mins. 

Andy Goddard’s debut feature focuses on Dylan Thomas’s 1950 visit to New York and his tour of 

universities reading his work. Based on John Malcolm Brinnin’s memoir of the time and his friendship 

with Thomas as he eat, drinks and storms through America living the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle long before it 

was invented. This beautiful black and white film, with stunning performances from the cast is a poetic 

tour de force. Stunning visuals and cinematic excellence make Set Fire to the Stars one of the films of the 

year. With career in television culminating in Downton Abbey, Goddard is set to conquer cinema. 

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UNDER MILK WOOD 

12A 

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6.30 11.00AM 

Director Andrew Sinclair. Starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth 

Taylor, Peter O’Toole, Glynis Johns. UK 1971. 88 mins. 

As night falls on the sleepy town of Llareggub, two strangers pass 

through the quiet, cobbled streets. This inspired film adaptation of Dylan 

Thomas’s ‘play for voices’ casts Richard Burton and Ryan Davies as the 

drunken, rollicking, nocturnal visitors, with cameos from Peter O’Toole and 

Elizabeth Taylor. Under Milk Wood is a spell-binding verbal epic with a star 

performance from the rich, vibrant voice of Richard Burton. Pure poetry. 

We are delighted to welcome Andrew Sinclair to discuss the gestation 

and production of Dylan on Dylan and the creation of his classic 

feature, Under Milk Wood. 

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4.00 

Director Andrew Sinclair. with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, 

Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Aeron Thomas, David Jason, 

Angharad Rees. UK 2002. 65 mins. 

The life of the greatest poet of his age is unravelled by biographer and 

filmmaker, Andrew Sinclair. Dylan on Dylan traces Thomas’ journey from 

fascinated child to fêted, weary adult via classic performances from Burton, 

Hemmings et al, all the while analysed by Sinclair in his own unique style. 

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Lionel Rogosin 

COME BACK AFRICA CFF 15 

and the Birth of the Underground 

American Cinema 

This year’s microcinema event focuses on the work of Lionel Rogosin, 

and his part in what came to be called the New American Cinema. Three 

key films by Lionel Rogosin, On the Bowery (1956), Come Back, Africa 

(1960) and Good Times, Wonderful Times (1965) will be screened along 

with films by other luminaries of the movement; Kenneth Anger, Stan 

Brakhage, Shirley Clarke, Willard Maas, Marie Menken, Curtis Harrington, 

and John Cassavetes. Many of these films are being screened in newly 

restored versions and some for the first time in the UK. Lionel Rogosin’s 

son, Michael Rogosin will be present at the Festival to present a series 

of documentaries he has made about his father’s work. Although some 

of the names in the programme may be less than familiar now, the work 

remains outstanding. They illuminated the ’50s and ’60s with new ideas about 

cinema. As well as making films, Rogosin also founded and ran the Bleecker 

Street cinema in New York which became an informal film school 

for many of today’s luminaries of independent 

American cinema. 

ON THE BOWERY CFF 15 

SHOWING WITH 

An American 

in Sophiatown 

Director Michael Rogosin. Starring 

Lewis Nkosi, Emil Knebel, Lorenza 

Mazzetti, Jonas Mekas. France/USA/ 

Italy 2007. 52 mins. 

Print source: Michael Rogosin 

THE CONNECTION CFF 15 


7.30 

Director Lionel Rogosin. Starring Myrtle Berman, Zacharia Mgabi Steven, Vinah Bendile Rams. 

USA 1959. 86 mins. 

This film remains of great cultural and historical importance as a document preserving the unique 

heritage of the townships of South Africa in the 1950s. It had a profound effect upon African Cinema 

and can be classified as reportage, documentary, historical or political cinema. It also reveals an 

interpretation of meaningful social facts and a strong ethical assumption towards human behaviours 

like racism. 

Print source BFI 

GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES CFF 15 

SHOWING WITH 

The Perfect Team 

Director Michael Rogosin. France/ 

USA/Italy 2009. 47 mins. 

Print source: Michael Rogosin 


6.00 4.00 

Director Lionel Rogosin. Starring Ray Salyer, Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews. USA 1956. 65 mins. 

The film chronicles three desperate days in an impoverished, lower Manhattan neighbourhood, The 

Bowery. Rogosin immersed himself in life in The Bowery for many months prior to filming, getting to 

know the streets and characters living there. The film charts the story of Ray (Ray Salyer), a railroad 

worker who drifts in to The Bowery and embarks on a drunken spree. Eventually he blacks out and, on 

waking, discovers that his suitcase has been stolen. The thief (Gorman Hendricks) becomes the closest 

thing he has to a friend and so, just like that, he embarks on a journey to hell. 

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8.15 

Director Shirley Clarke. Starring Carl Lee, Garry Goodrow. USA 

1961. 110 mins. 

Based on the play of the same name by Jack Gelber, the film follows a 

young filmmaker who attempts to film junkies waiting for their dealer 

to arrive. Most of the actors from the original stage production reprised 

their roles for the film: Warren Finnerty as Leach, Carl Lee as Cowboy 

and Garry Goodrow as Ernie. All the musicians from the original stage 

production also appeared: Freddie Read (composer, piano), Jackie 

McLean (alto sax), Matthew Mattos (bass) and Larry Ritchie (drums). 

Print source Milestone 

SHOWING WITH 

BUTTERFLY 

Directors Shirley Clarke and Wendy Clarke. USA 1967. 4 mins. 

Print Source: Milestone 


8.30 

Director Lionel Rogosin. Starring Molly Parking, non-actor’s 

cocktail party and archival footage. USA 1965. 71 mins. 

Inspired by a deep sense of the danger of nuclear annihilation and a 

horror of war, Rogosin travelled the world to gather rare footage in 

the 1960s. Brilliantly contrasting these images in all their brute horror 

with a trendy cocktail party in London, it is a powerful orchestration 

of moral issues that leaves each viewer face-to-face with their own 

responsibilities. 

Print source Cineteca Bologna 

SHOWING WITH 

Man’s Peril 

Director Michael Rogosin. Starring . 

France/USA/Italy 2008. 24 mins. Print source: Michael Rogosin. 

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SHADOWS 

12A 

STREET LIFE DESIRE 

Short Films From the 

American Underground 

Filmmaking in the USA changed after the War. Taking cues from their own dark dreams and imagination plus the life on the street as they 

saw it, Kenneth Anger, Shirley Clarke, Stan Brakhage and others established a new form of personal cinema that was powerful, visionary, life 

affirming and direct. This programme presents a rich selection of titles from the late 40s to the early 60s that ruminate on raw sexual desire, 

the pleasures of observing life and the limits of the filmmaking craft. We take particular pleasure in highlighting the work of Marie Menken, an 

underappreciated artist who later worked with Andy Warhol. Many titles screen from new 16mm restoration prints shipped from the USA. 

Director John Cassavetes. Starring 

Ben Carruthers, Anthony Ray, Leila 

Goldoni. USA 1959. 80 mins. 


6.30 

The film, the directorial debut of the mercurial John Cassavetes, revolves around the romance in New 

York City between Leila (Goldoni), a light-skinned black woman, and Tony (Ray), a white man. Shot 

in black and white, entirely on location in Manhattan, Shadows offers a perceptive and penetrating 

view of race relations in a rapidly-changing America. Kicking the door wide open for a new kind of 

uncompromising and self-sufficient film-making, the film was intended as an antidote to the polished 

Hollywood escapism. It succeeds beautifully. 

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BRIDGES GO ROUND 

Shirley Clarke. 1958. 8 mins. 

The monumental bridges spanning New York Harbour dissolve 

into flattened abstractions that seem to sway with the music. 

The dream-like quality is intensified by the vivid colour, which 

was achieved by ‘bi-packing’, a process in which certain 

colours of the film original are altered by running the strip 

through the printer with a second piece of film. 

DRIPS IN STRIPS 

Marie Menken. 1961. 2 mins. 

A playful yet quietly visceral, hand-painted film that recalls the 

daubs and fluid marks of the abstract expressionists. Gravity 

works its unique magic. 

FRAGMENT OF SEEKING 

Curtis Harrington. 1946. 14 mins. 

Made before he directed exploitation films and episodes of 

Charlie’s Angels and Dynasty, Harrington’s first significant work is 

a beguiling, dreamlike tale about sex and self discovery. He plays 

the frail young man drawn into a mysterious house by a beautiful 

woman and a handsome man. 

FIREWORKS 

Kenneth Anger. 1947. 14 mins. 

The notorious Kenneth Anger plays the lead in this beautifully 

photographed homoerotic tale about fantasy and sadomasochism. 

FRI 5 

1.30 

SAT 6 

4.40 

JAMESTOWN BALOOS 

Robert Breer. 1957. 5 mins. 

‘I felt I was riding kind of high on that film and mixed 

in everything, every discipline I could think of, very 

conspicuously….and it would work because I’d will it to 

work’ said the inventive Breer. A whole range of animation 

techniques plus an irreverent attitude towards politics and 

history collide in this extraordinary short. 

LIGHTS 

Marie Menken. 1964. 6 mins. 

Menken: ‘Made during the brief Christmas-lit season, usually 

between the hours of midnight and 1:00 A.M., when vehicle and 

foot traffic was light, over a period of three years. Based on store 

decorations, window displays, fountains, public promenades, 

Park Avenue lights, building and church facades. I had to keep my 

camera under my coat to warm it up, as the temperature was close 

to zero much of the time.’ 

MECHANICS OF LOVE 

Willard Maas and Ben Moore. 1955. 6 mins. 

A moody sexual liaison plays out in absentee in this surprisingly 

upfront yet carefully constructed film poem. Objects in a flat and 

other footage evoke the sexual act while a brooding couple begin 

to kiss to the sound of zither. 

REFLECTIONS ON BLACK 

Stan Brakhage. 1955. 11 mins. 

A series of terrifying dramas of male-female relationships offset 

against a background of a New York tenement. The ‘visions’ of a 

blind man establishes the shape and tone of this early work by the 

avant-garde master. 

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CAMERA 

CATALONIA 

This is our third year showcasing Catalan cinema and once again we 

present a programme as varied as Mediterranean cuisine. We are serving 

up a combination of romance and thriller, seasoned with a bit of drama 

and tragicomedy, a reduction of the words of the bard and a pinch of 

Catalan history through the music of Pau Casals. Many of the films will 

come accompanied by interesting In collaboration with 

guests and we may even have some 

tantalising Catalan food at the bar to 

set your taste buds alight. 

A Poem in Exile Un poema a l’exili CFF U 

Director Alba Gómez. 

Starring Jesus Bastida, Xavier Font, 

Sónia Guimera. 

Catalonia 2012. 77 mins. 

Catalan/English. 

We are delighted to welcome historian 

Professor Paul Preston for a Q&A after 

the screening. 

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6.15 4.00 

The story of a masterpiece created by four hands. It is the story of the friendship that made it 

possible. It is the story of a message of peace that went round the world and a poem that became 

music. The Manger (1960-2010) is Catalan composer and cellist Pau Casals’ most extraordinary 

composition and this documentary narrates the unpublished story of 

this musical piece that was, in its origin, a poem written by the Catalan 

poet, Joan Alavedra, depicting the sad story of those who had to 

In collaboration with 

emigrate from their homeland after the Spanish Civil War. 

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FICTION 

CFF 15 

Ficció 


2.30 

Director Cesc Gay. Starring Eduard Fernández, Javier Cámara, 

Montse Germán, Carme Pla, Ágata Roca. Catalonia 2006. Catalan/ 


We are very happy to present another film from Cesc Gay, after his 

film VOS which we screened two years ago. A film director retreats 

to the mountains, leaving his wife and children behind, to finish his 

next screenplay. Often comparied to the cinema of Wong Kar Wai, 

Fiction is a slow meandering through emotions and relationships, and 

in a beautifully understated way rewards the viewer with an intense 

emotional crescendo. 

Print source Messidor Films 

OTHELLO 

CFF 18 

OTEL•LO 


1.00 

Director Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font. Starring Youcef Allaoui, 

Ann M. Perelló, Kike Fernandez, Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font. 

Catalonia 2012. 69 mins. Catalan/English. 

Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font recalls his first experience facing a cast 

of actors, the feeling of power and the subsequent sadomasochist 

relationship that can be established between both, as a key factor to 

conceiving Othello. This is a self-reflective essay about the porosity 

linking the reality and the fiction: in this case the unscrupulous 

director’s ability to manipulate the actors’ real life so the passion and 

jealousy of Othello look astoundingly true on the screen. 

We are delighted to welcome Director Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font 

for a Q&A after the screening. 

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SON OF CAIN Fill de Caín CFF 18 

Director Jesús Monalló. 

Starring José Coronado, Julio Manrique, 

Maria Molins, Jack Taylor. 

Catalonia 2013. 90 mins. 

Catalan/English. 

Tasting Menu 

CFF 15 

Menú Degustació 


7.50 

Nico Albert is a teenager with a peculiar character, exceptional intelligence and an obsession for 

chess. His parents, Carlos and Carol decide to hire a child psychologist, Julio Beltrán but, united by 

their common love for chess, Julio plunges into Nico’s disquieting world and discovers an evil lurking 

within the complex family relationships. This gripping thriller is the debut film from Jesús Monlleó, 

who skilfully keeps the audience on edge until the very last minute. 

We hope to welcome Director Jesús Monalló and the film’s music composer 

for a Q & A after the screening. 

Print source Filmax International 

We All Want What’s Best For Her CFF 15 

Tots volem el millor per a ella 

Film Hub Central 

East Presents… 

Film Hub Central East is led by Cambridge Film Trust and Broadway Cinema Nottingham as part of the BFI Film Audience Network, a ground 

breaking initiative developed by the BFI to enable organisations and film experts in the independent cultural exhibition sector to work in 

partnership to boost film audiences across the UK, particularly in the areas of specialised and independent British film. 

There are nine film hubs covering the UK, with Film Hub Central East encompassing Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, 

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. 

This year the Cambridge Film Festival has waived submission fees for Film Hub Central East Filmmakers and as a result is showcasing the best 

of independent film from across the Hub region. The festival will also be hosting a Film Hub Central East Members day on September 5th. 

To find out more about the work of the Film Hub Central East please visit http://filmhub.broadway.org.uk/ 

Friday 5 September 5.30 CFF 15 

FINDING FAMILY 

Director Chris Leslie. 

Starring Oggi Tomic. 

UK 2014. Serbo-Croat/ 


Cambridge based filmmaker Oggi Tomic collaborates with 

Scottish director, Chris Leslie to produce this very personal 

story. Oggi was abandoned as a baby and left to fend for 

himself in a series of war-ravaged Bosnian orphanages. 

Now, twenty years on, there are questions that won’t go 

away and so he decides he must face his fears and return 

back to Sarajevo to find the family he’s never known. 

Print source Chris Leslie and Oggi Tomic 

FRAMED 

Director Axel Bangert. 

Starring Maayan 

Ashkenazi, Cameron Baillie, 

Daniel Rowe. UK 2014. 

10 mins. 

With many very familiar Cambridge settings, Framed 

refers to a piece of the narrative but could just as 

easily refer to the voyeuristic aesthetic of this film. 

With minimal dialogue and low-lit cinematography, this 

tale of poverty and thievery is soaked in lo-fi noirish 

atmosphere. 

Print source Axel Bangert 


11.00AM + 9.00 

Director Roger Gual. Starring Jan Cornet, Claudia Bassols, 

Stephen Rea. Catalonia 2013. 85 mins. Catalan/English. 

Catalonia’s gastronomy is the mouth-watering background for this 

ensemble film, which navigates between Richard Curtis and Robert 

Altman. As one of the world’s best restaurants opens for its final 

evening, a couple in the midst of a divorce – who made their reservation 

a year ago before separation – reunite for a once-in-a-lifetime meal, all 

served with a large portion of comedy and a pinch of drama. 

We are hoping to have a selection of Catalan 

food available in the bar before the screening. 

Print source Zentropa Spain 

BIG 

SCREAM 


6.15 1.00 

Director Mar Coll. Starring Nora Navas, Valeria Bertuccelli, Pau 

Dura, Agata Roca. Catalonia 2013. 105 mins. Catalan/English. 

The image others have of us often becomes the biggest obstacle to 

a new life. One year after suffering a terrible accident, Geni is ready 

to resume her old life… or at least this is what her family wants for 

her. But maybe that is not what Geni wants. Actress Nora Navas (Black 

Bread) gives an outstanding performance. This is the second feature by 

Catalan director Mar Coll, who has established herself as a one-to-watch 

filmmaker of Catalan cinema. 

We are delighted to welcome Director Mar Coll for 

a Q&A after the screening, in collaboration with 

Birds Eye View. 

Print source Escandalo Films 

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Allen. UK 2014. 13 mins. 

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Director Liam Papadachi. 

Starring Benedict Smith, 

Manpreet Bachu, Rachael 

Cunliffe. UK 2014. 7 mins. 

A field-recorded encounter with some of the more 

eccentric folk rituals indigenous to England’s Norfolk 

Broads – as seen through the eyes of one local 

story‐teller. 

Print source Fifth Column Films 

Set in an East London boozer, two friends who are 

devoutly intrigued by the opposite gender discuss 

the pitfalls of ingratiating oneself with the female. 

A self-proclaimed Lothario tries to guide his friend 

through the maze of female logic with his own brand of 

reasoning and rationality. 

Print source Liam Papadachi 

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THE BEGINNING AND THE END 

MEND AND MAKE DO 

Short filmmaking is an art form often relegated to the 

shadows of its more temporally demanding cousin. 

However, creating a good short film takes incredible 

skill. A well-made short film is able to create the 

connection, the emotion and suture of a feature in a 

more concentrated amount of time. Our five short 

film strands contain films from Canada, Australia, 

Germany, Spain and the USA. TUE 2 

11.00AM 

This year, we have two strands entitled Twins 

(part 1 and part 2). Each of these strands contains 

three films that complement the three films from 

the other. You can see both Twins for the price of one. 

Simply, present your ticket stub for part 1 at the box 

office and receive a complimentary ticket for part 2. 

CANCER HAIR 

FRI 5 

10.15 

Beloved CFF 15 

The Beginning and the End 

Director Kristin Wheeler. USA. 19 mins. 

Print source: Kristin Wheeler 

The Beginning and the End is a love story in pieces – both figuratively 

and literally. The fragmented construction of the film and 

the believable chemistry between the two leads make for a 

touching study of the chronology of love. 

Cancer Hair 

Director Gail Hackston. UK. 9 mins. 

Print source: In Nuce Content Ltd 

Claire is about to go on a blind date, already an anxious process but 

her recent illness has left her with additional worries. This ambitious 

short balances comedy and pathos sensitively as Claire begins her 

search for love. 

Petit FrÈre 

Director Rémi St Michel. Canada 2014. 14 mins. French/English. 

Print source: Travelling Distribution 

Antoine, a problematic 14-year-old, spends one last day with his tutor 

before the latter’s departure for Russia. The two “brothers” mess 

around in the streets of the metropolis. Petit Frère was one of only 

ten short films selected to show in competition for Semaine de la 

Critique this year at Cannes. 

Help Point 

Director Andrew Margetson. UK 2013. 13 mins. 

Print source: Moth Productions 

Jack has lost his car in an airport car park. He meets Maya in the 

same predicament. At the Help Point, his attempts to charm her don’t 

quite go to plan. 

Love Crisis 

DirectorS Chus De Castro and Olga Ruano. Spain 2013. 6 mins. 

Spanish/English. Print source: The House of Films 

During one night at the end of the summer, in a random plaza 

in the centre of Madrid, there is time for anything to appear... 

even turtles. 

Nous Avions 

Director Stephane Moukarzel. Canada 2013. 19 mins. French/ 

Urdu/English. Print source: Travelling Distribution 

Montreal, 1999. Like on every Sunday, a modest Pakistani immigrant 

family picnics in a dead-end next to an airport, closely watching 

planes land. On this day the legendary Concorde is expected – a rare 

treat – but Akram, the eldest of three sons, has other things on his 

mind. He wants to take off to live his own life, creating a commotion 

in the family. 

Mend and Make Do 

Director Bexie Bush. UK 2014. 8 mins. Print source: NFTS 

Fresh from the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Mend and 

Make Do features the original voice of Lyn Schofield of Southport, 

Merseyside, a lady with a lifetime of tales to tell. 

THU 28 

9.00 

FRI 5 

6.00 

Emma 

COWBOY BEN 

LESSONS LEARNED 

CONNECTION CFF 15 

After the Father has Chosen 

Director Joseph Boys. UK 2014. 8 mins. 

Print source: Matthew Wells 

A dark comedy about a cult leader who, abandoned by his followers 

and low on supplies, is forced to leave camp for the first time and 

face the apocalypse that only he had predicted. 

In a Mirror 

Director Orson Hentschel. Germany 2014. 15 mins. 

Print source: Orson Hentschel 

Through a series of dream-like and symbolic images, a young 

girl’s female desires stir for the first time. In a Mirror follows the 

young girl and a mysterious woman in a car. The identities of the 

two protagonists blur until the laws of space and time seem to 

be suspended. 

Taxistop 

Director Marie Enthoven. Belgium 2014. 20 mins. French/ 

Flemish/English. Print source: Ezekiel 47.9 

Antoine needs to get to Geneva to present a seminar on teambuilding 

but a rail strike means he will have to carpool. Five very 

different personalities are thrown together in one car for a long 

journey. For Antoine, this is the perfect time to test the theories he 

so strongly believes in. 

Baby Mary 

Director Kris Swanberg. USA 2013. 7 mins. 

Print source: Kris Swanberg 

An eight-year-old girl living in the west side of Chicago finds a 

neglected toddler and decides to take her home. 

Trois Nuits et Une Morte 

Director Stéphane Dirschauer. Canada 2013. 29 mins. 

French/English. Print source: Stéphane Dirschauer 

When his estranged sister shows up on the doorstep of his 

downtown Toronto bistro, Patrick only wishes for one thing 

– to get her on a bus straight back to Quebec. Her chaotic 

existence and wild ways always spell disaster. 

LIFE LESSONS CFF 15 

Cowboy Ben 

DirectorS Scott Rawsthorne and Jon Shaikh. UK 2014. 8 mins. 

Print source: Diamond Bullet 

Desperate and destitute, Ben meets with his long lost childhood 

friend to catch up on happier times, but as their conversation unfolds 

it becomes clear he has dark intentions. Stars the amazing duo of 

Shaun Dooley and Ramon Tikaram. 

The Escapist 

Director Jon Plant. UK 2014. 27 mins. 

Print source: National Film and Television School 

At the height of the roaring ‘20s, daring and talented escape artist, 

Sidney Knight, was destined for greatness. Now, wheelchair-bound 

and robbed of his dreams by a tragic accident, Sidney is haunted by 

memories of better days. 

Lessons Learned 

Director Toby Froud. USA 2014. 16 mins. 

Print source: Stripey Pajama Productions 

When curiosity gets the better of a young boy on his birthday, he 

falls into an adventure of other-worldly experiences not intended 

for him. Where will this journey lead? What lessons will he learn? 

With craft and artistry, Toby Froud has continued his family legacy, 

creating a magical world peopled by puppets. 

Somos Amigos 

Director Carlos Solano. Spain 2014. 12 mins. Spanish/English. 

Print source: ESCAC Films 

What would you do if you had to fire your best friend? This is Julio’s 

predicament when he learns that friend and colleague Santi, along 

with 24 other workers, are to be fired. Advice from Julio’s own boss 

and friend, Max, makes a difficult situation even more complicated. 

THE SHOWREEL 

Director Keir Burrows. UK 2014. 16 mins. 

Print source: The Cast Iron Picture Company 

Nasreen is an immigrant office cleaner who dreams of being a screen 

actor. Lacking the contacts or support to realise her ambitions, she 

instead creates extravagant characters for herself to play, imagining 

film crews are on every street corner and real people are just extras. 

The would-be actor heads off on an action adventure with the 

unlikeliest of outcomes. 

TUE 2 

8.00 

WED 3 

11.00 

SHOWREEL 

IN A MIRROR 

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CHARLIE SAYS 

SAT 6 

10.30 

TWINS PART I CFF 15 

Die Violine 

Director Simon Temple. Australia 2013. 20 mins. 

Print source: Simon Temple 

An old man fulfils his promise and remembers his final days in World 

War II and the unlikely bond he formed with a Jewish prisoner. 

Charlie Says 

Director Lewis Arnold. UK 2013. 24 mins. 

Print source: Lewis Arnold 

A young boy’s lie cuts through the calm of a family holiday and 

leaves a trail in its wake that threatens to grow into something more 

dangerous as dusk approaches. Starring Conner Chapman from Clio 

Barnard’s The Selfish Giant. 

Ouroboros 

Director Henry Boffin. Australia 2014. 16 mins. 

Print source: Liam Heyen 

Australia 2028. A weary but determined man obtains an illegal timetravel 

device and travels back in time, attempting to prevent the 

hit-and-run accident that paralysed his wife 15 years ago. 

DIE VIOLINE 

TWINS PART II CFF 15 

Great 

Director Andreas Henn. Germany 2013. Serbian/English. 

23 mins. Print Source: Dog Ear Films 

Yugoslavia, 1942. The young Yugoslavian projectionist Nikola 

Radosevic decides to teach the German oppression a lesson they 

won’t forget. The beginning of a true and astonishing World War II 

resistance story, where humour is used as a weapon. 

The Island/La Isla 

DirectorS Dominga Sotomayer and Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. 

Poland/Chile/Denmark 2013. Spanish/English. 30 mins. 

Print source: New Europe Film Sales 

A group of people gather for a family reunion on an isolated island. 

They are waiting for the last person to join the party, but as evening 

falls and he doesn’t arrive, a strange anxiety overwhelms them. 

The Landing 

Director Josh Tanner. Australia 2013. 18 mins. 

Print source: Perception Pictures 

A man returns to the mid-western farm of his childhood on a 

desperate mission to unearth the horrifying truth behind a landing 

that took place in the summer of 1960. 

SUN 7 

6.30 

THE LANDING 

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FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL 

We’ve gone completely cartoon crazy for this year’s selection of family-friendly film and TV 

treats! From legendary stars such as Bugs Bunny, the Pink Panther and Dick Dastardly to 

up-to-date underwater adventurers The Octonauts, we’re showcasing the absolutely amazing 

world of animation. Many of the big belly laughs in these cartoons spring from silly slapstick 

shenanigans, and we’ll be celebrating the magic of knockabout comedy with our special School 

of Slapstick short film-making workshops on Friday 28th August as well as the return of our 

Family Film Fest favourite Neil Brand, whose live musical accompaniment will add to the hilarity 

of a seriously funny selection of silent cinema buffoonery on Saturday 6th September. 

Our friends at John Lewis and Heffers 

will also be joining in the fun with free 

drop-in family events 

before and during the 

Festival. Head along to 

Children’s at Heffers for 

readings and activities 

related to the Festival, 

and there will be pop-up 

screenings and face-painting in the 

John Lewis toy department too: check 

out www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/ 

family for dates and more info. 

We’ve also got a fantastic fancy dress focus this 

year, with super-special prizes up for grabs for 

the best dressed super-heroes who turn up for 

the SUPERMAN films, THE OCTONAUTS, as well as 

our interactive sing-along FROZEN screening! 

All our films and events have been designed 

with the needs of families and children at the 

forefront of our mind, so there will be drawing 

or craft activities as well as a dedicated ‘Chill 

Out Zone’ and buggy park available in the 

venue for at least 30 minutes before each 

screening. No unattended children will be 

admitted to any Family Film Festival event – it’s 

much more fun for you to enjoy our fab films 

together, as a family! 

BUGS BUNNY 


11.00AM 

Director Various, including Chuck Jones, Tex Avery. 

USA. c.60 mins. 

What’s up, doc? Hop along to this one-off cinema screening of classic 

cartoons featuring everyone’s favourite carrot-chomping and wisecracking 

rabbit. First created in 1940, Bugs went on to star in Warner 

Bros.’ Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series and according to 

the Guinness Book of World Records is officially the most frequently 

portrayed cartoon character ever! 

Print source Filmbank 

CHARLIE AND THE 

CHOCOLATE FACTORY 


1.30 

Director Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore 

and Helena Bonham-Carter. USA 2005 115 mins. 

It’s 50 whipple-scrumptious years since Roald Dahl wrote this famous 

children’s book, and we’re celebrating this marvellous milestone 

with a swishwiffingly special screening of Tim Burton’s mischievous 

version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Come along for 

scrumdiddilyuptious treats – and keep your eyes open for some 

gloriumptious golden tickets. 


U 

PG 

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CHILDREN’S FILM FOUNDATION DOUBLE BILL 

The Boy Who Turned Yellow U The Glitterball 

U 

LOONEY TUNES 

U 

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 

U 

SP 


6.00 

Director Michael Powell. Starring Mark Dightam, Robert Eddison, 

Helen Weir. UK 1972. 55 mins. 

John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. During 

the trip he loses his pet mouse and vows to return to find it one day. 

Back at school he falls asleep during a lesson about electricity, and he 

is sent home. On the tube train there is a sudden flash, which seems to 

have turned John and all his fellow passengers yellow. Enter 

Nick, short for Electronic, who takes John on the adventure 

of a lifetime. 

Print source BFI and Children’s Film 

Foundation 

SP 


6.00 

Director Harley Cokliss. Starring Ben Buckton, Keith Jayne, 

Ron Pember. UK 1977. 56 mins. 

A fun and energetic film from Harley Cokliss that sees two teenage boys 

try to help a tiny, spherical alien get back to its mothership, while the 

army and a devious petty crook pursue the creature for its 

wonderful powers. 

Print source BFI and Children’s Film Foundation 


11.45AM 1.00 

Director Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett. USA 60 mins. 

This selection of classic Warner Bros Looney Tunes cartoons showcases 

the adventures of iconic characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, 

Porky Pig, Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner and Wily E. Coyote. Although 

created during the classic era of American animation in the 1940s and 

‘50s, these hugely innovative short cartoons are still laugh-out-loud 

funny today. 


SP 


6.00 

Director Dan Scanlon. Starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, 

Nathan Fillion, Steve Buscemi. USA 2013. 99 mins. 

Ever since Mike was little monster he has dreamed of becoming a Scarer, 

and he knows that any Scarer worth its salt comes from 

Monsters University. So he delighted when he is 

accepted to go to the famed seat of monster 

learning. But during his first semester at 

MU, Mike’s plans are derailed when he 

crosses paths with hot-shot James 

P Sullivan (Sulley), a natural born 

Scarer. The pair soon run into trouble 

and quickly realise they will have to 

overcome their difference if they are 

ever to make things right. 

FROZEN 

THE SING-ALONG VERSION 

PG 

THE GRUFFALO + 

THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD 

U 

Not-So-Silent Movies 

with Neil Brand 

PG 


OCTONAUTS 

U 

© OCTONAUTS Meomi Design Inc. 

OCTONAUTS © Vampire Squid Productions 


11.00AM 

10.30AM 

Director Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck. Starring Kristin Bell and 

Idina Menzel. USA 2013 108 mins 

Loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, this 

delightful and moving modern classic has already become the highest 

grossing animation film ever. The intrepid Anna is desperately 

searching for her missing sister Elsa, whose icy powers have 

thrown the kingdom of Arendelle into eternal winter. Come 

along dressed as your favourite Frozen character – or any Disney 

princess – and sing your heart out at this special, interactive 

screening. Altogether now: “Let it go, let it gooooooooo…” 

Print source Disney 

© Orange Eyes Ltd 2009 


10.30AM 

Director Max Lang. Starring Voices: Helena Bonham-Carter, 

Tom Wilkinson, James Corden, Rob Brydon, John Hurt, Robbie 

Coltrane. UK 2009. 27 mins. 

Take a walk in a deep, dark wood, with this double bill of the 

magical all-star adaptations that bring Julia Donaldson and Axel 

Scheffler’s best-selling picture books beautifully to life. In The 

Gruffalo, a plucky mouse takes a walk through a wood in search 

of a nut… and The Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s 

warnings and bravely tiptoes out into the snow in search of 

the fabled Big Bad Mouse. 

Print source Magic Light Pictures 


12.00AM 

Think that in the days before the arrival 

of ‘The Talkies’, audiences used to watch 

films in total silence? Think again. Join Neil 

Brand, one of the world’s leading silent film 

accompanists, for a fun-filled, inspiring 

and interactive session that explores the 

magic of the silent cinema era. Neil is 

accompanied by percussionist 

Jeff Davenport. 


10.30AM 10.30AM 

Directors Darragh O’Connell and 

Nicky Phelan. UK 2012. 45 mins. 

Join the intrepid crew of undersea explorers from the 

Octopod in their latest adventure – The Octonauts and 

the Over-Under Adventure. Their mission: to travel to the 

uncharted territory of the Arctic Circle. The team must 

take on the extreme conditions of the Arctic to rescue 

and protect local creatures. There will be two additional 

episodes at each screening – and why not come dressed 

as your favourite Octonaut, as there’ll be special prizes for 

the best-dressed underwater adventurer. 

Print source Silvergate Media 

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THE PINK PANTHER 

U 

ROOM ON THE BROOM 

U 

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE 

PG 

SUPERMAN II 

PG 

© Orange Eyes Ltd 2012 


12.10 11.30AM 


10.30AM 

10.30AM 


1.30 


10.45AM 

Director Friz Freleng and/or Hawley Pratt. USA. 60 mins. 

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the original cool cat with 

this collection of recently-restored 1960s cartoons. 

Rediscover the sleek feline’s surreal and slapstick 

shenanigans in classics such as: Dial P for Pink; Pinkfinger; 

Sink Pink; and The Pink Phink, his first cartoon, which won 

an Academy Award in 1964. 


Director Jan Lachauer and Max Lang. Starring Voices: Simon 

Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon. UK 2012. 25 mins. 

An animated version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s 

magical tale of a kind witch who invites a 

surprising collection of animals to join her on her 

broom, much to the frustration 

of her loyal cat. The gang 

saves the witch from a 

fearsome dragon and she 

rewards them with a magnificent 

new broom, which has room for 

everyone. 

Director Richard Donner. Starring Christopher Reeve, Gene 

Hackman and Margot Kidder. UK/USA 1978 143 mins. 

The ground-breaking first Superman movie remains remarkably 

fresh, thrilling and moving. Christopher Reeve brings 

the iconic superhero perfectly to life and Gene 

Hackman’s Lex Luther is a fantastically 

dastardly baddie, all backed up by John 

Williams’ majestic score. Come along 

dressed as your favourite superhero – be 

it a caped crusader, a wonder woman or 

a super girl – to win a prize fit for 

a superhero. 

Director Richard Lester. Starring Christopher Reeve, Gene 

Hackman and Margot Kidder. UK/USA 1980 127 mins. 

Richard Lester’s hugely entertaining sequel to Superman is a fantastic 

family treat, with Superman battling it out against 

three arch enemies from his home planet of 

Krypton. Has the Man of Steel met his match 

in the despicable General Zod and his evil 

crew – and will he eventually have to “kneel 

before Zod?” Join us in fancy dress 

and you might win a prize worthy of 

a superhero. 


Print source Magic Light 

Pictures 


SCOOBY DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! 

PG 

SCHOOL OF SLAPSTICK 

SCHOOL OF SLAPSTICK FILM-MAKING WORKSHOPS 

WACKY RACES 

U 

M FESTIVAL AT JOHN LEWIS 

Our friends at John Lewis will be joining in with the 

Film Festival fun with free in-store projections, 

family events, and film star photography sessions 

during August and early September. 


11.00AM 

10.45AM 

Director William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Starring Voices: 

Casey Kasem and Don Messick. USA 1969-1970. 60 mins. 

Zoinks and jeepers! Are you brave enough to join us for 

a rare screening of the first, and best, incarnation of 

the long-running cartoon classic? Those meddling 

kids, Velma, Fred and Daphne set elaborate traps 

and track clues, while Scooby Doo and Shaggy 

try to track down Scooby Snacks instead. This 

showing features four of the finest episodes 

featuring the Mystery Machine gang. 


EM 


11.00am workshop – ages 5 - 7 | 2.00pm workshop – ages 8 -12 

Harrods Room, Emmanuel College 

From Charlie Chaplin to Buster Keaton, from The Kid to The Artist, silent 

comedy has delighted generations of cinema-goers. At these special 

School of Slapstick workshops you can create, shoot and star in 

your own short silent comedy film, working with our professional 

theatre tutors, cameraman and editor. 

We supply the props and costumes, you supply the comic genius! 

Just £10 for each 90 minute workshop, which includes a pair of 

tickets to see your masterpiece in all its glory on the big screen, as 

part of Neil Brand’s Not So Silent Movies on Saturday 7 September. 

www.schoolofslapstick.wordpress.com 


11.15AM 

Directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. USA 1968-1969. 

60 mins. 

Hanna Barbera’s much-loved slap-stick cartoon features a motley crew 

of dysfunctional drivers racing against each other to win the title of ‘The 

World’s Wackiest Racer’. Who will be crowned champion – the Gruesome 

Twosome in the Creepy Coupe, the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb, 

Professor Pat Pending in the Convert-A-Car, Penelope Pitstop in the 

Compact Pussycat... or could it be the villainous Dick Dastardly and 

his snickering sidekick Muttley in the Mean Machine? 


There’ll be drop-in screenings of family favourites 

including The Octonauts, The Gruffalo and Room on the 

Broom at the Family Film Festival ‘pop-up cinema’ in the 

Children’s Department on Sat 23rd, Sun 24th, Sat 30th 

and Sun 31st August. Specially selected trailers and 

short films will also be screening in the Audio Visual 

department prior to and during the Festival. 

And how do you fancy acting like a film star 

and swanning down the red carpet at your 

very own ‘premiere’ - whilst being snapped 

by the ‘paparazzi’? John Lewis, the 

Cambridge Film Festival and the Cambridge 

Camera Club are offering you the chance to 

live out your Hollywood dreams with free 

in-store portrait sessions which will take 

place from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm on Sat 30th and Sun 31st August. 

You provide the pout, we’ll provide glamorous props and an appropriately 

glitzy backdrop - and you’ll even get a personal copy of your fabulous 

portrait to take back home with you to your movie star mansion! 

Don’t forget to fill in our Festival 

Feedback Form (overleaf) for the 

chance to win a £50 John Lewis 

gift voucher. 

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BOOKING 

TICKETS 

Advance tickets can be purchased for 

all venues from any of the following: 

ONLINE 

www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk 

IN PERSON 

at any till at the Arts Picturehouse 

BY TELEPHONE 

0871 902 5720 

(9:30am – 8:30pm | 10p a minute from a landline) 

Bookings open 

13th August for Picturehouse members 

15th August for general public 

The Arts Picturehouse EMMANUEL COLLEGE ST PHILIP’S CHURCH CENTRE 

38-39 St Andrew’s Street, 

Cambridge, CB2 3AR 

www.picturehouses.co.uk 

Book tickets in advance for ALL venues 

through the Arts Picturehouse. 

The Arts Picturehouse screens a year-round 

programme of the best in new and classic 

cinema over three screens (including one 

THX-certificated for best quality sound 

and another RealD 3D enabled). All screens 

are licensed, so you can take your drink 

from the café-bar in with you. You do not 

have to be a member to view films at the 

Arts Picturehouse, but if you are you’ll 

receive discounts on tickets, free preview 

screenings and priority booking for the 

Festival. 

Emmanuel College, 

Cambridge CB2 3AP 

www.emma.cam.ac.uk 

Founded in 1584, Emanuel College is one of 

the larger colleges in Cambridge and boasts 

beautiful gardens and building ranging from 

the medieval to the very modern. Perfectly 

located on St Andrew’s Street opposite 

the Arts Picturehouse, screenings and 

events take place in the Queen’s Building 

auditorium, which was voted ‘Building of the 

Year’ when it opened in 1995. 

185 Mill Road, 

Cambridge CB1 3AN 

www.stphilipschurch.org.uk 

Situated in the heart of Romsey Town on 

Mill Road, St Philip’s Church has recently 

undergone an extensive refurbishment 

and opened its doors to other activities. 

The large ground-floor auditorium of this 

early 20th-century brick and timber church 

combines lovely classic features with top 

of the range technology and accessibility. 

There is also a café serving hot food 

and drinks. 

ALL VENUES 

Weekends and Friday evenings 

(from 5pm) + all day bank 

holidays 

Adult £10.50 

Member £8.50 

Student/ Retired £9.00 

Child £6.00 

Family of 4 

(2 Adults, 2 Children) £29.00 

Weekday evenings (Tuesdays – 

Thursdays from 5pm) 

Adult £9.50 

Member £7.50 


Child £6.00 

Family of 4 


Weekday matinees (Tuesdays – 

Fridays before 5pm) and all day 

Mondays 

Adult £8.00 

Member £6.00 


Child £5.50 

Family of 4 


3D screenings 

3D films cost £2 extra per person 

including 3D glasses. If you bring 

your own glasses please request 

a 70p refund at the cinema. 

ALL Family film festival 

£3.50 for adults and children 

Big Scream Club 

Adult and baby £6.00 

For parents and guardians with 

babies under one year old. Only 

customers with babies will be 

admitted. 

SPECIAL EVENTS 

Grantchester 

Adult £15 

All concessions £12 

Up to four children can attend 

on one child’s ticket when 

accompanied by a paying adult. 

Concessionary tickets are 

available at all times for people 

in full time studies, claimants, 

and senior citizens (valid ID 

required). 

CINEMOBILE 

The Cinemobile is a touring mobile cinema bringing film to the 

far‐flung corners of the country. On the outside it’s 40 ton truck, 

but on the inside it’s a plush 100 seat cinema. During the festival 

it will be located at various Park and Ride sites around the city, 

bringing Festival audiences a unique cinema-going experience. 

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ABBEYGATE 

Combining a wonderful cinema-going experience with top quality 

food is what Abbeygate Cinema has been doing for years. Set in the 

heart of Bury St Edmunds, this cinema offers the Cambridge Film 

Festival an exciting opportunity to broaden our horizons. 

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Alex Thompson 

Development Manager 

Jane Rich 

International Programmers Verena Von Stackelberg, 

Bill Lawrence 

Festival Programmers James Mackay, Will Fowler 

Catalan & Retro 3-D Programmer Ramon Lamarca 

Family Film Festival Programmer 

Becky Innes 

Shorts Programmer & Submissions Coordinator 

Sarah McIntosh 

Marketing & Communications Manager Owen Baker 

Design Advisor 

Claire Rastogi 

Assistant Events Manager 

Lucy Rosenstiel 

Advertising Sales Executive Jacob Z Klimeszewski 

Brochure Design 

Dan Taylor 

Brochure Editor 

Sarah Juggins 

Margaret PR 

Sarah Bemand & Hilary Cornwell 

Photography 

Tom Catchesides 

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Keith Gehlert 

Assistant Manager & Technical Manager Joe Delaney 

Marketing Manager 

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Duty Mangers 

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Jenifer Randell, Nashira Martinez, Ashley Martin 

Projectionists 

Rydian Cook, Clare Mackenzie, 

Jesse Wood, Laurence Anderson, Callum Birrell 

Head Chef 

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