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WELCOMe 

TO THE 39th CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 

I came to Cambridge and made 

it my home and stayed longer 

than I ever imagined. 

It has offered me opportunities that 

I could only have dreamed of and given 

me experiences that have been the envy 

of many. I started work at the Arts Cinema 

in the early 80s, and have worked on 

the Cambridge Film Festival ever since. 

I co-founded City Screen with Lyn Goleby 

and developed the more recent Arts 

Picturehouse, welcoming so many guests 

to the city and screening fi lms from most 

countries of the world. 

It has been an extraordinary journey, but 

aft er almost 40 years, it seems like a good 

time to bow out and give someone else the privilege of running 

this Festival in this great city of ours. 

Over the years we’ve had some fantastic guests. The Italian 

master Francesco Rosi, American great Philip Kaufman (who 

insisted on paying for his own fl ight from San Francisco), 

the wonderful Monika Treut from Germany, Robert Bresson 

from France and the UK’s own Peter Greenaway, with many 

a controversial visit. Auteurs Patricia Rozema, Michael 

Winterbottom, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Michel Gondry, Costa- 

Gavras, Derek Jarman and Bruce Weber all made visits to 

present retrospectives. It felt like we were at the centre of the 

fi lm world. 

But screening the best and often un-certifi cated titles can 

cause problems. Curiosity got the better of the local Trading 

Standards Officer when we programmed Taxi zum Klo and 

Polissons et Galipettes. We provided test screenings (at the old 

Arts Cinema), but one year was enough – he never asked again. 

This year, we have fi lms from Africa, South and North America, 

most European countries, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Iran, 

Afghanistan and Australia. We have fi lms about climate change, 

human rights, women’s rights, prison conditions and mental 

health; fi lms from the silent era with piano accompaniment, 

experimental fi lms, artists’ fi lms, documentaries and dramas. 

For a ‘small’ festival we pack a lot in! I’ve always tended to 

over-programme with an excellent team of programmers, and 

with the exhibition platform shift ing, it seems both appropriate 

and necessary to offer such a wide-ranging programme. 

Technology has advanced greatly over these 40 years. 

We introduced the Internet Movie Database at a festival 

in 1995. We developed technical innovations that are now 

commonplace. Cambridge was also the test bed for digital 

Buster Keaton, The Cameraman (1928) 

projection - though I never lost my 

personal preference for 70mm celluloid. 

It has been an extraordinary personal 

journey, but I hope that many of you who 

have shared it with me have had some 

memorable experiences along the way. 

I hope to speak to many of you during the 

Festival, before or after you have sampled 

one of the many delights we have lined 

up, and that you will enjoy the Cambridge 

Film Festival for many years to come. 

And at the end of all this, who is my 

favourite fi lmmaker? Buster Keaton! 

A genius and inspiration. He brought 

imagination and invention to the screen, 

from his humble beginnings as the one of 

The Three Keatons, a family vaudeville 

act. Without doubt one of the greatest ever fi lmmakers, but 

shackled to the studio system throughout the 20s. Unlike 

Chaplin or Lloyd he was a poor businessman and owed a lot 

to Raymond Rohauer, who collated his catalogue, restored 

prints and re-launched the great artist to huge acclaim at the 

Venice Film Festival in 1965. Keaton couldn’t understand the 

adulation! I organised a UK tour of this library for Rohauer (10 

features and 20 shorts) so that all could share the joy! He never 

fails to make me smile. 

I undertook the same ‘travelling salesman’ role with Murnau’s 

Sunrise whilst at Birmingham in the 70s – where I discovered this 

passion. Sunrise never fails to make me cry – what an ending! 

I can’t sign off without thanks to just a few of the very many 

who helped carry the Festival this far! The late Sorley McDonald 

and Liz Scott, Jean Khalfa, Becky Innes, Bill Thompson, and 

to the current team lead by Iris Ordonez, Cristina Roures and 

Owen Baker, the Festival programmers: Kayleigh Barnes, 

Margaret Deriaz, Lindiwe Dovey, Loreta Gandolfi, Kate Jones, 

Ramon Lamarca, Bill Lawrence, James Mackay, Matthew Webb. 

And to all those who have supported the work of the Trust 

enabling stability for its year round activity – especially The 

Technology Partnership (TTP), Pamela Raspe, and the Eligator 

Sansom Family Fund. 

I shall continue working with the Film Trust to develop our 

community screening programme across Cambridge and to 

help with the recruitment of my successor for the 40th Festival 

in 2020. I had hoped to call time next year – 40 in 2020 had a 

lovely symmetry, but circumstances change… 

Tony Jones 

Festival Director 

Tony Jones, Festival Director. The familiar title fails to convey his multifaceted role, not to mention the tireless commitment Tony 

has brought to the Festival. He has been producer, entrepreneur, programmer, fundraiser and the heart of the creative vision that has 

made the Cambridge Film Festival so special. 

When Tony and I set up the Cambridge Film Trust 13 years ago, we saw that cinema exhibition was changing fast; the opportunities 

to see and show a diverse range of fi lms were declining. We wanted to counter this with lasting structures within and beyond the 

Festival to continue to draw people together to watch great cinema. It has been an uphill struggle, but Tony’s passionate enthusiasm 

for fi lm, his boundless energy, ideas, contacts and unwavering determination have kept us going. 

It has been a privilege to work with Tony and to be involved in the Festival and its many related activities. Tony picked up the Festival 

in its early days and built it up into an extraordinarily rich event. He has worked with fi lmmakers, distributors and programmers from 

around the world. Over the years, he has given numerous talented people their fi rst start in the fi lm industry. He has championed 

fi lmmakers young and old, fi rst-time directors and auteurs. Through all this, his love of European and global independent cinema has 

been a guiding force. 

There is no doubt that without Tony, the Festival would not be here today. He will be enormously missed as Festival Director, but his 

presence will be felt at all our festivals to come; he will continue to lead on key activities of the Cambridge Film Trust. We wish him 

well with all his future projects and thank him for his tremendous dedication to cinema in all its forms. 

Isabelle McNeill 

Chair of Trustees 

www.camfilmfest.com Welcome CambridgeFilmFestival2019 3

Contents 

Stop Press 4 

Opening & Closing Films 5 

Special Events 6 

International Festival Highlights 8 

Preview Heaven 10 

Longing & Belonging 12 

Human Rights 14 

World Documentaries 16 

Focus on Greek & Cypriot Cinema 19 

Camera Catalonia 20 

Timetable, venues, and tickets 22 

Restorations & Rediscoveries 24 

microcinema 28 

Cambridge African Film Festival 30 

Focus on Latin America 33 

Environmental Art Documentaries 33 

Cambridge Family Film Festival 34 

ShortFusion 38 

ShortReel 41 

Supporters 42 

Index of fi lms and events 43 

STOP PRESS 

Please look out for Late Additions to the programme 

- see the festival website for updates. 

Reel Women celebrates the work of female fi lmmakers. Look out for their 

logo to see which fi lms in the programme have women directors. 

THE ADDAMS 

FAMILY CFF PG 

USA, 2019, 107 mins. 

DIRECTORS Greg Tiernan & Conrad 

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LIGHT 

Vernon 

Oscar Isaac, Charlize 

Theron, Chloe Grace 

Moretz, Finn Wolfhard 

Get ready to click your fi ngers! 

The Addams Family is back on the 

big screen in the fi rst animated 

comedy about the kookiest family 

on the block. Funny, outlandish, 

and completely iconic, the Addams 

Family redefines what it means to be 

a good neighbour. 

Print Source Universal 

Pictures International 

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Light 

Atlantics CFF 15 

Atlantique 

France/Senegal/Belgium, 2019, 

107 mins. 

French/Wolof with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Mati Diop 

Mama Sané, Amadou 

Mbow, Ibrahima Traoré 

Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, 

a young construction worker. But 

she has been promised to another 

man. Harnessing fantasy and social 

relevancy in this haunting tale of 

love, fi lmmaker Mati Diop made 

history, earlier this year, when 

Atlantics became the fi rst fi lm made 

by a woman of African descent to 

screen at Cannes. 

Print Source Netflix 

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THE LIGHTHOUSE 

CFF 15 

USA/Canada, 2019, 110 mins 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Robert Eggers 

Willem Dafoe, Robert 

Pattinson, Valeriia 

Karaman 

The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale 

of two lighthouse keepers on a remote 

and mysterious island in the 1890s. 

In gripping performances thick 

with fl avourful period dialect and jolts 

of ever-intensifying insanity soaked in 

rum, Willem Dafoe and Robert 

Pattinson play the seasoned keeper 

and his new junior mate, stuck in 

isolation on a craggy Maine island for 

a four-week posting that stretches on 

and on as the elements grow more 

hostile. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 

Print Source Universal 

Pictures International 

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THE CHAMBERMAID 

15 

Mexico, 2019, 102 mins. 

Spanish with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Lila Aviles 

Gabriela Cartol, Teresa 

Sánchez 

Lila Avillés’ impressive debut looks 

at the working environment of a 

chambermaid in one of Mexico 

City’s most luxurious hotels. 

With a spare script and nuanced 

direction, Gabriela Carol’s breakout 

performance brings charisma and 

warmth to Eve, a conscientious 

maid with a broad smile and 

kind demeanour. 

A terrifically assured feature 

debut. PETER BRADSHAW’S FILM 

OF THE WEEK, THE GUARDIAN 

Print source New Wave Films

OPENING FILM 

at the Arts Picturehouse 

ROCKS 

UK, 2019, 90 Mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WRITERS 

WITH 

12A 

Sarah Gavron 

Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson 

Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, 

D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, 

Shaneigha-Monik Greyson 

Print Source Altitude Film Entertainment 

THUR 

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17 

We are delighted to be 

opening the Festival at 

the Arts Picturehouse 

with Rocks and to 

be able to welcome 

Director Sarah Gavron 

and Writers Theresa 

Ikoko and Claire Wilson 

to the screening. 

FRI 

18 

16.00 

LIGHT 

Set in East London, the fi lm follows a group of year-11 girls, amongst them Nigerian 

British girl Rocks and her younger brother. 

There’s a crackling, raucous energy to Sarah Gavron’s dynamic Rocks. It’s an 

energy that brilliantly conveys the jostling of still-forming personalities in a group of 

teenage girls. At the heart of the story is Rocks (Bukky Bakray), a fi ft een-year-old with 

a crew of close friends and ambitions to run her own business. But Rocks (whose real 

name is Olushola) is forced to grow up quickly when her mother disappears, leaving 

Rocks with her younger brother, an envelope of cash and a note saying “sorry”. A deft 

balance of drama, humour and hormonal adolescent huffs, Rocks is a real treat: full 

of warmth, honesty and authenticity. WENDY IDE, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL 

OPENING FILM 

at The Light 

THUR 

20.30 FRI 

12.45 

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OFFICIAL SECRETS 15 

Uk/USA/Germany, 2019, 112 Mins. 

DIRECTOR Gavin Hood 

PRODUCERS Ged Doherty, Elizabeth Fowler, Melissa Shiyu Zuo 

WITH Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, 

Ralph Fiennes 

We are delighted to be opening the festival at The Light with 

Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets, starring Keira Knightley, Matthew 

Goode, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, and Rhys Ifans. 

In 2003, as politicians in Britain and the US angle to invade Iraq, 

GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that 

urges spying on members of the UN Security Council to force 

through the resolution to go to war. Charged with breaking the 

Official Secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and 

her lawyers set out to defend her actions. With her life, liberty 

and marriage threatened, she must stand up for what she 

believes in… 

Print source Entertainment One 

Sorry We Missed You 15 


DIRECTOR 

WRITER 

WITH 

Ken Loach 

Paul Laverty 

Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, 

Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor 

From director Ken Loach, writer Paul Laverty and the 

award-winning team behind I, Daniel Blake, comes 

Sorry We Missed You - a powerful exploration of the 

contemporary world of work, the gig economy and 

the challenges faced by one family trying to hold it 

all together. 

Ken Loach’s superb swipe at zero-hours Britain... 

The I, Daniel Blake director raises his game yet further 

with this gut-wrenching tale of a delivery worker driven 

to the brink...It’s fi erce, open and angry, unironised and 

unadorned, about a vital contemporary issue whose 

implications you somehow don’t hear on the news. 

PETER BRADSHAW, THE GUARDIAN 


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CLOSING FILM 

at the Arts Picturehouse & The Light 

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UK 

PREMIERE 

SPECIAL 

EVENTS 

Streetkids United 3 - The Road To Moscow 

The Netherlands/UK, 2019, 60 Mins. 

English/Tamil with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Jacco Groen 

WITH 

Eshwari, Gomathi, Indhu, Keerthana, Mashia, Nirosha, Shalini, Tamizharasi 

Streetkids United 3 is the empowering story of nine 

Indian girls who are chosen to represent their country 

at the Street Child World Cup in Moscow, Russia. The 

girls, who all had a rough start living on the streets 

where they faced abuse and violence on a daily 

basis, are an inspiration to everyone who meets 

them because of their positive and uplifting spirit. 

They hope to become role models for other street 

children and show that street children are somebody. 

Print source JaJa Film Productions 

Peter Bradshaw-The Films That Made Me 

Peter Bradshaw’s 

BLACK NARCISSUS 

new book The 

Films That Made 

Me… is a selection 

of his reviews 

and essays for 

The Guardian, for 

which he has been 

chief fi lm critic since 1999. These 

are the fi lms that made him laugh, 

the fi lms that made him cry, the 

fi lms that made him feel good — and 

the fi lms that made him feel the 

opposite. It’s a record of a fi lmgoing 

life, and a paean to the sheer sensual 

enjoyment of bathing in brilliant 

images, sounds and stories. For this 

event, Peter will be introducing a 

selection of clips from classic fi lms 

and talking about what they mean to 

him — and then we will settle down 

to the Powell/Pressburger classic 

Black Narcissus. Afterwards Peter will 

be around to sign copies! 

2018 Surprise film: Roma 

SURPRISE FILM 2019 

6 CambridgeFilmFestival2019 Special events 

CFF PG 

Former professional football player Ella Masar (from 

the USA) and Merel van Dongen (who played in the 

fi nal of the last World Cup with the Dutch Team) are 

the executive producers of the fi lm. 

Meet Street Child United, the people behind the 

Street Child World Cup, as well as the Streetkids 

United 3 team and some of the young people that 

took part in the fi lm to hear more amazing stories 

during our special Q&A following the screening. 

UK, 1947, 102 Mins. 

DIRECTORS Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 

WITH Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Flora Robson, Sabu 

One of the most extraordinary 

British features, shot almost 

entirely at Pinewood Studios, 

but you wouldn’t know it. 

It’s set in the Himalayas 

where a group of nuns try to 

educate a local community 

while facing every challenge 

to their faith, ranging from 

local superstition, politics, and the temptations of the fl esh. The 

visual splendour (Jack Cardiff’s wonderful cinematography) perfectly 

underlines the threat of sexuality which fi nally defeats ‘civilisation’. 

You could show it backwards and out of focus, and the control of 

colour, composition and movement would still look brilliant. 

CHRIS PEACHMENT, TIME OUT 

Print Source: Park Circus 

Often met with laughs, whoops or groans, the Surprise Film has been a staple of 

the Festival since 2001. Each year, rumour and speculation grow to fever pitch, and 

no one – not even the projectionist – knows the fi lm’s title until the fi rst few frames 

on screen slowly reveal its true identity. So for those amongst you who relish the 

taste of adventure, snap up your ticket early on and enjoy this unique experience. 

So, there will be no reviews or clues from us, but feel free to join 

the discussion on Twitter. Follow us at @camfi lmfest and tag your 

suggestions #CFFSurprise. 

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CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL STAFF 

Festival Director 

Tony Jones 

Brochure Editor, Rights Negotiator 

& Festival Logistics 

Iris Ordonez 

Marketing Manager 

Owen Baker 

Operations Manager 

Cristina Roures 

Corporate Partnerships & PR Manager 

Becky Mann 

Events & Venues Manager 

Kat Brooks 

Marketing Co-ordinator 

Stella Frangleton 

International programmers 

Loreta Gandolfi, Bill Lawrence & Rory Finnin 

Cambridge African Film Festival 

Mike Boyd & Lindiwe Dovey 

Camera Catalonia Programmer 

Ramon Lamarca 

Silent Cinema Programmer 

Margaret Deriaz 

microcinema Programmer 

James Mackay 

Family Film Festival Programmer 

Kate Jones 

Short Films Programmer 

& Submissions Coordinator 

Kayleigh Barnes 

Environmental Art Documentaries Programmer 

Matthew Webb 

ShortReel 

Hilary Goldsmith & Hugh Taylor 

Brochure design 

Dan Taylor 

Projectionists & Technical Team 

George Agnew, Hitomi Shinozaki, 

Jonathan Carpenter, Ryd Cook, Skye Keable, 

Clare Mackenzie, Christian Mock, Carl Peck & 

Tom Woodcock 

Photographers 

Jean-Luc Benazet & David Riley 

Festival interns 

Joshua Bullin, Lily McCarthy, Abigail Pollock, 

Joseph Renshaw, Miles Unsworth, Merel van 

Schooten & Stuart Wren 

TAKE ONE FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 

Editor-in-Chief 

Rosy Hunt 

Managing Editor 

Jim Ross 

CAMBRIDGE FILM TRUST 

Ashley Capaldi, Sigrid Fisher, Tony Jones, 

Simon Jones, Bill Lawrence, Chris Mann, 

Isabelle McNeill, Jenny Nelson, Mike O’Brien 

& Matthew Webb 

ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 

General Manager 

Dan Harling 

Duty Managers 

Sabrine Hubbard, Lorcan O’Neill 

& Hitomi Shinozaki 

PICTUREHOUSE CINEMAS 

Deborah Allison, Clare Binns, Keith Gehlert, 

Madeleine Mullet & Jack Toye 

THE LIGHT CINEMA 

Directors 

Keith Pullinger & John Sullivan 

Business Manager 

Hayley Croot 

Plus all the amazing volunteers, venues 

staff and all the hard-working fi lm 

submissions reviewers

MARKET SQUARE FREE 

SCREENING 1ST NOVEMBER 

Musicals for Kids 

with Neil Brand 

CFF PG 

How do you introduce kids to the Musical? 

You know what? You don’t need to. 

They already know about them - they 

just don’t know they know! 

So join Neil Brand as he unlocks some 

key musical sequences at the piano, SAT 

10.30 

celebrates iconic moments from Pixar 19 

EMMA 

and Dreamworks and flags up some of the 

Golden Age musicals which will grab kids, sending 

them home dancing with a song in their hearts. 

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 

ADDER TECHNOLOGY 

Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, 

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 

in the Market Square! 

TOP HAT U FRI 1st NOV @ 18.30 

followed by 

ON THE TOWN 

Free outdoor screenings with 

Cambridge BID and 

supported by the 

BFI FAN. 

U 

FRI 1st NOV 

@ 20.30 

To Catch a Thief 

USA, 1955, 106 Mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Alfred Hitchcock 

Cary Grant, Grace Kelly 

PG 

An entertaining romp on the Riviera with the 

wealthy. It’s a Hitchcock fi lm with many of his 

motifs, but it is really Cary Grant and Grace Kelly’s 

show. The urbane Grant is retired jewel thief John 

Robie, whose quiet life is disrupted by a rash of 

jewel thefts (he is inevitably cast as the prime 

suspect!). He must fi nd the thief quickly and clear 

his name – which brings him into contact with the 

beautiful Frances, daughter of the latest victim. 

Beautifully shot against a sunny Mediterranean 

landscape, what a relaxing way to enjoy the 

performances of two great stars! 

In partnership with Harriet Kelsall Bespoke 

Jewellery. All audience members are invited 

to join Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery in the 

Arts Picturehouse bar after the screening for a 

complimentary glass of sparkling wine. 

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International 

Festival 

Highlights 

Domestique CFF 15 

Domestik 

Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2018, 119 mins. 

Czech with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Adam Sedlák 

Tereza Hofová, Jiří Konvalinka, 

Miroslav Hanuš 

Top cyclist Roman has had enough of serving as a 

domestique, a cyclist who sacrifices all for the team. 

As strenuous training and a strict routine don’t lead 

to the type of performance he longs for, he sets up 

an oxygen tent at home. However, his fi xation with 

having a sports career renders him oblivious to his 

wife Šarlota’s desire to have a baby. Obsessions 

soon turn their home into a pit of despair. 

Domestique is a stunner, and easily the most 

uncomfortable fi rst-date movie Central Europe has 

produced since Wetlands. VARIETY 

We hope to welcome Director Adam Sedlák for a 

Q&A following the fi lm. 

Print source Stray Dogs 

SAT 

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EMMA 

20 

Family Romance, LLC CFF 15 

USA, 2019, 89 Mins. 

Japanese with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR Werner Herzog 

WITH 

THUR 

17 

Yuichi Ishii, Mahiro Tanimoto, 

Miki Fujimaki, Takashi Nakatani 

Romance is a business. Family, friends and 

followers are all available for hire. A man is hired 

to impersonate the missing father of a twelve-yearold 

girl. Shooting in Japan, with Japanese actors, 

speaking their own language, Oscar-nominated 

auteur Werner Herzog brings to the screen a unique 

perspective on the recurring theme of individuals 

chasing impossible dreams. 

Amusing and disarming…it takes on 

a dimension you don’t see coming. 

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 

Print source Modern Films 

20.45 

EMMA 

MON 

21 

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Fire will Come CFF 15 

O que arde 

France/Luxemburg/Spain, 2019, 85 Mins. 


DIRECTOR 

WITH 

SAT 

19 

Oliver Laxe 

Amador Arias, Benedicta Sanchez, 

Inazio Abra, Elena Fernandez 

Winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize 

for director Oliver Laxe, Fire Will Come creates 

a powerful portrait of the Galician countryside 

against which human drama unfolds. Convicted 

for starting a fi re, Amador is released from prison. 

With no one waiting for him, he returns home to 

a small village to live with his mother Benedicta 

and their three cows. Life goes on at the peaceful 

pace of nature until the night when a fi re starts to 

devastate the region. 

Print source New Wave Films 

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LIGHT 

HomewArd CFF 15 

Evge 

Ukraine, 2019, 96 Mins. 

Crimean Tatar/Ukrainian/Russian/Arabic with 

English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Nariman Aliev 

Akhtem Seitablayev, Remzi Bilyalov, 

Dariya Barihashvili, Anatoliy 

Marempolskiy 

Grieving over the death of his son in the war between 

Russia and Ukraine, a Crimean Tatar man, Mustafa, 

resolves to bring the boy’s body back to his ancestral 

homeland: Crimea. Together, he and his younger son 

Alim embark on a journey across Ukraine that will 

change their relationship forever. This award-winning 

debut from Nariman Aliev, which premiered in the 

Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, is Ukraine’s 

selection for competition in the 2020 Oscars. 

Introduced by Dr Rory Finnin, University 

of Cambridge 


MON 

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APH 

Kabul, City In 

The Wind CFF 15 

Netherlands/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany, 2018, 

88 Mins. 

Persian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Aboozar Amini 

Li Chuan, Wang Luying, Wei Ruguang 

Despite little media coverage nowadays, the war 

in Afghanistan is still on-going. Aboozar Amini’s 

documentary shows daily life through the eyes of 

a bus driver and a teenager, both trying to survive 

in a city scarred by decades of war and terror. Abas 

has invested all his money, dreams and hopes 

for the future in an old bus, while teenager Afshin 

is thrown into the role of head of the family after 

his father fl ees to Iran. Along with other ordinary 

Afghanis, they try and get on with their lives as 

security forces struggle in their fi ght against Daesh 

and the Taliban. Winner of the Next:Wave Award at 

CPH: DOX 2019. 

Print source Rediance 

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire CFF 15 

Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu 

France, 2019, 120 Mins. 

French with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Céline Sciamma 

WITH 

Print source Curzon 

Valeria Golino, Adèle Haenel, 

Noémie Merlant, Luàna Bajrami 

FRI 

18 

19.30 

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SUN 

20 

18.00 

LIGHT 

Céline Sciamma tells the story of a female painter who 

is sent to an isolated island in Brittany at the end of 

the eighteenth century and obliged to paint a wedding 

portrait of a young woman. The painting must be 

done in secret, and intimacy and attraction grow 

between the two women. Their freedom, however, 

is short-lived. Sciamma’s follow up to the wonderful 

Girlhood was well worth the wait. 

It’s so good you’ll want to watch again in 

slow-motion immediately afterwards just to see how 

she does it. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 

The SOUVENIR 15 

UK, 2019, 119 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Joanna Hogg 

Tom Burke, Honor Swinton Byrne, 

Tilda Swinton 

Winner of Sundance 2019’s Grand Jury Prize, The 

Souvenir is a compelling, semi-autobiographical 

drama by award-winning director/writer Joanna 

Hogg (Unrelated, Archipelago, Exhibition). A young, 

quietly ambitious fi lm student embarks on her 

fi rst serious love affair with a charismatic and 

mysterious man. She tries to disentangle fact from 

fi ction as she surrenders to the relationship, which 

comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams. 

The director confirms her status as a modern 

visionary with a deft , distinctive and deeply 

personal story of young love. PETER 

BRADSHAW’S FILM OF THE WEEK, THE GUARDIAN 

Print Source Curzon 

SAT 

20.00 THUR 

15.30 

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LIGHT 

Stitches CFF 15 

Savovi 

Serbia, 2019, 97 MINS. 

Serbian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Miroslav Terzić 

Snezana Bogdanovic, Marko Bacovic, 

Jovana Stojiljkovic, Vesna Trivalic 

Based on true events, Stitches takes place in 

contemporary Belgrade, 18 years after a young 

seamstress was coldly informed of her newborn’s 

sudden death. She still believes the infant was 

stolen from her. Dismissed by others as paranoid 

and with a mother’s determination, she summons 

the strength for one last battle against the police, 

the hospital bureaucracy and even her own family 

to uncover the truth. 

An elegant hybrid of true-story exposé and 

arthouse thriller, Miroslav Terzić’s sober sophomore 

feature Stitches takes a familiar idea … but delivers 

an unusually thoughtful, psychologically 

compelling character study. VARIETY 

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System Crasher CFF 15 

GERMANY, 2019, 119 MINS. 

German with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Nora Fingscheidt 

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Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, 

Gabriela Maria Schmeide, 

Lisa Hagmeister 

Foster families, special needs schools – nine-year 

old Benni has seen it all. Rebellious, aggressive and 

unpredictable, she is expelled wherever she goes. 

Child protection services refer to her as a “system 

crasher”. All Benni wants is to be back at home, but 

her mother is scared and overwhelmed by her own 

daughter. While child protection services are trying 

to fi nd a permanent placement, they hire an anger 

management trainer as Benni’s school escort and 

suddenly there is a seed of hope. Young actress 

Helena Zengel gives a remarkable performance as 

the out of control Benni. Winner of the Silver Bear 

Alfred Bauer Prize for a feature fi lm that opens 

new perspectives. 

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Why Don’t You 

Just Die? CFF 15 

Papa, sdokhni 

Russia, 2018, 90 Mins. 

Russian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

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Kirill Sokolov 

Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy 

Khaev,Evgeniya Kregzhde 

A high-energy black comedy, almost entirely set in 

a single apartment, that grabs you from the fi rst 

moment and never lets go. Matvei arrives, hammer 

in hand, to confront Andrei with clear intent. Andrei 

is the father of Matvei’s girffriend, but also a brutal 

detective who knows few things about fi ghting 

without limits. The battle escalates. 

Russian director Kirill Sokolov’s debut feature is 

a roaring rampage of revenge with a biting comic 

tone. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 

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Jack Thorne 

Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, 

Hamish Patel, Phoebe Fox 

Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne reunite in this 

thrilling and spectacular drama written by Jack 

Thorne. Set in 1862 and inspired by true events, The 

Aeronauts follows wealthy young widow Amelia 

Wren (Jones) and headstrong scientist James 

Glaisher (Redmayne) as they mount a balloon 

expedition to fly higher than anyone in history. This 

is a journey to the very edge of existence, where the 

air is thin and the chances of survival are slim. As 

their perilous ascent reveals their true selves, this 

unlikely pair discover things about each other – and 

themselves – that helps each of them find their 

place in the world they have left behind. 


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Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, 

Josh O’Connor 

Writer-director William Nicholson’s sensitive 

drama teams up Annette Bening and Bill Nighy as 

a together-forever couple navigating the choppy 

waters of married life. Grace and Edward, married 

for 29 years, live in a small seaside town near a 

cove under the cliffs called Hope Gap. When their 

son Jamie comes to visit for the weekend, Edward 

tells him that he plans to leave Grace that day. 

Hope Gap tracks the unravelling of three lives 

through stages of shock, disbelief and anger. There 

are no villains; only good people who’ve lived too 

long with old mistakes. There are no easy answers, 

and no simple paths to redemption. 


ShortReel 2019’s winning fi lm will premiere at the 

Saturday 19th screening. See page 41 for details. 

It Must Be Heaven CFF 15 

France/Qatar/Germany/Turkey/Canada/Palestine, 

2019, 97 Mins. 

English/French/Arabic with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Elia Suleiman 

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Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopti, 

Grégoire Colin 

Director Elia Suleiman escapes from Palestine 

seeking an alternative homeland, only to fi nd that 

Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a 

new life turns into a comedy of errors. However 

far he travels, from Paris to New York, something 

always reminds him of home. A comic saga 

exploring identity, nationality and belonging, in 

which Suleiman asks the fundamental question: 

where is the place we can truly call home? 

Special Mention in Cannes Film Festival 2019. 


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Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob 

Morgan, Tichina Arnold , Danny Glover 

Inspired by the real-life story of Jimmie Fails, 

who plays a fi ctionalized version of himself, The 

Last Black Man in San Francisco elegantly engages 

with a loss of cross-cultural connection as one 

individual seeks belonging in the new incarnation 

of his hometown. Winner of the Directing Award 

and Special Jury Award for Creative Collaboration, 

Sundance Film Festival 2019. 

Occasionally, a fi lm comes around that 

thrillingly invents its own cinematic rhythms, 

perfectly suited to its subject. The Last Black Man in 

San Francisco is such a fi lm and it’s one to make 

your head sing and heart soar TRICIA TUTTLE, 

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Judy & Punch CFF 15 

Australia, 2019, 105 Mins. 

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Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, 

Tom Budge, Benedict Hardie 

A man and his wife come to blows in this live action 

take on the classic puppet show. 

In the rough-and-tumble town of Seaside 

(nowhere near the sea), villagers fl ock to Punch and 

Judy’s marionette theatre. Though Punch (Damon 

Herriman) proclaims himself the greatest 

puppeteer and his beating stick rouses cheers from 

the crowd, it’s Judy (Wasikowska) who breathes 

artistry into the otherwise crude show. But during a 

drinking bout and a tragic mishap with their child, 

the hot-tempered Punch brutally beats Judy, 

leaving her for dead in the woods. Taken in by 

Doctor Goodtime and a society of outcasts, Judy 

plots her revenge. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 

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Marriage Story CFF 15 


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Noah Baumbach 

Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, 

Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda 

Academy Award-nominated fi lmmaker Noah 

Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate 

look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying 

together. At turns funny, at others painful, Marriage 

Story is a perfect vehicle for the two leads: Scarlett 

Johansson and Adam Driver as a couple embroiled 

in a bitter bicoastal divorce. With echoes of Ingmar 

Bergman, this is arguably Baumbach’s fi nest fi lm to 

date, a hit on the festival circuit, with outstanding 

reviews from the critics. 

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Shooting the Mafia CFF 15 

Ireland/USA, 2019, 97 Mins. 

Italian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Kim Longinotto 

WITH Letizia Battagli 

Sicilian Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle 

with the Mafia when she fi rst dared to point her 

camera at a brutally slain victim. Exposing the 

Cosa Nostra’s barbaric reign, she bore unflinching 

witness to their crimes and has led a life continually 

defined by defi ance and passion. Shooting the 

Mafia weaves together Battaglia’s striking blackand-white 

photographs, rare archival footage, 

classic Italian fi lms, and the now 84-year-old’s 

own memories, to paint a portrait of a remarkable 

woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose 

the Mafia’s brutal crimes. 


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So Long, My Son 

Di Jiu Tian Chang 

China, 2019, 180 Mins. 

Chinese with English subtitles. 

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Liya Ai, Jiang Du, Zhao-Yan Guo-Zhang 

Wang Xiaoshuai’s acclaimed drama chronicles 

people and a society in transformation - in 

which human relationships and the tumultuous 

evolution of a nation are inevitably and inextricably 

intertwined. So Long, My Son traces the lives of 

two families over three decades of social, political 

and human upheaval in China. Following the 

loss of a child in a tragic accident, their paths 

separate. Destinies ebb and fl ow, and fortunes 

are transformed under the impact of a country’s 

changing face. 


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THE TWO POPES CFF 15 

UK/Italy/Argentina/USA, 2019, 125 Mins. 

Latin/English/Spanish/Italian/French/Portuguese/ 

German 

DIRECTOR Fernando Meirelles 

WITH 

Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, 

Juan Minujín 

Following his hit biopics of Stephen Hawking, 

Winston Churchill and rock band Queen, Anthony 

McCarten turns his pen to the anomaly of the two 

popes, Benedict and Francis both alive at the same 

time; an occurrence not seen for almost 600 years. 

What really happened behind the Vatican walls 

when Pope Benedict decided not to die in post and 

summoned his critic and ultimate successor to 

discuss the future of the Catholic Church? 

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AndThenWeDanced 

Sweden/Georgia/France, 2019, 106 Mins. 

Georgian with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR Levan Akin 

WITH 

CFF15 

Levan Gelbakhiani, Ana Javakishvili, 

Bachi Valishvili 

Levan Akin is a Swedish-born fi lmmaker of 

Georgian descent whose work often plays on 

class and gender. Georgia is ranked as the world’s 

third most homophobic country. Merab has 

been training from a young age at the National 

Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. 

His world is suddenly turned upside down when 

the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and 

becomes both his strongest rival and the object of 

his desire. In this conservative setting, Merab fi nds 

himself having to break free and risk all. 

I wanted to explore how a great encounter can 

lead you to be bold and free. LEVAN AKIN 

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Brothers CFF 15 

Kardesler 

Turkey/Germany/Bulgaria, 2018, 103 Mins. 

Turkish with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

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Ömür Atay 

Yiğit Ege Yazar, Caner Şahin, Gözde 

Mutluer, Cem Zeynel Kılıç 

Yusuf is released from prison after serving four 

years in a youth detention centre. On release, his 

family don’t want to know him – except for his 

brother Ramazan who sets him up in the family-run 

motel on the highway leading to Iran. This debut 

feature from Turkish director Omar Atay is a 

powerful statement about guilt and honour set in 

the Muslim community. With strong performances 

from the leads, Atay slowly peels away the layers to 

reveal the truth of the family. 

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Castle of Dreams CFF 15 

Ghasr-e Shirin 

Iran, 2019, 86 Mins. 

Persian with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Reza Mirkarimi 

Hamed Behdad, Zhila Shahi, Azadeh 

Nobahari, Nioosha Alipour 

When a terminally ill mother is admitted to 

hospital, her estranged husband returns after 

having been absent for many years. Anxious and 

hesitant, he has no option other than to take his 

son and his daughter back with him. But where 

should they go, when he has not managed to 

build the castle of dreams drawn by mom for 

the children? 

We are delighted to welcome Director Reza 

Mirkarimi to a Q&A following the fi lm. 

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CHAINED FOR LIFE 15 

USA, 2018, 92 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Aaron Schimberg 

Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Stephen 

Plunkett, Charlie Korsmo 

Aaron Schimberg¹s impressive second feature is 

his response, as a fi lmmaker with facial deformity, 

to cinematic portrayals of disfigured people. 

Simultaneously empathetic and sardonic, Chained 

for Life’s multi-layered meta-narrative casts 

Jess Weixler (Teeth) as Mabel, a well intentioned 

Hollywood star. She takes the role of a blind 

woman in a hospital-based horror movie about 

abnormalities, directed by an egomaniacal German 

auteur. As shooting progresses, Mabel gradually 

falls for friendly British co-star Rosenthal (Pearson, 

Under The Skin), who has neurofibromatosis. 

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County Lines CFF 15 


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Henry Blake 

Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe, Harris 

Dickinson, Marcus Rutherford 

A powerful drama about a mother and her 

fourteen-year-old son who is groomed, and 

subsequently trapped, into a lethal nationwide 

drug-selling enterprise. ‘County line’ is a term 

used when drug gangs from cities expand their 

operations to smaller towns, often manipulating 

children and vulnerable people to sell drugs with 

devastating consequences. This debut fi lm from 

writer/director Henry Blake is inspired by his fi rsthand 

experiences as a youth worker battling on the 

frontline of child exploitation and drug trafficking 

in the UK. 

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Here for Life 15 

UK, 2019, 87 MINS. 

DIRECTORS Andrea Luka Zimmerman & 

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Adrian Jackson 

Jo Galbraith, Jake Goode, 

Richard Honeyghan, Kamby Kamara 

Ten Londoners and a dog. An uncommon story 

on common ground; Here for Life marks the 

culmination of a long collaboration between 

fi lm-maker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and theatremaker 

Adrian Jackson. The cast dance together, 

steal together, eat together; agree and disagree, 

celebrate their differences and share their talents. 

The lines between one person’s story and another’s 

performance are blurred and the borders between 

reality and fi ction are porous. Eventually, they 

come together on a makeshift stage and spark a 

debate about the world we live in, who has stolen 

what from whom, and how things might be fi xed. 

Here for Life premiered at the Locarno Film Festival 

where it was nominiated for a Golden Leopard. 


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Muse CFF 15 


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Candida Brady 

Géza Röhrig, Alison Doody, 

Rupert Everett 

Luca (Géza Röhrig) is considered to be one of the 

greatest artists of his generation. At the peak of 

his career, he is lauded, feted and collected by all. 

However, the side eff ects of his new found fortune 

and fame have left him agoraphobic, crippled 

by depression and battling with his demons on a 

daily basis. However, a chance encounter brings 

Luca back from the edge. The question is, can he 

stay there? 

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PAPER BOATS CFF 15 

USA/Mexico, 2019, 72 MINS. 

English/Spanish with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Yago Muñoz 

WITH 

Pedro Damian, Alexandra Melkman, 

Isabella Sky, Max Levi 

A cantankerous widower, who lives a lonely life 

in the Mexican desert, receives a call from his 

estranged daughter, an undocumented immigrant 

in the US, who desperately needs his help. Faced 

with the possibility of losing her children to the NY 

foster care system, she decides to send them to live 

with him while she fi ghts for her American dream 

and citizenship. This heart-warming tale reminds 

us of the unconditional bond of family, and how the 

innocence of children can touch the most hardened 

of hearts. 

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Wilcox CFF 15 

CANADA, 2019, 66 Mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Denis Côté 

Guillaume Tremblay 

Fresh from the Locarno Film Festival, Canadian director 

Denis Côté’s latest fi lm centres on Wilcox, a man on the 

edge of society searching for sense to his existence. A 

solitary and mysterious man – a deserter, delinquent or 

survivalist – he quietly roams the wilderness in search 

of something, whether looking to put down roots or 

simply fi nd freedom. Told entirely without dialogue, 

this is a powerful statement on social isolation. 

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Showing with 

All That Perishes at The Edge of Land 

Pakistan, 2019, 30 mins. Dir. Hira Nabi. 

In this docu-fictional work, the container vessel 

Ocean Master is anthropomorphised and enters into a 

dialogue moving between dreams and desire, places 

that can be called home, and the structural violence 

embedded in the act of dismembering a ship. 

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No longer is there a veil of silence when it comes to human rights 

violations – the Internet, social media, the availability of mobile 

phones in the remotest areas – have opened up a window into this 

world. Filmmakers are playing their part in shining a light, be it via 

documentaries or fi ction-led drama. We have selected four remarkable 

fi lms offering fresh perspectives and critical insights on human rights 

concerns impacting people around the world. 

RAMSE 

WARBOY 

By The Grace Of God 15 

Grâce à Dieu 



DIRECTOR 

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François Ozon 

Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, 

Swann Arlaud 

Filmmaker François Ozon returns with this 

engrossing and topical examination of the Catholic 

Church abuse scandal, telling the story of three 

friends who pursue justice for the abuse they 

suff ered as children. When Alexandre learns that the 

priest who abused him when he was in the scouts 

is still working with children, he decides to take 

action. Joining forces with two other victims of the 

priest, François and Emmanuel, he sets out to “lift 

the burden of silence” surrounding their ordeal. But 

the repercussions and consequences will leave no 

one unscathed. Winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury 

Prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2019. 


BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is delighted to once again be the senior broadcast media partner for the Cambridge 

Film Festival which is shaping up to be one of the best yet with a diverse programme that promises to attract 

audiences of all ages and tastes.The programme includes UK premieres of new features, classic retrospectives, 

insightful documentaries, discovery titles from the global stage, family favourites, an eclectic array of short films, 

and several international fi lm festival winners. 

Chris’s view of the Festival: 

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“It may not have international in the title but there is a strong argument that over its history 

Cambridge Film Festival is one of the most international film festivals around, and it looks like 

2019 is no exception, with over 150 fi lms from more than 30 countries including several films from 

Spain, Germany, Iran, Greece, Ukraine, and various African countries. 

Highlights from major international film festivals include Czech director Adam Sedlak’s directorial 

debut Domestique, and from Berlin International Film Festival the horror comedy Stitches as well as 

the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Award Winner System Crasher. I am particularly looking forward to a 

film which at this year’s Sundance Film Festival won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award,Alejandro 

Landes’ stunning Monos. As visually splendid as it is thought-provoking, this fi lm tells the story of eight teenaged 

guerrillas with guns who watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow. Playing games and initiating cult-like 

rituals, the children run amok in the jungle. 

Of course the always popular Camera Catalonia strand returns with Laura Jou’s feature debut, the romantic 

comedy Life Without Sara Amat.Well received by critics and audiences alike in Spain, the fi lm beautifully captures 

the transition from childhood to adulthood. In addition, Elena Trapé’s second feature Distances, approaches the 

friends’ reunion genre with a rare direct and naturalistic style. 

The powerful Human Rights strand includes Zero Impunity, a call to action to join a growing global movement that 

demands zero tolerance for sexual violence in warzones, and On The Inside of a Military Dictatorship, the gripping 

tale of Myanmar’s disastrous transition from military dictatorship to democracy. 

So, welcome to arguably the most international of film festivals where you can watch fi lms from all around the 

world in the comfort of your Cambridge cinema seat. Enjoy!” 

Chris Mann hosts Mann In The Morning 

each weekday from 9 – 12 on BBC Radio 

Cambridgeshire, as well as being a trustee 

of the Cambridge Film Trust. 

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Dark Suns CFF 18 

Soleils Noirs 

Canada, 2018, 154 Mins. 

Spanish with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR Julien Elie 

Shot in beautifully composed black 

and white, the award-winning 

Dark Suns is an epic investigation 

into countless murders in Mexico. 

Presented in chapters, the film 

unfolds methodically through 

unsettling testimonials, 

sketching a portrait of an 

entire country transformed 

into a gigantic mass grave 

thanks to a climate of 

impunity established 

both by criminal gangs 

and the state authorities. 

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On The Inside of a Military 

Dictatorship CFF 15 

Denmark, 2019, 97 Mins. 

English/Burmese with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Karen Stokkendal Poulsen 

The world rejoiced when the brutal military 

dictatorship in Myanmar was dissolved after 50 

years and power passed to Pro-democracy leader 

and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi 

to form a civilian government. But celebrations 

were short-lived when she defended the ethnic 

cleansing of the Rohingya and isolated 

herself from the public. Karen Stokkendal 

Poulsen’s absorbing documentary provides a 

fascinating study into political compromises, 

featuring interviews with military generals, 

journalists and Aung San Suu Kyi herself. 

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Zero Impunity CFF 15 

Luxembourg/France, 2019, 93 Mins. 

English/Syrian/Ukrainian/French with 


DIRECTORS Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies 

Rape and sexual assault have been present 

in many conflicts across the globe, constantly 

being ignored by the powers-that-be and often 

going unpunished. This animated documentary 

is a call to action, demanding zero tolerance 

for sexual violence in warzones. We hear from 

inspiring victims, social workers and activists 

worldwide, who have the courage to engage, resist 

and mobilize. Their stories confront us with the 

horrendous mechanics of international institutions 

and age-old war and interrogation practices. 

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Documentaries 

Ara Malikian. A Life 

Among Strings 

CFF PG 

Ara Malikian. Una vida entre las 

cuerdas 

Spain, 2019, 88 Mins. 

English/Spanish with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

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Nata Moreno 

Ara Malikian 

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Ara Malikian, multifaceted violinist of Lebanese 

origin and Armenian roots, is like no other classical 

violinist you have ever seen. In this compelling 

documentary learn about his refugee family history 

and his unquestionable contribution to both 

classical and contemporary music. Throughout his 

now extensive career, Ara Malikian has succeeded 

in bringing music closer to all audiences, both 

adults as well as children. With his trademark 

charm and multiculturalism, he commands 

all genres without prejudice – from Bach to 

Led Zeppelin. 

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Filmfarsi 

CFF PG 

Iran, 2019, 83 Mins. 

Persian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Ehsan Khoshbakht 

Pouri Baneai, Reza Beyk Imanverdi, 

Mohamad Ali Fardin 

Many cinema-goers will have seen Iranian fi lms 

made since the 1979 revolution, but this essay-fi lm 

about Iranian pre-revolutionary popular cinema 

(known as ‘filmfarsi’) offers a rare glimpse into 

cinema and society under the Shah’s regime. 

“Filmfarsi was the cinema of a nation with a split 

personality,” says fi lmmaker Ehsan Khoshbakht. 

Over many years he has meticulously assembled 

a treasure trove of Iranian popular fi lms, a cinema 

full of passion, low-budget thrillers, macho fi lms 

and melodramas. 

We hope to welcome Director Ehsan Khoshbakht 

for a Q&A following the fi lm. 

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Hi, A.I. CFF 15 

Germany, 2019, 88 Mins. 

English/Japanese with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Isa Willinger 

Humanoid robots are like new creatures on our 

planet. They work at reception desks, in shopping 

malls or as chefs. And they are coming into our 

private lives… While Harmony and Chuck are 

searching for love, and Pepper and Grandma are 

killing time, pressing questions arise: how will 

robots and artificial intelligence change our lives? 

What will we win, what will we lose? And who 

will be the main actors in this future world? This 

fascinating documentary shows us tomorrow’s 

world today. 

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Making Waves: The Art Of 

Cinematic Sound CFF PG 


DIRECTOR Midge Costin 

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound reveals 

the hidden power of sound in cinema through the 

personal histories, experiences and expertise of 

sound pioneers who became award-winning artists 

in sound design. The fi lm features interviews with 

premier sound designers like Walter Murch, Gary 

Rydstrom, and Ben Burtt, as well as great fi lm 

directors known for working so closely with their 

sound designers, like George Lucas, Robert Redford, 

Peter Weir, Christopher Nolan, Sofia Coppola and 

David Lynch. 

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Martha: A Picture Story CFF 15 

Australia, 2019, 85 Mins. 

DIRECTOR Selina Miles 

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In 1970s New York, 

photographer Martha 

Cooper captured some of 

the fi rst images of graffiti 

appearing on the city’s 

subway carriages. Decades 

later, she realises she’s 

become an unexpected icon 

of the street art world. Now, at age 75, she must navigate 

her way through a vastly changed culture. 

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Meeting Gorbachev 

UK/USA/Germany, 2018, 91 Mins. 

DIRECTORS Werner Herzog & André Singer 

CFF PG 

Werner Herzog is an ardent admirer of former 

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, now in 

his late 80s. Using a wealth of archive footage, 

Herzog charts Gorbachev’s extraordinary rise to 

power from humble beginnings. He also talks 

with the former leader about his historic role in 

bringing about the end of the Cold War and, more 

controversially, the collapse of the Soviet Union. 

How does Gorbachev view his achievements in 

retrospect? A fascinating encounter which yields 

poignant insights, both personal and political. 

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20.00 

EMMA 

Men Inside CFF 15 

Des Hommes 



DIRECTOR Jean-Robert Viallet 

Thirty thousand square meters and 2,000 inmates, 

half of them under 30 years old. The Baumettes 

jail tells of misery, violence, abandonment, and 

also hopes. It is a story of screams and silences, 

a concentrate of humanity. This incredible 

documentary, fi lmed in a fl y-on-the-wall style, 

allows us to get up close, to catch an honest 

glimpse of the reality of their lives, to get under 

their skin as they get under ours. 

Print source Unité de Production 

TUE 

22 

18.00 

LIGHT 

Miles Davis: 

Birth of THE Cool CFF 15 


DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Stanley Nelson 

Frances Taylor Davis, Juliette Gréco, 

Stanley Crouch, Herbie Hancock 

Miles Davis: horn player, bandleader, innovator. 

Elegant, intellectual, the very embodiment of cool. 

The man with a sound so beautiful it could break 

your heart. His restless determination to break 

boundaries and live life on his own terms made 

him a star. But it also made him incredibly difficult 

to live with, for the people who loved him most. 

Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, 

studio outtakes, and rare photos, Miles Davis: Birth 

of the Cool tells the story of a truly singular talent 

and unpacks the man behind the horn. 

Print source Munro Films 

FRI 

21.00 WED 

22.30 

FRI 

14.45 THUR 

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APH 

18 

APH 24 

My Father Is My 

Mother’s Brother CFF 15 

Ukraine, 2018, 76 Mins. 

Ukranian/Russian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Vadym Ilkov 

WITH 

Anatoly Belov, Anna Yatsenko, 

Katya Yatsenko 

This intimate documentary portrait of an 

unconventional family won the 2019 Best 

Feature Film award at the Odesa International 

Film Festival. It is a window into the life of Kyiv 

underground artist and performer Anatolii Byelov 

whose sister falls prey to mental illness and leaves 

her fi ve-year-old daughter Katya to his care. As 

parenting disrupts Anatolii’s life of manic creativity, 

he fi nds himself caught between the divergent roles 

of artist provocateur and “daddy”. 

Introduced by Dr Rory Finnin, University 

of Cambridge. 

Print source GARMATA FILM 

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UK 

PREMIERE 

EUR 

PREMIERE 

Secretaries - A Life 

for Cinema CFF 15 

Segretarie – Una Vita Per Il Cinema 

Italy, 2019, 64 Mins. 

Italian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTORS Raff aele Rago & Daniela Masciale 

Six secretaries reminisce about their lives working 

alongside powerful and enlightened men, lovers of 

great cinema, producers, directors and managers 

who made Italian cinema history. Recollections 

of their lives, off and on-set, are enriched by 

anecdotes, revelations, unpublished photographs 

and other curiosities related to some of the great 

Italian classics. These women still exude the same 

passion and determination as when they began 

their adventures into the world of cinema, where 

the word ‘impossible’ doesn’t exist, working in busy 

and lively offices where the careers of directors, 

screenwriters, actors and actresses would be made. 

We are delighted to welcome Directors Raff aele 

Rago & Daniela Masciale for a Q&A after the fi lm. 

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MON 

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13.30 

FRI 

14.30 TUE 

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APH 

Up From The Streets CFF 15 


DIRECTOR Michael Murphy 

Exploring how the music of New Orleans refl ects 

the culture of the city and how music has the power 

to change lives. In many ways, the story of New 

Orleans is the story of America – a country founded 

by people who wanted freedom and yearned 

to escape social injustice and cultural biases. 

The music of New Orleans became not only a 

celebration of life but also, at times, an expression 

of the need and desire for freedom. 

We hope to welcome Director Michael Murphy for a 

Q&A with the audience. 

Print source Cilista Eberle 

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Walking on Water 

USA/Italy, 2018, 100 Mins. 

DIRECTOR Andrey M Paounov 

CFF PG 

Internationally renowned artist Christo conceived 

“The Floating Piers” with his late wife and 

collaborator Jeanne-Claude in 1970. In 2016, 

permission was fi nally cleared to mount the work 

on Italy’s Lake Iseo, at the foot of the Alps. But 

securing a location was only the fi rst in a series 

of prickly negotiations. An illuminating portrait 

of a master artist and of the arduous process of 

launching a large-scale art production. In July 2018, 

Floating Piers attracted over 1.2 million visitors. 

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18 CambridgeFilmFestival2019 World Documentaries

Focus on Greek & Cypriot cinema 

Focus on Greek & Cypriot Cinema highlights new fi lms by young directors, based on real-life events. Showcasing a diverse range of 

cinematic styles, narratives and themes, these three debut fi lms by Nikos Labot Char (Her Job), Tonia Mishiali (Pause), and Marios Piperides 

(Smuggling Hendrix) ) offer a punchy as well as sensitive analysis of the two countries’ complex relationship with their individual cultural heritage. 

Her Job CFF 15 

I Douleia Tis 

Greece/France/Serbia, 2018, 90 mins. 

Greek with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Nikos Labôt 

Marisha Triantafyllidou, 

Dimitris Imellos 

Panayiota, a 37-year-old illiterate housewife, leads 

a quiet life with her husband and their children in a 

modest neighbourhood in Athens. To cope with the 

recession that has been affecting her family, she 

takes a job as a cleaner. Despite the ruthlessness of 

her work environment, Panayiota breaks free from 

her domineering husband and domestic monotony, 

gradually gaining the respect she never had from 

her family. 

A multiple award-winning fi lm, including Best 

Debut Prize at the Hellenic Film Academy and 

Fipresci Award & Young Fipresci Award at Warsaw 

Film Festival. 

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APH 24 APH 

EMMA APH 

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Pause CFF 15 

Pafsi 

Cyprus/Greece, 2018, 96 MINS. 

Greek with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Tonia Mishiali 

Stela Fyrogeni, Andreas Vasiliou, 

Popi Avraam, Marios Ioannou 

In Cypriot director Tonia Mishiali’s striking feature 

debut, middle-aged housewife Elpida is trapped 

in the misery of an oppressive marriage with a 

man who has no consideration for her feelings and 

needs. The arrival of a young painter employed 

to paint the building she lives in, disrupts her 

monotonous life. Her imagination fl ourishes and 

fantasies abound as she is confronted with her 

unquenchable desires. Soon Elpida’s dreams 

cross over into reality as she starts to contemplate 

revenge on her husband and the world around her. 

Winner FIPRESCI Prize @ Thessaloniki FF 2018. 

Print source Film Republic 

18 EMMA 21 APH 

Smuggling Hendrix CFF 15 

CYPRUS, 2018, 93 MINS. 

Greek/Turkish/English with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR Marios Piperides 

WITH 

Adam Bousdoukos, Fatih Al, Vicky 

Papadopoulou, Özgür Karandeniz 

Yiannis is planning to leave crisis-ridden Cyprus for 

a better life abroad. His plans are put on hold when 

his dog Jimi runs away and crosses the UN buff er 

zone that divides the “Greek” from the “Turkish” 

side of the island. Since animal exchange between 

the two “sides” is prohibited, Yiannis reluctantly 

joins forces with Hasan, a Turkish settler, and a cast 

of unexpected characters to smuggle his best friend 

back. This simple story offers a vivid demonstration 

of how the fences we build, both real and imagined, 

can be broken down once we recognise the familiar 

in the face of the unknown. 

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Camera Catalonia 

SUPPORTED BY 

Welcome to Camera Catalonia! 

This year we focus almost exclusively on debut fi lms by young Catalan 

fi lmmakers, with one exception being a second feature. There is a fresh 

approach to fi lmmaking in all of the fi lms, clearly demonstrating that 

creativity and good storytelling are much more important than big 

budgets. As in previous years, we hope to have some guests to present 

and discuss the fi lms as well as the current state of Catalan cinema. 

APH 22 

7 Reasons to Run Away 

(from Society) CFF 18 

7 raons per fugir 

Catalonia, 2019, 75 mins. 

Catalan and Spanish with English subtitles. 

DIRECTORS Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto & 

WITH 

David Torras 

Sergi López, Emma Suárez, Lola Dueñas, 

Alex Brendemühl, Aina Clotet 

Esteve Soler adapts his own theatre work, taking 

a caustic and nihilistic approach to contemporary 

western society. His brilliant, dark humour is not 

suitable for the faint-hearted, and the surrealism that 

impregnates it recalls Buñuel at his most acerbic. 

Reminiscent, too, of Monty Python’s The Meaning of 

Life (with which it shares several similarities), it is 

divided into seven chapters, each named after a social 

value. Beyond the laughter, we are left with much to 

refl ect on. 

We hope to welcome actor Aina Clotet for a Q&A 

following the fi lm on Tuesday October 22nd. 

Print source Filmmax 

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18.30 TUE 

22.30 

20 APH 

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PREMIERE 

Distances CFF 15 

Les Distàncies 

Catalonia, 2018, 99 mins. 


DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Elena Trapé 

Alexandra Jiménez, Miki Esparbé, Isak 

Férriz, Bruno Sevilla, Maria Ribera 

Elena Trapé’s second feature approaches the 

friends’ reunion genre with a direct, naturalistic 

style and none of the nostalgia or emotional 

schmaltz that is often associated with it. Four 

Catalan university friends travel to Berlin to 

surprise another friend for his birthday, but the 

passing of time and the changed circumstances test 

the relationships within the group. Agile camera 

work carries the audience on an emotional journey 

through the streets of Berlin where conventions 

and appearances start to crumble, revealing the 

characters’ real feelings. 

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Life without Sara Amat 

CFF 15 

La Vida sense la Sara Amat 


Catalan with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Laura Jou 

Maria Morera, Biel Rosell, Francesca 

Piñón, Jordi Figueras, Anna Sabaté 

Mediterranean cinematographers have a natural 

fl air for portraying the transition from childhood to 

adulthood in a luminous and effortless way, and 

this fi lm is no exception. Laura Jou’s fi rst feature 

uses her previous experience casting children to 

great effect, and the two main leads imbue their 

characters with multiple nuances and emotions. 

Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, it’s 

a lovely, tender and sensitive story based on a 

popular Catalan book. 

We are delighted to welcome Director Laura Jou 

for a Q&A following the fi lm. 

Print source La Xarxa 

Somebody’s daughter CFF 15 

La filla d’algú 



DIRECTORS Marcel Alcántara, Júlia de Paz, 

WITH 

Sara Fantova & others 

Aina Clotet, Pep Ambròs, Marta Aguilar, 

Enric Auquer 

This fi lm is the graduation project of a group of 

fi lmmakers from the Catalan school of cinema, 

but so striking is its achievement that it secured 

a cinema release, garnering critical acclaim and 

festival awards. Aina Clotet commands the fi lm, 

portraying a young, pregnant solicitor frantically 

searching for her missing father and discovering 

hidden truths about her family, on a physical and 

emotional journey that takes the audience with her. 

We hope to welcome lead actor Aina Clotet for a Q&A 

following the fi lm on Tuesday October 22nd. 

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SCHEDULE OF FILMS 

THU 17 OCT FRI 18 OCT SAT 19 OCT SUN 20 OCT 

Arts Picturehouse (APH) 

Screen 1 

20.30 Rocks 5 

The Light 

20.30 Official Secrets 5 

Emmanuel (EMMA) 

16.00 Shorts To Elate 38 

18.30 Ara Malikian. A Life 16 

Among Strings 

20.45 Family Romance, LLC 8 

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Retired/Student £11.50 

Retired/Student Member* £9.50 

Child £7.00 

Daytime (before 17.00) £6.00 

Family Film Festival £4.00 

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Screen 1 

10.00 Check Stop Press 

12.00 Cat Somebody’s Daughter 21 

14.30 Walking on Water 18 

17.00 System Crasher 9 

19.30 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 9 


Screen 2 


12.30 Muse 13 

14.45 My Father is my 17 

Mother’s Brother 

17.00 Stitches 9 

19.15 Brothers 12 

21.15 Shorts To Thrill 38 

Screen 3 

10.30 Shorts To Connect 39 

12.45 Official Secrets 5 

15.00 Making Waves: The Art 16 

of Cinematic Sound 

17.30 CAFF Talking about Trees 31 

22.30 Paper Boats 13 

The Light 

11.00 FFF The Wizard of Oz 35 

13.30 The Chambermaid 4 

16.00 Rocks 5 

18.30 Hope Gap 10 

21.00 Miles Davis: Birth 17 

of the Cool 


14.00 Shorts To Ponder 40 

16.00 Smuggling Hendrix 19 

18.00 R&R 7th Heaven 24 

20.30 Singin’ in the Rain 27 

(with special introduction 

to Musicals by Neil Brand) 

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and Thursdays that start before 17.00. 

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Screen 1 

10.30 FFF BAFTA Kids presents – 34 

Scooby Doo and Guess Who? 

12.30 Shorts To Debate 40 

14.30 It Must Be Heaven 10 

16.30 Hi, A.I. 16 

18.30 Fire Will Come 8 

20.30 Hope Gap 10 

& ShortReel Award 

Screen 2 

11.00 FFF Wild Amsterdam 34 

13.00 Making Waves, The Art of 16 

Cinematic Sound 

15.30 Her Job 19 

17.45 Cat Distances 21 

19.45 Domestique 8 

22.30 Why Don’t You Just Die? 9 

Screen 3 

10.00 Shorts To Elate 38 

12.30 Paper Boats 13 

15.00 CAFF Film Festival Film 31 

17.30 Brief Story from the 33 

Green Planet 

20.00 R&R Singing Lovebirds 27 

22.00 Shorts To Fear 39 

The Light 

10.00 The Addams Family 4 

12.30 Ara Malikian. A Life 16 

Among Strings 

15.00 R&R Calamity Jane 27 

(singalong) 

17.30 Streetkids United 3 6 

20.00 The Souvenir 9 


10.30 Musicals for Kids 7 

with Neil Brand 

13.00 Making Waves, The Art of 16 

Cinematic Sound 

15.00 Martha: A Picture Story 17 

17.30 R&R The Light of Asia 25 

20.00 Men Inside 17 

Heong Gallery 

11.00 MICRO Glory (until 17.00) 28 

KETTLE’S YARD 

THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 


Screen 1 

10.00 Brothers 12 

12.30 Shorts To Inspire 39 

14.30 So Long, My Son 11 

18.30 Monos 33 

21.00 Marriage Story 11 

Screen 2 

10.00 FFF Comedy Shorts 34 

11.00 FFF Angry Birds Movie 2 34 

13.30 Shorts To Thrill 38 

15.30 R&R Pakeezah 27 

18.30 Cat 7 Reasons to Run Away 20 

20.45 Zero Impunity 15 

Screen 3 

11.00 Stitches 9 

13.30 MICRO Arab Israeli Dialogue 29 

& Imagine Peace 

16.30 Wilcox & All that Perishes 13 

at the Edge of Land 

18.30 CAFF Buddha in Africa 30 

21.00 Here for Life 13 

The Light 

11.00 System Crasher 9 

13.30 CAFF Talking about Trees 31 

15.45 Her Job 19 

18.00 Portait of a Lady on Fire 9 

20.30 R&R Guys and Dolls 27 


11.00 Domestique 8 

15.00 R&R Fragment of an Empire 25 

17.30 Muse 13 

20.00 R&R Docks of Hamburg 25 

Heong Gallery 


18.30 Environmental Art 33 

Documentaries 

THE LIGHT 

EMMANUEL COLLEGE 

THE HEONG GALLERY

MON 21 OCT TUE 22 OCT WED 23 OCT Thu 24 OCT 


Screen 1 

11.00 Smuggling Hendrix 19 

13.30 The Invisible Life of 33 

Euridíce Gusmão 

16.30 Pause 19 

18.45 Up From the Streets 18 

21.15 By the Grace of God 14 

Screen 2 

10.00 FFF Water shorts 35 

11.00 FFF The Little Mermaid 35 

(singalong) 

13.30 Martha: A Picture Story 17 

16.00 Homeward 8 

18.00 Peter Bradshaw - The Films 6 

that Made Me + Black 

Narcissus 

21.00 Meeting Gorbachev 17 

Screen 3 

10.15 Here For Life 13 

12.30 Brief Story from the 33 

Green Planet 

15.00 R&R First a Girl 27 

17.30 CAFF Caméra D’Afrique 31 

20.00 To Catch a Thief 7 

22.30 Shorts To Inspire 39 

The Light 

11.00 Hi, A.I. 16 

13.15 Fire Will Come 8 

15.30 Family Romance LLC 8 

18.00 R&R 42nd Street 26 

20.00 The Aeronauts (IMAX) 10 

20.30 The Two Popes 11 

Heong Gallery 


18.30 Cemetery 33 

Kettle’s Yard 

13.30 MICRO Karola Gramann 28 

(until 16.00) 

VENUES 

THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 

The Arts Picturehouse 

screens a year-round 

programme of the best in 

new and classic cinema 

over three screens 

(including one THXcertificated 

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 fi lms at the Arts 

Picturehouse, but if you are 

you’ll receive discounts on 

tickets. 

38-39 St Andrew’s Street, 

Cambridge, CB2 3AR 

www.picturehouses.co.uk 

EMMANUEL COLLEGE 


Screen 1 

10.00 By the Grace of God 14 

12.45 Why Don’t You Just Die? 9 

15.00 The Two Popes 11 

17.30 Secretaries - A Life 18 

for Cinema 

20.00 And Then We Danced 12 

22.30 Cat 7 Reasons to Run Away 20 

Screen 2 

10.00 FFF My Grandpa is an Alien 35 

11.45 FFF The Wizard of Oz 35 

15.00 Filmfarsi 16 

17.15 On the Inside of a Military 15 

Dictatorship 

19.15 It Must Be Heaven 10 

21.30 County Lines 13 

Screen 3 

11.00 Streetkids United 3 6 

13.30 Up From the Streets 18 

16.00 Walking on Water 18 

18.00 Cat Somebody’s Daughter 21 

22.30 Shorts To Connect 39 

The Light 

10.45 FFF Wild Amsterdam 34 

13.00 Marriage Story 11 

15.45 R&R Singin’ in the Rain 27 

18.00 Men Inside 17 

20.30 Judy & Punch 11 

Heong Gallery 



13.30 MICRO Sarah Wood 29 

(until 16.00) 

Founded in 1584, Emmanuel 

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. 

St Andrews Street, 

Cambridge CB2 3AP 

www.emma.cam.ac.uk 

HEONG GALLERY 


Screen 1 

10.00 So Long, My Son 11 

13.30 Judy & Punch 11 

16.00 Homeward 8 

18.30 Kabul, City in the Wind 8 

20.45 The Lighthouse 4 

Screen 2 

10.00 FFF Earthrise 36 

11.00 FFF Astro Kid 36 

13.30 Filmfarsi 16 

16.00 Secretaries - A Life 18 

for Cinema 

18.00 Cat Life Without Sara Amat 21 

20.30 Atlantics 4 

22.30 Miles Davis: Birth of 17 

the Cool 

Screen 3 

10.30 Shorts To Fear 39 

13.00 Shorts To Ponder 40 

15.00 BFI NETWORK + Film Hub 41 

South East Showcase 

18.15 Dark Suns 15 

21.15 The Invisible Life of 33 

Euridíce Gusmão 

The Light 

10.30 Monos 33 

13.00 County Lines 13 

15.30 Meeting Gorbachev 17 

18.00 Shooting The Mafia 11 

20.30 The Lighthouse 4 

Heong Gallery 

11.00 

MICRO Glory (until 17.00) 28 


13.30 

MICRO Daniel & Clara 29 

(until 16.00) 

The Heong Gallery of modern 

and contemporary art was 

opened in Spring 2016. The 

gallery is situated in Downing 

College on Regent Street, 

near the Arts Picturehouse. 

It will host an installation 

by James Benning, Glory, as 

part of microcinema, from 

Saturday 19th to Thursday 

24th October, and an 

environmental programme 

of films on Sunday 20th and 

Monday 21st October. 

Downing College, 

Regent Street, Cambridge 

CB2 1DQ 

www.dow.cam.ac.uk/ 

cultural-life/heong-gallery 

The Light cinema provides 

a unique experience in a 

relaxed environment. The 

fully licensed 9-screen 

cinema complete with 

IMAX auditorium, offers 

incredible 2D and 3D 

visuals with state of the 

art digital picture and 

sound. Featuring the latest 

blockbusters, independent 

and international fi lms, 

plus live opera, ballet, 

theatre and concerts direct 

from stage to screen. 

Cambridge Leisure Park, 

Clifton Way, Cambridge 

CB1 7DY 

lightcinemas.co.uk 


Screen 1 

10.00 Zero Impunity 15 

12.30 And Then We Danced 12 

15.00 Surprise Film 1 6 

18.00 The Last Black Man 11 

in San Francisco 

21.00 Sorry We Missed You 5 

Screen 2 

10.00 FFF Stop-motion shorts 37 

11.00 FFF Strike 37 

13.30 The Addams Family 4 

16.00 Pause 19 

18.30 My Father is my Mother’s 17 

Brother 

21.00 Castle of Dreams 12 

Screen 3 


13.00 Wilcox & All that Perishes 13 

at the Edge of Land 

15.30 Shorts To Debate 40 

18.00 Chained for Life 13 


The Light 


13.00 Atlantics 4 

15.30 The Souvenir 9 

18.30 Surprise Film 2 6 

21.00 Sorry We Missed You 5 

Heong Gallery 


Kettle’s Yard is the 

University of Cambridge’s 

modern and contemporary 

art gallery. It is a beautiful 

house and a modern 

gallery that hosts modern 

and contemporary art 

exhibitions. Kettle’s Yard 

will host microcinema, 

a programme of artists’ 

fi lms featuring new and 

historical national and 

international work from 

Monday 21st to Wednesday 

23rd October. 

Castle St, 

Cambridge CB3 0AQ 

www.kettlesyard.co.uk 

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Kettle’s yard

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7thHeaven 

CFF PG 

USA, 1927, 117mins. Silent with live music. 

Restored by the Museum of Modern Art, NewYork. 

DIRECTOR Frank Borzage 

WITH 

Janet Gaynor,CharlesFarrell, 

AlbertGran 

Throwntogether by chance,Diane and Chico 

shareashabby garret with astunning view across 

Paris, but theirburgeoning relationship is brutally 

disruptedbythe outbreak of WW1.Swooning 

romanticism meets stirring realism in Borzage’s 

intoxicating melodrama, including war scenes 

brilliantly shotbyJohnFord. You’dneed aheart 

of stonetoremain unmoved by JanetGaynor’s 

portrayal of Diane which (together with her starring 

roles in StreetAngel and Sunrise)won her the firstever 

AcademyAward forBestActress. 

With liveaccompaniment by Neil Brand. 

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Docks of Hamburg 

CFF PG 

Die Carmen von St. Pauli 

Germany, 1928, 96 mins. Silent with live music. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

SUN 

20 

Erich Waschneck 

Jenny Jugo, Willy Fritsch, Fritz Rasp 

Don’t miss this rare silent gem – a witty updating 

of the story of Carmen, set in 1920s Hamburg. 

When Klaus, a ship’s mate, catches a young man 

thieving on board his ship, he’s duty-bound to 

report him. But on discovering that the culprit is 

a cross-dressing woman, Klaus falls madly – and 

dangerously – in love with her. The Hamburg 

docks are portrayed with striking realism (superb 

photography by Friedl Behn-Grund), while Alfred 

Junge’s atmospheric art direction conjures the 

city’s crazy nightlife. 

With live accompaniment by Stephen Horne. 

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20.00 

EMMA 

Fragment of an Empire 

CFF PG 

Oblomok Imperii 

USSR, 1929, 109 mins. Silent with live music. 

Restored by San Francisco Silent Film Festival with 

EYE Filmmuseum and Gosfilmofond, Russia. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Fridrikh Ermler 

Fiodor Nikitin, Yakov Gudkin 

Hailed as one of the most important fi lms in Soviet 

cinema, this is the extraordinary tale of a Tsarist 

conscript who suffers shellshock and amnesia during 

WW1. Recovering gradually after several years in a 

rural backwater, he returns to his hometown which 

is now called Leningrad and - knowing nothing of 

the Bolshevik Revolution - is bewildered to discover 

a world that has been totally transformed...or has it? 

A witty nuanced critique of Soviet society from a 

committed Communist fi lmmaker 

With live accompaniment by Stephen Horne 

and Martin Pyne. 

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Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt 

The Light of Asia 

CFF PG 

Die Leuchte Asiens 

Germany/India, 1925, 98 mins. Silent with live music. 

Restored by Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Franz Osten 

Himansu Rai, Seeta Devi, Sarada Ukil, 

Rani Bala 

This visually ravishing account of the life story of 

the Buddha was the fi rst collaboration of Munichborn 

director Franz Osten and Bengali actorproducer 

Himansu Rai. Alarmed by a prophecy that 

his son and heir will one day renounce the throne, 

King Suddhodana surrounds the young prince with 

riches and beautiful women and shields him from 

all knowledge of human suffering. Shot entirely on 

location at historical sites in India, this spectacular 

co-production blends documentary-style realism 

with fairy tale enchantment. 

With live accompaniment by John Sweeney. 

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Musicals 

Rediscovered 

From Astaire and Rogers to Baz Luhrmann and Hugh Jackman, musicals 

have continuously pushed the envelope of cinematic joy. Not only do they use 

music more integrally than any other genre, they are also some of the most 

visually imaginative fi lms ever made. And now they are fi nally receiving the 

reassessment they deserve. So whether you seek out nostalgia, theatricality, 

emotional engagement or new discoveries from across the globe, immerse 

yourself in glorious musicals – because, frankly, we all need a bit of toe-tapping joy in our lives, 

maybe now more than ever! 

NEIL BRAND 

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP 

WITH ADDER TECHNOLOGY 

Image courtesy of Park Circus / Warner Bros. 

42nd Street 

USA, 1933, 89 MINS. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

CFF PG 

Lloyd Bacon 

Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, 

Dick Powell 

‘You’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to 

come back a star!’ Set in Depression-era New York, 

42nd Street is the quintessential backstage musical, 

starring Warner Baxter as a tyrannical stage 

director drilling his company to exhaustion. This 

hard-boiled, fast-paced drama takes account of 

harsh realities, but also transcends them through 

snappy dialogue, infectious tap rhythms and mindblowing 

musical numbers lavishly choreographed 

by Busby Berkeley. With great ensemble playing 

from a stellar cast, including Ginger Rogers as 

wisecracking chorus girl ‘Anytime Annie’. 

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Calamity Jane 

(Singalong) U 

USA, 1953, 101 Mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

David Butler 

Doris Day, Howard Keel 

Arguably Doris Day’s fi nest hour, with many 

memorable songs, from an energising The 

Deadwood Stage to the wonderful Secret Love, 

Calamity Jane is a fi lm that is well known even to 

those who have never seen it. Paying little attention 

to the truth of the relationship between Jane and 

Wild Bill Hickok, it’s a musical after all, it is cracking 

entertainment with action, songs, romance and 

a classic western tale. Can you watch without 

singing along? 

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First A Girl 

UK, 1935, 98 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

CFF PG 

Victor Saville 

Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, 

Griff ith Jones 

This highly successful remake of German fi lm Viktor 

und Viktoria stars Jessie Matthews as an aspiring 

showgirl who gets her big break by standing in 

for a male drag artist stricken with laryngitis. 

Audiences are astounded by her convincing 

female ‘impersonation’, but she has to keep up 

the deception off-stage as well … This genderbending 

extravaganza features gorgeous costumes, 

glamorous locations, Busby Berkeley-style numbers 

and an irresistible performance from Matthews, the 

best-loved star of British 30s musicals. 


GUYS AND DOLLS 

USA, 1956, 149 MINS. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

U 

Joseph L Mankiewicz 

Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, 

Frank Sinatra, Stubby Kaye 

Based on the Damon Runyon short stories of 

Broadway, the musical Guys and Dolls plays out on 

a stunning studio set that extends the artifice of the 

stories. From a simple story - a ganster takes a bet 

that he can win the heart of a Salvation Army lady 

– and a pyrotechnic opening sequence – it is clear 

the fi lm is unlike any other with its all-star cast, 

frenzied choreography, witty lyrical dialogue and 

memorable songs. What more could you want from 

a musical? Exceptional Hollywood. 


Screening as part of BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen, a UK-wide fi lm season 

supported by National Lottery, BFI Film Audience Network and ICO. bfimusicals.co.uk 

PAKEEZAH 

INDIA, 1972, 154 MINS. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

CFF PG 

Kamal Amrohi 

Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, 

Raaj Kumar 

One of the most extraordinary musical melodramas 

ever made and a cult classic, Pakeezah is much 

beloved by audiences for Meena Kumari’s 

breathtakingly tragic turn as the doomed 

Sahibjaan, who is born in a graveyard to a dying 

mother who was once a famed courtesan. Taken in 

by her aunt, she follows in her mother’s footsteps, 

but a chance encounter leads to her falling in love 

with a man she cannot marry. Forbidden love, 

homo-social women’s space, glittering fountains, 

rainbows of silk and gold fi ligree as far as the eye 

can see - and even some rampaging elephants: 

Pakeezah has it all!. 


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SINGING LOVEBIRDS 

Oshidori utagassen 

Japan, 1939, 69 MINS. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

CFF PG 

Masahiro Makino 

Chiezo Kataoka, Takashi Shimura, 

Haruyo Ichikawa 

Rarely screened in the UK, the 1939 Japanese 

musical comedy Singing Lovebirds is an effortlessly 

delightful viewing experience: breezy, lighthearted, 

full of verve, charm and invention. Daughter of a 

former rōnin (masterless samurai), Oharu is in love 

with Reisaburō Asai, another rōnin who lives next 

door. But she faces steep romantic competition 

from two other local admirers – and matters are 

complicated further when her father, fi nding 

himself deeply in debt to the local lord, fears he 

might have to sell her to pay it off… 


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Singin’ in the Rain 

Friday screening introduced by Neil Brand. 

USA, 1952, 102 MINS. 

DIRECTORS Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen 

WITH 

U 

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, 

Donald O’Connor, Cyd Charisse 

One of the most enjoyable musicals with great 

songs, dance and performances. Set during the 

transition from silent fi lms to the talkies when a star 

can only survive if her voice is dubbed - but is she 

worth it? Star Don Lockwood is not convinced. Shot 

in Technicolor, it looks stunning; in a vivid green 

outfit, Cyd Charisse almost steals 

the film without saying a word. 

Nearly 70 years on, it is still as 

fresh and fun as 

ever. 

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CB2 1DQ 

MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 13.30–16.00, Kettle’s Yard | FREE (booking required via Kettle’s Yard) 

Karola Gramann 

19-24 OCTOBER 

11.00 to 17.00 daily 

Glory 

by James Benning 

An installation of James Benning’s 2018 fi lm Glory - 

UK 2018, 120 mins (runs continuously) | FREE 

Two hours of surveillance footage of a U.S. fl ag 

recorded on the late afternoon of 13 September 

2018, twelve hours before Hurricane Florence ripped 

through North Carolina. The footage was recorded 

at Frying Pan Tower, a decommissioned lighthouse 

located 39 miles off the North Carolina coast in the 

Atlantic Ocean on the Frying Pan Shoals. 

Dress Rehearsal and Karola 2 

1980-81, Christine N. Brinckmann 

Die Geburt der Venus 

(The Birth of Venus) 

1970-72, Moucle Blackout, AT 

Self Portrait 

1972, Maria Lassnig 

Kugelkopf (Ball Button) 

1985, Mara Mattuschka 

Super 8 Girl Games 

1985, Angela Hans Scheirl und Ursula Pürrer 

Gezacktes Rinnsal schleicht sich 

schamlos schenkelnässend an 

1985, Angela Hans Scheirl und Ursula Pürrer 

Compartment 

1990, Eva Heldmann 

Film curator Karola Gramann presents a screening of 

German feminist fi lms from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. 

This programme aims to provide impressions of the 

independent, experimental feminist fi lms of the 70s and 

80s. It shows works made without great technical effort 

or fi nancial expense; works with a social impulse that was 

critical of the patriarchy, and which acted this idea out. In 

their own light-hearted way, these are “photoplays”. 

Karola Gramann writes I would like to emphasize the 

lightness with which distance from the burden of dominant 

structures was expressed along with the courage the 

fi lmmakers showed in allowing themselves the liberty of 

simply ignoring these structures or making them look 

ridiculous. To remember this seems to me to be relevant in 

the face of the institutionalisation of women’s emancipation 

and the growing expectation that the state solve problems 

through legislation. It is also relevant in view of the new 

norms of political correctness – not least in fi lm. These by 

now historical fi lms possess a topicality in that they throw 

out the old norms and imperatives without establishing new 

ones. They are fi lms from below that do not ascend to 

renewed dominance. Last but not least, this programme 

counterposes the technical complication and apparent 

perfection of digital cinema with uncomplicated, 

imperfect cinema. 

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TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 

13.30–16.00, Kettle’s Yard 

FREE (booking required via Kettle’s Yard) 

Sarah Wood 

A screening of a programme of fi lms by Sarah Wood 

including The Bravest Boat (Sarah Wood & Ali Smith, 

2019) which celebrates the legacy of Margaret Tait’s 

time in postwar Italy and the origin of her fi lmic vision. 

Plus fi lms by Margaret Tait. 

Presented by the fi lmmaker. 

The Bravest Boat 

2019, 10 mins, Ali Smith & Sarah Wood 

How do we connect what we see and hear with what’s 

actually happening? In the light and the dark of the 

21st century, The Bravest Boat celebrates the legacy of 

Margaret Tait’s time in postwar Italy and the origin of her 

fi lmic vision. 

Boat People 

2016, 23 mins, Sarah Wood 

‘Homelessness is coming to be the destiny of the world’ 

suggested Martin Heidegger in 1946, in a discussion with 

Jean-Paul Sartre and in the immediate aftermath of 

the mass movement of people created by the Second 

World War. Boat People is an essay fi lm that explores this 

question. Taking as its starting point the historic version 

of Britain as an island and seafaring nation, the fi lm 

counterpoints the surety of this assertion of identity with 

the contingency of movement. 

Colour Poems 

1974, 12 mins, Margaret Tait 

Nine linked short fi lms. Memory, chance observation, 

and the subsuming of one in the other. 

Murmuration x 10 


Helen Macdonald’s murmuration on the histories 

of observation and the annotation of migration is 

counterpointed with Sarah Wood’s visual questioning of 

how the archival document reports the natural world. 

How can we trust what we see? 

Azure 


Azure is the colour of the sky on a clear summer’s 

day. Azure is a colour that suggests openness, ease, 

possibility. Azure is the name of the card given to the 

people who arrive in Britain seeking asylum. 

WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 

13.30–16.00, Kettle’s Yard 

FREE (booking required via Kettle’s Yard) 

Daniel & Clara 

2018-19, 65 mins, Daniel & Clara 

Filmmakers Daniel & Clara present excerpts from 

their Studio Diary Series. 

The Studio Diaries began as a series of 100 short 

fi lms created by Daniel & Clara throughout 2018. 

Over the course of seven months, these short fi lms 

capture the workings of the artists’ daily creative 

practice, but more than simply documenting, the 

Studio Diaries are creative thought in action. Each 

fi lm is an investigation into the language of moving 

images, exploring how narrative and meaning 

are constructed through the relationship between 

sound and image. 

For this screening Daniel & Clara will be presenting 

a selection of shorts taken from the fi rst 100 fi lms 

followed by the latest instalment SD103: Snakes 

& Ladders, which is an experimental video essay 

responding to the fi lms and writing of Laura Mulvey 

and Peter Wollen. 

microcinema 

SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 

13.30, Arts Picturehouse 

Arab Israeli Dialogue 

1971-73, 40 mins 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Lionel Rogosin 

Rachid Hussein, Amos Kenan 

In 1974 I made Arab Israeli 

Dialogue, which was a fi lm about a 

subject that had long been on my 

mind since I had long standing ties 

with Israel, going back to the founding 

of the state in 1948. 

This fi lm, shot in two afternoons and edited in as many 

weeks, consists of another spontaneous conversation 

between Hussein and Kenan with some additional 

footage that I had shot in Israel in 1953. It was a very 

simple fi lm, very crude, but very honest and very 

different from what was being made at the time. It was 

criticised by extremists on both sides, yet many people 

liked it because it was different. Public television gave it 

back to me as if it were a bomb. LIONEL ROGOSIN 

Showing with 

Imagine Peace 

2019, 79 mins. 

DIRECTOR Michael Rogosin 

In 1973, Lionel Rogosin, the pioneering independent 

American fi lmmaker – On the Bowery, Come Back Africa 

- made the fi rst ever documentary fi lm about an Israeli- 

Palestinian dialogue, held between Israeli journalist/ 

peace activist/iconoclastic patriot Amos Kenan and 

Palestinian poet/PLO spokesperson Rashid Hussein. This 

was also Rogosin’s last fi lm. His son, Michael Rogosin has 

made a moving and thought-provoking fi lm about the 

fi lm, called Imagine Peace. 

We hope to welcome director Michael Rogosin 

for a Q&A following the fi lms 

Imagine 

Peace is a must 

for anyone 

concerned with the 

fate of Palestinians and 

Israelis and the quest for 

peace in the Middle East. 

HILLEL SCHENKER CO-EDITOR 

PALESTINE-ISRAEL JOURNAL 

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UK 

PREMIERE 


African Film Festival 

The team behind the Cambridge African Film Festival 

(CAFF), in collaboration with the Cambridge Film Trust, are 

delighted to bring you a selection of fi lms that display the 

extraordinary cinematic talent of contemporary Africa. Our 

theme this year is exploring the past and present of African 

fi lmmaking and culture. 

For more information about CAFF, please see our website 

www.cambridgeafricanfilmfestival.org.uk 

Buddha in Africa CFF 15 

South Africa/Sweden, 2019, 90 mins. 

Mandarin, Chichewa with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR Nicole Schafer 

Buddha in Africa is a moving observational 

documentary focused on the experiences of 

Enock Alu, who has been brought up in a Buddhist 

orphanage in Malawi. Enock is now at a crossroads; 

he must decide whether to return to his relatives in 

a rural village in Malawi or go to school in Taiwan. 

This is the captivating story of a young boy’s 

struggle to hold on to his own culture in a context 

in which China is seeking to expand its soft power 

within Africa. 

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CamÉraD’Afrique CFF 15 

France/Tunisia, 1983, 95 mins. 

French withEnglish subtitles. 

DIRECTOR Ferid Boughedi 

We areexcited to screen this newlyrestoredprint of 

CaméraD’Afrique,firstfeatured at the 1983Cannes 

Film Festival. Featuringrarefootage and interviews 

with pioneering African filmmakers,well-known 

Tunisian director Férid Boughedir explores the rise 

of independent African cinema in thisextraordinary 

documentary. Despitealack of funds and support, 

these filmmakersovercame these obstacles to 

bring inspiring African stories to thescreen, after 

decades of Africabeing used merely as an exotic 

backdrop forwestern cinema. 

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Film Festival Film CFF 15 

South Africa, 2019, 46 MINS. 

DIRECTORS Mpumelelo Mcata&Perivi Katjavivi 

WITH Jean-PierreBekolo,Lindiwe 

Matshikiza, Milisuthando Bongela 

Fanon is an ambitious young African filmmaker 

attending an international filmfestival. Sheis 

desperatelylooking foraproducer to fund her 

debut featurefilm butthe morethatFanon 

explores and observesthe festival space, the more 

she begins to question whethershe willeverfind 

her place in this world. Abrilliant, biting, selfreflexivefilm 

working between documentaryand 

fiction, Film FestivalFilm asks difficult questions 

about the filmindustryinrelation to race and 

gender in our contemporaryworld. 

We hope to welcome Co-Directors Perivi Katjavivi 

and Mpumelelo Mcata, as well as Producer Anna 

Teeman, to aQ&A followingthe film. 

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Talking About Trees 

CFF PG 

France/Sudan/Germany/CHad/Qatar, 2019, 93 mins. 

Arabic/English/Russian with Englishsubtitles 

DIRECTOR Suhaib Gasmelbari 

Four elderly Sudanese filmmakersare trying to 

rekindle theflame of film cultureinacountry 

whereithas been allbut extinguished. Although 

theirattemptstore-open an old outdoor 

cinema arerepeatedly thwarted by Kafkaesque 

bureaucracyand political hostility,the men’s 

humour,comradeship andsheer love of cinema 

shine through. This award-winning documentary 

captivated audiences at this year’s Berlin Film 

Festival –atruly beguiling, quietly inspiring 

reminder of the role of cinema as acommunal 

activity anddemocratic force. 

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Focus on Latin America 

Brief Story from the 

Green Planet CFF 15 

Breve historia del planeta verde 

Argentina/Germany/Brazil/Spain, 2019, 75 mins. 


DIRECTOR 

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Santiago Loza 

Romina Escobar, Paula Grinszpan, 

Luis Soda, Elvira Onetto 

Tania is a transgender woman grieving for the loss 

of her grandmother, the woman who raised her. 

An extraterrestrial has been living in her basement 

for years and Tania and her friends begin a 

journey across Argentina to return the alien to the 

place where her grandmother believed it landed. 

Fantastical and gorgeous, this extraordinary mix of 

science-fi ction and magical realism from director 

Santiago Loza resonates strongly with audiences. 

Winner of the Best Feature Film, Teddy Award, 

Berlin Film Festival 2019. 

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The Invisible Life of 

Eurídice Gusmão CFF 18 

A Vida Invisível De Eurîdice Gusmão 

Brazil/Germany, 2019, 139 Mins. 

Portuguese with English subtitles. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

MON 

21 

Karim Aïnouz 

Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, 

Gregorio Duvivier 

Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes 

Film Festival 2019, The Invisible Life of Euridice 

Gusmão is set in 1950s Rio de Janeiro. Eurídice, 18, 

and Guida, 20, are two inseparable sisters living 

at home with their conservative parents. Although 

immersed in a traditional life, each one nourishes 

a dream: Eurídice of becoming a renowned pianist, 

Guida of fi nding true love. In a dramatic turn, they 

are separated by their father and forced to live 

apart. They take control of their separate destinies, 

while never giving up hope of fi nding each other. 


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Monos CFF 15 

Colombia/Argentina/Netherlands/Germany/ 

Sweden/Uruguay/USA, 2019, 102 mins. 

Spanish with English subtitles 

DIRECTOR Alejandro Landes 

WITH 

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Julianne Nicholson, Moises Arias, 

Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda 

Colombian auteur Alejandro Landes returns after 

an eight-year hiatus with a fi lm that oozes pure 

adrenaline and excellent technique. 

Well before the sight of a pig’s head on a stick 

being wielded by deranged child soldiers, the 

hallucinatory Colombian thriller Monos has 

summoned the unmistakable aura of William 

Golding’s Lord of the Flies. We begin above the 

clouds, with Andean peaks dotting the distant 

horizon: a ragtag teenage cadet corps, half boys, 

half girls, have been blindfolded for training. 

They’re being shaped into an armed guerrilla 

squad. DAILY TELEGRAPH 

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Environmental art documentarIES 

In a year in which Cambridge recorded the highest ever UK temperature, and the Amazon saw far more widespread fi res, the festival presents 

a holistic series of environmental art/doc fi lms that asks the viewer to consider what an environmental fi lm is and what it can be. 

UK 

PREMIERE 

UK 

PREMIERE 

Admission free 

The Flaming Rage of 

the Sea CFF 15 

UK, 2018, 20 Mins. Dir. Rosanna 

Greaves. 

English and Anglo-Saxon. 

The Flaming Rage of the Sea considers 

the constructed and ever changing 

landscape of the Cambridgeshire 

Fenland, a region below sea level, 

through the embodied experience 

of landscape. Choreographed stilt 

performers, fi lmed on location in 

the Fens, Benwick, Mepal Wash and 

The Great Fen, move to a sound 

track constructed from a 17thcentury 

resistance poem The Powtes 

Complaint, protesting the drainage of 

the Fens, intercut with recorded oral 

histories of people from the fens. 

Print source Rosanna Greaves 

Our Blue Heart CFF 15 

UK, 2019, 12 Mins. Dir. Liam Martin & 

the Marine Conservation Society. 

Our Blue Heart explores what 

connects people in the UK to the 

ocean and how these connections 

can be used to encourage policy 

changes to protect our blue spaces 

and safeguard them for the future. 

Interviews with people whose lives 

are inextricably linked to the coast 

and the sea by their jobs, families and 

histories illustrate the value of our 

ocean and how any decisions made 

about the oceans and seas affect 

individuals too. 

Print source Marine 

Conservation Society 

The Time of the 

Ritual CFF 15 

Tempo de Kuarup 

Brazil, 2014, 52 Mins. Dir. Neto Borges. 

Brazilian Portuguese and Yawalapiti 

with English subtitles. 

Set in the Yawalapiti village, in the 

Upper Xingu in the Amazon, Brazil, 

the death of a leader opens up the 

opportunity to pay homage to him 

through the year-long Kuarup funeral 

ritual. Composed of ceremonial 

events handed down over thousands 

of years, this is a rare insight into 

the cosmology of the Yawalapiti 

people and their strong connection 

to elements of nature that take on 

potent symbols in their lives and 

community. 

Print source Neto Borges 

We are delighted that director Rosanna Greaves from The Flaming Rage of the Sea and director Liam Martin and lead researcher 

Sue Ranger from Our Blue Heart will attend the screening of their fi lms and will host a Q&A with the audience afterwards. 

Cemetery CFF 15 

France/United Kingdom/Poland/ 

Uzbekistan, 2019, 85 Mins. 

English and Sinhalese with 


DIRECTOR Carlos Casas 

A fi lm about death, reincarnation 

and immortality, where Hindu and 

Buddhist traditions mix. About 

memory, colonialism, discovery, 

loss of innocence and the demise of 

sanctuaries and unexplored territories. 

A road fi lm on elephants, a soundoriented 

fi lm guided by a monologue 

voice over. The amazing sounds of the 

jungle and a deep research on the sonic 

language of the elephant. A requiem for 

the unknown, the undiscovered and for 

our own Shangri-La. 

We are delighted to welcome producer 

Elena Hill for a Q&A following the fi lm. 

Print source Carlos Casas 

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SATURday 19th 

ALL Family 

feature films 

just 

£4 

£4 

10.30 APH - FREE 11.00 APH 

Scooby Doo and Guess Who? 


DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Mike Milo 

Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard 

CFF U 

Join TV presenter Nigel Clarke (Ben 10 Challenge, The Baby Club) for a 

special BAFTA Kids event to celebrate the 50-year heritage of classic 

animated cartoon, Scooby-Doo. The show continues to re-invent 

itself with the new series that launched on Boomerang this October. 

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? features cameo appearances from Ricky 

Gervais, Whoopi Goldberg, Sia, Mark Hamill and many more. We’ll be 

screening a classic episode from 1969 as well as two episodes of the 

new series featuring Gervais and Batman. 

There will also be a drawing competition 

with Boomerang supplying prizes. 

Also showing at The Light, Tues 22nd Oct, 10.45 

WILD AMSTERDAM 

De Wilde Stad 

Netherlands, 2018, 85 mins. 

DIRECTOR Mark Verkerk 

NARRATED BY Mark Verkerk 

CFF PG 

A wildlife feature film with a difference. It 

explores one of Europe’s most vibrant and 

dynamic cities through the eyes of its wilder 

inhabitants. Adventurous urban cat, Abatutu, 

will be your guide. 

Ribbons, Sticks and Clay 

Natural Art and Crafts 

Wild Amsterdam will be accompanied 

by Find Your Wild natural arts and crafts. 

explore the boundaries of your imagination 

and make beautiful creations with simple 

materials from nature. 

For more information 

on Find Your Wild visit: 

www.findyourwild.org 

APH Bar 

9.30 – 13.00 

COMEDY 

Sunday 20th 

10.00 APH - FREE Comedy Short FILMS 

CFF U 

Nearly There! 

France, 2018, 2 mins. 

Pichu, a little pet budgie with an injured wing, 

throws himself into a risky trail across the room 

to reach a bowl of seeds. Nearly there, Pichu! 

Hors Piste 

France, 2018, 6 mins. 

The two best mountain rescue workers of the 

region are ready for their new mission. But it will 

not go as planned... 

Belly Flop 

South Africa, 2018, 5 mins. 

Persistence pays off when a young girl learning 

to dive is unperturbed by a talented diver who 

steals the spotlight. 

Rescue 

England, 2018, 3 mins. 

Sir Tristan is on a quest to save the Princess 

Theodora. But he quickly realises this damsel in 

distress is more of a damsel hard to impress! 

Why Oh Why Can’t I Touch The Sky? 

UK, 2019, 1 min. 

Cora the starfish lives under the sea and wonders 

why she isn’t a star in the sky. This innovative mix 

of 2D animation and plastercine, demonstrates 

the importance of being happy within yourself. 

11.00 APH 

ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 

Finland/USA, 2019, 96 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

PG 

Thurop Van Orman 

Awkwafina, Dove Cameron, Bill Hader 

Another chance to see one of this summer’s big 

fi lms. The fl ightless birds and scheming green pigs 

take their beef to the next level. 

APH Bar 

9.30 – 13.00 

Come and get creative at the Festival craft table. 

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10.00 APH - FREE Short 

films about Water 

Jonas and CFF U 

the Sea 

Netherlands, 2015, 

12 MINS. 

All his life Jonas has 

lived by the sea. He 

longs to be part of the 

underwater world. 

Out Fishing 

SWEDEN, 2018, 10 MINS. 

Betty is hungry but 

fi shing in the river 

only gives scraps. 

In a moment of 

illumination Betty 

fi nds a creative 

solution. But the road 

to success is lined with 

traps. 

Frog Chorus 

UK, 1984, 3 MINS. 

A bit of 80s television 

magic with Paul 

McCartney, Rupert the 

Bear and friends. 

The Little Mermaid 

USA, 1989, 83 mins. 

DIRECTORS 

WITH 

11.00 APH 

Ron Clements & John Musker 

Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, 

Rene Auberjonois 

Monday 21st 

Sing 

along 

30 years ago Disney released this fi lm and it began 

a new golden era for Disney animation. Based on a 

story by Hans Christian Andersen, Ariel, a mermaid 

princess, makes a dangerous deal with the sea 

witch Ursula in an attempt to become human and 

win a prince’s love. 

U 

APH Bar 

9.30 – 13.00 

Water 

Alfred Wallis, Motor vessel mounting a wave © Kettle’s Yard 

Join Kettle’s Yard Gallery as we celebrate water in 

cinema and art. Be inspired by depictions of water 

from the Kettle’s Yard collection in this free drop-in 

family workshop and create a fl uid artwork of 

your own. 

TUESday 22nd 

10.00 APH 

11.45 APH 

FRIENDSHIP 

APH Bar 

9.30 – 13.00 

My Grandpa is an Alien 

Moj dida je pao s Marsa 

Croatia, 2019, 79 mins. 

Croatian with English subtitles. 

DIRECTORS 

WITH 

CFF PG 

Marina Andree Skop & Drazen Zarkovic 

Lana Hranjec, Nils Ole Oftebro, 

Petra Polnisová 

Una’s Grandpa has been kidnapped by 

aliens and she has 24 hours to fi nd him. 

Una’s extraordinary adventure begins when 

she teams up with an alien robot. A funny 

and heart-warming film about friendship and 

family. Join Tech-Studio in the bar afterwards for 

lots of robot fun! 

Also showing at The Light, FRI 18th Oct, 11.00 

The WIZARD OF OZ 

USA, 1939, 102 mins. 

PG 

Victor Fleming 

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, 

Ray Bolger 

Can you believe this film is 80 

years old this year? Swept 

away to the magical land of 

Oz, Dorothy, Toto and friends 

are off to see the Wizard. 

Enjoy this wonderful 

piece of movie magic 

on the big screen. 

Now let the serious fun begin! Robotics workshops 

with Tech Studio allow your child to build, customise, 

code and test their very own robots. It’s an accessible 

and creative way to introduce the family to the 

potential of STEM subjects! If you like the perfect 

combination of enjoyment, entertainment, and 

educational challenges then join Tech Studio in the 

bar for a little taste of how it’s all done. Fast, strong 

and intelligent robots are made here! Don’t get left 

behind. Come and expand your 21st-century skill set 

with us. Will you join the Robotics Revolution!? 

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ASTRONOMY 

WEDNESday 23rd 

10.00 APH - FREE 11.00 APH 

APH Bar 

9.30 – 13.00 

Earthrise 

USA, 2018, 30 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

CFF U 

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee 

Bill Anders, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell 

Earthrise tells the story of the fi rst image captured 

of the Earth from space in 1968. Told solely by 

the Apollo 8 astronauts, the fi lm recounts their 

experiences and memories and explores the 

beauty, awe, and grandeur of the Earth against 

the blackness of space. 

Astro Kid 

PG 

Terra Willy: Planète Inconnue 

France, 2019, 89 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

Eric Tosti 

Timothé Vom Dorp, Edouard Baer, 

Marie-Eugénie Maréchal 

Willy is separated from his parents when their 

spaceship is destoyed. His capsule lands on a 

wild and unexplored planet. With the help of 

Buck, a survival robot, Willy has fun adventures 

as he waits for the arrival of a rescue mission. 

Join the Whipple Museum of the History of Science on a 

journey through our solar system. Find out more about 

the planets around us using our mechanical planetary 

model. Inspired by Earthrise, make a hanging planet 

and set it up in our mini studio to take your own extraterrestrial 

photo. 

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Thursday 24th 

10.00 APH - FREE Stop 

Motion Short films 

Stop Motion animation 

11.00 APH 

Lost and Found 

CFF U 

Australia, 2018, 7 MINS. 

A clumsy crochet dinosaur must completely unravel 

itself to save the love of its life. You’ll be amazed 

(and slightly emotional) watching this stop-motion 

animation fi lm. 

Miss Todd 

UK, 2013, 13 MINS. 

It’s 1909, one young woman dreams of fl ying but 

she’s got more than gravity holding her down. A 

stop-motion musical about the fi rst woman in the 

world to design and build an airplane. 

STRIKE 

UK, 2019, 100 mins. 

DIRECTOR 

WITH 

CFF PG 

Trevor Hardy 

Ken Stott, Lizzie Waterworth, 

Naomi McDonald 

Mungo is due to begin work at his hometown’s 

legendary gold mine, but he secretly dreams of 

becoming a professional footballer. Join Mungo 

and friends on an epic adventure full of thrills, 

laughs, action and danger. 

Followed by Q&A with director Trevor Hardy. 

Trevor will bring the models from the fi lm and tell 

you all about how the fi lm was made. 

APH Bar 

9.30 – 13.00 

Do you know a budding actor, director or 

camerawoman? Young Film Crew offer fun and 

fulfilling fi lmmaking workshops for kids aged 

7-14 in Cambridgeshire. Children of all ages are 

invited to join this drop-in session for a taste of the 

fi lmmaking process, from storyboarding to shooting, 

directing and acting. For more information on 

Young Film Crew visit www.youngfi lmcrew.co.uk 

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SHORTfusion 

Thu 17, 16.00 | EMMA Sat 19, 10.00 | APH 

Shorts to 

Elate 

CFF15, 81 mins 

Wind down and cheer up with these 

playful shorts. 

Of Thread and Almonds 

UK, 2019, 11 mins. Dir. Rebecca Manley. 

A thoughtful cloakroom attendant’s 

immaculate routine is turned upsidedown by a 

charismatic PhD scholar. 

Little Con Lili 

USA, 2018, 10 mins. Dir. Gabriela Garcia Medina. 

Lili should be doing her homework, but instead 

decides to enjoy a leisurely afternoon. 

Feline Paradox 

USA, 2019, 25 mins. Dir. Ben Reicher. 

Paul tries to change the past.... Perhaps at the 

cost of everyone’s future. Warning: Contains 

cats! 

Anxiety’s Wilma 

USA, 2018, 9 mins. Dir. Alexandra Kyle. 

A short romantic comedy about a young 

woman and her anxiety. 

Fri 18, 21.15 | APH Sun 20, 13.30 | APH 

Shorts to 

THRILL 


Delve into the dark recesses of the 

human condition. 

Time 

UK, 2019, 5 mins. Dir. Neil Linpow. 

As a vicious riot rips through the secure wing of a 

British Prison, an inmate makes one fi nal call home. 

Dark Lights LOCAL 

UK, 2019, 10 mins. Dir. Borja Torres Sánchez. 

After years of research, Alexandra and Samantha 

fi nally have the chance to experiment on the fi rst 

ever sample of Dark Matter acquired. 

Who’s The Daddy? 

UK, 2019, 14 mins. Dir. Mary-Sue Masson. 

Rachel has a rude introduction to Emma while 

in play-ground purgatory. 

Roundheads and Cavaliers 

UK, 2019, 12 mins. Dir. Chloe Thomas. 

At her fi rst historical reenactment Alice fi nds 

herself caught between a Roundhead and 

a Cavalier. 

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With 50% of the fi lms directed by a female 

fi lmmaker, ShortFusion gets the Reel Women 

stamp of approval 

Innocence 

UK, 2019, 20 mins. Dir. Ben Reid. 

When a care worker falls to his death, it appears 

to be a terrible accident. But when a detective 

questions a man with Down syndrome, they 

uncover a shocking crime. 

Wildfire 

UK, 2019, 17 mins. Dir. Talitha Stevenson. 

While travelling in a distant country, a wild, 

hedonistic night lands Ella and Rich in serious 

trouble. 

The Passenger 

UK, 2019, 16 mins. Dir. Roland Kennedy. 

One night in the lives of three siblings caught in the 

world of moped crime in London. 

Four 

UK, 2019, 19 mins. Dir. Jennifer Sheridan. 

A birthday party, a young couple on the run, and a 

hitman across the hall.

Shorts to 

FEAR 


Step into the eerie and unknown. 

Dead Seasons 

Morte Stagioni 

Italy, 2019, 20 mins. Dir. Pietro Porporati. 

A mother and daughter, two worlds apart, 

trapped in a rotten house. 

Missing 

Savnet 

Denmark, 2019, 21 mins. Dir. Mads Reuther. 

When a clairvoyant man is approached by 

a woman whose son has gone missing, he 

must choose between helping her and his 

last chance to reconcile with his family. 

The Dead Ones 

UK, 2019, 19 mins. Dir. Stefan Georgiou. 

Those whose lives are cut short by violence 

do not disappear, they live to haunt the 

person who killed them. 

Madame 

France, 2018, 23 mins. Dir. Garth Jennings. 

Inside a grand Parisian apartment lives an 

elegant elderly lady. And inside this lady 

lives a monster. 

Sat 19, 22.00 | APH Wed 23, 10.30 | APH 

Shorts to 

INSPIRE 


Dream of a world that lifts you up. 

My Brother is a Mermaid 

UK, 2019, 20 mins. Dir. Alfie Dale. 

In a desolate and prejudiced coastal town, 

a child’s unconditional love can be a 

disruptive and powerful force for good. 

The Dress 

O Vestido 

Brazil, 2019, 13 mins. Dir. Carla Saavedra 

Brychcy. 

While shopping for a dress with her teenage 

sister, eleven-year-old Marina gets her fi rst 

period. 

Connected 

Połączeni 

Poland, 2018, 18 mins. Dir. Aleksandra 

Maciejczyk. 

A day on the ski slope with Wiola and her 

blind husband Krzysztof, who have to 

fi nd and connect with each other in the 

surrounding fog. 

Sun 20, 12.30 | APH Mon 21, 22.30 | APH 

Shorts to 

CONNECT 


Find your strength and overcome. 

Time & Again 

UK, 2019, 27 mins. Dir. Rachel Dax. 

Eleanor and Isabelle meet again, sixty years 

after they ended their relationship. 

Touch Me 

Was bleibt 

Germany, 2018, 20 mins. Dir. Eileen Byrne. 

Alice has already lost one breast to cancer, 

and now her hair has started to fall out. 

What else will the disease take away 

from her? 

Fri 18, 10.30 | APH Tue 22, 22.30 | APH 

Kamali 

UK, 2019, 24 mins. Dir. Sasha Rainbow. 

Kamali is the only girl skateboarder in a 

fi shing village and her mother is eager for 

her to fi nd freedom in a man’s world. 

Rolling LOCAL 

UK, 2019, 5 mins. Dir. Ryd Cook. 

The positivity of skateboarding, no pro 

tricks or sad stories, just a look at friends 

talking about why they skate together. 

Featherweight 

Australia, 2019, 13 mins. Dir. Sam Lara. 

A headstrong but lanky young teenager 

takes up boxing in an effort to be closer with 

her estranged father. 

3 Sleeps 

UK, 2019, 19 mins. Dir. Christopher Holt. 

When Casey’s mum leaves her and her two 

sisters home alone for the weekend, the 

young girl fi nds navigating the adult world 

isn’t easy. 

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SHORTfusion 

Fri 18, 14.00 | EMMA Wed 23, 13.00 | APH 

Shorts to 

PONDER 


Take a trip beyond the ordinary. 

Anteros: Love Returned LOCAL 

UK, 2019, 3 mins. Dir. Diego Aparicio. 

In an effort to confront his past, a man meets 

with Anteros, the goddess of requited love. 

PLAY 

Poland, 2018, 13 mins. Dir. Piotr Sulkowski. 

A man consumed by guilt plays the role of a 

murderer and forces his ten-year-old self to face 

his original trauma. 

Goodnight Death 

USA, 2019, 21 mins. Dir. Elsa Levytsky. 

A Grim Reaper who hates his job and a young 

girl who refuses to die. 

The Vanishing Princess 

USA, 2019, 15 mins. Dir. Makenzie Leigh. 

A princess lives alone in a tower. When two 

soldiers happen upon her, they are intrigued by 

how little she knows or needs. A darkly comedic 

tale about a woman who discovers she exists. 

The Sea 

UK, 2019, 14 mins. Dir. Cameron Richards. 

Jenny sits by the sea watching for birds. 

Sat 19, 12.30 | APH Thu 24, 15.30 | APH 

Shorts to 

DEBATE 


Refl ect on our current times. 

Grace 

USA, 2019, 6 mins. Dir. Alexia Oldini & 

Steven Gray 

The eviction of a young woman of 

colour from her home reveals the 

callousness of a society built to exploit the 

precariousness of people like herself. 

Surface Noise LOCAL 

UK, 2019, 14 mins. Dir. Ella Rose Howlett. 

A young PTSD victim transitions back into 

empowerment, and a psychologist goes 

beyond conventional methods to help her. 

Alina 

USA, 2019, 26 mins. Dir. Rami Kodeih. 

As Nazis separate children from their 

parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of 

women risks everything to smuggle their 

friend’s baby to safety. 

The Afghanistans 

Afganistanii 

Romania, 2019, 17 mins. Dir. Adrian 

Silisteanu. 

Sporadic gunshots echo among the ruins 

of a village which, though abandoned, 

is an objective of great import for the 

Romanian government. 

In Black and White 

Schwarz auf Weiss 

Germany, 2019, 16 mins. Dir. Ares Ceylan. 

The presenter of a political talk show 

tries to pin down a corrupt politician, but 

during the live interview she begins to 

doubt the credibility of the evidence her 

chief editor has given to her. 

Marie Celeste 

Canada, 2019, 14 mins. Dir. Tori Larsen. 

Renowned French artist Marie Celeste invites a 

gallery assistant into her strange and elegant 

world only to discover they share a connection 

much deeper and darker than just art. 

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BFI NETWORK +Film Hub 

South East Showcase 

Arts Picturehouse, Wed 23 October, 15.00-17.30 

FREE EVENT 

This eventisanopportunitytomeetfilmmakersfromacrossthe South East who 

havebeen fundedbyBFI NETWORK and to watchsomenewly commissioned 

films.You will havethe chancetohearfromfilmmakersabout their experience; 

plus, we have aspecialtalk about festival strategy andthe British Council’sTravel 

Grant Scheme which has recently been developedtohelpfilmmakers travel to 

international labs, as well as international shortfilm festivals. 

ShortReel is theestablished competition forstudentfilmmakers in eastern and 

central England, runbythe ArtsFilmClubinassociation with the Cambridge 

Film Festival.Students of allageshavethe opportunity to submit ashort filmin 

any genreorstyle.The winning film is announced on Facebookand is premiered 

at the Festival on Saturday 19th October,screening alongside Hope Gap.The 

winning filmmakerwillalsoreceive a£200cash prizetohelp support and 

encouragetheirfuturefilmmaking. 

The shortlistedfilmsfor 2019 are: 

Apotheosis 

DirectedbyJoshua Shea of Tring Park School 

forthe Performing Arts. 

Baby Benjamin 

DirectedbyFides Simeoni, Ben Atkinson and TomElgie 

of Anglia Ruskin University. 

Gramps 

DirectedbySamuelFranks-Davies 

of theCity of Norwich School. 

Pass it on 

DirectedbyEmiRush 

of theStephen PerseFoundation. 

The winning film is selectedbyajury chairedbylocal filmmaker Stefan 

Georgiou,directorofthe 2013 Cambridge FilmFestival favourite, Dead Cat,and 

of the short films Sexlife (2015)and GreatExpectations (2018).His latestshort 

film, neo-noir thriller The Dead Ones will screen as part of this year’s festival 

(see p.39) andheiscurrently developing his next featurefilm. 

The ArtsFilmClub wasformedin2010 by agroup of Cambridge 

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7th Heaven 24 

7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) 20 

42nd Street 26 

The Addams Family 4 

The Aeronauts 10 

All That Perishes at The Edge of Land 13 

And Then We Danced 12 

Angry Birds Movie 2 34 

Ara Malikian. A Life Among Strings 16 

Astro Kid 36 

Atlantics 4 

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South East Showcase 41 

Black Narcissus 6 

Brief Story from the Green Planet 33 

Brothers 12 

Buddha in Africa 30 

By the Grace of God 14 

Calamity Jane (singalong) 27 

Caméra D’Afrique 31 

Castle of Dreams 12 

Cemetery 33 

Chained for Life 13 

The Chambermaid 4 

County Lines 13 

Dark Suns 15 

Distances 21 

Docks of Hamburg 25 

Domestique 8 

Environmental Art Documentaries 33 

Family: Astronomy 36 

Family: Comedy 34 

Family: Friendship 35 

Family: Stop-motion Animation 37 

Family: Water 35 

Family Romance, LLC 8 

Filmfarsi 16 

Film Festival Film 31 

Fire Will Come 8 

First a Girl 27 

Fragment of an Empire 25 

Guys and Dolls 27 

Here for Life 13 

Her Job 19 

Hi, A.I. 16 

Hope Gap 10 

Homeward 8 

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão 33 

It Must Be Heaven 10 

Judy & Punch 11 

Kabul, City in the Wind 8 

The Last Black Man in San Francisco 11 

Life without Sara Amat 21 

The Lighthouse 4 

The Light of Asia 25 

The Little Mermaid (singalong) 35 

Making Waves: The Art Of 

Cinematic Sound 16 

Marriage Story 11 

Martha: A Picture Story 17 

Meeting Gorbachev 17 

Men Inside 17 

Microcinema: Glory 28 

Microcinema 1: Karola Gramann 28 

Microcinema 2: Sarah Wood 29 

Microcinema 3: Daniel & Clara 29 

Microcinema 4: Arab Israeli Dialogue 

& Imagine Peace 29 

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 17 

Monos 33 

Muse 13 

Musicals for Kids with Neil Brand 7 

My Father is my Mother’s Brother 17 

My Grandpa is an Alien 35 

Official Secrets 5 

On the Inside of a 

Military Dictatorship 15 

On the Town 7 

Pakeezah 27 

Paper Boats 13 

Pause 19 

Peter Bradshaw – 

The Films That Made Me 6 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire 9 

Rocks 5 

Secretaries – A Life for Cinema 18 

Shooting the Mafia 11 

Shorts to Connect 39 

Shorts to Debate 40 

Shorts to Elate 38 

Shorts to Fear 39 

Shorts to Inspire 39 

Shorts to Ponder 40 

Shorts to Thrill 38 

ShortReel 41 

INDEX 

OF FILMS 

Singing Lovebirds 27 

Singin’ in the Rain 27 

Smuggling Hendrix 19 

So Long, My Son 11 

Somebody’s Daughter 21 

Sorry We Missed You 5 

The Souvenir 9 

Streetkids United 3 6 

Strike 37 

Stitches 9 

Surprise Film 6 

System Crasher 9 

Talking About Trees 31 

To Catch a Thief 7 

Top Hat 7 

The Two Popes 11 

Up From the Streets 18 

Walking on Water 18 

Why Don’t You Just Die? 9 

Wilcox 13 

Wild Amsterdam 34 

The Wizard of Oz 35 

Zero Impunity 15

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