Cambridge Film Festival 2010 Brochure

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Welcome to the 30th Cambridge Film 

Festival. We’ve come a long way since 1977 when the 

Festival was born in the old Arts Cinema in Market Passage. It 

was a pragmatic approach to a quiet time in July: University 

term had finished and a two week Festival provided an 

excellent opportunity to bring previously unseen films to 

Cambridge. The Festival rapidly expanded and I was privileged 

to be part of the team that, year after year, managed to raise 

the Festival’s profile and develop it into a major UK event with a 

reputation which extended internationally. All this was achieved 

with minimal resources – with the Festival then underwritten by 

the Arts Theatre Trust. The Festival ceased for 5 years in 1995, 

and then was re-launched in 2001 at the new Arts Picturehouse 

with its initial years underwritten by City Screen. 

From 2001 onwards, funding through the Arts Council and 

latterly Screen East provided a platform to take the Festival 

to a new level. More films were imported having been 

discovered at the major international festivals, many more 

filmmakers visited Cambridge and an increasing number of 

submissions were received, which have now become a very 

important element of the programme. Filmmakers really 

enjoy our city. Holding the Festival in July and most recently 

in September offers visiting filmmakers the chance to stay 

in delightful and unique settings at the University colleges. 

We have been very fortunate to have a most eclectic roster 

of filmmakers visit – Francesco Rosi, Percy Adlon, Michael 

Powell, Wim Wenders, Jerzy Skolimowski, Philip Kaufman, 

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Bruce Weber, Monika Treut, Michael 

Winterbottom, Andrew Eaton, Terry Gilliam, Cate Blanchett, 

Julie Delpy, Joel Schumacher, Peter Greenaway, Stephen 

Woolley and Neil Jordan among many who find Cambridge 

friendly, challenging and committed to a world cinema. 

World cinema is suffering continual pressure to even become 

noticed in the huge expansion of US led commercial fare 

dominating the majority of the world’s screens. 

Maybe the opportunities of the Digital Network are working 

against us? It’s certainly difficult to struggle for screen 

space and media coverage these days. I take pride in the 

fact that Cambridge’s film culture is thriving - the yearround 

screenings and events programme is wide-ranging, 

and the great majority of independent films find a home 

at the Arts Picturehouse. The Film Festival plays a key 

role here too. However, continuing with a programme of 

world cinema is as much in your hands as ours. Support 

us by becoming a Friend of the Cambridge Film Trust, 

let your friends around the country know of your great 

Festival discoveries, and ensure we can continue to present 

special programmes throughout the year here at the 

Picturehouse. The Picturehouse has retained all equipment 

for 35mm/70mm, Silent Films, and has trained projectionists 

for these formats. Whilst other cinemas are discarding old 

equipment for the new age, we’ve a heritage to cherish, 

maintain, present and preserve. Don’t let our cinematic 

heritage vanish! 

The Festival team has been augmented this year with another 

keen and willing band of enthusiasts, and some old friends 

have returned to Cambridge to manage special programmes. 

Look out for MICRO 3D CINEMA in the Grafton Centre and the 

Grand Arcade, funded by the Arts Council, and a major Screen 

Team event at The Fitzwilliam Museum, funded through the 

Legacy Trust. The Screen Team is a three year events and 

training project to encourage young people to learn the skills 

which will be vital to the future development of the region’s 

film culture, including event management, projection, and the 

programming and marketing of film events. 

Oh, by the way, the 2010 programme looks pretty good! Enjoy 

browsing this brochure and discovering the cinematic treats 

and innovative screening locations that are in store this year, 

as you help us to celebrate our thirtieth anniversary in fine 

style - and catch our HISTORY OF THE CINEMA events for a 

thorough, illustrated celebration of this wonderful medium! 

Tony Jones, 

Director, Cambridge Film Trust & Cambridge Film Festival 

Contents 

Festival Guide 4 

Special Events 5–11 

Opening & Closing Films 13 

Main Features 14–24 

Microcinema 24–25 

Festival Birthday Choices 26 

Documentaries 28–38 

Timetable 31–33 

Revivals 40–41 

Cambridge Family Film Festival 41–43 

African Film Festival 44–45 

Roy Andersson Season 46–47 

German Film Season 48–49 

Guillermo Del Toro 50 

ShortFusion 51–55 

Cambridgeshire Film 

Consortium Events 56–57 

Ticket Prices & Map 58 

Venues 59 

Festival Staff 60 

Thanks 61 

Index 62 

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2010 

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SELECT YOUR FILMS AND EVENTS 

3TAKE YOUR SEAT 

2SAVE 

BOOK YOUR TICKETS 

All you 

need to get the 

most out of this 

year’s Cambridge 

Film Festival, in 

four practical 

steps 

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Sunday 26 September, 4.00pm 

SURPRISE MOVIE 

Every year we tease our festival goers 

with a mystery – a surprise film which 

has absolutely no advance warning of 

title, director, stars or genre – just a time 

and a place. Amazingly, it sells out every 

year. Only the Festival Director knows for 

certain, and nothing can persuade him to 

spill the beans (we know from long painful 

experience). 

In short there’s only one way to find out, and 

that’s to come along. So turn up, sit back in 

your seat, let the lights dim and watch as 

the truth is finally revealed. 

Print source: Wait and see! 

Past Surprise Films have included Pixar’s UP!, BURN AFTER 

READING, the first UK screening of A COCK AND BULL STORY 

and even PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. 

Our thirtieth Festival is the ideal opportunity to launch The 

Screen Team, the first ever project to take the Cambridge 

Film Festival experience across the entire East of England 

region. This unique three year events and training 

programme – the first of its kind for any UK film festival 

– will enable at least 45 regional participants to learn firsthand 

from our decades of experience in the programming, 

marketing and managing of innovative film events. We’ve 

already selected this year’s ten lucky participants, who have 

been receiving specialist training from the Festival team 

since the beginning of August and are currently working 

hard behind-the-scenes at our special events. For more 

information and to find out how to be involved in The Screen 

Team next year, contact rebeccacinnes@yahoo.co.uk 

CONVERSATIONS 

WITH MY 

GARDENER 

2008 

THE PEOPLE’S 

FAVOURITE 

FILM AWARD 

SÉRAPHINE 

2009 

ROCK, PAPER, 

SCISSORS: THE WAY 

OF THE TOSSER 

2007 

VOLVER 

2006 

Half the fun of the Festival is 

discussing the films afterwards – and 

we’d like to know what you think. Go 

online to register your reactions and 

rate the films you’ve seen. 

Express your feelings on a scale of 1 to 5 – from 

‘loathed it’ to ‘loved it’ – and we’ll keep a daily 

tally of audience responses. Check the results as 

and when they change online and also look out 

for updates in the Festival Daily to see which film 

emerges as the audience’s favourite. We hold 

separate awards for both Feature and Short Films. 

Recent winners include SÉRAPHINE (2009), 

CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER (2008) 

and ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: THE WAY OF THE 

TOSSER (2007). Winning the audience vote 

really can make a difference to a film’s fortune 

– the 2002 audience favourite, the Norwegian 

comedy ELLING, went on to a nationwide cinema 

release thanks to the support of Cambridge’s 

film lovers. 

To have your say, log on to: 

www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk 

The Screen Team is a Cambridge Film Trust initiative which 

has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent 

charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting 

legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 



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MOVIES BESIDE 

THE MUSEUM 

THE RHYTHM OF 

THE TRACKS 

Sunday 19 September, from 8.00pm 

A magical screening event in the gardens of 

the Fitzwilliam – FREE! 

Beneath the stars, between the sculptures, cinema screens 

will be planted on the lawns of the Fitzwilliam Museum on 

Sunday 19 September to bring you a truly magical evening’s 

entertainment – THE RHYTHM OF THE TRACKS. 

Internationally renowned musicians 

Neil Brand (piano) and Guenter 

Buchwald (violin) will improvise a 

live jazz score to a rollercoaster 

range of silent gems, while 

contemporary filmmakers take us 

on journeys through Hanoi, Tokyo, 

and the imagination. The films and the setting will be battling it 

out to see which is more beautiful - come and join us for what 

promises to be a truly memorable night. 

We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful films in a 

beautiful setting. 

Part of the TRANSPORTED – THE ART OF THE TRAIN Programme – see page 7 for further details 

You are welcome to come and go at any stage in the programme • All 

films certificate U or PG • Free to All • Refreshments will be available 

Movies Beside the Museum is part of The Screen Team project, a Cambridge 

Film Trust initiative which has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, an 

independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy 

from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

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TRANSPORTED: THE ART OF THE TRAIN ON FILM 

FREE OUTDOOR FILMS • FAMILY FILM SHOW • SPECIAL SCREENINGS • CAMBRIDGE - THE 3D EXPERIENCE! 

You don’t have to be a trainspotter to enjoy watching trains. 

Whether it’s the whirring wheels and demonic mechanics or space 

for reflection in magnificent landscapes that trains represent, 

trains have exerted a strange fascination on filmmakers from 

the earliest days of cinema. This programme offers some of the 

purest approaches to trains on film, the ballets of steam and 

motion and dream-filled journeys which have used the magic of 

cinema to most extraordinary effect. 

We’re mixing some classic gems with contemporary work in two 

compilation programmes; inviting a celebrated contemporary 

artist to explain why trains exert such strong fascination; giving 

families their own programme of transport fare; and a newlycommissioned 

film will celebrate the importance of trains in 

Cambridge life, courtesy of two technological wizards using 3D 

timelapse technology. 

We hope you will be . . . transported! 

FREE! Spectacular Outdoor Screening 

Event: The Rhythm of the Tracks (CFF PG) 

Sunday 19 September, from 8.00pm 

Fitzwilliam Museum Gardens 

The spectacular setting of the Fitzwilliam Museum Gardens plays 

host to some great British train films, cutting-edge contemporary 

work, and silent films with live piano accompaniment! 

Films and Fun for Families: Trains on the 

Brain! (CFF U) 

Saturday 18 September, 2.30pm 

Arts Picturehouse 

Fast trains, slow trains, stop trains, go trains: a specially curated 

programme of train films for the under-12s (c45mins), with a 

train-themed workshop to follow! 

Classic and Contemporary Short Films: 

Taking It Slow (CFF PG) 

Tuesday 21 September, 1.00pm | Saturday 25 

September, 1.00pm Arts Picturehouse 

Journeys by train, through time, space and the history of 

cinema including David Anderson’s celebrated DREAMLAND 

EXPRESS and this year’s British Animation Awards nominee 

TRAIN OF THOUGHT. 

Feature Presentation: Sarah Turner 

presents ‘PERESTROIKA’ (CFF 15) 

Tuesday 21 September, 8.00pm 


Acclaimed moving 

image artist Sarah 

Turner will present 

her latest work, 

PERESTROIKA. 

Twenty years after 

the death of a dear 

friend, the filmmaker 

re-enacts a journey on the Trans-Siberian train to investigate 

how ghostly images of the past invade the present and creates a 

poetic essay about loss and memory. 

The screening will be followed by a discussion about her work and 

its place within train-film history. 

FREE! See Cambridge in 3D! 

Friday 17 – Sunday 19 September, 

Grafton Centre 

Friday 24 & Saturday 25 

September, 

Grand Arcade 

Visit the Festival’s own mini-3D 

cinema to see an extraordinary 

new 3D timelapse film of 

Cambridge station, by artists 

Gavin Peacock and Brian McClave. 

Come and marvel at your own city 

as you’ve never seen it before, 

courtesy of groundbreaking new 

technology. 

Junior locomotive fans should also make tracks to the Family Film Festival for special screenings featuring 

THOMAS AND FRIENDS and IVOR THE ENGINE - see page 41 for more details. 41 

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COMING SOON... 

Exploring Cinema’s Unmade Projects with film historian Ian Christie 

Saturday 18 September, 5.30pm Arts Picturehouse 

KUBRICK’S NAPOLEON 

Monday 20 September, 9.00pm 


Think of all the films that don’t get 

made. On second thoughts, don’t - 

many of them could have been even worse than much of what 

did get the green light. But what about films we’d really have 

wanted to see, often their director’s 

long-cherished projects. Films like 

the final part of Eisenstein’s 

IVAN THE TERRIBLE, Michael 

Powell’s THE TEMPEST or David Lean’s NOSTROMO. Then there are 

films started, but unfinished, like Von Stroheim’s QUEEN KELLY 

and Von Sternberg’s I CLAUDIUS, Orson Welles’ DON QUIXOTE and 

Terry Gilliam’s more recent stab at the same ill-fated subject. 

Ian Christie will be showing some of the tantalising fragments 

and planning that survives from these and other projects, and 

speculating on how they might have changed cinema history. 

Orson Welles’ (pictured above) 

DON QUIXOTE 

The Cambridge Film Festival invites you to explore Stanley 

Kubrick’s greatest ever achievement never to reach the big screen. 

Through photos from pre-production, primarily sketches, and talks 

from people who knew Kubrick best, we sift the facts from fiction 

of the much-discussed aborted epic, NAPOLEON. 

Even whilst working on 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Kubrick’s thoughts 

turned towards mounting the greatest historical film ever made. 

Describing Napoleon Bonaparte’s life as “an epic poem of action”, 

Kubrick’s admiration for his idol knew few bounds. 

Meticulous research for a large-scale biopic began in the mid- 

1960s when Kubrick despatched an assistant around the world to 

literally follow in Napoleon’s footsteps. Casting considerations 

included David Hemmings and Audrey Hepburn, with Alec Guinness 

and Laurence Olivier as supporting characters. 

Alas then that Kubrick’s effort met its own Waterloo when the 

studios decreed that his dream was financially too risky, due 

to a clash with another Napoleon film, WATERLOO, which was 

released in 1970. The dream lingered into the early 1980s when 

he still talked of wanting to make the film. Sadly Stanley Kubrick 

died in 1999 with his great work unrealised. Today Kubrick fans 

can console themselves that his vision may yet be realised in 

conjunction with talents of the calibre of Ridley Scott and Ang Lee. 

For this live event Bill Lawrence will introduce the film producer 

and brother-in-law to Stanley Kubrick, Jan Harlan, and Alison 

Castle, author of The Stanley Kubrick Archives. 



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This year’s Festival is proud to present its first writer-in-residence, 

with funding from Cambridgeshire County Council. 

Published poet, Jane Monson will lead a series of creative writing workshops after selected 

screenings at the Arts Picturehouse throughout the Festival. All ages and levels are welcome 

and no experience of creative writing is necessary; just a passion for film and an interest in 

developing and learning how to use cinematic themes, images, and sounds as the focus and 

material for new writing. 

The project will be documented and presented in a pamphlet once the Festival is over and 

participants will be invited back for an informal launch event at the Picturehouse, and have the 

opportunity to read, sell and celebrate their work. The project is a new and original contribution 

to the Festival, and a rare creative opportunity to reflect and record the audience’s experience of 

the Festival and its 30th Anniversary. 

Pre-Festival Screening Sunday 12 September, 12.00pm Arts Picturehouse 

Workshop Sunday 19 September, 5.00pm Harrods Room at 

Emmanuel College 

Screening & Workshop Sunday 26 September, 11.00am Arts Picturehouse 

TICKETS £20 (includes access to all WRITER IN RESIDENCE screenings and workshops) 

Jane Monson will also be running a separate story-telling workshop after the screening of 

THE GRUFFALO on Saturday 25 September at 10.30am (see page 42 for details). 

Thursday 23 September, 8.00pm 

THE TRIP (15) 

Director: Michael Winterbottom. Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon. UK 2010. 90 mins. 

Two men. Six top restaurants. And a lot of dodgy impressions. 

This latest venture from acclaimed director Michael 

Winterbottom sees Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon (A Cock 

and Bull Story) reunite to essentially play themselves, with 

predictably entertaining consequences. Unceremoniously 

dumped by his American girlfriend, the restaurant critic for 

the Observer (Coogan) invites Brydon to accompany him on 

a work trip up North. Improvised in the style of Curb Your 

Enthusiasm, the pair make each other laugh (and wind each other up) as they eat their way around the 

Lake District. This specially edited feature brings together all the best bits of the six-part series in ninety 

minutes. Eating out has never been this much fun. 

We hope to welcome filmmakers Michael Winterbottom and Andrew Eaton to the screening. 

Print Source: Revolution Films 

BEGGARS OF LIFE 

With live accompaniment from the DODGE BROTHERS 



In this special live performance by the 

Dodge Brothers, we combine their exuberant 

skiffle sound with William Wellman’s 1928 

melodrama BEGGARS OF LIFE, a late silent 

film featuring Louise Brooks as a girl 

forced to flee the country after murdering 

her violent foster father. Assisted by 

Jim, Richard Arlen’s young vagrant, she 

masquerades as a boy and embarks upon a 

rail-riding adventure through all walks of life 

in an attempt to evade the police and escape 

to Canada. 

Offering a powerful insight into American 

subculture, BEGGARS OF LIFE is both thought 

provoking and uplifting, qualities mirrored 

to great effect by the Dodge Brothers’ 

soundtrack. Using motifs redolent of old 

railway songs and melodies influenced 

by those of the period, it is imbued with 

both bittersweet nostalgia and a joyous 

sense of celebration, managing to be both 

idiosyncratic and utterly authentic at the 

same time. 

The Dodge Brothers features Mike Hammond 

(lead guitar, lead vocals), Mark Kermode 

(bass, harmonica, vocals), Aly Hirji (rhythm 

guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Alex Hammond 

(washboard, snare drum, percussion). 

Culture Show presenter and film critic 

Kermode, the Dodge Brothers’ energetic 

bass thumper, cites the main preoccupations 

of the band’s distinctive music as “trains, 

heartbreak, alcohol and death”. 

This meeting of live music and film promises 

to be an exhilarating exploration of love, 

conflict, poverty and the thrill of the journey, 

creating an electric atmosphere and a 

compelling study in humour and heartbreak. 

This presentation of BEGGARS OF LIFE will 

include ‘honorary’ Dodge Brother Neil Brand 

providing accompaniment on the piano. 

TICKETS 

Adults £12.50 

Picturehouse Members £10 

Concessions £11 



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STEPHEN FREARS: LOOKING BACK 



Renowned British director Stephen Frears is our special guest 

for an on-stage conversation about his career and his latest film 

TAMARA DREWE. 

Graduating with a Law degree from Cambridge University in 1963, 

Frears went on to become an assistant director on iconic ’60s 

British films such as MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT 

and IF, before becoming a television director at the BBC. His 

directorial debut, GUMSHOE (1971), was an affectionate spoof of 

pulp detective novels of the past, starring Albert Finney as an aspiring private eye in Liverpool. But it 

wasn’t until the mid ’80s when Frears became a major figure in the British and American film industry 

with the Academy Award nominated MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985), starring Daniel Day Lewis and 

Gordon Warnecke. His first Hollywood film, DANGEROUS LIAISONS, earned him a BAFTA nomination for 

Best Direction and paved the way for a successful career in both the UK and the US. 

In recent years Stephen Frears has gone on to make a variety of classic films such as Nick Hornby’s 

HIGH FIDELITY, heart-racing crime drama DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, and the critically acclaimed box office 

sensation THE QUEEN. Stephen Frears will be in conversation with Jan Gilbert. 

This event will be followed by a separate screening of TAMARA DREWE at 8.45pm. 

Arts, Theatre and Film with 

Mandy Morton, Saturdays from October 



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Thursday 23 September 


History of Cinema Part 1: 

From the Magic Lantern to 70mm, 5.30pm 

History of Cinema Part 2: 

3D, 7.30pm 

In a two part programme we cover the 

journey of cinematic presentation 

from its pre-history of the magic 

lantern show through the birth 

of the movies in the 1890s 

to the explosion of the 

Hollywood system. 

Taking in the struggles against 

the emergence of television, the 

ways in which the movies tried 

to re-invent itself from Cinerama, 

CinemaScope to 70mm and the 

coming of IMAX, to the rediscovery of 

3D and modern digital presentations. This 

has been a story of technology matched with 

showmanship forever chasing the public’s desire 

for greater thrills and entertainment. 

The programme will be illustrated with sections of 

features and short films that illustrate the ingenuity 

and imagination of filmmakers over 120 years. 

MILLENNIUM TRILOGY 

Saturday 25 September 9.00pm & 11.00pm 

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE 

HORNETS’ NEST (CFF 15) 

(LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES) 

Director: Daniel Alfredson. Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre. 

Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009. 148 mins. Swedish with English subtitles. 


THE GIRL WITH THE 

DRAGON TATTOO (18) 

(MAN SOM HATAR KVINNOR) 

Director: Niels Arden Oplev. Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi 

Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube. Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway 

2009. 152 mins. Swedish with English subtitles. 

The first of the Millennium trilogy has disgraced journalist 

Mikael Blomkvist investigating a 40-year old disappearance 

helped by the mysterious Lisbeth Salander, a private investigator 

and resourceful computer hacker. 

Print source: Momentum Pictures 

The final part of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, 

based on the best-selling books, THE GIRL WHO 

KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST continues the story 

of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, as 

the most famous crime-thriller characters since 

Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter. Lisbeth is 

trying to clear her name of murder, with the help 

of Mikael and Millennium Magazine. But powerful 

and dangerous forces are trying to silence her, 

and Lisbeth has to face the past and risk her life 

at every turn to tell her story. Pulling together 

all the pieces from the previous films, this final 

chapter completes a classic trilogy that will not be 

soon forgotten. 



THE GIRL WHO 

PLAYED WITH FIRE (15) 

FLICKAN SOM LEKTE MED ELDEN 

Director: Daniel Alfredson. Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi 

Rapace, Lena Endre. Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009. 129 

mins. Swedish with English subtitles. 

Blomkvist investigates a political prostitution and sex-trafficking 

scandal. But Lisbeth Salander gets linked to the case when she 

becomes the prime suspect in three murders forcing Blomkvist 

to investigate her past. 


BUY THREE TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO. 

Pay full price for THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST and you can purchase 

the tickets for the previous instalments in the MILLENNIUM TRILOGY for half-price. 



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OPENING NIGHT FEATURE 

Thursday 16 September, 7.30pm | Friday 17 September, 1.00pm 

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES 

OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (15) 

(LES AVENTURES EXTRAORDINAIRE D’ADÈLE BLANC-SEC) 

Director: Luc Besson. Starring: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve. 

France 2010. French with English subtitles. 105 mins. 

Who else could unleash a pterodactyl swooping above the boulevards of pre-First World War Paris! 

Set your imaginations to soar with French director Luc Besson’s return to the big screen with his 

version of Jacques Tardi’s much-loved cartoon strips and books. Intrepid young journalist Adèle 

Blanc-Sec (Bourgoin) laughs at fear and is ready for anything. Which is just as well as she must 

face Egyptian mummies, buck-toothed villains and a refugee from the Jurassic era in her quest to 

find a cure for her desperately ill sister. THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES... blends eye-popping 

fantasy with gorgeous period detail and precisely the sort of strong female lead we’d expect 

from the man who gave us NIKITA. France fell in love with Louise Bourgoin for her portrayal of a 

thoroughly French heroine full of wit and charm, as we’re sure you will too. 

Print source: Optimum Releasing 

Take Indiana Jones 

and replace him with a 

knockout redhead… and 

you’ll get an inkling of what 

lies behind Luc Besson’s 

costumer/creature feature. 

VARIETY 

CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE 


MADE IN DAGENHAM (15) 

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson. UK 2010. 113 mins. 

Once more British workplace politics forms the stuff of international movie hits! After what BILLY ELLIOT did for County Durham and 

THE FULL MONTY did for Sheffield, now Dagenham earns its time to shine. Back in 1968 the female workers at the Ford car plant in 

Dagenham walked out when their demand for the same pay as men was refused. Their action led to the introduction of the Equal 

Pay Act in 1970 no less. In true underdog style the film celebrates their struggle as they strived to bring the sexual revolution home 

to east London. Sally Hawkins, who won a Golden Globe for her starring role in Mike Leigh’s 2008 film HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, has been 

singled out by US film critics for her winning performance as Rita O’Grady, the impromptu leader of the walk-out. She leads an allstar 

cast of British talent with Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson and Geraldine James among the many faces you will recognise. 

We are delighted to welcome director Nigel Cole, producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlson, and actress Jaime 

Winstone to the screening. 

BAFTA’s programme of live events and webcasts gives you chance to peek behind the screens of your 

favourite films, TV shows and videogames. Open to everyone, BAFTA events take place year-round in 

venues and at festivals across the country. Visit bafta.org for more details. 

Print source: Paramount 

Director: Nigel Cole. Producers: Stephen Woolley , Elizabeth Karlson. 



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A TOWN CALLED PANIC (PG) 

(PANIQUE AU VILLAGE) 

Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar. Voices: Stéphane Aubier, Bruce Ellison, 

Vincent Patar. Belgium/Luxembourg/France 2009. 77 mins. French with English 

subtitles. 

It’s zany, brainy and altogether insane-y! Based on the Belgian 

animated cult TV series of the same name, A TOWN CALLED 

PANIC charts the stop-motion adventures of Cowboy, Indian, 

and Horse who share a manic household in a bizarre rural 

town in the countryside. After a BBQ birthday gift for Horse 

spectacularly backfires, the trio are launched on an adventure 

to the centre of the earth, across the frozen tundra, and even 

into a parallel underwater universe of pointy-headed creatures. 

Tonally similar to those wacky Milk ads – by using the plastic toy 

figures everybody has - this is sure to be a big hit with kids and 

grown-ups alike! 

Print Source: Optimum Releasing 

Friday 24 September, 6.00pm | Sunday 26 September, 1.00pm 

ALL THAT I LOVE (CFF 15) 

(WSZYSTKO, CO KOCHAM) 

Director: Jacek Borcuch. Starring: Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Olga Frycz, 

Jakub Gierszal. Poland 2009. 95 minutes. Polish with English subtitles. 

Offering a fresh new take on the coming of age genre, this feisty 

feature is a thrilling expression of teenage exuberance. Jacek 

(Kościukiewicz), a rebellious young man in constant conflict 

with his military police officer father, finds relief from his 

frustration as the leader of a punk quartet. When he’s not busy 

finding gigs for his band, he has even more pressing matters to 

attend to - making time for his stunning girlfriend (Frycz) as well 

as the sexy older neighbour who seems to have taken a shine to 

him... Set against the backdrop of the turbulent Polish Solidarity 

movement, the personal journeys of Jacek and his friends 

mirror the political upheaval of the time, bringing together 

love, sex, rock and roll and revolution in a riotous celebration of 

being young. 

Deftly combining music, romance, politics and family drama, 

this autobiographical third feature by Jacek Borcuch is a 

thorough charmer VARIETY 

Print source: Courtesy of Wide Management 

Wednesday 22 September, 8.15pm 

BACK TO THE FUTURE (PG) 

Director: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, 

Lea Thompson. USA 1985. 116 mins. 

Let us take you back to 1985, when Huey Lewis was news and red 

gilets were cool. The vintage classic BACK TO THE FUTURE drives 

us through an original take on time travel where Marty McFly’s 

(Fox) entire existence can be eradicated by a simple accident. 

Great Scott! Twenty five years on, BACK TO THE FUTURE is still 

a solid, witty and exciting piece of eighties screwball sci-fi. The 

end of the film hints at the sequel, set in 2015 - just five years 

to wait until you’ll be able to buy a flying DeLorean DMC-12 that 

runs on the contents of your wheelie bin. 

Print source: Universal 



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Saturday 18 September, 8.00pm | Monday 20 September, 10.30pm 

BRILLIANTLOVE (CFF 18) 

Director: Ashley Horner. Starring: Liam Brown, Nancy Trotter Landry, 

Michael Hodgson. UK 2010. 97 mins. 

From its opening shot Ashley Horner’s second feature exposes 

all. Love on screen is rarely this physical, or poetic, or intense. 

Manchester (Brown) and Noon (Landry) live out of a garage 

happily exploring their feelings for each other with gusto in 

some great naturalistic performances. Paradise crashes around 

them when Manchester leaves his camera behind at the pub 

with some very intimate snaps on the roll. Pornographer Franny 

tracks him down and before he knows it Manchester is the latest 

hit on the modern art scene. But there’s one problem – he hasn’t 

told Noon that she’s the star. Happy to show all BRILLIANTLOVE 

dares to follow this logic to the extreme when the deeply 

personal goes utterly public. 

We hope to welcome director Ashley Horner to the 

screening. 

Contains sexually explicit content. 

Print source: Pinball Films 


THE BUTCHER’S SON (CFF 18) 

(LA SOGA) 

Director: Josh Crook. Starring: Manny Perez, Denise Quiñones, Paul Calderon. 

Dominican Republic 2009. 103 mins. Spanish with English subtitles. 

Shot on the very meanest streets of the Dominican Republic, 

THE BUTCHER’S SON follows an inexorable arc from innocence 

to damnation, based on events from the writer’s own life in 

Santiago. The sensitive Luisito realises his fate as a hardened 

killer when he witnesses the butchering of his father at the 

hands of a deported criminal. The angry young man rebrands 

himself as ‘La Soga’, after the noose his father used to lead 

pigs to slaughter. He is soon recruited by the Dominican secret 

police, who exploit Luisito’s hunger for revenge. Following in 

the footsteps of CITY OF GOD, an acknowledged inspiration, this 

brutal and spectacular revenger’s tragedy transcends crime 

drama with its savage portrayal of Dominican gangland. 

Print source: The 7th Floor 


CELL 211 (18) 

(CELDA 211) 

Director: Daniel Monzón. Starring: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines. 

Spain/France 2009. 113 mins. Spanish with English subtitles. 

Daniel Monzón’s explosive prison drama raked in a whopping 

eight awards including Best Picture at the Spanish Goya Awards 

in 2009. Trainee prison guard Juan Olivier (Ammann) tours a 

high-security facility when he is concussed by a piece of falling 

masonry. Before the doctor can be summoned a riot breaks 

out – and Juan is abandoned in the empty cell that gives the 

film its title. When he awakens, he realises he must pretend to 

be a prisoner in order to survive and cultivates a relationship 

with the riot leader (Tosar). This claustrophobically-charged 

scenario simultaneously criticises the Spanish prison system, 

the government and the effects of economic recession, twisting 

expectations of the prison genre as it goes. 




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DARK SOULS (CFF 18) 

(MØRKE SJELER) 

Directors: Mathieu Peteul, César Ducasse. Starring: Morten Rudå, Kyrre Haugen 

Sydness, Ida Elise Broch. Norway/France 2010. 97 mins. Norwegian with English 

subtitles. 

The ruthless greed and ecological devastation of the oil 

industry form the backdrop to DARK SOULS, a stylish horror 

which uses homage as a springboard for its original take on 

the genre. Lazy clichés such as the slasher movie’s ‘last woman 

standing’ rule are subverted: our hero is not a nubile teenager 

but a bewildered, overweight father looking for the man who 

drilled his daughter, leaving her zombified. References to horror 

classics are skilful and witty, for example the homeless oil 

diver’s expositional monologue which mirrors Quint’s famous 

speech in JAWS. Winner of Best Horror at the Manhattan and 

Swansea film festivals, DARK SOULS brings slick thrills and oil 

spills without resorting to easy scares. 

Print source: Courtesy of the filmmakers 


EMPIRE OF SILVER (CFF 15) 

(BAIYIN DIGUO) 

Director: Christina Yao. Starring: Aaron Kwok, Hao Lei, Zhang Tielin. China 2009. 

112 mins. Mandarin with English subtitles. 

EMPIRE OF SILVER offers us a detailed and often spectacular 

portrait of the world of a family of Chinese merchant bankers, 

set at the end of the 19th century. China is suffering a period of 

immense social and political change and the whole system of 

finance and monetary exchange is in a state of flux. Although 

the underlying theme is based around the bankers’ need to 

decide whether to benefit their own interests or those of the 

nation as a whole; threading through the narrative is the more 

intimate story of unrequited love, between the chosen son and 

his stepmother, and the relationship between him and his father 

at a time when ancient and accepted codes of behaviour are 

changing. 

We hope to welcome director Christina Yao to the 

screening. 

Print Source: HanWay Films 


EMPIRE STATE (18) 

Director: Ron Peck. Starring: Ray McAnally, Cathryn Harrison, Ian Sears. 

UK 1987. 102 mins. 

Prepare yourself for a night on the raw edge of 1980s clubland 

in Ron Peck’s East End saga EMPIRE STATE. The futuristic Empire 

State nightclub inhabits an evolving London docklands where 

working class communities are falling beneath the steel and 

gleaming glass of new money. When protagonist Paul (Sears) 

attempts to cut a deal with an American businessman flashing 

his cash around, he becomes caught up in a turf war with his 

former boss Frank (McAnally). With stylised imagery and an 

electro soundtrack, EMPIRE STATE represents ‘a brave attempt 

to escape the straitjacket of British realism’ of the late 1980s. 

Director Peck made his name with NIGHTHAWKS in the 1970s – 

one of the first major gay movies in the UK – and his latest work 

CROSS-CHANNEL is also being screened at this year’s Festival. 

EMPIRE STATE is presented in a newly remastered digital print. 

Print source: Network Releasing 



7/9/10 4:34:12 PM

Friday 17 September, 10.00pm 

ENTER THE VOID (18) 

Director: Gaspar Noé. Starring: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy. 

France/Germany/Italy 2009. 142 mins. English and Japanese with English subtitles. 

Relentlessly challenging to the moral and physical sensibilities, 

ENTER THE VOID is a triumph of technological invention that 

appeals to the sensual, not to the intellectual. Noé recreates 

the overwhelming hyper-reality of a hallucinogenic experience, 

sweeping the viewer from life to afterlife on waves of 

psychedelia; drawing his palette from the lurid depravity of 

the twilight Tokyo underworld. The intoxicating mise-en-scène 

works its magic from an almost uninterrupted dedication to 

the protagonist’s direct point of view – from shaky handheld 

tracking through the streets of Japan, to a spirit world shown 

through alienating aerial shots. Grab this opportunity to 

experience ENTER THE VOID on the big screen, if you have 

the stamina. 

Contains strobe effects from the outset. 

Print Source: Trinity Filmed Entertainment 

Thursday 16 September, 10.30pm | Friday 17 September 2.00pm 

F (18) 

Director: Johannes Roberts. Starring: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, 

Emma Cleasby. UK 2010. 75 mins. 

Daring to hug a hoodie means certain disembowelment in this 

tabloid-inspired shocker from the rising star of the UK horror 

scene Johannes Roberts. As the college day closes, communal 

learning spaces become dark brooding classrooms and 

corridors increasingly devoid of human life. Recovering from 

a sadistic attack by a former pupil, alcoholic English teacher 

Roy Anderson (Schofield) must find the courage to defend staff 

and students from the onslaught of a pack of faceless killers. 

Cambridge local Roberts has been championed by acclaimed 

critic Kim Newman as being the man to “rejuvenate the twisted 

shrub of British horror”. Taking his cues from ATTACK ON 

PRECINCT 13 and time spent teaching at Cambridge Regional 

College, if anybody knows about the true face of secondary 

school education, it’s Roberts. 

We hope to welcome director Johannes Roberts to the 

screening. 



FAREWELL (CFF 15) 

(L’AFFAIRE FAREWELL) 

Director: Christian Carion. Starring: Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Willem 

Dafoe. France 2009. 112 mins. English, French and Russian with English subtitles. 

Carion brings together a magnificent cast (including Palme 

d’Or and Golden Bear winner Emir Kusturica) for this nuanced 

thriller, based on a true story. In Cold War Moscow, two years 

after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a French businessman, 

Pierre Froment (Canet) forms a bond with a disenchanted KGB 

officer, Grigoriev (Kusturica). Soon Grigoriev starts passing him 

information about Soviet spies in the US. As, via Froment, the 

information is passed higher and higher up the chain all the way 

to the White House, the KGB start to look in deadly earnest for 

their leak, and the life of an ordinary man in an extraordinary 

position starts to unravel around him. 

Print source: The Works 



7/9/10 4:34:13 PM


GRAVYTRAIN (CFF 15) 

Director: April Mullen. Starring: Tim Doiron, April Mullen, Tim Meadows. 

Canada 2010. 84 mins. 

Climb aboard the GRAVYTRAIN for the next comedy from the 

team behind 2007 Festival hit ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: THE 

WAY OF THE TOSSER. Until now Gypsy Creek’s #1 cop Charles 

Gravytrain (Doiron) has struggled to collar the killer of his pop. 

But he finally scores a lead when teamed up with the foxy Miss 

Uma Booma (Mullen). Events turn fishy though when the pair 

are blackmailed into starring in avant-garde filmmaker Hansel 

Suppledick’s latest! Now with a named cast, the filmmakers 

have upped their game by including comedy legends such as 

Saturday Night Live veteran Tim Meadows. Visually the film’s a 

treat, expanding the retro-aesthetic of ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS 

by turning an entire town into a 1970s throwback. You’ll laugh, 

you’ll cry, you’ll wish you knew where the fish was! 

We are delighted to welcome filmmakers and actors Tim 

Doiron and April Mullen to the screening. 


Thursday 16 September, 6.00pm | Sunday 19 September 5.00 

Queen’s Building, Emmanuel college 

THE HAPPY POET (CFF U) 

Director: Paul Gordon. Starring: Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek. 

USA 2010. 85 mins. 

An organic snack stand is the setting for Paul Gordon’s 

mumblecore slice of life THE HAPPY POET. This gentle and 

philosophical story sandwiches itself between romantic comedy 

and anti-capitalist fairytale. Hope sprouts eternal for vendor 

Bill (Gordon), who rails against the idea that the only lucrative 

option for the penniless entrepreneur is drug dealing. The 

hikers and bikers of Austin love to discover new food carts, and 

they certainly appreciate Bill’s hummus if not his humour. But 

will the gloomy gourmet stand by his principles, or sell his soul 

to sausages? Can he earn his daily bread without buttering up 

the bankers? THE HAPPY POET is a slow-cooked portrayal of 

passive-aggressive pluck that pits underdog against hotdog 

with crusty wit and sweet sensitivity. 

We hope to welcome director Paul Gordon to the screening. 


SHOWING WITH: TOXIC ORANGES* 

A WALL STREET FAIRY TALE 

Director: Stephan Littger. USA 2009. 18 mins. 

Inspired by the rules of Wall Street, a story of a homeless 

orange seller who tries to beat the markets. 

Saturday 25 September, 6.30pm | Sunday 26 September, 1.30pm 

HARVEST (15) 

Director: Marc Meyers. Starring: Robert Loggia, Barbara Barrie, Jack Carpenter. 


Asking important questions about life, death and dysfunction, 

HARVEST is a work of tremendous candour and compassion. 

As three generations come together around Siv (Loggia), the 

dynamic patriarch and WWII veteran who is dying of cancer, 

student Josh (Carpenter) is initially reluctant to give up his 

last college summer. However, as tensions mount and years 

of rivalries and resentments come to a head, he finds himself 

taking on the role of peacemaker, holding the family together 

and learning about himself in the process. Love, grief and the 

inevitability of death are explored with breathtaking realism in 

this poignant portrait of how an ordinary family learns to deal 

with an extraordinary loss. Festival audiences will remember 

director Meyers’ previous film APPROACHING UNION SQUARE 

which screened in 2007. 

Print source: Ibid Filmworks 



7/9/10 4:34:14 PM


THE HUNTER (15) 

(SHEKARCHI) 

Director: Rafi Pitts. Starring: Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat. Iran 2010. 92 

mins. Farsi with English subtitles. 

Iranian director Rafi Pitts cements his reputation from IT’S 

WINTER with this drama-cum-thriller targeted squarely at Iran’s 

rulers. Recently released from prison, Ali (Pitts) works the night 

shift as a security guard in Tehran, relishing his time with his 

wife Sara and six-year-old daughter. Against the backdrop of 

the tumultuous recent elections, the pressures upon Ali become 

unbearable as his wife is accidentally killed and his daughter 

disappears. Losing it, he snaps and shoots two policemen. 

Fleeing to the northern forest he is captured by two police 

officers. Resigned to his fate, Ali watches quietly as the arguing 

policemen lose their way in the woods. Situations complicate 

and the line between hunter and hunted becomes difficult to 

define... 

Print Source: Artificial Eye 

TBC 

IF I WANT TO WHISTLE 

I WHISTLE (15) 

(EU CĂND VREAU SĂ FLUIER, 

FLUIER) 

Director: Florin erban. Starring: George Pi tereanu, Ada Condeescu, Clara Vodă. 

Romania 2010. 94 mins. Romanian with English subtitles. 

Raw acting talent pulses through this latest addition to the 

Romanian new wave. Adapted from a stage play by author 

Andreea Vălean, non-professional actor George Pi tereanu 

crackles with energy as a desperate young offender on the run. 

Just days from release and panicking about his brother, Silviu 

(Pi tereanu), a young delinquent, erupts. Kidnapping a pretty 

social worker Ana (Condeescu) he absconds from the detention 

centre. Once outside he gets his first taste of freedom: the open 

road, his first kiss – everything and anything seems possible. 

Fresh out of a Bucharest high school Pi tereanu was chosen 

after six months of auditions, along with a number of young 

offenders who were also cast. 

Print source: Artificial Eye 


THE MESSENGER (CFF 15) 

Director: Oren Moverman. Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha 

Morton. USA 2009. 112 mins. 

A powerful exploration of the effects of war on its casualties, 

and on those who are left behind. Foster stars as Will 

Montgomery, a US Army Staff Sergeant re-assigned after 

injury to the Casualty Notification Team. Partnered with an 

experienced hand, Capt. Tony Stone (Harrelson), Montgomery 

learns the delicate business of telling families that their loved 

ones have died on duty. After he delivers the news of her 

husband’s death to one particular woman, Olivia (Morton), he 

finds himself losing his emotional detachment, as he feels 

ever-increasingly drawn to her in her grief. Extraordinary 

performances make this Oscar-nominated drama an unflinching 

examination of grief and loss, laying bare the inner struggles of 

men and women so often expected to hide them. 

Print source: The Works 



7/9/10 4:34:15 PM

Thursday 16 September, 10.30pm | Tuesday 21 September, 11.00pm 

MONSTERS (12A) 

Director: Gareth Edwards. Starring: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy. UK 2010. 90 mins. 

Almost indescribably director Gareth Edwards has managed to 

merge the indie road movie with tentacled abominations! After 

a space probe breaks up upon re-entry, Mexico has become a 

quarantine zone. Interrupted from his brief to document events, 

photographer Andrew (McNairy) is tasked to bring the daughter 

of his boss back to the US. But when they miss the last boat out 

the decision is made to go the overland route – right through 

alien central. Special effects pro Edwards shot MONSTERS 

from the hip across Latin America by mixing his cast up with 

the locals whilst continually sparing a thought towards what 

could be tweaked in post-production. The outcome is the most 

naturalistic performances in a monster movie you will ever see. 

We hope to welcome director Gareth Edwards to the 

screening. 

Print source: Vertigo Films 

SHOWING WITH: 

Director: Mark Cabaroy. USA 2010. 15 mins. 

BLINDSIDED 

When fate traps both Randy and blind psychic Carly St. Johns in 

the same hotel room as criminal Randy Meyers they must match 

wits in a psychological game of cat and mouse. 


MR NICE (18) 

Director: Bernard Rose. Starring: Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis. UK 

2010. 120 mins. 

It takes one pirate to play another in Bernard Rose’s adaptation 

of Howard Marks’ autobiography. Rhys Ifans skins up admirably 

depicting the Welshman’s progress from humble origins to 

global hash domination. Dumping teaching, Marks swiftly 

discovers how lucrative – and easy – the drugs trade can be 

when he does a favour for a mate by sneaking a load back from 

Germany. Soon he’s off to Pakistan for ‘testing’ purposes and 

hooking up with the IRA to bring it all home. Naturally it all ends 

in jail. Rose advances the current vogue for spicing up biopics 

by matching the look of his film to fit the period making the 

film suitably nostalgic. Watch out for David Thewlis as a porno 

loving terrorist! 

We hope to welcome director Bernard Rose to the 

screening. 

Print source: E1 Entertainment 

Saturday 18 September, 6.30pm | Sunday 19 September, 1.00pm 

MY AFTERNOONS WITH 

MARGUERITTE (CFF PG) 

(LA TÊTE EN FRICHE) 

Director: Jean Becker. Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Maurane. 

France 2009. 82 mins. French with English subtitles. 

Gérard Depardieu stars in this charming story about chance 

encounters and unlikely friendships. Germain is a lonely, 

illiterate 50 year old who unexpectedly befriends Margueritte, 

an elderly woman with a passion for books. Their time together 

in a local park is spent with Margueritte reading aloud extracts 

from novels, so Germain can finally enjoy the wonders of 

French literature. Through their meetings Germain regains 

his confidence from an overbearing mother and judgemental 

drinking buddies, to once again fill his life with a sense of 

excitement and vigour. When she reveals she is gradually losing 

her sight, Germain becomes determined to teach himself to read 

in order to repay her gift. 

We hope to welcome director Jean Becker to 

the screening. 

Print source: Picturehouse Entertainment 



7/9/10 4:34:16 PM


PELICAN BLOOD (CFF 15) 

Director: Karl Golden. Starring: Harry Treadaway, Emma Booth, Arthur Darvill. 

UK 2010. 99 mins. 

Imagine a doomed romance like Sid and Nancy and add a little 

birdwatching! Rising UK star Harry Treadaway (FISH TANK) stars 

in PELICAN BLOOD: the story of Nikko the recent survivor of a 

disastrous suicide attempt following a break-up with Stevie (Booth). 

But just as Nikko determines to ‘end it all’ after ticking off his 500th 

rare bird, Stevie returns and their sexually charged, hyper-intense 

and fairly disturbing relationship resumes, throwing his plans into 

chaos. Directed by Karl Golden (THE HONEYMOONERS), the film is a 

black comedy that examines love, life and the dangers of obsession. 

Never before has the world of twitchers seemed so youthful as in 

this tale of sex and violence, based on a novel by Cris Freddi. 

Print source: Icon 

SHOWING WITH: WHEN THE 

HURLYBURLY’S DONE 

Director: Hanna Maria Heidrich, Alex Eslam. Germany 2010. 13 mins. 

Jacob must choose his love or his life when Gwynn lies bleeding 

in his arms. 


POLICE, ADJECTIVE (12A) 

(POLITIST, ADJECTIV) 

Director: Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring: Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica. 

Romania 2009. 110 mins. Romanian with English subtitles. 

The playful POLICE, ADJECTIVE presents a slow and steady story 

of surveillance and sesquipedalias* set in the Romanian town 

of Vaslui. A martyr to the bureaucratic pettiness of low-level 

police administration, unassuming undercover cop Cristi (Bucur) 

is assigned to investigate a suspected schoolboy hash dealer. 

Unable to countenance the incarceration of a harmless young 

boy, Cristi battles against his officious superiors with his own 

brand of pedantry. Verbal sparring and subtle performances 

bring colour and shape to the grey inertia of Cristi’s bleak 

little world. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the 

2009 Cannes Film Festival, the slow burning POLICE, ADJECTIVE 

brings conscience to the crime scene, and makes an art form of 

attention to detail. 

* sesquipedalian = a very long word 


Thursday 23 September, 3.00pm | 


REVERSE (CFF 15) 

(REWERS) 

Director: Borys Lankosz. Starring: Agata Buzek, Krystyna Janda, Anna Polony. 

Poland 2009. 101 mins. 

Deftly defying expectations, REVERSE recounts a tale from 

the height of the Stalinist terror in communist Poland from 

the perspective of three generations of women. When Sabina 

(Buzek) turns thirty her mother and grandmother struggle 

to find her a husband. After much merriment with unsuitable 

matches she eventually meets a handsome stranger by 

accident. But when the horrors of living in a police state 

intrude upon their lives the plot diverts into much darker 

territory in tune with the times. Shooting mostly in black and 

white, documentary maker Borys Lankosz steps into fictional 

filmmaking with finesse, recreating 1950s Warsaw convincingly. 

Polish audiences took to REVERSE in a big way helping it to 

sweep the board at the Polish Film Festival in 2009 and putting 

it forward as Poland’s entry to the Oscars. 

Print source: Studio Filmowe Kadr 



7/9/10 4:34:17 PM


ROCK AND ROLL 

FUCKING ‘N’ LOVELY (CFF 18) 

Director: Josh Bagnall. Starring: Joel Fry, Anton Saunders, Leah Muller. 


A twisted and sometimes surreal tale, following the rock band 

The Fuckin Lovelies through drugs, drinking, music and finally 

a mythical music festival. The making of the film required the 

forming of a real band, which then went on to score the film; 

and indeed the film begins like a fly on the wall of the music 

scene. Then it takes off onto the road with the band, only 

to make an abrupt and shocking u-turn, ending in a brutal 

bloodbath. While dark, it has some classic moments, great 

characters and truly frightening scenes. Part road movie, part 

rock ‘n’ roll drama, part comedy, part horror, the film is a trip 

in itself. 

Print source: Courtesy of filmmakers 


ROUND IRELAND WITH A 

FRIDGE (CFF 15) 

Director: Ed Bye. Starring: Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Josie Lawrence. 


Based on the biographical book from comedian Tony Hawks, 

ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE sees television director Ed Bye 

(MY FAMILY) continue his journey into the world of feature 

filmmaking. It tells the story of Tony, who, following a dare, 

makes the decision to hitchhike across Ireland, fridge in tow. 

After losing Brendan Fraser in its lead role, Hawks decided 

to step up to the role himself, enlisting his comedy friends 

to finance, direct and star in the film alongside him. Hawks 

believes it “absurd that every film in the cinema is American. 

The French don’t allow that to happen… we’re useless at cultural 

protectionism.” ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE is a worthy 

representative of what the British have to offer, and a heartfelt 

comedy to boot. 

We hope to welcome comedian and actor Tony Hawks to 


Print source: Soda Pictures 

Friday 24 September, 10.30pm | Saturday 25 September, 3.30pm 

TRUE LEGEND 3D (15) 

Director: Yuen Woo-Ping. Starring: Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle 

Yeoh, Andy On. China 2010. 111 mins. Mandarin with English subtitles. 

An important milestone for Chinese language film, with TRUE 

LEGEND Yuen Woo-Ping takes a step into the world of 3D. Beggar 

Su has retired from his life as a renowned general in order to 

pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school. 

However, Su’s peaceful life is shattered by his evil adopted 

brother, Yuan Lie. Aided by his wife, the reclusive doctor Yu 

and the mystical ‘God of Wushu’, Su masters the art of Drunken 

Boxing, and sets out in search of revenge. Featuring impressive 

set pieces, TRUE LEGEND entertains throughout and is one of the 

most impressive martial arts epics of recent years. 




7/9/10 4:34:18 PM

Wednesday 22 September, 10.30pm | 


WE ARE WHAT 

WE ARE (CFF 18) 

(SOMOS LO QUE HAY) 

Director: Jorge Michel Grau. Starring: Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina 

Gaitán. Mexico 2010. 90 mins. Spanish with English subtitles. 

The horror genre continues to be redefined in this new 

film about a poverty-stricken family with unusual dietary 

requirements. When a middle-aged man dies in the street, 

his widow and three children are drawn into an increasingly 

desperate struggle for survival. Without father to provide fresh 

‘meat’ what will they do? Beautifully shot in a Mexico City that 

is unusually devoid of bright sunshine, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE is 

equal parts horror, family drama and coming-of-age tale. After 

screenings at Cannes and the Fantasia film festivals earlier in 

the year, it has gained much support online and is a must-see 

for anyone who can stomach the subject matter. 



THE WILDEST DREAM (PG) 

Director: Anthony Geffen. Starring: Conrad Anker, Leo Houlding. 


George Mallory was obsessed with becoming the first person to 

conquer the untouched Mount Everest. Last seen 800 feet below 

the summit in 1924, the clouds rolled in and he disappeared 

into legend. His death stunned the world. 75 years later, 

climber Conrad Anker’s life became intertwined with Mallory’s 

after finding his frozen body with all his belongings intact. 

The only thing missing was a photograph of his wife, Ruth, 

which Mallory had promised to place on the summit. Haunted 

by Mallory’s story, Conrad returns to Everest to unravel the 

mysteries surrounding his disappearance. THE WILDEST DREAM 

is narrated by Liam Neeson and features the voices of Ralph 

Fiennes as George Mallory, the late Natasha Richardson as Ruth 

Mallory, and Alan Rickman as Noel Odell, the last person to see 

Mallory alive. 

Print source: Altitude Films 

Thursday 16 September, 8.00pm | Friday 17 September, 10.30am 

WINTER’S BONE (15) 

Director: Debra Granik. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin 

Breznahan. USA 2010. 100 mins. 

Hailed as one of the first Oscar contenders of the year, and 

emerging from Sundance with the Grand Jury Prize, WINTER’S 

BONE is set in the rural American Ozark country, and tells the 

tale of Ree Dolly, who learns that her father left the family 

house as collateral against his bail before disappearing. If 

she can’t find him, she and her siblings and her mentally ill 

mother will be homeless. Jennifer Lawrence shines as Ree, 

trying desperately to break through the silence that greets her 

at every turn, as she digs deeper into the local drugs trade to 

save her family. Sure to be one of the most talked about films 

this year, unsettling and powerful, WINTER’S BONE is an instant 

classic. 




7/9/10 4:34:19 PM

MICROCINEMA 2010 

AN INTRODUCTION 

Despite being largely self-financed and made outside the system, this year’s MICROCINEMA programme displays the kind 

of visual imagination frequently lacking in contemporary British cinema. All four shorts are confident and perfectly self 

contained, miles removed from the usual ten minute calling card. The four features are real finds. 


WORLD’S GREATEST 

DAD (15) 

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait. Starring: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl 

Sabara. USA 2009. 99 mins. 

From writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait (SLEEPING DOGS) comes 

another deliciously dark comedy about shameful actions and 

the price of fame. Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a 

man who has given up on life. He dreamed of being a rich and 

famous writer, but has learnt to settle as a high school poetry 

teacher. His only son, Kyle, is a rude and obnoxious slacker, 

who won’t give his father the time of day. Then, in the wake of 

a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest 

opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility 

of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he 

can only live with the knowledge of how he got there. 

Print Source: The Works 

BAD COMPANY 

NOKOTAHEART 

Sean Garland’s essay film NOKOTAHEART, tells the story of Leo 

Kuntz, Vietnam vet turned North Dakota horse rancher and his 

fight to save the equine legacy of Sitting Bull. NOKOTAHEART 

shares a programme with GIARDINI DI LUCE, Davide Pepe’s 

account of the feast of St Trifone in Adelfia. 

Jason King returns to Cambridge with his first feature BAD 

COMPANY, a psychological thriller about a young woman 

trying to escape an abusive relationship. Cordelia Swann’s 

film, AMNESIA is inspired by the unlikely plots of afternoon TV 

and Hollywood melodramas. 

British auteur Ron 

CROSS-CHANNEL 

Peck premieres his 

latest feature CROSS- 

CHANNEL, a mystery 

about motives, a 

story of the sea and 

the ferries and the 

dangers of getting 

caught up in somebody 

else’s imagination. It’s 

accompanied by William E. Jones’ short film DISCREPANCY 

(A NEW ALL AROUND LEAP FORWARD SITUATION IS EMERGING) 

which takes images from a propaganda film about nuclear 

tests made in China in the 1960s and juxtaposes them with a 

computer voice reading a manifesto by Isidore Isou. 

DIRT 

An audacious first feature from Daniel Fawcett, DIRT, is set 

in the Thames estuary where three young people thrown 

together by chance and the thrill of adventure discover that 

life is more complicated than they thought. It plays with 

Sarah Wood’s short film FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY, which 

reconstructs memories of the Palestinian Film Archive. 



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BAD COMPANY (CFF 18) 

Director: Jason J. King. Starring: Sonya Sier, Ceri Murphy, 

Catherine Olding. UK 2009. 90 mins. 

Jason King returns to Cambridge with his first 

feature BAD COMPANY, a psychological thriller 

about a young woman who is looking after a 

friend’s house in order to escape an abusive 

relationship. Jane flees a controlling, abusive 

and tyrannical relationship with David. Help 

comes in the form of a best friend from the 

past, who supports Jane to find the courage 

and strength to stand up for herself and be 

the person she really is. At night an eye blinks 

down from the attic and we realise she is not 

alone, but is it the ex, the new love interest, or 

something entirely different? This gives many a 

high end British thriller a run for their money. 

Print source: Sparkler Productions 

SHOWING WITH: 

Director: Cordelia Swann. UK 2009. 7 mins. 

AMNESIA 

Short inspired by the plots of afternoon TV and 

Hollywood melodramas with a special homage 

to Hitchcock’s REBECCA. 


CROSS-CHANNEL 

(Cert TBC) 

Director: Ron Peck. Starring: Mark Tibbs, Alan Milton, 

Clementine Dubois, Audrey Mabboux-Stromberg. 

UK 2009. 105 mins. 

Two English 

brothers 

travelling by 

ferry across 

the channel 

to France 

catch the 

suspicious eye of a passenger. He overhears 

their conversation and he begins to obsess 

about their intentions. The onlooker’s own 

purposes and needs become entwined with the 

story of the brothers. After he leaves them at 

Ouistreham the narrator still seems to ‘see’ the 

continuing story of the brothers, even to have 

some effect on it, as if ‘playing God’. CROSS- 

CHANNEL is a puzzle about motives, innocence 

and desire, but it is also about the sea and the 

elements, and about a suspended space and 

time imposed by the pace of the ferry. The 

strangely deserted ship provides a haunting 

setting, sailing between two worlds and two 

cultures, between reality and the imagination. 

We hope to welcome director Ron Peck to 


Print source: Courtesy of the filmmaker 

SHOWING WITH: 

DISCREPANCY 

(A NEW ALL AROUND LEAP 

FORWARD SITUATION IS EMERGING) 

Director: William E. Jones. USA 2009. 9 mins. 

Images from a propaganda film about nuclear 

tests made in China. 


DIRT (CFF 15) 

Director: Daniel Fawcett. Starring: Freddie Machin, Vito 

Maraula, Elizabeth Holmes. UK 2010. 109 mins. 

Disenchanted by the daily grind, Miles 

decides to quit his job and spend the last few 

weeks of his summer on a dilapidated barge, 

accompanied by his enigmatic and eccentric 

new friend, Francis. While house breaking they 

meet Lucy, whereupon they embark on an 

Arthur Ransome inspired journey of youthful 

liberation and escapism. But eventually they 

each must stop running and face their demons. 

DIRT is writer/director Daniel Fawcett’s second 

feature film. Shot around the small Essex 

coastal village of Maldon, this contemplative 

and wistful road movie brings to mind the 

works of Korrine, Herzog and Jarmusch. 


SHOWING WITH: FOR 

CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY 

Director: Sarah Wood. UK. 9 mins. 

Experimental film essay investigating what it 

feels like to never see an image of the place 

that you came from. 


NOKOTAHEART 

(Cert TBC) 

Director: Sean Garland. USA 2010. 60 mins. 

The true story 

of Leo Kuntz, 

Vietnam vet 

turned North 

Dakota horse 

rancher, and 

his fight to 

save the equine 

legacy of Sitting 

Bull from the 

insurmountable 

adversity of the 21st Century. Told in Leo’s 

unique campfire tone this Neo-Western biopic 

is an unfussy, straight-from-the-gut tale of 

personal woe and hard-won passion. Leo’s 

humbling nature and maverick soul is a world 

removed from the rigid new laws put in place 

by the US government. As much about the 

man himself and his newfound spirituality 

with the land as it is about the legendary 

horses of the great Indian chief. Intimate and 

raw, NOKOTAHEART dares to tell it like it is, 

burnished heart in hardscrabble soil. 

Winner of the Best Feature Documentary Award at the 

White Sands International Film Festival. 

DOCUMENTARY 


SHOWING WITH: 

DI LUCE 

GIARDINI 

Directors: Davide Pepe, Lucia Pepe. Italy 2009. 12 mins. 

An account of the feast of St Trifone in Adelfia, 

where the patron saint is shown in triumph 

surrounded by sparkling illuminations. 



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Friends of the Festival b rthday choices 



THE BAD SEED (CFF 18) 

Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Starring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones. USA 1956. 129 mins. 


As veteran Warner Bros director Mervyn LeRoy (LITTLE 

CAESAR) found to his cost, the late 1950s may have been a 

little premature for a film about an eight year old serial killer! 

Adapted from the novel by William March, all-American mother, 

Christine (Kelly), cares for her daughter, Rhoda (McCormack), 

whilst her husband serves in the army. But little Rhoda with her 

pigtails and pretty dress doesn’t take competition lying down. 

Soon enough classmate Claude is floating face down in the local 

lake and Christine is agonising over whether nature or nurture is 

to blame. The social horror! As creepy as it is kitschy, few horror 

films are so thoroughly resolved with a good spanking. And yes, 

before you ask, Nick Cave named his band after this film. 

Selected by Festival Friend and filmmaker Bruce Weber 

Print Source: Warner Bros 

THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE (18) 

(DAS DEUTSCHE KETTENSÄGENMASSAKER) 

Director: Christoph Schlingensief. Starring: Karina Fallenstein, Susanne Bredehöft, Brigitte Kausch. Germany 1990. 63 mins. 

German with English subtitles. 

Christoph Schlingensief, the enfant terrible of German Cinema and theatre, died of lung cancer 

aged 49 in August 2010. As he contemplated his condition he wrote in his diary, “in heaven it can’t 

be as beautiful as it is down here”. Originally commissioned and financed by German public TV, 

when THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE was finished the station refused to air it! Yet unlike all the 

official statements about the German reunification Christoph analysed the deep-down feelings of 

the real people and played with it thus making fun of the official German politics. Along with many 

German artists I mourn the loss of Christoph - he was a living example of how to realise a unique 

vision against all forces. 

Selected by Festival Friend and filmmaker Monika Treut 

Print source: Monika Treut 

O LUCKY MAN! (15) 

Director: Lindsay Anderson. Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel 

Roberts. UK 1973. 174 mins. 

Released five years after Lindsay Anderson’s landmark social 

satire IF..., O LUCKY MAN! marked a second collaboration with both 

that film’s cinematographer, Miroslav Ondříček, as well as its star 

Malcolm McDowell, who also turned his hand to writing the story. 

Mick Travis (McDowell) is a coffee salesman, who learns to abandon 

his principles in order to succeed and is soon rewarded as he 

comes to work for an amoral industrialist (Richardson). Gloriously 

surreal, many cast members play multiple roles. The film, which 

features songs by Alan Price, is darkly comic and every bit as 

riotously anti-establishment as its predecessor, acting as a critique 

of post-colonial Britain, capitalism, fame and the Vietnam War. 

Selected by Festival Friends and filmmakers Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom of Revolution Films. 

Print source: Warner Bros 


SLADE IN FLAME (PG) 

Director: Richard Loncraine. Starring: Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Don Powell. UK 1975. 91 mins. 

Defined by film critic Mark Kermode as the “Citizen Kane of 

rock musicals”, SLADE IN FLAME returns to the big screen 

as part of this year’s Festival, as we celebrate the 1975 

classic, a must-see for all fans of the genre and indeed of the 

band themselves. Awarded a comfortable 25th place in The 

Observer’s 50 Greatest Soundtrack lists, and detailing the film’s 

success as proving that Slade were “so much more than just 

another flash in glam pan”, SLADE IN FLAME unsettled many of 

the band’s younger fans in revelations that shattered many of 

the preconceived notions of fame and fortune, transforming 

such illusions and displaying the hard, gritty truths faced in life 

as a working musician and artist during the 1970s. 

Selected by Festival Friend Bill Lawrence 

Print Source: Columbia 



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MONTY PYTHON: 

ALMOST THE TRUTH 

(THE LAWYER’S CUT) (15) 

Directors: Bill Jones, Alan G. Parker, Ben Timlett. 

UK 2009. 100 mins. 

Forty years after it was originally broadcast, some 

of Britain’s most successful comedians pay tribute 

to Monty Python. This most recent retrospective 

offers a blend of well-known anecdotes and 

sketches with fresh new insights – did you know 

that Elvis was a big HOLY GRAIL fan, or that 

Pasolini was a great influence on the directors 

Jones and Gilliam? The documentary features 

clips of the TV shows and comedians that inspired 

the revolutionary comedy group. Interviews 

with the surviving Pythons examine the origins 

and legacy of Python interspersed with archive 

footage of the late Graham Chapman. 

This is the documentary I always hoped would 

be made - something so complete and so faithful 

to the truth that I don’t need to watch it. 

TERRY JONES 

We are delighted to welcome former 

Python Terry Jones to the screening. 

Print Source: Bill and Ben Productions 

BABIES (CFF U) 

(BÉBÉS) 

Director: Thomas Balmès. France 2010. 78 mins. 

In this touching documentary, Thomas Balmès 

(THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE PAPUANS, 

WAITING FOR JESUS) follows the lives of four 

babies for 400 days, tracking their journeys 

from birth to toddlerhood. Scarce dialogue 

and the absence of narration leave the 

film’s visual brilliance to take the limelight. 

BABIES is a striking display of observational 

documentary at its purest. We witness the first 

cries and triumphant first steps of Balmès’ 

subjects in Namibia, Mongolia, San Francisco 

and Tokyo. Despite the great differences in the 

environments in which these babies are brought 

up, this heart-warming portrait of young minds 

exploring and adapting to their surroundings 

poignantly highlights the universality of human 

curiosity and resilience in the early stages of 

the journey of life. 


Saturday 18 September, 11.00pm | 


BEIJING PUNK (CFF 15) 

Director: Shaun M. Jefford. USA/China/Australia/UK 2010. 85 

mins. English and Mandarin with English subtitles. 

Who in their right mind wouldn’t want to ride 

shotgun with a Chinese skinhead swigging cough 

medicine round the mean streets of Beijing! 

Roll back to the Beijing Olympics in 2008 to 

dredge up the underground punk scene. Ozzie 

filmmaker Shaun Jefford rocks up in town 

to investigate reports of one loud outlet of 

dissatisfaction upon China’s rapid economic 

growth and self-realisation as the 21st century 

global superpower. He exposes a side of China 

almost never seen on film from the backstreet 

clubs where the sound is raw to extremely frank 

views on life in an authoritarian state. The film’s 

tagline asks “What happens when 1.3 billion 

Chinese discover punk?”. Compared to our punks 

of the late 1970s these guys have serious issues. 


SHOWING WITH: 

Director: Emelie Wallgren, Ina Holmqvist. 

Sweden 2010. 28 mins. 

KISS BILL 

With the passionate kind of crush that only 

14-year-olds can muster, Angela and Arina seek 

out their German pop idol Bill Kaulitz in this film 

about friendship, infatuation and the heartbreak 

of growing up. 

COUNTDOWN TO 

ZERO (PG) 

Director: Lucy Walker. USA 2010. 91 mins. 

In 1995 former Russian president Boris Yeltsin 

saved the world from nuclear armageddon 

by simply being sober during a false alarm. 

Despite the end of the Cold War, acclaimed 

documentary maker Lucy Walker (THE DEVIL’S 

PLAYGROUND) presents a chilling argument: 

that our risk of nuclear annihilation has risen 

not fallen. COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the 

history of the atomic bomb from its origins to 

the present global politics. Today nine nations 

possess nuclear weapons capabilities with 

others racing to join them. The world holds in a 

delicate balance that could be shattered at any 

minute by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, 

or a simple accident. Featuring key international 

statesmen, such as Jimmy Carter, Mikhail 

Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair, 

the film makes a compelling case for worldwide 

nuclear disarmament. 

Print source: Dogwoof 



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Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College 

DANCING DREAMS 

(CFF PG) (TANZTRÄUME) 

Directors: Anne Linsel, Rainer Hoffmann. Germany 2010. 

90 mins. German with English subtitles. 

Revel to the power of dance as the world-class 

choreographer Pina Bausch prepares a group 

of youngsters for a performance of her work 

Kontakthof. Bausch was one of the leading 

figures in German modern dance and this 

documentary captures her year-long project 

with forty teenagers aged between fourteen and 

eighteen. Bausch once said “I’m not interested 

in how people move; I’m interested in what 

makes them move.” Filmmakers Anne Linsel 

and Rainer Hoffmann chart her interactions 

with the young cast, mostly amateurs recruited 

from schools in Wuppertal, and the youngsters’ 

increasing confidence in using their bodies 

to perform on stage. DANCING DREAMS also 

unwittingly documents one of Pina Bausch’s last 

major projects. Sadly she succumbed to cancer 

in June 2009. 

Print Source: Soda Pictures 


DAVID WANTS TO FLY 

(CFF 15) 

Director: David Sieveking. Germany/Austria/Switzerland 2010. 

96 mins. English and German with English subtitles. 

Aspiring filmmaker David Sieveking goes to 

hear director David Lynch speak about his 

passion for Transcendental Meditation (TM), a 

practice developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 

who became known for his time as guru to The 

Beatles. Sieveking attends TM initiation to which 

he takes flowers, fruits, a white handkerchief… 

and €2,380. But after initial benefits his life 

deteriorates. Sieveking’s doubts grow as he 

delves deeper into TM, exposing an elitist, 

corrupt business. Having stated, “I wanted to 

make dark films like my idol, David Lynch. But I 

was lacking the darkness”, Sieveking journeys 

to extremely dark places to meet his inspiration 

in this wonderful debut feature, a gripping 

exploration of Lynch’s aesthetic and spiritual 

practice that slyly pays homage to him, whilst 

questioning the very core of his personality. 

Print source: Autlook Films 

Saturday 18 September Queen’s Building, 

Emmanuel college | Sunday 19 September, 3.30pm 

THE DESERT OF 

FORBIDDEN ART 

(Cert TBC) 

Directors: Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope. Russia/USA/ 

Uzbekistan 2010. 80 mins. English and Russian with English 

subtitles. 

Like a modern Robin Hood of the arts, penniless 

artist Igor Savitksy made an audacious decision 

during the Soviet Regime. He courageously 

saved 40,000 illicit art works, which would have 

otherwise been destroyed. Those treasures – 

censored merely because they captured the 

Revolution – escaped to the hidden corners 

of Uzbekistan, where Savitksy formed Nukus 

Museum, holding now “one of the most 

remarkable collections of 20th century Russian 

art”. High-end art residing in the poorest 

of places is one of the paradoxes that the 

film tackles. Told through the voices of Ben 

Kingsley, Sally Field and Ed Asner, this inspiring 

documentary draws from Savitsky’s diaries 

and letters, and examines his invaluable legacy 

through his fellow artists’ works and family 

testimonies. 



DESTINO: A 

CONTEMPORARY 

DANCE STORY (CFF PG) 

Director: Caswell Coggins. UK 2010. 56 mins. 

Shed your 

inhibitions 

with DESTINO, a 

community dance 

project which 

brings to the 

stage a mixture of 

professional and 

non-professional 

dancers of all 

abilities, ages and ethnicities. As is revealed, 

the lead dancers of the project, Addisu Demissie 

and Junaid Jemal Sendi, were working on the 

streets of Addis Ababa just twelve years ago. 

Now they front this collaboration between 

Dance United and Sadler’s Wells performed by 

140 amateur dancers, among them children and 

pensioners, accompanied by music from the 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In recognition 

of their own journey, Junaid and Addisu intend 

to change the lives of other disadvantaged 

members of Ethiopian and British society. 

I believe I can do something. I can change the 

community, the country. I am an artist. 

ADDISU DEMISSIE, principal dancer, Destino 

Print source: Dance United 

SHOWING WITH: THE ART OF 

DOING NOTHING 

Director: Richard Wyllie. UK 2010. 10 mins. 

Three very different characters are followed 

as they prepare and stand for their street 

performances as human statues. 



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THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 

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SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 

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Remember: there are no 

adverts or trailers before Festival screenings. 

All tickets must be collected at least 

15 mins prior to the screening if at the Arts 

Picturehouse and at least an hour before for all 

other venues. 

FFF Family Film Festival 

GFS German Film Season 

DOC Documentary 

AFF African Film Festival 

SUNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 


12.00 Event: WRITER IN RESIDENCE 

Pre-Festival Screening 9 

Jesus Green Outdoor Pool 

8.00 Event: THE LIDO PICTURE SHOW 

10.30 CFC: STUDENT SHOWCASE 57 

5.00 THE WILDEST DREAM 23 

5.30 FFF GRANDPA IN MY POCKET 42 

6.00 THE HAPPY POET 18 

7.30 Opening Film: THE EXTRAORDINARY 

ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC 13 

8.00 WINTER’S BONE 23 

8.15 GFS THE DISPENSABLES 48 

10.15 DOC HUMAN TERRAIN 35 

10.30 F 17 

10.30 MONSTERS 20 

10.30 WINTER’S BONE 23 

10.30 Film TBC 


1.00 THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES 

OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC 13 

1.30 THE WILDEST DREAM 23 

2.00 F 17 

3.30 FAREWELL 17 

4.00 DOC WAGNER & ME 38 

4.00 Roy Andersson: A SWEDISH 

LOVE STORY 47 

6.00 POLICE, ADJECTIVE 21 

6.30 ShortFusion: EAST ANGLIA SHORTS 

INC. COMMON GROUND 53 

7.00 DOC MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST 

THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER’S CUT) 28 

8.30 WORLD’S GREATEST DAD 24 

8.30 ShortFusion: INTERNATIONAL 

SHORTS - TURNING POINTS 52 

10.00 ENTER THE VOID 17 

10.30 DOC THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY 38 

11.00 ShortFusion: TRIDENTFEST 55 


TRANSPORTED • CAMBRIDGE IN 3D • THE 

LIFE OF A STATION 7 


11.00 CFC: I MADE THIS 57 

11.00 FFF SMALL FILMS FOR 

SMALL PEOPLE 43 

12.30 FFF ANIMALS ARE MY FAVOURITE 

AND MY BEST 42 

12.30 DOC HUMAN TERRAIN 35 

1.30 A TOWN CALLED PANIC 14 

1.30 Roy Andersson: SHORT FILMS 46 

2.30 TRANSPORTED - TRAINS ON 

THE BRAIN! 7 

3.15 Revivals: THE BATTLE OF THE RAILS 40 

4.15 AFF GARBAGE DREAMS 45 


ANIMATION 51 

5.30 Event: (NOT) COMING SOON… 

CINEMA’S UNMADE PROJECTS 8 

6.00 AFF THE ATHLETE 44 

6.30 MY AFTERNOONS WITH 

MARGUERITTE 20 

8.00 BRILLIANTLOVE 15 

8.30 GFS DON’T BE AFRAID 48 

8.45 MR NICE 20 

10.30 GRAVYTRAIN 18 

11.00 DOC BEIJING PUNK 28 

11.30 DOC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 

THE ROLLING STONES 36 

Queen’s Building at Emmanuel College 

4.30 DOC DANCING DREAMS 29 

6.45 DOC THE DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART 29 

9.00 DOC GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER 

LIFE OF GLENN GOULD 35 






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TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 

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WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 

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10.30 FFF RAINBOW MAGIC: 

RETURN TO RAINSPELL ISLAND 43 

11.00 FFF BOB THE BUILDER: 

RACE TO THE FINISH 42 

12.00 WORLD’S GREATEST DAD 24 

12.30 GFS THE DISPENSABLES 48 

1.00 MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE 20 

3.00 AFF PANAFRICAN FESTIVAL 

OF ALGIERS, THE 44 


3.30 DOC THE DESERT OF 

FORBIDDEN ART 29 

4.00 Live Event: BEGGARS OF LIFE WITH 

THE DODGE BROTHERS 9 

6.00 Guillermo del Toro: CRONOS 50 

6.00 DOC HUGH HUGHES: HOW 

I GOT HERE 35 

6.30 Revivals: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 40 

8.30 DOC NÉNETTE 36 

8.30 ShortFusion: UK SHORTS - THERE 

IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 54 

9.00 GFS HENRY OF NAVARRE 49 


TRANSPORTED • CAMBRIDGE IN 3D • 

THE LIFE OF A STATION 7 


9.00 CFC: MAKE A FILM IN A DAY WORKSHOP 56 

5.00 THE HAPPY POET 18 

7.00 Roy Andersson: SONGS FROM THE 

SECOND FLOOR 47 

Harrods Room at Emmanuel College 

5.00 Event: WRITER IN RESIDENCE Workshop 9 

Fitzwilliam Museum Gardens 

8.00 MOVIES BESIDE THE MUSEUM • THE 

RHYTHM OF THE TRACKS • FREE 6 

10.30 THE HUNTER 19 

11.00 GFS DON’T BE AFRAID 48 

12.00 A TOWN CALLED PANIC 14 


1.00 AFF THE ATHLETE 44 

1.00 Revivals: THE BATTLE OF THE RAILS 40 

2.15 Roy Andersson: SHORT FILMS 46 

3.00 CFC: WORKSHOP WITH NEIL BRAND 57 

3.00 Guillermo del Toro: THE DEVIL’S 

BACKBONE 50 

3.30 GRAVYTRAIN 18 

4.30 AFF THE FOURTH REVOLUTION 44 

5.30 ShortFusion: FAMILY SHORTS 53 

6.00 Microcinema: BAD COMPANY 25 

6.30 GFS THE MIRACLE OF LEIPZIG 49 

8.00 DOC THE THORN IN THE HEART 37 

8.30 THE HUNTER 19 

9.00 Event: KUBRICK’S NAPOLEON 8 

10.30 BRILLIANTLOVE 15 

10.45 Friends Choice: SLADE IN FLAME 26 

11.00 Friends Choice: THE GERMAN 

CHAINSAW MASSACRE 26 


10.00 CFC: AN INTRODUCTION 

TO DIRECTING 56 

7.00 LIVE EVENT/REVIVALS: CITY GIRL 40 

9.00 DOC WAGNER & ME 38 


10.30 FFF ANIMALS ARE MY 

FAVOURITE AND MY BEST 42 

11.00 DOC TWO IN THE WAVE 38 

11.30 FFF THOMAS & FRIENDS: 

HERO OF THE RAILS 43 

12.00 GFS HENRY OF NAVARRE 49 

1.00 TRANSPORTED - TAKING IT SLOW 7 

1.30 DOC GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER 

LIFE OF GLENN GOULD 35 

3.00 Friends Choice: O LUCKY MAN! 26 

3.30 Roy Andersson: A SWEDISH 

LOVE STORY 47 

4.00 DOC DESTINO: 

A CONTEMPORARY DANCE STORY 29 

6.00 DOC BABIES 28 

6.30 Event: STEPHEN FREARS: 

LOOKING BACK 10 

6.30 ShortFusion: THE ART OF THE 

MID‐LENGTH 55 

8.00 TRANSPORTED - PERESTROIKA 7 

8.30 Roy Andersson: SONGS FROM THE 

SECOND FLOOR 47 

8.45 TAMARA DREWE 10 

10.30 Millennium Trilogy: THE GIRL WITH 

THE DRAGON TATTOO 11 

11.00 MONSTERS 20 

11.00 DOC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 



4.00 AFF PANAFRICAN FESTIVAL 

OF ALGIERS, THE 44 

6.45 GFS NEUKÖLLN UNLIMITED 49 

9.00 AFF GARBAGE DREAMS 45 



1.00 CFC: A TASTE OF HISTORY ON FILM 57 

1.00 AFF THE HILLSIDE CROWD 45 


3.00 Friends Choice: THE BAD SEED 26 

3.30 CELL 211 15 

4.00 DOC TWO IN THE WAVE 38 

5.30 EMPIRE OF SILVER 16 

6.00 ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE 22 

6.00 Revivals: THE PASSING OF THE 

THIRD FLOOR BACK 41 

8.15 BACK TO THE FUTURE 14 

8.15 EMPIRE STATE 16 


10.30 WE ARE WHAT WE ARE 23 

10.30 PELICAN BLOOD 21 

10.45 Guillermo del Toro: PAN’S LABYRINTH 50 

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10.00 CFC: BEHIND THE SCENES 56 


12.30 ReviVals: ORDET 41 

1.30 WE ARE WHAT WE ARE 23 

2.00 DOC DAVID WANTS TO FLY 29 

3.00 REVERSE 21 

3.30 DOC BABIES 28 

4.00 ShortFusion: SCREEN EAST – 

DIGITAL SHORTS 51 

5.00 Roy Andersson: YOU, THE LIVING 47 

5.30 Event: HISTORY OF CINEMA PART 1 11 

5.30 AFF THE HILLSIDE CROWD 45 

7.30 Event: HISTORY OF CINEMA PART 2 11 

8.00 SPECIAL EVENT: THE TRIP 9 

8.30 Microcinema: NOKOTAHEART 25 

9.00 FAREWELL 17 

10.30 ROCK AND ROLL FUCKING 

‘N’ LOVELY 22 

11.00 THE BUTCHER’S SON 15 

11.15 Millennium Trilogy: THE GIRL WHO 

PLAYED WITH FIRE 11 



1.00 DOC SUPERHERO ME 37 

1.30 PELICAN BLOOD 21 

3.00 EMPIRE OF SILVER 16 

4.00 DOC VOICES UNBOUND: 

THE FREEDOM WRITERS 38 

4.00 CFC: THE MASKS OF MER 57 

5.30 ShortFusion: UK SHORTS - 

RELATIONSHIPS - 

THE ETERNAL RIDDLE 54 

6.00 ALL THAT I LOVE 14 

6.00 Microcinema: CROSS CHANNEL 25 


SHORTS - WISHFUL THINKING 52 

8.30 DOC PLUG AND PRAY 36 

9.00 DARK SOULS 16 

10.30 DOC SUPERHERO ME 37 

10.30 TRUE LEGEND 3D 22 

11.00 DOC SUPERSTONIC SOUND 37 

Grand Arcade 



Sawston Cinema 

6.15 ShortFusion: EAST ANGLIA SHORTS 

INC. COMMON GROUND 53 

10.30 FFF THE GRUFFALO 42 


11.30 FFF THOMAS & FRIENDS: 

HERO OF THE RAILS 43 


12.30 REVERSE 21 

1.00 TRANSPORTED - TAKING IT SLOW 7 


3.00 AFF SOUL BOY 45 

3.30 TRUE LEGEND 3D 22 

4.00 DOC PROMISE AND UNREST 37 

5.30 Microcinema: DIRT 25 

6.30 HARVEST 18 

6.30 THE MESSENGER 19 


8.30 THE BUTCHER’S SON 15 

9.00 Millennium Trilogy: THE GIRL 

WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST 11 

10.30 DOC BEIJING PUNK 28 

11.00 Millennium Trilogy: THE GIRL 

WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST 11 

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10.30 FFF THE SECRET OF KELLS 43 

11.00 Event: WRITER IN RESIDENCE 

Screening & Workshop 9 


12.30 DARK SOULS 16 

1.00 ALL THAT I LOVE 14 

1.30 HARVEST 18 

3.00 DOC VOICES UNBOUND: 

THE FREEDOM WRITERS 38 

3.30 DOC PLUG AND PRAY 36 

4.00 SURPRISE FILM 5 

5.30 ShortFusion: BEST OF FESTIVAL 51 

6.00 DOC DAVID WANTS TO FLY 29 

6.30 THE PEOPLE VS GEORGE LUCAS 36 


8.30 DOC COUNTDOWN TO ZERO 28 

9.00 Closing Film: MADE IN DAGENHAM 13 




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Saturday 18 September, 9.00pm Queen’s Building, Emmanuel 

College | Tuesday 21 September, 1.30pm Arts Picturehouse 

GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER 

LIFE OF GLENN GOULD (CFF PG) 

Directors: Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont. Canada 2009. 108 mins. 

A fascinating cinematic portrait of one of the most renowned 

Canadian classical pianists of the 20th century. This 

documentary opens up the eccentric world of Glenn Gould 

using much never-before seen footage such as photographs 

and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, as 

well as personal memories from his most intimate friends and 

lovers. Casting light on the artist’s controversial idiosyncrasy, 

the directors demystify the myth behind the man. An intimate 

exploration of his shadowy and odd character, Gould is 

eventually portrayed as a tragic hero that lets us – through him 

– explore the greatest virtues in humanity, but also the darkest 

of fears and flaws: in other words everything. It’s a story that 

makes us fundamentally human, in all our triumphs and frailties. 

Print Source: Verve Pictures 


Hoi Polloi Present 

HUGH HUGHES: HOW I GOT 

HERE (PG) 

Director: Hugh Hughes. UK 2010. 75 mins. 

Artist, comedian and story-teller Hugh Hughes has captivated 

audiences the world over with his stage shows, Floating, Story of 

a Rabbit and 360. Now, in association with the Hoi Polloi theatre 

company, the Festival presents Hugh’s very first film, a rollercoaster 

ride through his life as an entertainer. Charting his rise 

from emerging artist in Anglesey to award-winning performer at 

the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond, Hugh reflects on his incredible 

journey so far - not forgetting to catch up with friends and 

family along the way. The screening will be introduced by the 

man himself and preceded by a selection of excerpts from his 

chaotic life, with a question and answer session afterwards. 


Thursday 16 September, 10.15pm | 


HUMAN TERRAIN 

(CFF 15) 

Directors: James Der Derian, David Udris, Michael Udris. USA 2010. 82 mins. 

In 2005, the US army formulated a controversial 

counterinsurgency plan which marked a radical shift in policy 

regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Human Terrain 

initiative enlists experts in social sciences to work alongside 

combat brigades, conducting research into their localities in 

order to promote cultural understanding. Gaining rare access 

to the training camps, the filmmakers offer blistering insight 

into the implications of the strategy, analysing the problem of 

what happens when war becomes academic. A second strand of 

narrative emerges as a result of a tragedy during the making 

of the documentary - Michael Bhatia, a brilliant recruit and 

close friend of the directors, was killed in a roadside bombing in 

Afghanistan. Personal merges with political to produce a work of 

searing intelligence and honesty. 




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LADIES AND 

GENTLEMEN: THE 

ROLLING STONES (PG) 

Director: Rollin Binzer. USA 1974. 75 mins. 

Recorded at the zenith of the Rolling Stones’ 

fame and creative potency, LADIES AND 

GENTLEMEN... shows one of rock and roll’s 

most iconic bands at their very best. Using 

footage taken from two performances during 

their legendary 1972 tour of America, this 

extraordinary concert film captures all the 

swagger and exuberance of both the musicians 

and the time. It has also not been shown in 

public since the late 1990s. In advance of its 

highly anticipated release on DVD in November, 

we are proud to be one of the first to screen 

this rip-roaring, riotous revival. It’s not hard to 

see why rock critic Dave Marsh described this 

tour as one of the ‘benchmarks of an era’- don’t 

miss out on this chance to experience part of 

musical history. 

Print source: Eagle Vision 

Photograph © Ethan Russell. All Rights Reserved 


NÉNETTE (CFF PG) 

Director: Nicolas Philibert. France 2009. 68 mins. French with 

English subtitles. 

Nénette is the senior orangutan kept in the 

Jardin des Plantes, one of the oldest zoos in 

Paris. We see her daily routine: interacting with 

her co-inmates, taking her afternoon tea, and 

moving around her confined space. But NÉNETTE 

is not the animal documentary you might 

expect. It is a scrupulous treatment on human 

behaviour; an uncompromising close-up to our 

private thoughts and projections. Charismatic 

documentarist Nicolas Philibert (ÊTRE ET AVOIR) 

examines the ape with affectionate curiosity, 

while the sounds of the visitors’ voices compose 

a sharp allegory on the consciousness of 

modern societies. Ultimately, the film plays an 

elusive hide-and-seek with the visible and the 

invisible, commenting on the voyeuristic nature 

of cinema itself, and offers plenty of food for 

thought that will leave you wondering ‘who is 

watching whom?’ 



THE PEOPLE VS 

GEORGE LUCAS (CFF PG) 

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe. Producer: Anna Higgs. 

USA/UK 2010. 93 mins. 

STAR WARS sceptics take note: stick with this 

apparent gripe against creator George Lucas 

for daring to make the prequels. THE PEOPLE 

VS GEORGE LUCAS raises some massive issues 

about the future of mass media art and drives 

home the question about who exactly owns 

what when the original artist wants to expand 

his vision. Full of interviews and fan-made films 

inspired by the holy trinity of sci-fi movies 

this surprisingly well balanced participatory 

documentary examines a generation’s uneasy 

feelings about their favourite films. But this 

becomes a must-see when viewers discover how 

hard it now is to watch the original version of 

STAR WARS as seen in 1977. Watch this and you’ll 

agree why ‘Han shot first’ should be the battlecry 

of film archivists across the planet. 

We are delighted to welcome producer 

Anna Higgs to the screening. 

Print Source: Quark Films 

Friday 24 September, 8.30pm | 


PLUG AND PRAY 

(CFF PG) 

Director: Jens Schanze. With: Joseph Weizenbaum, Raymond 

Kurzweil, Minoru Asada. Germany 2010. 90 mins. Italian, 

German, English and Japanese with English subtitles. 

Where will robotic technologies and artificial 

intelligence lead us? If we can create robots 

the size of cells, or life-size human replicas, 

are robots human? Or are humans becoming 

robots? For pioneer inventors like Hiroshi 

Ishiguro and Raymond Kurzweil, technological 

progress is inevitable and we must adapt to our 

long-lived, cyborgian futures. But then there is 

Professor Joseph Weizenbaum, a quiet voice of 

reason in the storm of technological euphoria. 

This eloquent, visually stunning documentary 

follows the ageing figure of Weizenbaum as he 

patiently mounts ethical challenges to received 

wisdom about the dazzling pace of computer 

technology. As Weizenbaum calmly asks, what 

will be left of humanity, when man and machine 

become one and the same? 

We hope to welcome director Jens 

Schanze to the screening. 

Print source: Courtesy of Mascha Film 

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PROMISE AND 

UNREST (CFF PG) 

Directors: Alan Grossman, Aine O’Brien. Ireland/Philippines 

2010. 95 mins. English and Tagalog with English subtitles. 

Find out just how far one woman will go to 

improve the life of her family in this gutwrenchingly 

powerful documentary. Shot over 

the course of five years it is the story of Noemi 

Barredo who leaves her daughter, her large 

family and her home in the Philippines in search 

of the means to provide for them all. First 

she travels to Malaysia and then on to Ireland 

in search of work and the means to make a 

better life for her family. As you would expect 

from two co-directors who are both experts 

in contemporary migratory issues, visual 

media studies and ethnographic methods of 

research, this is an intricate, intimate portrait 

sensitively and intelligently told which tells of 

heartbreaking maternal sacrifice, loss and love. 


SUPERHERO ME 

(CFF PG) 

Director: Steve Sale. Starring: Steve Sale. UK 2010. 84 mins. 

Likeable director and star of the film, Steve 

Sale, sets out to become a real life superhero 

in this ultra low-budget British documentary. 

Describing itself as ‘KICK ASS but for real’, 

SUPERHERO ME follows Sale’s quest to nail the 

basics of Superhero-ness. Namely: Look good 

in spandex, learn self-defence, get a costume, 

a lair, some gadgets and a vehicle. He also jets 

off to America to meet some other self-styled 

superheroes, and hangs out with LA’s own 

registered superhero, Master Legend. Follow 

Sale’s journey from zero to hero, via rape alarm 

gloves, Velcro-related ninja accidents, a scooter, 

and lots of spandex. 

With a Morgan Spurlock-like approach, 

filmmaker Sale explores the concept of real-life 

superheroes by transforming himself into one 

called SOS. SHADOWS ON THE WALL 

Print source: Garagesale Productions 


SUPERSTONIC 

SOUND: THE REBEL 

DREAD (CFF 15) 

Directors: Raphael Erichsen, Edward Dallal. With: Don Letts. 

UK 2009. 45 mins. 

Musician, director and pioneer, Don Letts is an 

unsung hero of the British music scene. As a 

DJ at the notorious Roxy club in the mid 1970s 

he gained a reputation for interspersing hard 

core punk with dub reggae, defying genre to 

change the face of an era. This electrifying 

documentary charts the progression of Bass 

in the UK in juxtaposition with the legacy 

of Don’s family: his father, one of the first 

Jamaican immigrants to Britain; his son, an 

aspiring Dubstep DJ, and Don himself as he 

overcomes prejudice and conflict to become a 

musical legend. The story of three generations 

in one, this journey both mirrors and informs 

cultural and creative innovation over the last 

thirty years. 

Showing with a selection of Don Letts music 

work. 


THE THORN IN THE 

HEART (CFF 15) 

(L’EPINE DANS LE COEUR) 

Director: Michel Gondry. With: Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves 

Gondry, Michel Gondry. France 2009. 86 mins. French with 


Visionary director Michel Gondry (THE SCIENCE 

OF SLEEP, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS 

MIND) returns to his roots in France for perhaps 

his most personal film thus far, a documentary 

about his family. Gondry examines his aunt 

Suzette’s years as a school teacher and her life 

in rural France. Gondry cuts his footage with 

home movies from the family archive as he 

delves into Suzette’s interesting career and her 

strained relationship with her son (and former 

pupil) Jean-Yves. Mixed with his trademark 

animation and camera trickery, and exploring 

memories and insecurities, this is a fitting 

addition to Gondry’s body of work. 

Print source: Soda Pictures 



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TWO IN THE WAVE (PG) 

(DEUX DE LA VAGUE) 

Director: Emmanuel Laurent. France 2009. 90 mins. 

French with English subtitles. 

Documentary TWO IN THE WAVE focuses on the 

volatile relationship between the two men at 

the forefront of the highly influential French 

New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard and Francois 

Truffaut. United by their passion for film, the 

pair began their careers writing for renowned 

film journal Cahiers du Cinema. When Truffaut 

made the shift to filmmaking with THE 400 

BLOWS, he encouraged Godard to do the same, 

offering him the screenplay for BREATHLESS. 

Godard’s later plunge into radical politics 

separated the pair considerably and the film 

explores such aspects of their relationship 

through “letters, personal archives and films 

of the two directors, [taking] us back to a 

prodigious decade that transformed the world 

of cinema.” 

Print source: New Wave Films 

Friday 24 September, 4.00pm | 


VOICES UNBOUND: 

THE FREEDOM 

WRITERS (CFF 15) 

Director: Daniel Anker. USA 2009. 91 Mins. 

VOICES UNBOUND recounts the journey of 

a group of at-risk youths from Long Beach, 

California who learnt to rise above their 

circumstances through the art of writing. 

Inspired by the Diary of Anne Frank and 

encouraged by their teacher Erin Gruwell, the 

150 students began to write the stories of their 

own lives. Told entirely in cinema-verité style, 

through the voices of the students themselves, 

the documentary explores their world beyond 

the classroom, and the ramifications and impact 

of telling one’s own story. Director and Academy 

Award-nominee Daniel Anker (HOLLYWOOD AND 

THE HOLOCAUST) follows their stories from 

day one back in 1994 to the present day, and 

provides insight into the real story behind 

FREEDOM WRITERS, the 2007 Hollywood feature 

film version with an all star cast. 



WAGNER & ME (CFF PG) 

Director: Patrick McGrady. 

UK/Switzerland/Russia/Germany 2010. 89 mins. 

Follow Stephen Fry across Europe in this 

documentary as he explores his love for the 

music of composer Richard Wagner. But this 

is not just a journey of appreciation. Being 

of Jewish descent, with relatives who died 

in Auschwitz, Fry must confront the fact that 

Wagner was so heavily associated with Adolf 

Hitler and the Third Reich. Reinforcing this link 

Leni Riefenstahl infamously used Wagner’s 

music in her propaganda film TRIUMPH OF 

THE WILL. Is it possible today to separate the 

music from the images to which it is now 

attached? Fry presents the beautiful music and 

its dark past with his customary wit, humour 

and intelligence. The contrast makes this 

unmissable for fans of Wagner and a perfect 

introduction for everyone else. 

We are delighted to welcome director 

Patrick McGrady to the screening. 

Print source: Wavelength Films 


THE WEIRD WORLD 

OF BLOWFLY (CFF 18) 

Director: Jonathan Furmanski. With: Clarence Reid, Ice-T. 


Singer-songwriter Clarence ‘Blowfly’ Reid has 

been rapping dirty since 1965, when he released 

what is widely believed to be the world’s first 

rap song. THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY follows 

the wrinkly rapper on tour, as he staggers 

from stage to stage in spandex and sequins, 

performing his x-rated parodies of soul and R&B 

classics. Many of these cult hits were originally 

conceived purely for his own amusement as 

a young cotton picker in Georgia. Reid went 

on to enjoy a successful career as a writer 

and producer, creating hits such as KC & The 

Sunshine Band’s Sound Your Funky Horn. THE 

WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY brings to life the 

story of the grumpiest, funkiest old man who 

ever rocked a mic. 

Contains frequent strong language. 




7/9/10 4:34:35 PM

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Revivals 



THE BATTLE OF 

THE RAILS (U) 

(LA BATAILLE DU RAIL) 

Director: René Clément. Starring: Marcel Barnault, Jean 

Clarieux, Jean Daurand. France 1946. 85 mins. French with 


Winner of the 1946 Prix International du Jury 

at the Cannes Film Festival, THE BATTLE OF THE 

RAILS launched René Clément’s reputation. Shot 

in a neorealist style, the film celebrates the 

French resistance and the courageous efforts 

of French railway workers to sabotage the Nazi 

occupation of their country during the Second 

World War. Yet in this climate of fear and tension 

the rail employees are forced to pick sides and 

desperate measures are required to disable the 

Nazis’ attacks after the D-Day landings. 

A deliberate attempt to revive authenticity 

after so many allegorical films made under 

the Occupation. 

DAVID THOMSON, The New Biographical 

Dictionary of Film 

Print Source: Courtesey of 

Michèle Gautard 


Queen’s Building, Emmanuel college 

CITY GIRL (U) 

Director: F.W. Murnau. Starring: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, 

David Torrence. USA 1930. 90 mins. 

F.W. Murnau revisits the theme of the contrast 

between rural and urban lifestyles explored 

in his masterpiece SUNRISE. Based on Elliott 

Lester’s 1925 play, The Mud Turtle, CITY GIRL is a 

painterly depiction of a fragile marriage among 

the wheatfields of Minnesota. During a visit to 

Chicago, country boy Lem falls for and weds city 

girl, Kate, a tough but lonely waitress. When Lem 

takes Kate home, their relationship descends 

into a claustrophobic struggle with the pressure 

of Lem’s scornful father and the farmhands’ 

invasive, leering jealousy. 

We are delighted to receive worldrenowned 

silent cinema musicians Neil Brand 

and Guenter Buchwald who will provide a live 

accompaniment to the original silent version 

of the film. 

Print source: Hollywood Classics 


FROM HERE TO 

ETERNITY (PG) 

Director: Fred Zinnemann. Starring: Burt Lancaster, 

Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr. USA 1953. 118 mins. 

This impressive digital restoration of Fred 

Zinnemann’s acclaimed drama FROM HERE TO 

ETERNITY premiered at Cannes 2010. Based on 

James Jones’ best-selling novel of the same 

name, the film powerfully depicts the passions 

and violence of a group of soldiers stationed 

on Hawaii just before World War II with an 

all-star cast including Burt Lancaster, Deborah 

Kerr, Frank Sinatra and Montgomery Clift. At 

the Schofield Army Barracks in Honolulu, the 

soldiers’ melodramatic joys and sufferings 

are swept away by the Japanese attack on the 

morning of 7 December. Burt Lancaster and 

Deborah Kerr’s romantic nocturnal rendezvous 

at the beach, in which their bodies passionately 

intertwine as the waves crash over them, 

remains a classic love scene in film history. 

Print source: Park Circus 



7/9/10 4:34:38 PM


ORDET (PG) 

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Starring: Henrik Malberg, Emil 

Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye. Denmark 1955. Danish 

with English subtitles. 

Set in a religious farming community in 

West Jutland, this challenging, brilliant film 

provides a masterful study in family and faith. 

Devoted Christian Morten (Malberg) struggles 

to come to terms with the disparate beliefs 

of his three sons: Mikkel (Christensen) is an 

atheist, Anders wants to marry the daughter 

of a fundamentalist, and Johannes (Rye) has 

gone mad due to reading too much Kierkegaard 

and believes himself to be Jesus of Nazareth. 

Familial tensions come to a head when Mikkel’s 

wife Inger is critically ill following a stillbirth, 

leading to an astonishing climax which compels 

the viewer to re-examine preconceptions 

about the nature of life, death, and spirituality. 

Consistently surprising, utterly engaging and 

totally unlike anything you will have seen 

before. 

Print Source: BFI 


THE PASSING OF THE 

THIRD FLOOR BACK (PG) 

Director: Berthold Viertel. Starring: Conrad Veidt, René Ray, 

Frank Cellier. UK 1935. 90 mins. 

Book into this fascinating blend of magical 

parable and documentary realism adapted 

from the play by Jerome K. Jerome. When a 

mysterious stranger (Veidt) rents a room in a 

boarding house of petulant lodgers he helps 

them rediscover their better selves. Viertel and 

Veidt, with fellow émigrés cinematographer Curt 

Courant and art director Oscar Werndorff, lend a 

subtle Expressionism to a British drama. 

The types in the small London ‘private hotel’ 

are observed with malicious realism. GRAHAM 

GREENE 

Projecting the Archive is a new programming 

strand being launched in collaboration with the 

BFI National Archive. Unearthing and reappraising 

under-known British features, these films offer us 

a fresh take on British cinema. 

We are delighted to welcome the 

writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet 

to introduce this screening. 

With thanks to the BFI National Archive. 

Roll up, roll up… it’s the first ever 

Cambridge Family Film 

Festival! 

The Cambridge Family 

Film Festival will present 

special programmes 

featuring kids’ 

favourite TV and film 

characters, old and 

new, in a family-friendly 

environment and at an 

affordable price. Look out 

for the friendly Family Film 

Festival team, who will be 

clearly visible around the 

Arts Picturehouse and 

who are there to make 

your child’s visit to the cinema a little 

bit easier - and a whole lot more fun! 

There’ll even be a ‘chill-out’ zone if 

all the excitement gets a bit too much 

for little ones… 

So whether they’re loco about 

locomotives, bonkers about Bob the 

Builder, bewitched by Bagpuss, or 

fanatical about 

fairies, there’ll 

© 2010 HIT Entertainment Limited and Keith Chapma 

©2008 Tiger Aspect 

Productions Ltd 

be something that’s just right for 

all junior film fans. And with fancy 

dress competitions, workshops, 

face painting, craft activities 

and giveaways adding to the 

film fun, you’ll all be able to 

enjoy a family trip to 

the cinema as never 

before. 

All children must be 

accompanied by an 

adult at all times and we 

cannot be responsible for 

children who are left alone 

– anyway, we’d rather you 

enjoyed our events together! 

No unaccompanied adults will 

be admitted to any Family Film 

Festival screening. 

The 

Cambridge 

Family Film 

Festival is 

supported by 

Heffers Children’s Bookshop, who 

will be providing special activities 

and goodies throughout the Festival 

– www.heffers.co.uk/childrens 

All tickets 

cost only £3.40 

for one child, which 

includes a free ticket for 

an accompanying adult – 

except for GRANDPA IN 

MY POCKET which is 

completely FREE for 

everyone! 

Box Office: 0871 902 5720 41 


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Saturday 18 September, 12.30pm | Tuesday 21 September, 10.30am 

ANIMALS ARE MY FAVOURITE 

AND MY BEST: 

CHARLIE AND LOLA AND TINGA TINGA TALES (U) 

UK 2007 & 2009. 35 mins. 

A special programme of three beautifully-crafted, animalthemed 

tales from celebrated children’s television production 

company Tiger Aspect. 

“I have this little sister Lola. She is small, and very funny...” 

In I AM GOING TO SAVE A PANDA Lola and her best friend 

Lotta’s plan to adopt a panda is ruined when Lola wakes up 

with chicken pox. In I CAN TRAIN YOUR DOG Charlie and Lola 

set out to prove that their friend Marv’s dog Sizzles isn’t really 

such a naughty pet – he just needs to be trained! 

Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa and the 

Tingatinga artwork of Tanzania, TINGA TINGA TALES brings to life 

tall stories of how your favourite animals came to be the way they 

are today. In WHY MONKEYS SWING IN THE TREES we discover 

the time when Monkey didn’t swing in the trees – he used to play on 

the ground, but then he kept on winding up nasty Crocodile… 

On Saturday 18 September, why not join us from noon for animalthemed 

activities before the show starts, and then pop along to 

Heffers Children’s Bookshop at 3pm to enjoy Charlie and Lola 

stories and activities! 

Sunday 19 September, 11.00am 

BOB THE BUILDER: 

RACE TO THE FINISH 

(U) 

Director: Andy Burns. Voices: Neil Morrissey, Kate Harbour, Rob Rackstraw. 

UK 2008. 66 mins. 

It’s the first ever Sunflower Valley Games and Bob and the team 

have a big job to do: building a huge sports stadium! For such a 

big project, Bob brings in some very special help from the big 

city – two new machines called Gripper and Grabber. But with 

Wendy off training as Sunflower Valley’s star athlete and Gripper 

and Grabber exploring the valley instead of working, the stadium 

is in jeopardy… until a nerve-wracking mountain-top crisis pulls 

the team together in this all-action comedy adventure! 

Print source: Hit Entertainment 

© 2010 HIT Entertainment Limited and 

Keith Chapman 

Tinga Tinga Tales TM and © Tiger Aspect Productions 

Limited/ Classic Media Distribution Limited 2010 

Supported by 

© Orange Eyes Limited 


GRANDPA IN MY POCKET 

– FREE FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY! (U) 

Episodes: HORATIO HEAVE-HO! and GRANDPA’S GREATEST ESCAPE EVER 

Directors: Richard Bradley, Martin Franks. Starring: James Bolam, Jay Ruckley. UK 2010, c.45 mins. 

We’re delighted to be launching the first ever Cambridge Family 

Film Festival with a special FREE screening of two episodes of 

this BAFTA-nominated CBeebies favourite. Take one Grandpa 

(James Bolam) and his imaginative seven-year old grandson, 

Jason Mason. Give Grandpa a magic shrinking cap and watch 

him turn into the biggest kid of the lot - when he’s small he’s great 

fun to be with, but full of mischief… GRANDPA IN MY POCKET 

explores the hugely important relationship between grandchildren 

and grandparents by turning it on its head. Jason and Grandpa’s 

adventures are fantastical, touching and bizarre – but always 

hilariously funny. 

We’ll be joined by the team from locally-based television 

production company Adastra Creative, who make the programme, 

and they’ll be spilling the beans on how they turn Grandpa into a 

pocket-sized mischief-maker! There’ll be giveaways and goodie 

bags galore – and every child who brings their own Grandpa (or 

Grandma) to the cinema will win a special prize! 

Print source: Adastra Creative 

Saturday 25 September, 10.30am 

THE GRUFFALO 

(U) 

Directors: Jakob Shuh, Max Lang. Voices: James Corden, Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt. 

UK 2009. 30 mins. 

Recently voted the nation’s favourite bedtime story, the magical 

tale of a plucky mouse who takes a walk through the deep, dark 

wood in search of a nut is brought to enchanting life in an all-star 

adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best-selling 

book. This beautifully animated, BAFTA-nominated treat features 

the vocal talents of Robbie Coltrane as The Gruffalo, Helena 

Bonham Carter as the Narrator, Rob Brydon as the Snake, and 

James Corden as the Mouse. 

Stay with us after the screening for craft activities, giveaways and 

a special story-telling workshop (see page 9 for details). 

Print source: Magic Light Pictures 

42 Box Office: 0871 902 5720 


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RAINBOW MAGIC: RETURN 

TO RAINSPELL ISLAND (U) 

Director: Hiroshi Kawamata. Voices: Lucy Delaiche, Grace Vance, David Holt. 


Best friends Kirsty and Rachel are reunited on 

Rainspell Island for a thrilling fairy adventure – but 

this time their friendship and their belief in fairies 

are tested to the limit. The girls’ crisis couldn’t have 

come at a better time for Jack Frost, who is hatching 

a plan for world domination with a snowman army! 

With eye-catching Manga-style animation and a catchy 

soundtrack, the first Rainbow Magic feature film is 

sure to cast a sparkly spell on all fairy fans! 

Dress up as your favourite Rainbow Fairy, or come 

as one of Jack Frost’s meddlesome goblins, to join 

in the fun at this special Rainbow Magic fairy party - 

complete with fairy cakes, games, and goodie bags! 



THE SECRET OF KELLS 

(PG) 

Directors: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey. Voices: Brendan Gleeson, Evan McGuire, Mick 

Lally. France/Belgium/Ireland 2009. 78 mins. 

Brendan is a young boy who lives under the firm 

protection of his uncle, helping him with the 

fortification of the abbey against the Vikings’ raids. 

When a monk visits the area, he brings with him 

the Book of Kells - a medieval manuscript that 

runs amongst the most important artifacts of Irish 

civilization. Going on a quest through the enchanted 

forests, and practicing the art of illumination, the boy 

comes across subterranean creatures and a winsome 

fairy; pivotal moments that help him overcome his 

fears. Drawing from a Celtic legend, THE SECRET OF 

KELLS is a powerful little gem that defied CGI and 

stop motion tricks, yet made it to the Oscars! 


© 2010 Gullane (Thomas) Limited 

© 2010 HIT Entertainment Limited. 

© 2010 Rainbow Magic Limited 

© Small Films 

Supported by 

Saturday 18 September, 11.00am 

SMALL FILMS FOR 

SMALL PEOPLE (U) 

UK 1969 – 1977. c.65 mins. 

Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s Smallfilms 

production company was responsible for creating many 

enchanting children’s television programmes including 

CAMBERWICK GREEN, THE CLANGERS, IVOR THE 

ENGINE and TRUMPTON - which are all included here, 

along with the classic BAGPUSS episode where Charlie 

Mouse and his friends pretend to make chocolate biscuits 

in their marvellous mechanical mouse mill. Characterised 

by their easy charm, iconic imagery and wonderfully 

catchy soundtracks, these enduring programmes are the 

most nostalgic reminder of childhood for many parents, 

who will love sharing them with a new generation of 

delighted youngsters. 

“All of the Smallfilms programmes radiate a gentle and natural 

warmth. Watching them feels like snuggling up in front of a fireplace 

listening to a kindly uncle reading you a bedtime story.” 

CHARLIE BROOKER, BBC4 

Print source: BFI 

Tuesday 21 September, 11.30am | Saturday 25 September, 11.30am 

THOMAS & FRIENDS: 

HERO OF THE RAILS 

(U) 

Director: Greg Tiernan. Voices: Ben Small, Teresa Gallagher, Togo Igawa. UK 2009. 61 mins. 

During a daring race with boastful Spencer, Thomas 

discovers an abandoned engine from a far off place. 

Fearing ‘Hiro’ will be sent to the Smelters Yard, Thomas 

enlists his trusty engine friends to help repair him. But 

will sneaky Spencer foil their plans? Jump on board for 

fun and excitement in Thomas’ greatest adventure yet! 

Full steam ahead for train-related fun and giveaways 

before the screenings on Tuesday and Saturday – and 

why not steam on down to Heffers Children’s Bookshop 

on Saturday 25 September for more Thomas and Friends 

stories and activities at 3pm? Peep peep! 


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The CAMBRIDGE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL (CAFF) is the oldest 

annual African film festival in the UK. It was initiated in May 

2002 by graduate students at the University of Cambridge 

as a way of screening the best contemporary African films, 

increasing knowledge and awareness of African and black 

culture in the UK, providing a UK audience for African 

filmmakers, and offering an important counterbalance to the 

Western media’s stereotyping of Africa. 

This year, in honour of the Cambridge Film Festival’s 30th 

anniversary, we are showcasing the best of contemporary 

filmmaking from Africa as part of our Cambridge African Film 

Festival. Watch out for news on the return to a full festival 

format for CAFS in 2011 to celebrate its own 10th anniversary! 




(LE FESTIVAL PANAFRICAIN 

D’ALGER) 

Director: William Klein. Algeria 1969. 112 mins. French with English subtitles. 

(CFF 15) 

This hitherto little known documentary by the photographer, 

painter and graphic artist William Klein plunges us into the very 

heart of the 1st Panafrican Cultural Festival held in Algeria in 

1969 - a festival that has forever marked the history books in 

Africa and beyond. Composed of archival footage of the African 

struggle for independence and interviews with figures in the 

liberation movement, the film is also a precious occasion to 

immerse yourself in the crowds that surrounded the African 

delegations and in the exuberance and euphory that marked this 

cultural spectacle, despite any bitter aftertaste with which this 

hopeful vision is now tinged, over 40 years later. 

Print Source: ARTE France 

(ATLETU) 

(CFF 15) 

Directors: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew. Starring: Rasselas Lakew, Dag 

Malmberg, Ruta Gedmintas. Ethiopia/USA/Germany 2009. 85 mins. English and 

Amharic with subtitles. 

In 1960 Abebe Bikila sprinted into international acclaim when 

he became the first African athlete to win gold at the Olympics. 

The great Ethiopian marathon runner set a new world record 

darting through the streets of Rome! Bikila then repeated the 

feat at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, making him the first marathon 

runner to win the title consecutively. Sadly Bikila’s career as a 

runner came to an abrupt end in 1969, when he was involved 

in a severe car accident that paralysed him. This unique and 

elegant hybrid of autobiography, biopic, and documentary 

demonstrates the undying passion of the human spirit in the 

face of extreme adversity. 


(CFF PG) 

Director: Carl-A. Fechner. Germany 2010. 83 mins. German with English Subtitles. 

Finally, an environmental documentary which leaves everybody 

not in tears but in hope! Exploring different projects that have 

begun to utilise renewable energy sources to combat the 

depleting levels of non-renewable fuels, director Carl-A. Fechner 

has compiled a reason to believe in a future for our planet. Office 

buildings that produce more energy than they use, and electriccars 

are just a few examples. The difference is that instead of 

lingering on the problems, THE FOURTH REVOLUTION focuses 

upon the solutions, also showing that these new methods and 

technologies are no longer distant dreams, but within our grasp. 

Concise and thorough, huge in its scope and featuring some 

great visionary and entrepreneurial minds at work today, the 

film is beautiful, engaging, thought provoking, and above all, 

important. 


DOCUMENTARY 



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Tuesday 21 September, 9.00pm Queen’s Building, 

Emmanuel College | Saturday 18 September, 4.15pm 

(CFF PG) 

Director: Mai Iskander. USA 2009. 79 mins. Arabic with English subtitles. 

GARBAGE DREAMS tells the story of three young boys living on 

the outskirts of Cairo in the world’s largest ‘garbage village’, 

the home of some 60,000 Zaballeen or ‘garbage people’. The 

Zaballeen recycle 80 percent of the waste they collect, keeping 

their economic system afloat. However, when their community 

is challenged by the threat of the globalisation of its trade, 

the young boys are forced to make decisions about their own 

futures and that of their surroundings. Described by the New 

York Times as a film that records the “tremblings of a culture 

at a crossroads”, GARBAGE DREAMS takes its audience right to 

the heart of the thriving economic village, and, as former US 

Vice-President Al Gore expresses, “makes a compelling case that 

modernisation does not always equal progress.” 


DOCUMENTARY 


(CEUX DE LA COLLINE) 

(CFF 15) 

Director: Berni Goldblat. Switzerland/France/Burkina Faso 2009. 72min. Mòoré and 

French with English subtitles. 

Gold glitters as strongly as ever in this exploration of a firmly 

old-school mineral rush. Word swiftly breaks loose when a 

solitary digger upon a remote hillside in Burkina Faso chances 

upon a golden nugget. Soon a makeshift city grows populated 

by swarms of gold-diggers and dynamite blasters. But where the 

prospectors go, so too do the trappings of frontier civilisation, 

from medics to merchants, barbers, children, holy men and 

prostitutes. Desperate to find their ticket to a better life, these 

men and women are recklessly determined to succeed. Berni 

Goldblat’s documentary THE HILLSIDE CROWD gets up-close and 

personal with the characters of a modern gold rush, exploring 

their desperate quest for fortune and elusive happiness. 

Print source: MirFilms 

DOCUMENTARY 


(CFF PG) 

Director: Hawa Essuman. Starring: Samson Odhiambo, Leila Dayan Opou, Krysteen 

Savane. Kenya/Germany 2010. 60 mins. Swahili with English subtitles. 

German director Tom Tykwer teamed up with the young Ghanaian- 

Kenyan director Hawa Essuman to make this magical film in Kibera, 

Nairobi’s sprawling slum. The story is one that appeals to adults 

and children alike; it focuses on 14-year-old Abila, who is forced to 

embark on a desperate adventure through Kibera. While Abila is 

trying to save his father’s soul, SOUL BOY – with its luminous images 

and powerful music by Xaver von Treyer – will steal your heart. 

Print Source: The Festival Agency 

PUMZI: THE OUTSIDE IS DEAD 

Director: Wanuri Kahiu. Starring: Kudzani Moswela. 

Kenya/Germany/USA 2010. 20 mins. English. 

Set in a futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III – ‘The Water 

War’, PUMZI is one of a new wave of stunning science fiction 

films to come out of Africa. 



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of dark absurdism and eloquent 

understatement, Roy Andersson’s 

extraordinary career as the director 

of only four feature films and 

over four hundred commercials is 

testament to his artistic integrity 

and purity of vision. Described by 

the Village Voice as “a slapstick 

Ingmar Bergman”, his work merges 

Scandinavian bleakness with an 

idiosyncratic sense of humour, 

offering piercing realism that never 

takes itself too seriously. 

This fascinating retrospective 

showcases the highlights of 

Andersson’s oeuvre, beginning with 

A SWEDISH LOVE STORY, his dazzling 

first feature. Created a year after his graduation from the Swedish Film Institute, this touching 

study of the intricacies of youthful romance garnered both critical and popular acclaim. 

Never one for compromise, his work took on a blacker tone after the success of his optimistic 

debut, alienating many of his initial fans. Throughout these wilderness decades his commercial 

and short film output took precedence over his full-length film production, resulting in an 

extensive collection of beautifully realised vignettes of modern life. 

Capitalising on these accomplishments he returned in style with the 2000 critical hit SONGS 

FROM THE SECOND FLOOR - a series of 46 individual scenes illustrating the highs and lows 

of the human condition with his characteristic surrealist tone. In much the same vein, his most 

recent feature YOU, THE LIVING rounds off the season - a tragicomedy which seeks to explore the 

“grandeur of existence” through the mundane exploits of various loosely connected protagonists. 

Offering a profound insight into the intrinsic ludicrousness of humanity, Andersson’s work 

continues to be startlingly relevant to this day. 


Roy Andersson Shorts Programme (CFF18) 112 mins. 

As with Andersson’s full length films, his short works are imbued with biting humour, skilful 

delicacy and as much emphasis on the unsaid as the said. His ability to distil emotion and strip 

narrative to its core is evident from his very earliest productions, setting the standard for his 

later endeavours. 

VISITING ONE’S SON 

Director: Roy Andersson. Sweden 1967. 9 mins. 

This early work from Andersson’s time at film school is a 

witty depiction of a father disappointed by his scruffy son’s 

undistinguished career as a student. 

TO FETCH A BIKE 


A touching portrayal of the early morning routine of a 

young couple, with subtle undertones of the latent tensions 

between them. 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 5TH 


Just before the production of A SWEDISH LOVE STORY 

Andersson made this mini-feature which follows the 

everyday exploits of a twenty-something construction 

worker, exploring his life and relationships. 

SOMETHING HAPPENED 


Commissioned by the Swedish National Board of Health 

and Welfare as an educational film about AIDS, the result is a visceral, unrelentingly bleak insight 

into the horrors of the disease, casting something of a critical eye upon the medical profession. 

Deemed too controversial the project was cancelled towards completion. 

WORLD OF GLORY 


Andersson’s masterful short opens with an appalling snapshot of casual genocide before moving 

to the deeply depressing life of the miserable little man who narrates. The Clermont-Ferrand 

Short Film Festival recognised it to be one of history’s most important short films ever made 

alongside Luis Bunuel’s UN CHIEN ANDALOU. 

Print source: Studio 24 Distribution 



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Friday 17 September, 4.00pm | Tuesday 21 September, 3.30pm 

A SWEDISH LOVE STORY (CFF PG) 

(EN KÄRLEKSHISTORIA) 

Director: Roy Andersson. Starring: Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman, Anita Lindblom. 

Sweden 1970. 115 mins. Swedish with English subtitles. 

Pär (Sohlman) and Annika (Kylin) dig each other but heaven 

forbid that they should actually talk about it! The non-verbal 

nuances of teenage love have rarely been captured as well as 

in A SWEDISH LOVE STORY. At face value Andersson’s summer of 

romance is miles away from his later features. But trouble lies 

in store for the lovebirds in the form of their wildly ill-suited 

families. As the affair deepens the parents will have to meet, 

steering the deeply-realised characters on a collision course. 

Winner of awards at the Berlin Film Festival in 1970, Andersson 

took inspiration from Czech directors such as Milos Forman, 

Jiri Menzel and Evald Schrom for his debut. 


Sunday 19 September 7.00pm Queen’s Building, Emmanuel 

college Tuesday 21 September, 8.30pm 

SONGS FROM THE SECOND 

FLOOR (15) 

(SÅNGER FRÅN ANDRA VÅNINGEN) 

Director: Roy Andersson. Starring: Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. 

Carlsson. Sweden 2000. Swedish with English subtitles. 

A soot-charred man riding the metro suffers internally as 

his fellow passengers erupt into an operatic warble. It’s 

unforgettable scenes like this that make SONGS FROM THE 

SECOND FLOOR one of the key films of the last decade. Roy 

Andersson’s succession of vignettes simply stuns. The Cannes 

Film Festival was no exception giving it the Special Jury 

Prize. Constructed from seemingly disconnected single-takes 

Scandinavian farce gradually slips before millennial angst 

as a city disintegrates into disaster. There’s a plot in there 

somewhere but you can simply spend hours gawping at the 

mute-coloured set-ups. 

There are extraordinary visions of lost souls adrift in 

worlds that I can only describe as resplendent with vivid, 

hyperreal drabness. PETER BRADSHAW, The Guardian 



YOU, THE LIVING (15) 

(DU LEVANDE) 

Director: Roy Andersson. Starring: Jessika Lundberg, Elisabet Helander, Björn 

Englund. Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark/Norway 2007. Swedish with English 

Subtitles. 

Taking his title from a quote by the German writer Goethe, 

Andersson followed up SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR with 

this slightly lighter riff upon the same style. Constructed 

around 50 ‘odd scenes’ YOU, THE LIVING ups the deadpan 

humour - even sprinkling in some New Orleans style jazz – but 

it broadens the narrative range. Andersson compared many of 

the situations he shows as burlesque describing it as “a farce 

about the human condition.” Andersson shot the film almost 

completely in his Stockholm Studio 24 giving him an awesome 

level of control over his creation. This approach allowed him to 

conjure up one unforgettable scene where a girl dreams of her 

flat coasting along a railway track. 




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GERMAN FILM SEASON 

Thursday 16 September, 8.15pm | Sunday 19 September, 12.30pm 

THE DISPENSABLES (CFF 15) 

(DIE ENTBEHRLICHEN) 

Director: Andreas Arnstedt. Starring: Oskar Bökelmann, Paul Arnstedt, Maike Bollow. 

Germany 2009. 106 mins. German with English subtitles. 

Set in the dark underbelly of modern-day Germany, THE DISPENSABLES tells the true story of 11 

year-old Jacob, and his survival after discovering the body of his abusive father - a fact he tries to 

cover up for fear of being sent to an orphanage. With a narrative that twists and turns and jumps 

seamlessly between time periods, this is a beautifully crafted, highly atmospheric film; intense and 

interesting characters bloom to life around Jacob, as his childhood slowly disappears. At times 

brutal and unsettling, then tender and heartfelt, what emerges is the deep emotional turmoil of a 

family caught within a life of poverty, alcoholism and misplaced illusions of a better future. 

We hope to welcome director Andreas Arnstedt to the screening. 



DON’T BE AFRAID (CFF 18) 

(KEINE ANGST) 

Director: Aelrun Goette. Starring: Michelle Barthel, Max Hegewald, Carolyn Sophia Genzkow. 

Germany 2009. 89 mins. German with English subtitles. 

Poignant and powerful, this coming of age tale is imbued with both gritty realism and an enchanting 

sense of innocence. Becky, 14, is a young woman with responsibilities beyond her years. Her 

alcoholic mother is too preoccupied with booze and dodgy boyfriends to take care of her children, 

so it falls to Becky to keep up a semblance of normality for the sake of her siblings. Amid the 

chaos of her young life, she dreams of a knight in shining armour to take her away, and just might 

have found it in the guise of shy but sweet Bente - but can their teenage romance overcome the 

obstacles presented by their grim surroundings? 

Print Source: Bavaria Film International 



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Sunday 19 September, 9.00pm | Tuesday 21 September, 12.00pm 

HENRY OF NAVARRE (CFF 12) 

(HENRI 4) 

Director: Jo Baier. Starring: Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król, Andreas Schmidt. 

Germany/France/Spain 2010. 153 mins. French with English subtitles. 

France’s Henry IV receives the epic treatment his tumultuous life cries out for in this red-blooded 

historical rollercoaster. Based on the popular novels by Heinrich Mann, Jo Baier’s film covers 

the same sixteenth century timescale as LA REINE MARGOT but from the Huguenot or Protestant 

perspective. Suggesting that Henry is set to become a determined and honest young ruler, both 

the original book and its adapted screenplay here deliberately leave doubts concerning his true 

intentions. With a strong cast and a soundtrack from Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, this 

historical epic looks set to thrill all who see it. 

Print Source: Bavaria Film International 


THE MIRACLE OF LEIPZIG (CFF 12A) 

(DAS WUNDER VON LEIPZIG – WIR SIND DAS VOLK ) 

Directors: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt. Germany 2009. 90 mins. German with English subtitles. 

Leipzig, autumn 1989. What began in St Nicholas’ church as prayers for peace develops within just a few 

weeks into the immensely powerful Monday demonstrations with thousands of East Germans taking to 

the streets. They are demanding more freedom, civil rights and democracy! They are rising up in protest 

against a state, which suppresses its own citizens, incites people to spy on each other and keeps them 

under constant surveillance. This docu-drama is the story of party officials prepared to resort to violence 

and of people who overcome their fears. It is the story of nameless individuals whose courage changes 

the world and marks the beginning of the end of the East German state - and of the entire Eastern Bloc. 

Print source: Broadview TV 

Royal court intrigue, 

religious conflict, bloody 

battles and lots of 

raucous sex. 

Hollywood Reporter 


NEUKÖLLN 

UNLIMITED (CFF PG) 

Directors: Agostino Imondi, Dietmar Ratsch. 

Germany 2010. 96 mins. German and Arabic with English subtitles. 

Brothers Hassan, Lial and Maradona Akkouch may beat all-comers on the 

Berlin street dance scene but there’s one foe that can’t be out-spun so easily: 

the German immigration service. Part musical film, part immigration study 

NEUKÖLLN UNLIMITED takes an honest look at the lives of three siblings 

living in the Berlin borough of Neukölln who are battling against deportation 

back to the family home of Lebanon. Hassan and Lial hatch a plan to support 

their family through their art but this strains their relationship. Meanwhile 

the younger brother Maradona keeps getting suspended at school and he 

must decide where his true loyalties lie. Rapid fire pace, lively beats and 

animation sequences take NEUKÖLLN UNLIMITED beyond the usual clichés 

about immigrants and problem neighbourhoods. 

Print source: Indi Film 

Box Office: 0871 902 5720 49 


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CRONOS (18) 

Director: Guillermo Del Toro. Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook. 

Mexico 1993. 94 mins. Spanish and English with English subtitles. 

Jesús Gris, a kindly antiques dealer, discovers an ornate, 

mechanical scarab in a statue that has come into his possession. 

But the scarab soon injects him with a fluid that reinvigorates 

Jesús’ lustre and libido but also endows him with a thirst for 

blood. Meanwhile, a long time researcher of this scarab – a 

wealthy plutocrat nearing death, sends his savage nephew on a 

hunt to retrieve the object for his own murky, miscreant ends. 

Del Toro’s breakthrough film is a compassionate and original 

remodelling of the vampire genre which wears its religiously 

allegorical pretensions lightly and presents them with a keen 

emotional intelligence. CRONOS is an excellent introduction 

to Del Toro’s trademark tone: a subtle blend of tenderness 

and dread. 



THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE (15) 

(EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO) 

Director: Guillermo Del Toro. Starring: Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Eduardo 

Noriega. Mexico/Spain 2001. 108 mins. Spanish with English subtitles. 

Bathed in a wistful amber light, this gothic ghost story tells of 

a people stuck in a particular moment in Spanish history. Set 

very much against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, THE 

DEVIL’S BACKBONE is the story of Carlos, a young orphan trying 

to navigate his way through the tangled, sinister desires and 

dark secrets of the co-inhabitants of his orphanage, isolated 

out in the Spanish plains. As Franco’s soldiers encroach upon 

the orphanage from somewhere out there on the plains, 

Carlos must confront the ghost who stalks the corridors, and 

face the demoniac plotter amongst them who has designs 

on the orphanage’s secret stash of gold and who will stop at 

nothing to get it. 



PAN’S LABYRINTH (15) 

(EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO) 

Director: Guillermo Del Toro. Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Doug Jones. 

Mexico/Spain 2006. 119 mins. Spanish with English subtitles. 

Franco’s Spain, 1944. Ofelia, a young girl enchanted and full 

of wonder at the world, is sent to live with the murderous 

Franquist enforcer Capitan Vidal, the father of Ofelia’s as yet 

unborn sibling. One day Ofelia discovers a labyrinth where a faun 

who, upon recognising her to be the reincarnation of Princess 

Moanna, gives Ofelia three terrifying tasks to prove herself. 

Arguably Del Toro’s best work, PAN’S LABYRINTH spins a fabulous 

and phantasmagorical yarn brimming with vivid imagination and 

genuine invention. Drawing on such diverse inspirational sources 

as Catholic rites, Spanish political history, Greek and Roman 

myth and the terrible beauty of Hans Christian Andersen’s 

cruellest work, Del Toro creates a new fairy-tale, in the purest 

sense, all of his own. 




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SHORT FUSION 


INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION (CFF U) 64 mins. 

An hour of colourful creatures in motion, the films feature inimitable techniques with 

spellbinding narration. 

BARKING ISLAND 

(CHIENNE 

D’HISTOIRE) 

Director: Serge Avédikian. 

France. 15 mins. 

Constantinople 1910. The 

streets are overrun with stray 

dogs. The newly-established 

government uses European 

experts to choose a method of 

eradication before deciding, 

suddenly to deport the dogs 

en masse to a deserted island 

away from the city. 

Cannes’ Palme d’Or 

Winner 2010 / Short Film 

Competition. 

THE MODELMAKER 

Director: PJ Wood. UK. 7 mins. 

When a lonely model 

explores the studio he lives 

in, he comes across some 

startling discoveries... A light 

hearted look at loneliness, 

relationships and how the 

media affects what we want 

out of life. 

DIAMOND ACES 

Director: Alex Stanlake. UK. 4 mins. 

A young man recalls the last 

time he saw his father - when 

the old man’s work meant to 

drive to a strip club. 

VOICE ON THE LINE 

Director: Kelly Sears. USA. 7 mins. 

A collage animation made 

from figures cut out of 

archival ephemeral films 

from the late 1950s, VOICE ON 

THE LINE reflects on current 

and troubled relationships 

between the areas of national 

security, civil liberties and 

telephone companies. 

THE POLISH 

LANGUAGE 

Directors: Alice Lyons, Orla McHardy. 

Ireland. 9 mins. 

A playful and solemn journey 

into the sensuality and 

subversive power of language 

and its flowering in post-war 

Polish poetry. 

LEBENSABER 

Director: Angela Steffen. 

Germany. 6 mins. 

A little girl finds the whole 

world inside a leaf. 

MR TETELIN 

Director: Lily Kontodima. 

Greece. 8 mins. 

Mr Tetelin buys a new pair 

of pants but life is a witty 

dressmaker... 

CRASH! BANG! 

WALLOW? 

Director: Jon Dunleavy. UK 2009. 

4 mins. 

A tale of ex stuntman Larry 

LeTan and his fight to find a 

place in the modern world. 

A FAMILY PORTRAIT 

Director: Joseph Pierce. UK. 4 mins. 

A family portrait goes 

horribly wrong as jealousy 

and suspicion bubble to 

the surface under the 

photographer’s relentless 

gaze. 


SCREEN EAST DIGITAL SHORTS 

(CFF 15) 70 mins. 

Digital Shorts is a UK wide scheme which partners the UK Film Council 

to find and develop new and upcoming filmmaking talent and enable 

them to make innovative short films using digital technology. Screen 

East is pleased to present the films from the 2009 scheme. 

BRO 

Director: Chris Dundon. UK 2009. 18 mins. 

Simon just wants to lead a normal 

teenage life, but having a brother 

with a disability makes this 

impossible. Can Simon learn to 

accept his brother and ignore the 

judgement of others? 

BLUEBERRY 12 MINS 

Director: Matthew Sanger. UK 2009. 12 mins. 

A cautionary tale about a girl 

whose pet snake wants to eat her! 

THE MIDGE 

Director: Rory Lowe. UK 2009. 10 mins. 

A couple camping in the woods 

learn just how sinister the insect 

life can be. 

THINGS WE LEAVE 

BEHIND 

Director: Andrew Brand. UK 2009. 16 mins. 

While looking for clues to his 

fathers’ disappearance, Chris 

doesn’t realise the dangers he’s 

digging up. 

CRASH! BANG! WALLOW? 

Director: Jon Dunleavy. UK 2009. 4 mins. 

The tale of ex stuntman Larry 

LeTan, and his fight to find a place 

in the modern world. 

GRACE 

Director: David O Neill. UK 2009. 10 mins. 

Innocent Grace runs an errand 

for her father with devastating 

consequences. 


BEST OF THE FESTIVAL (CFF 15) 

A combination of UK and International shorts that have left an impact 

on our programming team. Shuffle through drama and comedy in what 

we consider the ‘best of the fest’! The programme of shorts will be 

announced on the day of the screening. 



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INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 

Cross borders with us as our selection enters the mindset of different cultures and their unique ways of 

perceiving life. The result is a fascinating polyglot collage of the real and the imaginary. 


PART II: WISHFUL THINKING (CFF 18) 85 mins. 

Shorts which portray in ingenious ways the whimsical moments in life when things appear never 

to be the same again… 


PART I: TURNING POINTS (CFF 18) 85 mins. 

Shorts which speak straight into our deep desires that form decisions according to what is 

pleasing to imagine… Featuring a diverse mixture of styles, it will keep you alert about the 

modern trends of contemporary international filmmaking. 

RITA 

Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza. Italy. 19 mins. 

Rita is ten years old and blind since birth. 

Thanks to her mysterious new friend she will 

escape from home and experience a brief 

moment of freedom. 

VIKI FICKI 

Director: Natalie Spinell. Germany. 18 mins. 

Viki has to face the challenge of presenting her 

mom’s job to her classmates - whether she is 

pleased with this, or not. 

AWAY 

Director: Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo. USA/Chile. 4 mins. 

Fragmented memories are recaptured on 

videotape when Diego comes to New York 

intent upon coming to terms with the love he 

lost in a tragic incident years before. 

PASSENGERS (PASSAGERS) 

Director: Samuel Feller. France. 12 mins. 

A young couple, Erica and Julien, ride along a 

deserted road. Along the way, they encounter 

three lonely individuals at a gas station. This 

meeting leads them to seek a new harmony. 

DEEPER THAN YESTERDAY 

Director: Ariel Kleiman. Australia. 20 mins. 

After three months submerged underwater, 

the men have become savages. Oleg fears that 

losing perspective may mean losing himself. 

A SILENT CHILD (ETT TYST BARN) 

Director: Jesper Klevenås. Sweden. 12 mins. 

In a cinema verité style, this striking short 

is about a child that neither cries nor 

screams when it hurts itself – and the terrible 

consequences involved. 

DEAF ROCK N’ ROLL 

(BETISOARE ROCK N’ ROLL) 

Director: Cristian Pascariu. Romania. 14 mins. 

A magnetic experience of music performance 

through the eyes and ears of the deaf woman. 

CONTENDER/SKIRMISH/THE ITCH 

Director: Joey Hitten. Australia. 10 mins. 

A story about the origin of desire, in three 

distinct chapters: 

PART I: CONTENDER - a boy on the brink of 

adulthood has to make his natural selection. 

PART II: SKIRMISH - two warriors compete for 

survival of the fittest. 

PART III: THE ITCH - man learns to evolve from a 

primal condition into a higher state of being. 

BANQUET UNDER THE WATER 

Director: Babak Amini. Iran. 15 mins. 

A young couple out defusing mines from the 

war find an antique under the ground that will 

change their life grievously. 

THREE HOURS 

(TRE ORE) 

Director: Annarita Zambrano. Italy. 12 mins. 

Rome, nowadays. The father is convicted for 

murder, his daughter speaks her mind. The river 

Tiber splits the city, yet it is bonding their lives 

together… 

INCIDENT BY A BANK 

(HÄNDELSE VID BANK) 

Director: Ruben Ostland. Sweden. 10 mins. 

Detailed and humorous account of a failed bank 

robbery: a single take where over 96 people 

perform a meticulous choreography for the 

camera. 

GISBERTA 

Director: Lisa Violetta Gass. Germany. 24 mins. 

As a tender friendship blossoms at an 

orphanage between 14 year old Elischa and the 

cleaner Gisberta, the jealousy of the other boys 

becomes dangerously brutal. 



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Friday 17 September, 6.30pm | Friday 24 September, 6.15pm Sawston Cinema 

EAST ANGLIA SHORTS (CFF 15) 77 mins. 

For this special event we scouted around for the very best local gems. A small gesture of 

‘thank you’ for the immense support over all those years, this programme is dedicated to the 

East Anglia region cinephiles. 

COMMON GROUND 

Director: Peter Harmer. UK. 33 mins. 

With a local cast spanning the generations, 

this production by Littleport’s Field Theatre 

Group marks the culmination of an ambitious 

community endeavour to depict episodes of 

Fen Life from the early 1900s in all its aspects: 

harsh, funny, bleak and above all inspiring. 

WAVING AT TRAINS 

Director: Sean Crotty. UK. 9 mins. 

Past and present collide as Douglas relives 

the tragic events of his childhood through the 

world of his model railway. 

FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY 

Director: Sarah Wood. UK. 9 mins. 

Lost in 1982, the Palestinian Film Archive 

contained over 100 films of daily life. This 

experimental film essay investigates what it 

would feel like to never see an image of the 

place that you came from. 

BLUEBERRY 

Director: Matthew Sanger. UK. 12 mins. 

A little girl’s pet snake has designs on eating 

her up in this film about family break-up. 

THE HEAD VS THE HEART 

Director: Lisa Thomson. UK. 6 mins. 

Before Sam can ask a girl out he must first 

resolve the conflict between his heart and his 

head… literally! 

DIAMOND ACES 

Director: Alex Stanlake. UK. 4 mins. 

A young man recalls the last time he saw his 

father - when the old man’s work meant to 

drive to a strip club. 

A FAMILY PORTRAIT 

Director: Joseph Pierce. UK. 4 mins. 

A family portrait goes horribly wrong as 

jealousy and suspicion bubble to the surface 

under the photographer’s relentless gaze. 


FAMILY SHORTS (CFF PG) 66 mins. 

Reminisce about those carefree years of childhood with a collection which sees the world 

through the innocent eyes of the youngsters. 

CHICKEN HEADS (ROOS DJAJ) 

Director: Bassam Jarbawi. Palestine. 15 mins. 

After his father’s prized sheep goes missing, 

eleven-year-old Yousef devises a strategy to 

keep the truth buried. 

I DO AIR 

Director: Martina Amati. UK. 7 mins. 

A little girl feels humiliated by her fear of jumping 

in the water until she escapes her reality by 

holding her breath to ‘trip’ within her own head. 

NOIRVILLE 

Director: Andy Marsh. UK. 12 mins. 

Lucy, Noirville’s only inhabitant, takes a 

mysterious journey through the night in a hope 

to cure her loneliness in this darkly surreal tale 

recalling H.P. Lovecraft, David Lynch and Ed 

Wood all rolled into one. 

LITTLE FLOWERS (LES FLEURS DE 

L’ÂGE) 

Director: Vincent Biron. Canada. 18 mins. 

On a hot summer day, four children are each 

experiencing something that will change them 

for life. A bittersweet tale of growing up in a 

small town. 

LITTLE WINGS (ALITAS) 

Director: Gabriela Palacios. UK/Mexico. 12 mins. 

A story about the hardship of life, imagination, 

love and most importantly sisterly bonding. 

TIME OF THE MONTH 

Director: Carolina Giammetta, Schuman Hoque. UK. 2 mins. 

Philip is outraged that his sister is getting the 

day off from school because it’s ‘the time of the 

month’, but then he gets a very clever idea… or 

so he thinks. 



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UK SHORTS 

UK short film is alive and its heart is beating faster than ever. Gauge its pulse in this selection of the very best 

that will make you fall in love with the art of short length storytelling. 


PART I: THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 

(CFF 15) 86 mins. 

Ideals of home and family give us a place where we tend to refer or return to. 

Here our heroes take us through the challenges arising from the depths of our psyches. 


PART II: RELATIONSHIPS - THE ETERNAL RIDDLE 

(CFF 15) 74 mins. 

WITHOUT 

Director: Natalia Andreadis. UK. 4 mins. 

A woman is trapped in a room with 

a vicious Doberman watching her 

every move. Will her captor be 

revealed? 

WATCHING 

Director: Max Myers. UK. 14 mins. 

The ability to spot where truth lies 

– and where lies begin – will make 

or break you in this edge-of-yourseat 

thriller. 

MARIGOLDS 

Director: Stephanie Zari. UK. 16 mins. 

Dark secrets of a suburban 

housewife’s dusty existence surface 

when an unexpected visit from her 

son threatens her fragile state. 

MY DAD THE 

COMMUNIST 

Director: Lab Ky Mo. UK. 17 mins. 

Tony yearns to break 

down the cultural barriers 

between him and his 

‘inscrutable’ Chinese dad 

before it’s too late. 

ENNIS ROAD 

Directors: Si Allen, Adam Greves. 

UK. 5 mins. 

A former council odd-job 

man is gradually thrown 

into turmoil when a 

mysterious local gang 

conspires to drive him over 

the edge in this coming-ofgeriatric-age 

film 

SIS 

Director: Deborah Haywood. UK. 

11 mins. 

When Lauren and Amy hear 

there is a man who ‘likes 

children’ living in the area, 

they decide to track him 

down to show him their 

handstands. 

SALTO MORTLAE 

Director: Christos Massalas. UK. 

19 mins. 

A woman trapped inside 

‘stereotypes’ seeks for 

a new context (and new 

attire), in which her 

distorted femininity can 

find shape and possibility… 

Who says love is easy? Delve into the deep ends of what love does to you and what scars you 

should look for once it has gone. 

TIME TRAVEL 

BOYFRIENDS 

Director: Josephine Halbert. 

UK. 10 mins. 

A woman remembers 

moments from her love affairs 

with famous men from history. 

Based on the director’s book 

of the same name. 

ECHOES 

Director: Rob Brown. 

UK/Poland. 11 mins. 

Would you risk everything to 

give someone else a life you 

can never have? A female sex 

trafficker faces an unexpected 

moral dilemma. 

WHORE 

Director: Fyzal Boulifa. UK. 11 mins. 

When angry Muslim youth 

Azeem overhears a group 

of girls gossiping about his 

white girlfriend Gemma his 

suspicions are flared - and 

so begins a sadomasochistic 

game in which both parties 

seek to gain control. 

SCENT 

Director: Darren Bolton. UK. 17 mins. 

The harrowing tale of John, an 

elderly man gripped with grief 

following the death of his wife 

Patricia, exploring themes of 

love, loss and denial. 

I’D RATHER HAVE 

A MEMORY THAN A 

DREAM 

Director: Matt Strachan. UK. 2 mins. 

The line between a man’s 

memories and dreams blur, 

mutating into something his 

ageing mind can’t escape from. 

SARAH 

Director: Ashar Aftab, Steve Pool. 

Scotland. 23 mins. 

A chance encounter between 

Drew and Sarah is told as a 

sequence of Drew’s fractured 

recollections. An essay on 

how we distort, re-interpret 

and recompose our memories 

over time. 



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THE ART OF THE MID-LENGTH (CFF 18) 95 mins. 

Size is not an issue for the Festival as we do appreciate works that dare to break the ‘15 minute 

rule’- in other words - festivals’ favourite (maximum) length. Liberated from those taboos, we 

are showcasing four excellent mid-flight films that champion profound storytelling and defy 

time restrictions. 


TRIDENTFEST (CFF 18) 63 mins. 

Back with a vengeance after last year’s slot, the staff of the 

Cambridge Arts Picturehouse bring lots of unsettling surprises for 

audiences lucky/unlucky enough to witness them for themselves… 

The best thing I’ve seen so far! - SATISFIED CUSTOMER, 2009 

You should all be in prison! - TERRIFIED CUSTOMER, 2009 

Includes: 

GISBERTA 

Director: Lisa Violetta Gass. Germany. 24 mins. 

As a tender friendship blossoms at an 

orphanage between 14 year old Elischa and the 

cleaner Gisberta, the jealousy of the other boys 

becomes dangerously brutal. 

WHITE BUFFALO 

Director: Gabriel Pac. UK. 26 mins. 

Told in parallel strands of past memories and 

present reality, WHITE BUFFALO is the story of a 

soldier on a quest for redemption, who returns 

home to a past life that no longer wants him. 

FAMILY JEWELS 

Director: Martin Stitt. USA/UK. 20 mins. 

Carol, a mother and a US soldier, is about to 

deploy to Afghanistan. Kurt, her husband and 

their two boys, Ethan and Wyatt, are determined 

to give her the best farewell evening she could 

want, but things don’t go quite to plan. 

BRAID ON A BALD HEAD 

Director: Ishaya Bako. Nigeria/UK. 25 mins. 

A day in the life of Hauwa Bello, a hairdresser 

from Northern Nigeria. The film follows 

her during the course of her day where an 

experience with a new mysterious neighbour 

questions her sexuality but enables her to ask 

for better in her loveless marriage. 

BOXES 

Director: Christian Lapidge. UK 2010. 6 mins. 

Jane is an avid but untidy jigsaw enthusiast 

who stumbles across a terrible and powerful 

secret which her housemate will never 

forget. 

BREAKFAST AT GOOGY’S 

Director: Carl Peck. UK 2010. 7 mins. 

Prequel to Peck’s kung-fu adventure epic THE 

PURPLE FIEND. Dr Laminut and his companion 

Googy’s pleasant morning is spoiled by a 

lethal intruder. 

CANARY 

Director: Christian Lapidge. UK 2010. 5 mins. 

Allan Maschwitz wanders across the sun 

bleached landscape of a bleak future Earth, 

trying to save both the planet and his own 

sanity. 

THE CURSE OF CA’U PEK 

Director: Simon Panrucker. UK 2010. 5 mins. 

A man becomes haunted by an unknown 

Facebook friend. 

DARREN AND GRIEG 


A selection of video artwork by Darren and 

Grieg, London Based filmmakers from London. 

JUICE? 

Director: Rydian Cook. UK 2010. 2 mins. 

A chap fancies a drink of juice, when he 

hears something... 

NOKI 


A Comedy-Horror-Sci-fi that tells of a love 

triangle between Baz, his girlfriend, and 

his computer. 

TEMPORARY WORK 


A guy goes to a temp job. His bosses are a 

pair of massive weirdos. 

WAITING... 


A visualised poem about one man’s 

frustration with waiting for buses. 

WHILE STOCKS LAST 

Director: Tom Martin. UK 2010. 5 mins. 

Chatting about zombie films can be fun, 

to a point. 

YEAYUH! 


The simple act of leaving a building becomes 

a terrifying battle of wills. 



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CAMBRIDGESHIRE FILM CONSORTIUM EDUCATION EVENTS 

Thursday 23 September, 10.00am–1.00pm 

STUDENT CRITICS 

AT THE CAMBRIDGE 

FILM FESTIVAL 

TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE 

Are you in full-time education? 

Passionate about film? 

Want valuable film industry 

experience as a critic? 

Write reviews for the Cambridge Film 

Festival and they could be published 

in the Festival Daily newspaper and on 

the festival website. You might even 

win a prize as BEST STUDENT CRITIC! 

Opportunities Prizes sponsored by 

for free tickets 

before 5.00pm / 

reduced price 

evening tickets. 

Minimum 

three reviews 

(200-250 words). Further information 

e-mail: cpo25@cam.ac.uk 

BEHIND THE SCENES OF TODAY’S FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY 

An opportunity to hear professionals discuss 

working in the current film and television industry: 

finding an agent, working to commission, composing 

music, the work of the art and set designer and 

the role of the film reviewer. Also latest news 

for student filmmakers on becoming a regular 

contributor to the BBC Video Nation Network, an 

exciting online project inviting submissions to 

current BBC features and campaigns. 

Speakers: 

Speakers from BBC Video Nation and Agent Peter MacFarlane; 

Film Critic for Sight and Sound Catherine Wheatley; Sloane U’ren, 

Art Director and Set Director on HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF- 

BLOOD PRINCE, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and BATMAN BEGINS; Ant 

Neely. Composer for SIX FEET UNDER and BOSTON LEGAL. 

LONDON 2012 FILM NATION: SHORTS – FREE FILM-MAKING WORKSHOPS 

Run in partnership with Panasonic, Film Nation: Shorts 

will introduce young people to film-making, support them 

in developing their talent, and give everyone who enters a 

chance to have their work screened around the UK. Winning 

films will be screened in front of the crowds in venues during 

the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012. 

Sunday 19 September, 9.00am–5.00pm 

MAKE A FILM IN A DAY WORKSHOP: 

AGES 14-16. 

Working with industry 

professionals through First 

Light, make a short film in 

a day, themed around the 

Olympic and Paralympic 

Games. Learn about story, 

camera, sound, directing, 

editing and producing a 

short film. 

Venue: Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College 

FREE EVENT (incl. lunch). Max. 12 places. 

Bookings: 0871 902 5720 / www.picturehouses.co.uk 

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH 

BATMAN BEGINS 

Cost: £4. Tickets limited. 

Bookings: 01223 579127 / trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk 

A Cambridgeshire Film Consortium event in collaboration with 

The Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, 

and Cambridge School of Art, at Anglia Ruskin University 

HARRY POTTER 

Monday 20 September, 10.00am–1.00pm 

An Introduction to Directing 

– Creating Performance 

AGES 19-25. 

Working with 104 Films and award 

winning director Emma Sullivan, learn 

the necessary skills & techniques 

to successfully direct actors on 

screen. This workshop is for first time 

filmmakers aged 19-25. 


FREE EVENT. Max. 30 places. 




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FOR THE 30th CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 

Saturday 18 September, 11.00am-1.00pm 

I MADE THIS (U) 

VENGEANCE- DARWIN, ENDLESS FORMS- 

MARTIANS IN CAMBRIDGE - FOOD FLASH 

A celebratory screening 

of Cambridgeshire Film 

MARTIANS IN CAMBRIDGE 

Consortium 2009-2010 

films produced by young 

people. To include animations, documentaries and film 

dramas, CFC 1-minute-films, and Filmstarz Festival winners. 

FREE EVENT. 


Enquiries: trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk 

Thursday 16 September, 10.30am-11.30am 

STUDENT SHOWCASE 

SPEED OF LIFE - ECHO’S ANSWER - 8 BELLS – SKY 

The Department of English, Communication, Film and Media at 

Anglia Ruskin University proudly 

presents a screening of outstanding 

work by student filmmakers 

2009-2010. 

FREE EVENT. 


Enquiries: trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk 

Monday 20 September, 3.00 pm 

WORKSHOP WITH NEIL BRAND 

COMPOSING, AND PLAYING LIVE, TO 

SILENT FILMS 

Visiting Professor of the Royal College of Music, Neil Brand has been 

accompanying silent films for over 25 years and he has made his name 

as a writer/ performer/composer, scoring for BFI video releases SOUTH 

(Shackleton’s Journey to the South Pole), THE RING by Alfred Hitchcock, 

and for Early Cinema, avant-garde and Russian pre-Soviet cinema. 


COST: £3.50 Max. 12 places. Bookings: 01223 579127 

Wednesday 22 September, 1.00pm–2.30pm 

LUNCHTIME ARCHIVE SHOW: A TASTE OF HISTORY ON FILM 

‘Bon Appétit’ is an appetising menu of amateur and professional archive films drawn 

from Upper Normandy and the East of England. On the menu, French bread and 

traditional butter, Cambridgeshire jam, Neufchatel cheese, oysters, cockles and other 

shellfish, eels from the fens and Essex coast - all washed down with Suffolk beer or 

refreshing Normandy cider. Also tuck in to a feast of films from the BFI National Archive 

- OLD MAN DRINKING A GLASS OF BEER (1897), Lewis Carroll-inspired food hygiene tips 

in ALICE IN LABEL LAND (1974) a VISIT TO PEEK FREAN AND COMPANY’S BISCUIT WORKS 

(1906), fishermen catching herrings along the East Anglian coast in DRIFTERS (1929) and 

enjoy a slice of cake at MARY’S BIRTHDAY (1951), Lotte Reiniger’s splendid animation. 

Introduced by Alex Davidson, BFI and Jane Jarvis, Screen East Digital 

Heritage Co-ordinator. 

Special reduction of £1 off senior citizens’ tickets. 


A Cambridgeshire Film Consortium event in association with Cambridge City 

Council, the DIGITAL HERITAGE cross-channel partnership of Screen East and 

Rouen’s Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, and the BFI Mediatheque. 

You can watch over 2000 films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of 

charge in the BFI Mediatheque at Cambridge Central Library. 


THE MASKS OF MER 

Director: Michael Eaton. UK 2010. 40 mins. 

Alfred Haddon is historically associated with Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology. He led the 1898 Cambridge University Expedition to the Torres Strait 

islands and shot a film which, although less than a minute long, is the world’s first example of 

anthropological cinema. In the documentary, THE MASKS OF MER, director Michael Eaton traces 

the extraordinary story of this neglected footage and experiments with reproducing Haddon’s 

film presentations which were synchronised to his phonographic recordings of the islanders. 

Introduction/post-screen discussion with Director Michael Eaton OBE 

Look out also for THE BEGGARS OF LIFE starring the iconic silent film star Louise Brooks, 

with live musical accompaniment from the fabulous Dodge Brothers (see page 9) 

A VISIT TO PEAK FREAN 

SAMPLING GREENE 

KING BEER 



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TICKET PRICES 

Advance tickets for all venues are 

available: in person at the Arts 

Picturehouse Box Office over the 

phone on 0871 902 5720 (9.30am 

– 8.30pm) as well as online at www. 

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£30, you can buy five tickets for any 

screening at the Arts Picturehouse. For 

Picturehouse Members and Concessions, 

the cost is just £20. You can buy as many 

passes as you like, so it’s great value 

whether you’re an avid festivalgoer or 

just coming to watch a film or two with a 

group of friends. Your Festival pass can be 

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you should specify which films you want 

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Offer excludes screenings at special ticket 

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(12, 19 & 26 September) 

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THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 

BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 

www.picturehouses.co.uk 

38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR 

Book tickets in advance for ALL venues through the Arts Picturehouse. 

The Arts Picturehouse screens a year-round programme of the best in new and classic cinema 

over three screens (including one THX-certificated for best quality sound and another RealD 

3D enabled). All screens are licensed, so you can take your drink from the café-bar in with you. 

You do not have to be a member to view films at the Arts Picturehouse, but if you are you’ll 

receive discounts on tickets, free preview screenings and priority booking for the Festival. 


BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 (via Picturehouse box office) 

www.emma.cam.ac.uk 

St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AP 

Founded in the 16th century, Emmanuel College is ideally located just opposite the Arts 

Picturehouse. Its historic surroundings will play host to a number of special screenings and 

events. The Queen’s Building, designed by Sir Michael and Patty Hopkins and voted ‘Building of 

the Year’ when it first opened, houses an impressive tiered auditorium. 

SAWSTON CINEMA 


www.sawstoncinema.org.uk 

Youth Community Centre, New Road, Sawston, CB22 3BP 

Spicer’s Theatre was the home of cinema in Sawston from 1932 until falling attendance led 

to its closure in the ‘60s. Since then, it has been a Youth and Community Centre managed by 

the neighbouring secondary school, Sawston Village College – but thanks to support from the 

Cambridge Film Trust, the UK Film Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council, films 

are once again being screened, with young people from the school running projection and all 

front-of-house operations. 

Parking is available on the Sawston Village College site. 

JESUS GREEN OUTDOOR POOL 


Jesus Green, Cambridge, CB4 3AX 

At around 90 metres long the Jesus Green Swimming Pool is one of the longest outdoor 

lidos in Europe. Found hidden behind tall trees next to the River Cam on Jesus Green the 

pool was opened in 1923. Today it retains many of its original features and constantly proves 

to be a much used attraction for Cambridge residents and visitors alike. Back in 2005 a 

short documentary, JESUS GREEN POOL, exploring the seasonal nature of the pool and its 

devotees was shown at the Festival. 

Photography by Tom Catchesides 



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Festival staff 

FESTIVAL STAFF 2010 

Tony Jones 

Festival Director 

Iris Ordonez 

General Manager 

Eftihia Stefanidis 

Short Films Programmer & Submissions 

Coordinator 

Becky Innes 

Family Film Festival 

Rebekah Polding & Nick Bradshaw 

Transported 

James MacKay 

MicroCinema 

Hannah Kilduff 

Cambridge African Film Season 

David Perilli 

Brochure & Festival Daily Editor 

Dan Taylor 

Brochure Designer 

Sara Cathie 

Brochure & Festival Daily Copy-Editor 

Trish Sheil 

Education Officer, Cambridgeshire Film 

Consortium 

Natasha Tanna 

Programming & Education Intern 

Clare Wilford 

Press & PR Manager 

Tom Catchesides 

Festival Photographer 

Jane Rich 

Development Manager 

Alex Oliver 

Marketing Manager 

Clare Leczycki 

Festival Assistant 

Claire Rastogi 

Design 

Richard Turner 

PR & Marketing Intern 

Roya Shafiei & Jesse Wood 

Events Coordination Interns 

Jessica Edwards 

Festival Administration & Hospitality 

Intern 

Simon White 

Head Driver 

Joe Delaney & Roger Smith 

Technical Managers 

Matt Waters 

Online Producer 

Matthew Pink 

Social Media Coordinator 

Fiona Scoble & Rob Beames 

Festival Daily, Sub-Editors 

Robin Castle 

Festival Daily, Designer 

Ian Thomas & David Isaacson 

IT Support 

Screen Team 2010 

Becky Innes 

Project Manager 

Alan Seiglow 

Project Coordinator 

Laurence Anderson • Aline Conti • Sarah 

Farmer • Ian Francis • Catherine Kemp • 

Danielle Machin • Charlotte Pearce-Slade • 

Nicky Smith • Jen Walsh • Shelly Xie 

Project Participants 

FOR THE CAMBRIDGE FILM TRUST 

Nick Joicey, Tony Jones, Isabelle McNeill, 

Jean Khalfa, Bill Thompson 

Board Members 

AT THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 

Keith Gehlert 

General Manager 

Joe Delaney 

Assistant Manager & Chief 

Projectionist 

Mark Walsh 

Food & Beverage Manager 

Peter Phillips 

Duty Manager 

Alex Oliver 

Marketing Coordinator & Duty Manager 

Emma Woolerton 

Duty Manager 

Roger Smith • Dermot Nolan • Claire 

Mackenzie • Christian Lapidge • Rydian 

Cook 

Projectionists 

Rebecca Burdon • Melissa Castrillon • 

Sara Cathie • Aline Conti • Joshua Cook • 

John Davis • Ruth Forgacs • Devorah Hall • 

Becky Harding • Greg Hilson • Jennifer 

Hinchliffe • Katie Jackson • Jeff Knowles • 

Alicia Lopez Rios • Tom Martin • Katie 

Patterson • Carl Peck • Lexie Selin • Jack 

Toye • Ned Wilson-Eames 

Front of House Team 

Julie Faveur • Ed Appleton • Katie Black • 

Jack Toye • Devorah Hall 

As You Like It (Kitchen Team) 

Picturehouse 

Membership 

£27 Single, £17 Concessions, 

(2 PEOPLE AT THE 

£47 Joint SAME ADDRESS) 

Call 0871 902 5720 or visit 

www.picturehouses.co.uk 

Includes: 3 free tickets per 

person l £2.00 discount on full price 

tickets l brochure mailouts l 10% 

off alcoholic beverages in the bar 

Plus: no booking fees and 

discounts at all other 

Picturehouse cinemas. 



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Thanks to… 

ADASTRA 

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY 

ARCHANT 

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND 

ARTIFICIAL EYE 

BAFTA 

BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL 

BBC CAMBRIDGESHIRE 

BBC FILM NETWORK 

BFI 

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL 

CAMBRIDGE FINANCIAL PARTNERS 

CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENTS 

CHILDREN AT HEFFERS and HEFFERS 

CHOCOLAT CHOCOLAT 

CITY SCREEN 

DE LUCA CUCINA & BAR 

EEDA 

ELERDS 


FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM 

GERMAN FILMS 

GOETHE-INSTITUT LONDON 

GRAFTON CENTRE 

GRAND ARCADE 

HAUSER-RASPE FOUNDATION 

HEART FM 

HIT ENTERTAINMENT 

LEGACY TRUST 

LIMETREE OFFSET LIMITED 

LOVE CAMBRIDGE 

MARTIN AYRES 

MET FILM SCHOOL 

MOMENTUM PICTURES 

NATIONAL FILM & TV SCHOOL 

NEW WAVE FILMS 

OPTIMUM RELEASING 

PARAMOUNT 

PARK CIRCUS 

POLISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 

QED PRODUCTIONS 

REVOLUTION FILMS 

SAWSTON VILLAGE COLLEGE 

SCREEN EAST 

SCUDAMORE’S PUNTING COMPANY 

SODA PICTURES 

SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 

STUDIO 24 

SWAN PRINT 

SYGMA SAFETY & EVENTS 

TEAM EAST FOR SKILLS 

TIGER ASPECT 

TRINITY COLLEGE 

TRINITY HALL 

TRUMPINGTON FARM COMPANY 

TTP GROUP 

UNIVERSAL PICTURES 

VERTIGO FILMS 

VERVE PICTURES 

WILKINS KENNEDY 

THE WORKS DISTRIBUTION 

and everyone else who has contributed to the Festival 

Festival photography by 

Our thanks to all who 

donated to the 30@30 

campaign 

Katie Thornburrow | Isabelle McNeill | Jean-Baptiste 

Fourcade | Mark & Victoria Sainsbury | Georgia Chubb | 

Gillie McNeill | Gavin Midgley | Zoran Hadzibabic | John 

Marenben | Nicholas Kingsbury | Ian Cross | David Trotter 

| Andrew Webber | Robert Tombs | Gordon Squires | Mark 

Green | Lucy Sheppard | Tony Eva | Francois Penz | Rickie 

Ciara Harper | Barry Shapiro | Troy Cooper | Sean Sutherland 

| Emma Pattenden | MH | Denise Chester | Kevin 

Bracey | Pam Manning | Peter Hague | Averil Parkinson | 

Chris Dorling | Christopher Townsend | Trinity College 



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Index 

A 

ALL THAT I LOVE 14 

ALMOST THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER’S CUT), 

MONTY PYTHON 28 

ANIMALS ARE MY FAVOURITE AND MY BEST 42 

ART OF THE MID-LENGTH, 

THE (SHORTFUSION) 55 

ATHLETE, THE 44 

B 

BABIES 28 

BACK TO THE FUTURE 14 

BAD COMPANY 25 

BAD SEED, THE 26 

BATTLE OF THE RAILS, THE 40 

BEGGARS OF LIFE WITH THE 

DODGE BROTHERS 9 

BEHIND THE SCENES (CFC) 56 

BEIJING PUNK 28 

BEST OF FESTIVAL (SHORTFUSION) 51 

BOB THE BUILDER: RACE TO THE FINISH 42 

BRILLIANTLOVE 15 

BUTCHER’S SON, THE 15 

C 

CAMBRIDGE IN 3D - THE LIFE OF A STATION 

(TRANSPORTED) 7 

CELL 211 15 

CITY GIRL 40 

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO 28 

CRONOS 50 

CROSS CHANNEL 25 

D 

DANCING DREAMS 29 

DARK SOULS 16 

DAVID WANTS TO FLY 29 

DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART, THE 29 

DESTINO: A CONTEMPORARY DANCE STORY 29 

DEVIL’S BACKBONE, THE 50 

DIRT 25 

DISPENSABLES, THE 48 

DON’T BE AFRAID 48 

E 

EAST ANGLIA SHORTS INC COMMON GROUND 

(SHORTFUSION) 53 

EMPIRE OF SILVER 16 

EMPIRE STATE 16 

ENTER THE VOID 17 

EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE 

BLANC-SEC, THE 13 

F 

F 17 

FAMILY SHORTS (SHORTFUSION) 53 

FAREWELL 17 

FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL 41 

FOURTH REVOLUTION, THE 44 

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 40 

G 

GARBAGE DREAMS 45 

GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF 

GLENN GOULD 35 

GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE 26 

GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST, THE 11 

GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, THE 11 

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE 11 

GRANDPA IN MY POCKET 42 

GRAVYTRAIN 18 

GRUFFALO, THE 42 

H 

HAPPY POET, THE 18 

HARVEST 18 

HENRY OF NAVARRE 49 

HILLSIDE CROWD, THE 45 

HISTORY OF CINEMA PART 1 11 

HISTORY OF CINEMA PART 2 11 

HUGH HUGHES: HOW I GOT HERE 35 

HUMAN TERRAIN 35 

HUNTER, THE 19 

I 

I MADE THIS (CFC) 57 

IF I WANT TO WHISTLE I WHISTLE 19 

INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION (SHORTFUSION) 51 

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS - 

TURNING POINTS (SHORTFUSION) 52 

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 

- WISHFUL THINKING (SHORTFUSION) 52 

INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING (CFC) 56 

K 

KUBRICK’S NAPOLEON 8 

L 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 


M 

MADE IN DAGENHAM 13 

MAKE A FILM IN A DAY WORKSHOP (CFC) 56 

MASKS OF MER (CFC) 57 

MESSENGER, THE 19 

MIRACLE OF LEIPZIG, THE 49 

MONSTERS 20 

MOVIES BESIDE THE MUSEUM - 

THE RHYTHM OF THE TRACKS 6 

MR NICE 20 

MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE 20 

N 

NÉNETTE 36 

NEUKÖLLN UNLIMITED 49 

NOKOTAHEART 25 

(NOT) COMING SOON… EXPLORING 

CINEMA’S UNMADE PROJECTS 8 

O 

O LUCKY MAN! 26 

ORDET 41 

P 

PAN’S LABYRINTH 50 

PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK, THE 41 

PELICAN BLOOD 21 

PEOPLE VS GEORGE LUCAS, THE 36 

PERESTROIKA (TRANSPORTED) 7 

PLUG AND PRAY 36 

POLICE, ADJECTIVE 21 

PROMISE AND UNREST 37 

R 

REVERSE 21 

ROCK AND ROLL FUCKING ‘N’ LOVELY 22 

ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE 22 

ROY ANDERSSON: SHORT FILMS 46 

S 

SCREEN EAST - DIGITAL 

SHORTS (SHORTFUSION) 51 

SECRET OF KELLS, THE 43 

SLADE IN FLAME 26 

SMALL FILMS FOR SMALL PEOPLE 43 

SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR 47 

SOUL BOY 45 

STEPHEN FREARS: LOOKING BACK 10 

STUDENT SHOWCASE 57 

SUPERHERO ME 37 

SUPERSTONIC SOUND 37 

SURPRISE FILM 5 

SWEDISH LOVE STORY, A 47 

T 

TAKING IT SLOW (TRANSPORTED) 7 

TAMARA DREWE 10 

TASTE OF HISTORY ON FILM (CFC) 57 

THOMAS & FRIENDS: HERO OF THE RAILS 43 

THORN IN THE HEART, THE 37 

TOWN CALLED PANIC, A 14 

TRAINS ON THE BRAIN! (TRANSPORTED) 7 

TRIDENTFEST (SHORTFUSION) 55 

TRIP, THE 9 

TRUE LEGEND 3D 22 

TWO IN THE WAVE 38 

U 

UK SHORTS - RELATIONSHIPS - 

THE ETERNAL RIDDLE (SHORTFUSION) 54 

UK SHORTS - THERE IS NO PLACE 

LIKE HOME (SHORTFUSION) 54 

V 

VOICES UNBOUND: THE FREEDOM WRITERS 38 

W 

WAGNER & ME 38 

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE 23 

WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY, THE 38 

WILDEST DREAM, THE 23 

WINTER’S BONE 23 

WORKSHOP WITH NEIL BRAND (CFC) 57 

WORLD’S GREATEST DAD 24 

WRITER IN RESIDENCE 9 

Y 

YOU, THE LIVING 47 



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