Cambridge Film Festival 2019 Brochure

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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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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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