Cambridge Film Festival 2010 Brochure

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.
Bookings: 0871 902 5720 / www.picturehouses.co.uk
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.
Bookings: 0871 902 5720 / www.picturehouses.co.uk
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.
Venue: Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
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.
Bookings: 0871 902 5720 / www.picturehouses.co.uk
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.
Friday 24 September, 4.00pm
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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