Seaford Scene August 2019

Seaford
film
festival
After the success of last year’s first film festival
Seaford Community Cinema is screening a second
one to run from Saturday 14th September until
Sunday 22nd September, with all films being shown
at the Barn Theatre in Saxon Lane.
Festival Director David Campbell
said: ‘Like the difficult second
album, there is a bit of pressure
for us to deliver the goods to
you again. I hope we manage to
do this. The theme this year is
Heroes…?, ambiguous but that’s
how we like it! We’ll be taking
you on a cinematic adventure starting with
Harry Palmer’s anti-hero in The Ipcress File, stopping
off to pay tribute to the work of Greenpeace and
reaching our destination
with Atticus Finch’s
heroic character in To Kill
a Mockingbird. On the
way we’ll check out Jerry
Rothwell’s environmental
heroes, Helen Parr (aka Mrs
Incredible) – working
mother of three challenging
children, WWE wrestler Paige, Ryan Coogler’s
masterful and radically different superhero Black
Panther and the underrated pre-Marvel cinematic
masterpiece, in my opinion, about wannabe
superheroes Mystery Men.
Students from local film schools will be showcasing
their work in a ‘shorts’ film competition. These students
are the potential film makers of the future, so I hope
you will support them, and join me and all our heroic
Film Festival volunteers on our cinematic journey.’
The festival and autumn season launch kicks off on the
14th September at 7.30pm with The Ipcress File (PG),
starring Michael Caine
as anti-hero Harry
Palmer, the film being
introduced with a talk
by Pop Art specialist
Professor Alex Seago
about the genre, the
culture of the ‘50s
and ‘60s and how they
relate to The Ipcress File.
Next up, on Friday 20th September, also at 7.30pm,
director and screenwriter Jerry Rothwell will be
introducing his film How to Change the World (15),
about the heroic work of Greenpeace. The next
day is Superheroes Saturday, starting with one for
the kids of all ages, Incredibles 2 (PG) at 10.30am,
then going on to Black Panther (12A), from the
Marvel Comics series, at 2.30pm and Mystery Men
(12A) at 7.30pm with an introduction by score
composer Stephen Warbeck.
The Breakfast Special on Sunday 22nd September
is Fighting With My Family (12A) when there will be
coffee and a croissant to buoy you up for a little strong
language in this story about a female wrestler. The
afternoon, doors open at 1.30pm,
is devoted to short films with
which students from Brighton
Film School and Sussex Downs
College will be competing for
cash prizes, and the festival
reaches its finale with the
thought-provoking
To Kill a Mockingbird (PG)
with Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch,
the enduring hero against racism,
and Mary Badham as six-year-old
Scout in this interpretation of
Harper Lee’s powerful story.
There’ll be a little more about the
festival in September’s Seaford
Scene along with details of the
autumn season’s films.
Andrea Hargreaves
Photos (from top): The Ipcress File; David Campbell;
Black Panther; To Kill a Mockingbird.
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