T - Raindance Film Festival

More documents

Recommendations

Info

THE FESTIVAL JURY Riz Ahmed is an award-winning actor and musician. His films include Michael Winterbottom’s The Road To Guantanamo, and Shifty, for which he was nominated for a BIFA. As Riz MC he has played the Glastonbury Festival and the BBC Electric Proms, and in 2008 opened the Meltdown Festival with Massive Attack at the Royal Festival Hall. Momoko Ando began her experiences on a film set as a member of a film crew while still a student. After studying in England, her professor recommended that she travel to New York to complete a short program at New York University majoring in directing. Returning to Japan, she started her career as an assistant director to Eiji Okuda who is her father as well as an internationally acclaimed film director. With this critically applauded first feature, she is being hailed as the Japanese Sophia Coppola. Peter Bradshaw has been the Guardian’s film critic since 1998. He wrote and acted in Baddiel’s Syndrome (2001) and contributes regularly to BBC Radio, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer. Julia Brown is the Apollo Cinemas Commercial Director. Billy Childish is an English artist, author, poet, film maker, musician and filmmaker. He is known for his prolific work-rate – he has published 40 books of poetry, produced 2500 pictures and released over 100 albums – and is admired by people such as Kurt Cobain, Robert Plant, PJ Harvey & Jack White. He has been described as ‘one of the most outstanding, and often misunderstood, figures on the British art scene.’ Kerry Fox is one of the world’s leading actresses. She received praise and a nomination from the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in Country Life, starred in Danny Boyle’s breakout British hit Shallow Grave with Ewan McGregor, and was nominated for the Canadian Academy Award (Genie Award) for her supporting role in The Hanging Garden. In 2001 she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress in Intimacy at the Berlin Film Festival and is now starring in Jane Campion’s Bright Star, as well as a new West End play Speaking In Tongues. 10 SEVENTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Jamie Graham is the Deputy Editor of Total Film magazine. Armando Iannucci has written and produced numerous critically acclaimed television and radio comedy shows, notably On The Hour, which most famously spawned The Day Today and Alan Partridge. He has fronted his own satirical programmes for Radio 4 and written and directed The Thick of It, winner of Best New TV Comedy in 2005. His debut film, In the Loop, featuring Peter Capaldi and James Gandolfini, was a critical and commercial hit. Christine Langan is an English television and film producer. Her career began in the late 1980s when she worked for an advertising company, moving onto Granada Television where she produced three series of the comedy-drama Cold Feet. In 2003 she produced the television play The Deal and later, in 2006, its theatrical follow-up The Queen. She joined BBC Films in 2006, and was appointed Creative Director this year. Jon Ronson is a journalist, author, documentary filmmaker and radio presenter. His journalism and columns have appeared in British publications including The Guardian newspaper and Time Out magazine. He has made several documentary films for television and two documentary series for Channel 4. He wrote The Men Who Stare At Goats featuring George Clooney and directed Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008). Tom Waits is a renowned musician, actor, singer-songwriter and composer. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One From The Heart. He has recorded 20 albums, winning Grammy Awards for two, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. His acting career includes roles in Rumblefish, Short Cuts and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He is shortly to be seen playing the devil in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus. Andy Williams is a BAFTA award winning television producer and writer who has produced work for the BBC, The Walt Disney Company, Channel Five and Turner Entertainment among many others. SEVENTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 11
Page 2: NEW TITLES FROM THE DOGWOOF KENNEL
Page 5: OUR THANKS TO Julia Brown, Amy Gust
Page 8 and 9: WEDS 30 SEPT THURS 1 OCT FRI 2 OCT
Page 10 and 11: devil in the blood: From Christic m
Page 15 and 16: Opposite Alexander Mackendrick, ©
Page 17 and 18: ‘ Mackendrick was never cosy, and
Page 21 and 22: ‘The main thing was to try and ma
Page 23 and 24: campaign, to step up to the plate o
Page 25 and 26: Opposite Momoko Ando JAPANESE WOMEN
Page 27 and 28: ‘pink film’ should have provide
Page 30: for several films in the first half
Page 35: Opposite Billy Bragg with Mick Jone
Page 38 and 39: ��
Page 40: OLY RALFE FIRST CAME TO RAINDANCE I

T - Raindance Film Festival

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?