Cambridge Film Festival 2019 Brochure

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.
Print source Anti-Worlds Releasing
UK
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County Lines CFF 15
UK, 2019, 90 Mins.
DIRECTOR
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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.
Print source Two Birds Entertainment
and Loupe Films
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.
Print source Modern Films
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Muse CFF 15
UK, 2019, 80 Mins.
DIRECTOR
WITH
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?
Print source Blenheim Films
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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.
Print source Happy Family Films / Desierto Films
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.
Print source Greenground/Cineground
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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