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PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
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Thank you. After a year that’s witnessed our passage to independence
as a Community Interest Company, a move to fantastic new office
space at 3 Mills Studios and a punishing push for funding with
a major crowdfunding campaign; saying ‘thank you’ seemed the
only appropriate way to start this welcome. Being carried over the
Kickstarter line by the film loving community earlier this year, was
an amazing and heartening experience and one the whole team will
not forget in a hurry! You can see a list of some of our crowdfunding
donors on page 44.
CONTENTS
4—Jury
4—Awards
6—Competition
7 —Our Patrons
8 —Opening Gala
8 —Centrepiece Galas
9 —Closing Gala
9 —Closing Night Gala
10 —British Cinema
14 —European Cinema
16 —World Cinema
17 —Mexican Focus
22—Shorts
26 —Masonic Temple
29 —Red Gallery
30 —Grits ’n’ Gravy
31 —Palestine on Film
32 —Free Events
34 —Cutting East
39—Industry
44 —Kickstarter Thanks
45 —Venues & Booking
46—Calendar
So, Teenage Kicks start now! We’ve shed a new skin as the festival
moves into it’s 13th edition, becoming a young adult at last, a theme
that is carried through several of our titles this year, from Noaz
Deshe’s White Shadow about a young Albino on the run from witch
doctors, to Gia Coppola’s adaptation of James Franco’s Palo Alto, to
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s extraordinary recounting of his own coming
of age in The Dance of Reality. This motif is carried through into our
country-focus this year with The Golden Dream by Diego QuemadaDiez forming part of an 8-strong programme of contemporary
Mexican cinema, co-curated by our Director-in-Residence for 2014,
Sebastian Hofmann.
Lucky for us, we kick off 13 days of cinema on Friday 13th June with
the World Premiere of Dermaphoria, the stunning feature debut from
East London filmmaker Ross Clarke, starring Joseph Morgan (The
Vampire Diaries) and Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy, Hellboy) and
close with the truest of British dandy highwayman when we welcome
Adam Ant and director Jack Bond to present a Closing Night Gala of
The Blueblack Hussar.
Like a typical teenager, we’ve cranked up the volume right across
the festival, with a whole series of music docs & performances from
A Curious Life with much loved British rock band the Levellers, to
Mistaken for Strangers about American indie stars The National, to a
visually dazzling, blood-soaked screening of The Strange Colour of Your
Body’s Tears with a World Premiere original score curated by Ben
Power (Fuck Buttons/Blanck Mass).
Some of you may have spotted that there’s a lil’ football tournament
coming up, so it seems fitting that we host the UK Premiere of You
and the Night and welcome that most mercurial of famed footballers
to our shores, Eric Cantona; and as part of a weekend of FREE
activity at East Village, East End Film Festival hosts a special footballfocused day of free family entertainment with Aardman Animation,
followed by a special Fathers Days screening of Chef, directed by Jon
Favreau and featuring Robert Downey Jr.
There’s so much more to share, from macabre happenings in a
Masonic temple to tabloid-baiting stand-up, to our ONE-STOP
FILM SHOP in Old Street station, popped-up in collaboration with
Little White Lies.
We’ve pushed through the growing pains, disregarded the rulebook
and decisively followed our own path, and the result, we believe, is our
strongest edition to date. Something that was once just a head full of
ideas has synthesised into 13 days of the boldest new voices in cinema.
So for now, I’d like to wrap up where I came in and say, thank you so
much for your support, and I hope you enjoy the festival!
Alison Poltock
Artistic Director
CREDITS
Festival Director
Alison Poltock
Associate Art Director
James Pretty
Business Outreach Officer
Priscilla Adade-Helledy
Research Assistant
Eleanor Palmer
Head of Programming
Andrew Simpson
Film Coordinator
Alay Paun
Festival Trailer Director
Kieron Hawkes
Guest Liaison
Bobbie Hughes
Festival Producer
& Head of Industry
Rachael Castell
Programming Assistant
Dimitri Boutourelis
Senior Shorts Programmer
Joao Serejo
Soundtrack Assistant
David Tojo Baymiller
Head of Press
Stuart Haggas
Festival Assistants
Emily d’Silva
Stephanie Palek
Head of Shorts
Kirsten Geekie
Head of Content
Angelica Riccardi
Production Manager
Tess Maher
Marketing Team
Jade Hucklesby
Aileen Rainmond
Cutting East Facilitators
Stephanie Pamment,
Isma Arif, Nurull Islam,
Assan Ali
Production Coordinator
Ruben Santos
Associate Producer
Mary Halton
Online Content Assistant
Paul Olney
Emerge Director
Christopher Ian Smith
Event Manager
RED GALLERY
Samir Eskanda
Mind the Gap Producer
Rachel King
Mind the Gap Assistant
Roxana Ghirbomean
#MyLondonFilm/
Communications Officer
Joanna Duncombe
#MyLondonFilm
programmer
Johanna Brooks
Shorts Programming
Committee
Mary Halton
Kirsten Geekie
Zoé Cuvillier
Andaz Installation
Designer
Lucy Jones
PR Agency
Margaret_
Hilary Cornwell
Sarah Bemand
John Dunning
Programme Designer
GilesMarshDesign.com
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FEATURE
JURY
DOCUMENTARY
JURY
DIRECTOR IN
RESIDENCE
SEBASTIAN HOFMANN
Sebastian Hofmann is an
emerging Mexican filmmaker
whose films have been
presented at the IFFR Hivos
Tiger Awards, Locarno, and
Sundance, among other
prestigious festivals. Halley,
his first feature film, has been
selected to over 50 festivals
and has won nine international
awards, including the East End
Film Festival in 2013.
IAIN FORSYTH &
JANE POLLARD Iain Forsyth and Jane
Pollard are British artists and
filmmakers who create reenactments of cultural and art
events. Working together since
the mid-nineties, their series
about the works of Nick Cave
have previously screened at the
East End Film Festival. Their
new film, 20,000 Days on Earth,
is released in the autumn.
EDDIE BERG
MARK ADAMS
EMAD BURNAT
GILLIAN WEARING OBE RA
PETER STRAUGHAN
SHANIDA SCOTLAND
Eddie Berg is the Director of
Partnerships at the BFI. Former
Artistic Director of BFI Southbank,
he was also formerly the founder and
Chief Executive of the Foundation for
Art and Creative Technology (FACT)
in Liverpool. He is also a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts.
English photographer and video artist,
Wearing has described her working
method as ‘editing life’. By using
photography and video to record the
confessions of ordinary people, her
work explores the disparities between
public and private life, between
individual and collective experience.
AWARD
CATEGORIES
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Mark Adams is chief film critic for
both Screen International and the
Sunday Mirror. An experienced festival
attendee and juror, he is the author of
several books on cinema, as well as a
former programmer for the National
Film Theatre and Director of Cinema
at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Peter Straughan is a playwright,
author, and screenwriter. He wrote
the screenplays for The Men Who Stare
at Goats, Frank and the upcoming
television mini-series Wolf Hall, as well
as co-writing the Oscar nominated,
BAFTA winning screenplay for Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy.
BEST FILM EEFF 2014
As a leading showcase for first and
second features, we are proud to
once again present our EEFF Best
Film Award. Last year’s winner
Sebastian Hofmann received the
festival’s main prize for his debut
feature Halley, and we welcome him
back this year as our Director-inResidence to co-curate a focus on
the country of his birth, Mexico.
Emad Burnat is a Palestinian film
director, storyteller, and farmer.
He became the first Palestinian to
be nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Documentary Feature in 2013
for his film 5 Broken Cameras.
TRISTAN ANDERSON
Tristan Anderson is a London based
BAFTA winning documentary
filmmaker whose films and TV shows
have been broadcast in over 15
countries. His films have garnered
national press coverage and his work
focuses on a variety of areas and
diverse subject matters.
Shanida Scotland has worked for
Storyville, the BBC’s international
documentary strand, since 2006.
Helping to commission and develop
documentaries for the strand, recent
Storyville titles include Smash & Grab:
The Story of the Pink Panthers and Pussy
Riot: A Punk Prayer.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
Recognising the most unique, human
and arresting non-fiction stories of this
year’s programme, the East End Film
Festival’s Best Documentary Feature
Award champions a film and filmmaker
in whose hands bare facts become
something profound and cinematic.
BEST FEATURE SOUNDTRACK
Integral to the process of a film’s
emotional journey is the music within
the story. Recognising the essential role
that musicians and composers play in
creating great cinematic works of art, the
EEFF Soundtrack Award honours the
capacity of music to elevate film beyond
what’s merely captured on camera.
SHORTS
JURY
SOUNDTRACK
JURY
CHRIS & BEN BLAINE
Renowned comic shorts duo
the Blaine Brothers wow
audiences across a variety
of platforms. They have
been featured by Screen
International’s “Stars of
Tomorrow”, have produced
their own hit show at the
Edinburgh Fringe, and are
currently developing their first
feature film, Nina Forever.
EVA WEBER
Eva Weber is a London-based director
working in documentary and fiction.
Her film The Solitary Life of Cranes
was described as ‘one of the most
absorbing documentaries of the year’
by The Observer. Her most recent
documentary, Black Out, screened
at this Festival in 2013.
CLINT DYER
Clint Dyer is an actor, writer, director
and producer who has been involved
with films, plays and television for
more than 20 years. He directed
The Westbridge at The Royal Court,
produced and starred in Sus (EEFF
2010), and has directed several awardwinning short films.
Image: Phil Colby
FAY MILTON
JULES WOOD
GRAHAM HARTSTONE
ARI BENJAMIN MEYERS
Fay Milton is the drummer in
Savages, one of the most exciting,
critically acclaimed bands in the UK.
Outside music, Fay also directs and
produces films specialising in music
documentary, live music filmmaking
and comedy.
Graham V. Hartstone is a British
sound engineer, nominated for three
Academy Awards for Best Sound.
His work includes Aliens (1986),
Blade Runner (1982), and Eyes
Wide Shut (1999).
Working in film & TV sound for over
12 years, Jules has worked on some of
the UK’s most creative TV dramas,
comedies and independent feature films
as well as many major foreign version
feature releases such as The Hobbit – An
Unexpected Journey, The Dark Knight Rises,
and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Ari Benjamin Meyers lives and
works in Berlin. Trained as a
composer and conductor, his work
has been increasingly present in the
contemporary art context since 2007,
and includes collaborations with artists
such as Anri Sala, Tino Sehgal, and
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster.
ACCESSION
AWARD
Sponsored by One Stop Films
BARRY ACKROYD
KARL HYDE
Barry Ackroyd BSC is a versatile
cinematographer known for his work
with Paul Greengrass, Kathryn Bigelow
and, most notably, Ken Loach with
whom he has shot over 12 films,
including the Cannes Film Festival
Golden Palm-winning The Wind That
Shakes The Barley.
BEST UK SHORT FILM
From arguments between lovers to
families reunited, youthful hopefulness
to the regrets of old age, year on year
we find ourselves overwhelmed by the
unprecedented number of excellent
new films from tomorrow’s rising stars
of cinema. This award recognises a
powerful voice emerging from short
form work, one that challenges the
well-trodden cliché that a short film is
somehow flimsier than a feature.
The winner will receive £3,000 of post
production services from Prime Focus.
Karl Hyde is one half of electronic
music group Underworld. Last year,
he released his debut solo album
Edgeland, and composed the score for
The Outer Edges, winner of last year’s
Best Soundtrack Award.
SHORT FILM
AUDIENCE AWARD
Festivals may have programmers,
juries and directors but it’s the
audience who really count. Let us
know your opinion after any of our
shorts screenings and cast your vote
for this year’s festival favourite.
ACCESSION AWARD
Newly created for 2014, the
Accession Award exists to champion
a particularly vital craft within
filmmaking and the recipient’s
establishment of a career in
filmmaking within their chosen field.
Focusing on a different discipline each
year, the EEFF 2014 Accession Award
celebrates the art of cinematography.
Sponsored by One Stop Films.
The winner will receive three days
hire of an Arri Alexa, a day of
Steadycam operation, a Focus puller
and man and van hire (See page 7).
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COMPETITION
The East End Film Festival’s awards
system is a vital part of the festival’s
mission to discover, debate and develop
new voices in cinema. Our top award
is reserved for the most outstanding
film from a first or second time director
and each year’s Best Feature Award
recipient is invited back to the East End
Film Festival the following year as the
festival’s Director in Residence.
This year’s Director in Residence is
Sebastian Hofmann (2013 Best Feature
Award, Halley), who has co-curated this
year’s East End Film Festival focus on
Mexican cinema (see page 17).
Working with the festival team to co-curate
a selection of cutting edge new cinema
from their country, the festival’s annual
national focus forms part of our continuing
commitment to new feature filmmaking
and vibrant national cinema. Previous
Directors in Residence have included
Bobby Parnescu (Francesca, 2010),
Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan, 2011)
and Armando Bo (El Ultimo Elvis, 2012),
with country specific selections including
Russia, Romania, India and Argentina.
“Mexican Cinema is going through
a wonderful period, with films
contrasting with one another while
mirroring the country, compensating
for the current social and political
chaos we’re living through. It is a great
honour to bring some of these voices to
London. The East End Film Festival
showcases edgy and original films.
Having awarded an alternative film like
Halley speaks to its modern sensibility.”
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS YEAR’S
EEFF COMPETITION LINE UP FOR 2014:
LILTING
Director: Hong Khaou
UK | 2014 | 91 min
Formative cinematic moment
I remember watching Kes in secondary
school and not thinking anything of it,
and some 10 years later I saw it again
and it completely opened my eyes,
changing the way I perceived films.
Favourite British film
I’m not sure I have any one particular
favourite British films, it changes weekly
or hourly even. The films that have all
had a deep lasting effect on me include
Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence
Davies), Brief Encounter (Noel Coward),
Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg), 2001, A
Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick), Last
Resort (Pawel Pawlikowski).
LA DISTANCIA
(THE DISTANCE)
Sergio Caballero
Spain | 2014 | 80 min
The key cinematic moment for me
has been when I went to the cinema to
see Nico in the Inner Scar by Philippe
Garrel. I went to the movies to actually
see Nico, and discovered Garrel and
auteur films. I made a tribute to
this moment in my first feature film
Finisterrae.
Blue by Derek Jarman.
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YOU AND
THE NIGHT
Director: Yann Gonzalez
France | 2013 | 98 min
I was around 12 when I watched
Suspiria by Dario Argento on an old
VHS dubbed in French, but I instantly
fell in love with its baroque violence, its
absurd poetry and its music of course.
The first 15 minutes of the film, with
this beautiful young girl running through
the woods and then being savagely
murdered, made me realise that cinema
could be as intense as my early sex
fantasies.
WHISPERS BEHIND
THE WALL
Director: Grzegorz Muskala
Germany | 2013 | 90 min
Seeing Don’t Look Now on TV as a very
young child with my father – I don’t know,
why he let me see it. Today he doesn’t even
remember. But I do. And I am grateful to
him about that experience anyway.
My favourite British film? One? How
am I supposed to choose between Bad
Timing, Blow-Up, Deep End, Peeping
Tom, Repulsion, Lawrence of Arabia? Do I
really have to?
Horror of Dracula by Terence Fisher.
WHITE SHADOW
Director: Noaz Deshe
Taznania, Germany, Italy
| 2013 | 117 min
DERMAPHORIA
Director: Ross Clarke
UK, USA | 2014 |
93 min
Being taken to the Clacton-on-Sea
Mecca cinema by my dad from the age
of three every week to see everything
from the reverie of Zefferrelli’s Brother
Sun, Sister Moon to the hysteria of
Mel Brooks’ High Anxiety meant I was
hooked on film – but more importantly
the experience of seeing film in a cinema
from day one. As much as being a film
maker I really want to own and run a
cinema one day.
I love Nic Roeg (from Performance
and Don’t Look Now and everything
inbetween up to Eureka and Bad
Timing), I love British films that break
out of the Brit gangster/costume drama
mould (films like Dead Man’s Shoes)
but more recently I fell in love with
Peter Strickland’s incredible Berberian
Sound Studio – a channelling of Roeg
via Mullholland Drive and Blow Out that
uses British parochialism as a tense
psychological foil to the world of hotblooded Italians and Argento.
(Image: Peggy Nuttall)
SUMMUM BONUM
Director: Matias Penachino
Mexico, USA | 2013 |
97 min
I was 8 and wearing a samurai suit for a
month to public school after watching
Throne of Blood by Akira Kurosawa. I
watched it many times and wanted to
remake it with my friends as some sort
of private live show.
Making Summum Bonum. Filmmaking
has always been like therapy for me. The
film’s objective was to delve into family
ties, above all brotherhood, and in one
moment I realized that I was part of
another family.
I have many, I love Raining Stones and
The Third Man, and I hear A Clockwork
Orange is British.
Riff-Raff by Ken Loach.
BLUE CAPRICE
Director: Alexandre Moors
USA | 2013 | 93 min
Catching The Belly of an Architect on late
night television during my early years of
college.
The Belly of an Architect by Peter
Greenaway.
BEST
DOCUMENTARY
As a festival with a unique history of
championing films with important
social messages, powerful truths
and insights into neglected ways
of life, and taking inspiration from
East London’s activist history,
the East End Film Festival’s Best
Documentary Award is a vital part
of the festival’s yearly awards line up.
A catalogue of the most arresting
stories in non-fiction filmmaking
presented to us this year, we are
proud to represent this year’s Best
Documentary competition line up...
CONCERNING VIOLENCE
Director: Göran Olsson
Sweden | 2014 | 78 min
MISTAKEN FOR
STRANGERS
Director: Tom Berninger
USA | 2014 | 80 min
ONE ROGUE REPORTER
Director: Rich Peppiatt, Tom Jenkinson
UK | 2014 | 55 min
NON FICTION DIARY
Director: Yoon-suk Jung
South Korea | 2013 | 90 min
MASS E BHAT
Director: Richard York, Hannan Majid
UK | 2014 | 102 min
THE WINDING STREAM
ACCESSION
AWARD
SUPPORTED BY
ONE STOP FILMS
The East End Film Festival is delighted
to announce full details of a new
award for 2014. The EEFF’s newest
prize aims to recognise outstanding
achievement in a British feature film
within the EEFF programme. The East
End Accession Award will specifically
celebrate a particular ‘craft’ or specialist
role, with categories to include (but not
be restricted to) editing, scriptwriting,
sound design and art direction.
Focusing on a different craft each year,
and intended to celebrate an individual
establishing a professional career within
their chosen field, this year’s EEFF
Accession Award will champion the art
of Cinematography.
Celebrated cinematographer, Barry
Ackroyd, famous for working on many
successful and respected titles including
The Hurt Locker, Coriolanus and most
recently Captain Philips, will judge the
overall winner – and the the recipient
will receive an unparalleled prize of a
complete cinematography package
from East London’s camera rental
company ONE STOP FILMS based at
3 Mills Studios.
One Stop Films have offered the winner,
three days hire of an Arri Alexia package
with all the trimmings, alongside a
day of Steadicam operation with One
Stop Co-director’s Daniel Bishop and
Jonathan Iles; in addition to a Focus
puller, man and van hire. This ONE
STOP package will give our winner
a tailored, unrivalled opportunity to
continue producing phenomenal work in
the future.
Director: Beth Harrington
USA | 2014 | 90 min
OUR
PATRONS
STEVEN BERKOFF
MICHAEL NYMAN
DANNY BOYLE
JAIME WINSTONE
JOE WRIGHT
STEPHEN WOOLLEY
PAWEL
PAWLIKOWSKI
ASIF KAPADIA
JASON
SOLOMONS
is an actor, writer,
director and East London
resident. He is known
for his innovative work
in theatre, as well as
numerous screen roles.
is an English actress,
known for her roles
in Kidulthood, Made
in Dagenham and the
television series Dead Set.
is BAFTA winning director
whose films include My
Summer of Love, The
Woman in the Fifth and Ida.
is a BAFTA winning
British composer, known
for his work on films
such as The Piano, as well
as a pioneering role in
minimalist composition.
is a British film director.
He is most well known for
his adaptations of Pride
& Prejudice, Atonement,
and Anna Karenina. He is
currently shooting Pan.
is a BAFTA winning
filmmaker and Hackney
resident. His films include
The Warrior and Senna.
is an Academy Awardwinning director, best
known for Slumdog
Millionaire, Trainspotting &
the Opening Ceremony of
the 2012 Olympic Games.
is a renowned film
producer, whose credits
include Interview with the
Vampire and Made in
Dagenham. He is currently
working on the film Carol
with Todd Haynes.
is an English film
critic and broadcaster.
He is also Chairman
of the London Film
Critics’ Circle
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OPENING NIGHT
GALA
DERMAPHORIA
UK, USA | 2014 | 93 min
World Premiere
Genesis
Friday 13 June, 7:00pm
£15 for Gala Screening
+ Welcome Drink
£25 for Gala Screening +After Party
at Trapeze Bar (with free Southern
cocktails and song)
Not only does this summer mark 13
years since the first edition of the
East End Film Festival, but it also
represents the festival’s first outing as a
fully independent body. So what better
place to open this year’s East End Film
Festival than at the Genesis Cinema,
the festival’s original birthplace and host
venue. Join us at our Opening Night
Gala of Dermaphoria as we celebrate
the bright future and brilliant debut of
an East End filmmaker, and start the
festival as we mean to go on for the
next 13 days.
In Dermaphoria, East London’s Ross
Clarke (working again with Teryn Fogel,
the producer of Clarke’s documentary
Skid Row, EEFF 2010) heads West to
America to make a stylish, atmospheric
feature debut. Clarke’s film sees Eric
Ashworth (Joseph Morgan, The Vampire
Diaries) wake up in jail accused of arson,
and only able to remember the name
Desiree (Nicole Badaan). A strange new
hallucinogen allows him to recover his
memories, but makes the world around
him more and more terrifying, as past
and present begin to blur together.
Also starring Ron Perlman (Hellboy),
Walton Goggins (The Shield,
Sons of Anarchy) and Kate Walsh
(Grey’s Anatomy), Dermaphoria is a
phenomenally realised, hallucinatory
experience. Making atmospheric use
of New Orleans, it recalls Angel Heart,
Memento and Upstream Colour, and
represents the arrival of a truly talented,
distinctive new voice in cinema. Our
Opening Night Gala for 2014, it
represents an artistic ‘coming of age’
that couldn’t be a better fit for the East
End Film Festival in its 13th year.
Screening supported by Splice.
Preceded by the premiere screening of the winning film from the #MyLondonFilm short
film competition hosted in conjunction with Time Out and partnered with YouTube.
CENTREPIECE GALAS
MISTAKEN FOR
STRANGERS
USA | 2014 | 80 min
Hackney Picturehouse
Saturday 14 June, 6:30pm
YOU AND THE NIGHT
(LES RENCOUNTRES
D’APRÈS MINUIT)
UK Premiere
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CLOSING NIGHT
GALA
THE BLUEBLACK HUSSAR
Director: Jack Bond
UK | 2013 | 100 min
+ Live Performance
Secret Venue (See festival website)
Wednesday 25 June, 8:00pm
The East End Film Festival celebrates
creative risk taking, artistic endeavour
and the maverick spirit that we believe
reflects the spirit of London’s most
dynamic quarter. Few figures reflect
that spirit quite like Stuart Goddard,
aka Adam Ant, whose return to musical
prominence, delivered with a spirit of
defiance from the man himself, has been
brilliantly captured in Jack Bond’s film
The Blueblack Hussar.
A ride along with Adam Ant’s return,
The Blueblack Hussar is prefaced by the
once world-famous music star’s halcyon
days in the 1980s, and his disappearance
from public life after being sectioned.
Featuring the likes of Charlotte
Rampling, Mark Ronson, Allen Jones,
John Robb and Jamie Reynolds, it is
a film exploring the road back for a
true English original. Still channelling
his highwayman/soldier persona, he
has, against all the odds, got himself
back to playing to huge audiences once
again, unapologetically and without
compromise. A man after our own
heart, what better way to close the
festival in 2014.
FOLLOWED BY A VERY
SPECIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE,
AND THE EAST END FILM
FESTIVAL 2014 CLOSING
NIGHT PARTY!
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
BLOOD TIES
Director: Guillarme Canet
UK Premiere
France, USA | 2013 | 127 min
French actor-director Guillarme
Canet (Tell No One) makes his English
language debut with this star studded,
thrilling retro-crime drama. Written
by James Gray (We Own the Night), a
director seemingly bent on resurrecting
1970s Hollywood in 2014, Blood
Ties is a classically realised foray into
American genre. Featuring standout
performances from Clive Owen, Billy
Crudup, Marion Cottilard, Mila Kunis
and James Caan, it boasts convincing
period style, suspense and tragedy.
A brilliantly realised story of family
loyalties, betrayal, and the lure of the
underworld, it is a heart pumping way to
close the 2014 East End Film Festival.
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BRITISH
People often say we get the cinema
our times deserve, and nowhere is
this more true than in this year’s
British selection. Presenting 31 films
from British filmmakers, this is a
particularly exciting, radical year.
From UK directors heading to far
flung lands (Dermaphoria, Mass-eBhat, The Process, Casablanca Calling)
to those telling tales of scraping by on
the streets of East London (Hackney’s
Finest, Greyhawk, Hot Wings, King
UK | 2014 | 43 min
World Premiere
Aubin
A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD…
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
JESSE HECTOR? +Q&A
Director: Caroline Catz
Jesse Hector works as a cleaner, but not
many people know about his rock &
roll career, which spans some 50 years.
Inspiring British punks in ’76 with his
of the Road); and from refreshing
departures from the clichés of British
film (Hide and Seek) to portraits of
our capacity for bringing people
together (Lilting, Leave To Remain,
Here and Now), this is a remarkably
strong year, representing this island’s
cinematic talent. What’s more, with
the likes of Stay Greasy, A Curious
Life, A Message To The World and The
Blueblack Hussar, the era of the music
inspired maverick lives on.
legendary stage shows and his space-age
mod look, he’s a perennial influence
on the UK music scene, without ever
having quite hit the big time that
his stature once promised. Charting
his rise and fall from fame, and his
attempts to answer the question ‘what
ever happened to Jesse Hector and the
Hammersmith Gorillas?’ Carline Catz’s
film is an intimate loving look at one
of British rock & roll’s cult icons, with
contributions from admirers such as
Mark Lamar.
UK | 2014 | 78 min
World Premiere
Red Gallery
Sunday 15 June, 6:30pm
A CURIOUS LIFE
+LIVE PERFORMANCE
story through Jeremy Cunningham, the
band’s bassist. A product of Thatcher’s
Britain, the Levellers achieved
phenomenal success before disappearing
in a train wreck of drink, drugs and
creative drought. A portrait of both a
fascinating character and a touchstone
group this is, in Jeremy’s own words, a
”journey through 25 years of subsidised
dysfunctionalism”.
RR Special Event (see page 30)
UK, Romania | 2013 | 98 min
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
UK | 2013 | 85 min
World Premiere
Genesis
A VERY UNSETTLED SUMMER
(O VARA FOARTE INSTABILA)
+Q&A
THE BEFUDDLED BOX
OF BETTY BUTTIFINT +Q&A
UK | 2013 | 100 min
Secret Venue (see page 9)
the planet in the 1980s, disappeared
completely from public life when he
suffered a recurrence of the depression
that has afflicted him since he was a
young man. Sectioned and forcibly
sedated, few would have anticipated his
return. Featuring the likes of Charlotte
Rampling, Mark Ronson, Allen Jones,
John Robb and Jamie Reynolds, this
is a film exploring the road back for a
unique British pop star.
RR Closing Night Gala
Director: Dunstan Bruce
“I can do whatever I like, but the most
interesting thing about me is that I’m in
the Levellers.” So begins A Curious Life,
Bruce’s history of the 90s indie success
Director: Anca Damian
An English journalist receives a message
from his ex. But what seems like an
opportunity to rekindle old passions
is actually an offer from her to play
a different version of herself. Reality
and storytelling blur in this clever,
bewitching drama about what we
would like to believe about ourselves
and others.
THE BLUEBLACK HUSSAR
+Q&A +LIVE PERFORMANCE
Director: Jack Bond
An engrossing portrait of a true English
original, The Blueblack Hussar is Jack
Bond’s ride through the world of
Adam Ant. The iconic pop star, who
was perhaps the biggest music star on
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Director: Janis Pugh
Janis Pugh’s debut feature portrays
an elderly woman living within her
own confused mind. Using the vivid
landscape of Betty’s memories, Pugh’s
film blurs the line between reality and
fantasy, between real memories and
symbols of her past. A moving, poetic
take on the life, loves and losses of a
person whose world is fading away.
UK | 2013 | 105 min
World Premiere
Genesis
UK, Morocco | 2014 | 70 min
European Premiere
Rich Mix
THE BUSKERS & LOU +Q&A
CASABLANCA CALLING +Q&A CASTLES MADE OF SAND +Q&A DERMAPHORIA +Q&A
Director: Louise Orton
Documenting a quiet social revolution,
Casablanca Calling takes us to the heart
of a fierce sociological debate currently
sweeping through Morocco. In a country
where 60% of women have never been
to school, a new generation of women
have started work as Morchidat (official
Muslim leaders), working within some
of the country’s poorest communities.
Director: Mungo Benson
A truly micro-budget debut feature from
debut director Mungo Benson, Castles
Made of Sand follows a troubled and
alienated man trying to adapt to life
on the outside after a 12-year stint in
prison. Trying to repair his relationship
with his daughter, the pull of his old life
threaten to prove to much, and he slowly
finds himself back in dangerous territory.
Ross Clarke (Skid Row, EEFF 2010)
heads West to America to make his
stylish, atmospheric feature debut with
Dermaphoria. A fragmented, involving
plunge into a fractured psyche, it sees
Eric (The Vampire Diaries) wake up in
jail, accused of arson and suffering from
amnesia. Also starring Ron Perlman
(Hellboy) and Kate Walsh (Grey’s Anatomy).
RR Opening Night Gala
UK | 2013 | 54 min
Genesis
UK | 2010 | 79 min
World Premiere
Genesis
UK | 2014 | 90 min
London Premiere
Rio
UK | 2014 | 10 min
UK Premiere
Genesis
Tuesday 17 June, 8:45pm
DROWNED CITY +INTRO
GODARD & OTHERS +Q&A
GREYHAWK +Q&A
HERE AND NOW +Q&A
Director: Alex Cassun
Having grown up enjoying a
freewheeling bohemian lifestyle, Lou
mysteriously disappears from his
hometown. He returns years later
without explanation determined to
embark on a ‘responsible’ life. Yet when
he runs into an old friend, he finds
himself torn between his new setup
and his old existence. This atmospheric
drama asks whether growing up and
letting go are the same thing.
Director: Faith Millin
There are an estimated fifty illegal radio
stations in London. The maximum
penalties for transmitting are an
unlimited fine and a jail sentence.
Over three years, the filmmaker
follows three pirates, from towerblock rooftops to OfCom studio raids,
asking why individuals take such
significant risks to their safety and
welfare, for the sake of broadcasting.
UK | 2014 | 89 min
World Premiere
HACKNEY’S FINEST +Q&A
Director: Chris Bouchard
A crowd-pleasing tale of mayhem and
ineptitude, Hackney’s Finest pits a
group of hopeless Hackney drug dealers
against a group of corrupt policemen,
Russian thugs & Welsh-Jamaican arms
Director: Barry Bliss
Beatie and Daly are radical filmmakers
looking to re-inject politics into British
film. But they are consistently met with
Britain’s surveillance society, particularly
Section 44, which allows police to arrest
anyone filming in public, that they feel
could be a potential threat. Meanwhile,
their charismatic teacher Torrence (Paul
McGann) is lecturing on how to make
movies, thereby commenting on the
struggle of its lead characters.
UK | 2013 | 75 min
European Premiere
Genesis
Director: Guy Pitt
Mal Walker (Alec Newman), a blind,
reclusive, disillusioned army veteran,
is forced into a down-at-heel council
estate called Greyhawk when his beloved
dog goes missing. Part detective story,
part involving relationship drama,
Guy Pitt’s debut feature (written by
brother Matt Pitt) is shot in and around
East London, and is an atmospheric,
beautifully acted story of a man
making his way back to the world.
UK, USA | 2014 | 93 min
World Premiere
Genesis
Director: Lisle Turner
Grace initially resists leaving East Ham
for a trip to the countryside with her
parents, but on meeting Say, her tough
exterior begins to crumble. Spending
their days together in this peaceful
retreat, they begin to let go and come to
understand one another beyond a simple
holiday romance.
+ FAMILY REUNION
UK | Director: David Kitchen | 10 min
dealers, creating a knowing antidote
to the tired British gangster genre.
Much to his girlfriend’s annoyance,
small time drug dealer Sirus is due to
make one small ‘exchange’ from home with inevitably disastrous consequences.
Debut feature from writer Thorin Seex
and director Chris Bouchard (The
Hunt For Gollum, one of YouTube’s
most successful fan videos).
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UK | 2014 | 80 min
London Premiere
Genesis
HIDE AND SEEK +Q&A
Director: Joanna Coates
Four young people flee the big city.
Establishing their own polyamorous
countryside commune, they begin to
apply a series of rules, games and rituals
to their daily lives, the isolating nature of
their environment creating a space free
from the inherited constraints of ‘real
world’ existence. As their inhibitions
and past traumas fade, they achieve a
unique kind of personal and collective
happiness. Joanna Coates’ deeply
original, meditative take on a group of
young, unmoored adults is many things:
an evocation of retreat as protest, a
tribute to spirituality in a cynical world,
and a refreshingly unBritish assertion
of sexuality’s role in self discovery. A
refreshing, unexpected debut feature.
UK | 2013 | 78 min
World Premiere
Genesis
UK | 2013 | 70 min
Genesis
KING OF THE ROAD:
PETER PICKLES AND THE
HOMELESS INDUSTRY +Q&A
LATE AT NIGHT: VOICES OF
ORDINARY MADNESS +Q&A
Director: Patrick Steel
60 years old, and homeless for over 5
years, Peter has always had offers of
lodging. However, he usually finds his way
back to the streets. When his best friend
Lionel is offered a permanent home, Peter
considers settling down. But can they
adjust to interior living? A moving story of
independence and friendship, challenging
dominant narratives about homelessness.
UK | 2013 | 89 min
Genesis
Thursday 19 June, 6:30pm
LEAVE TO REMAIN +Q&A
Director: Bruce Goodison
An Afghan boy arrives at a refugee home
setting off a chain of unforeseen events
in this powerful film by lauded television
director Goodison who worked with
amateur actors to create unforgettable
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Director: Xiaolu Guo
Evoking a part of London shaped by
uneven development, Guo’s film is
structured like a strange, late night
television programme. Introducing
characters from different ends of
the social spectrum, from gang
members to City bankers, East
London emerges as exactly what it
is: a microcosm of the tensions and
shifts at the heart of modern Britain.
characters. With an original soundtrack
from Mercury-winners Alt-J, this is a
timely cinematic take on the experience
of many refugees in the UK, falling
emotively between documentary
realism and heightened drama.
UK | 2014 | 100 min
World Premiere
Stratford Picturehouse
UK | 2014 | 100 min
Genesis
HOT WINGS +Q&A
INNA VISION FILM
SCHOOL SCREENING +Q&A
Director: Mitch Panayis
As the world descends on London in
2012, a very different kind of competition
is taking place in the alleyways
surrounding the Olympic Park. In this
tale of local hoods, a group of chancers
decide to cash in on the Games. DJ
2K returns home from a kind of exile
to reconcile with his father only to find
himself drawn into a world of criminality,
deception and violence in the shadow of
the Olympic development.
UK | 2014 | 91 min
LILTING +Q&A
Director: Hong Khaou
When Kai dies, his lover Richard
(Ben Whishaw) reaches out to Junn
(Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’s Cheng
Pei Pei), Kai’s Chinese-Cambodian
mother. Unaware of her son’s sexuality,
and unable to speak English, she slowly
A special programme from the Inna
Vision Film School in East London,
who work with adults with and without
experience of mental health issues to
make powerful, engaging short films.
This work explores various aspects
of mental health, particularly among
African and Caribbean communities.
comes to acknowledge, understand
and share Richard’s grief, in this
subtly, minimally drawn debut from
Hong Khaou. Previously supported
by the Tower Hamlets Film Fund
(then connected to the East End Film
Festival) for his 2006 short film Summer,
Khaou’s film beautifully explores the
limits of language to express emotion,
and the ways that loss can bring the
walls down.
RR Unpacking British Cinema:
Special Industry Event
UK | 1980 | 114 min
Genesis
UK | 2014 | 102 min
World Premiere
Rich Mix
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
MASS E BHAT +Q&A
Director: John Mackenzie
The Long Good Friday is the perfect fit
for our senior screening - documenting
as it does the renovation of East
London’s Docklands, and starring the
sadly missed Bob Hoskins in a careerdefining role alongside Helen Mirren
and a young Pierce Brosnan. A slice of
East London film history.
RR FREE ENTRY for the over 60s
Directors: Richard York, Hannan Majid
The Rainbow Collective’s exploration
of childhood in Bangladesh, Mass E
Bhat sees social worker Nasir wandering
through Dhaka’s Korrail slum searching
for children to enrol in his school. Whilst
walking he recounts the story of his own
youth, creating a portrait of a nation in
flux to the backdrop of an emotional
and brilliant score from John Pandit
(Asian Dub Foundation).
UK | 2014 | 60 min
World Premiere
Rio
UK | 2013 | 93 min
Genesis
THE PROCESS +Q&A
SOHO CIGARETTE +Q&A
Director: Joshua Baker
The human dimension of the recently
collapsed Middle East peace talks come
into view in this impressive exploration
of the forces, personalities and geopolitical factors constraining the IsraelPalestine question.
Also screening as part of the
Palestine on Film Programme
Director: Jonathan Fairbairn
Rock n’ Roll tour guide Dee imagines
himself as a modern day Henry VIII, with
Soho as his hunting ground. Splashing
his last penny on a classic Mercedes after
his girlfriend throws him out, things begin
to spiral out of control when he discovers
that the daughter of the previous owner
died on the backseat. This is a cool,
off-kilter debut from director Jonathan
Fairbairn (graduate of MIND THE GAP
Industry Programme ’13).
UK | 2014 | 55 min
London Premiere
Rio
ONE ROGUE REPORT +Q&A
Directors: Rich Peppiatt, Tom Jenkinson
Recovering tabloid hack Rich Peppiatt
has fallen out with the rag trade, it’s
safe to say. Having turned on the
tabloid industry during the Leveson
Inquiry, accusing the industry of both
Islamaphobia and fitting the facts to
UK | 2014 | 85 min
World Premiere
Red Gallery
STAY GREASY +EVENT
Director: Jonathan Lowe
A tale of straight razors and hair grease,
this freewheeling film is proof that
rockabilly is alive and well thanks to a
small barber shop in the West End. At
It’s Something Hell’s on Carnaby Street,
the Toulouse-born Mr. Ducktail and his
UK, Turkey | 2013 | 66 min
Genesis
TASKAFA, STORIES FROM
THE STREET +Q&A
Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman
An exploration of memory and belonging
told through the story of Istanbul’s
street dogs, Taskafa is an unusual insight
into how people think about their city.
With attempts by the city’s rulers to
match the story, here he turns his hand
to filmmaking, delivering a mercilessly
satirical dissection of his former trade.
Turning the tables on unscrupulous
newspaper bosses, he lampoons
the hypocrisy and dishonesty of his
former employers through a series
of mischievous stunts and interviews
with heavyweights from the worlds of
journalism, ﬁlm, comedy and politics
(Steve Coogan, Kelvin Mackenzie
among them). A brilliant, searing and
very funny exposé.
pin-up stylist wife Miss Betty ply their
trade, coiffering the city’s pin-ups and
hepcats. With his own brand of clothing,
hair products and an enormous online
following, Mr. Ducktail is something
of a legend in the London rockabilly
scene, and makes all his customers wait
without appointment, celebrity or not.
An exploration of the life and styles of a
modern day 50s rocker.
exterminate Istanbul’s dog population
having lasted for 400 years, this is a
tale of resistance, as neither the dogs
themselves nor the local population have
accepted that they don’t have the right
to exist. Structured around readings by
internationally acclaimed Hackney-born
novelist, essayist, and critic John Berger,
Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s film is a
dialogue between power and the people,
of who owns a city’s identity, and the
relationships that make them whole.
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UK | 2014 | 120 min
World Premiere
Rio
TAKING THE DOG
FOR A WALK
+Q&A +LIVE EVENT
Director: Antoine Prum
An in-depth exploration of the British
free improvisation movement, from
Derek Bailey to the present, Taking the
Dog For a Walk goes to the heart of a
committed, unique music community.
Partially shot in and around Hackney,
a home for this particular musical form
both historically and now, Antoine
Prum’s film doubles as a kind of
comment on the role of East London in
shaping important creative movements,
as well as providing the most loving and
detailed tour around the highways and
byways of free improvisation in Britain,
celebrating its major figures, and led by
interviewer Stewart Lee.
UK | 2013 | 34 min
UK Premiere
Red Gallery
UK | 2014 | 88 min
World Premiere
Genesis
THE TUNNEL +Q&A
YOU (US) ME +Q&A
UK Premiere
Switzerland | 2013 | 85 min
UK Premiere
BLOOD TIES
CHERRY PIE
Directors: Domenico Favata,
Jody Vandenburg
This doc recalls a venue once home to
Britain’s most subversive comedy acts.
Centred around the game-changing
figure of Malcolm Hardee, alternative
comedy’s unsung ‘godfather’, this is a
funny and moving portrait of a place
that Harry Enfield sums up by saying;
“If you could survive there, you could
survive anywhere.”
Director: Max Sobol
Boy (a fledgling serial killer), meets girl
(at the end of a chain of multiple failed
suicide attempts), and surprisingly saves
her life. Their meeting seems like a match
made in heaven... until they begin to fall
in love. Seemingly unable to deal with
the most normal of human emotions, yet
united by their own unique antipathies
towards other people, debut director
Sobol depicts an unlikely romance that’s
alternately funny, disturbing and moving.
EUROPEAN
The respectable face of continental
cinema is nowhere to be seen here.
The French are launching wild
orgies (You & the Night), or they’re
eccentric maniacs (Tip Top). The
Germans are channeling Polanski
via a rickety apartment block, where
the corridors are full of anxiety
about female sexuality’s control over
impressionable young men (Whispers
Behind The Wall). Eastern Europe
is shown to have two very different
sides, with The Gambler reflecting
Sweden | 2014 | 78 min
London Premiere
CONCERNING VIOLENCE
Director: Göran Olsson
Göran Hugo Olsson (The Black
Power Mixtape) returns with another
powerful filmic retrospective conjured
from the archive. Inspired by Frantz
Fanon’s book The Wretched of the Earth,
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Lithuanian fears that all is not well,
whilst the delightful Little Crushes
brings an American indie style love
triangle to Polish twenty somethings.
Visual artist Neil Beloufa creates the
apocalypse on the set of an American
sop opera (Tonight and the People)
and Spain’s Sergio Cabballero (the
co-director of Barcelona’s Sonar
Festival), gives us heists and psychic
dwarves in a strange, alternate reality.
It’s a minefield out there.
Olsson’s film takes a look back on
Africa’s independence and liberation
movements, and the uprisings that led
to much of Africa’s decolonisation. Like
his previous film, here he uses archive
material filmed by Swedish documentary
filmmakers and television journalists
between 1966 and 1984, and this time
scores the added coup of the stirring
narration of Lauryn Hill. A powerful,
important documentary.
Director: Guillaume Canet
This thrilling retro-crime drama from
Guillarme Canet (Tell No One) stars
Clive Owen as an ex-con emerging
from prison into 1974 Brooklyn, only to
clash with his cop brother Frank (Billy
Crudup). Performances from Cottilard,
Kunis and Caan make this a tense tale of
family loyalties, betrayal, and the lure of
the underworld.
RR Closing Night Film
Director: Lorenz Merz
Fleeing a troubled relationship, Zoé
takes to the north through the everchanging landscape of Switzerland. She
eventually boards a ferryboat from which
a mysterious woman suddenly disappears
launching Zoé’s real adventure in this
staggering, beautifully atmospheric
debut from one of Switzerland’s most
exciting young filmmakers. Featuring
an astonishing performance from lead
actress Lolita Chammah.
Spain | 2014 | 80 min
UK Premiere
Estonia | 2013 | 104 min
London Premiere
Genesis
THE DISTANCE
(LA DISTANCIA) +Q&A
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Filmmaking legend Alejandro
Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy
Mountain) returns with his first feature
film in 23 years. A poetic reflection on
Director: Sergio Caballero
La Distancia (The Distance) drops us into
an alternate future/universe where people
communicate via telepathy, possess
telekinetic powers, and a group of Russian
dwarves are hired to steal a mysterious
device known as ‘The Distance’. A
visually spectacular, aurally monstrous
vision of Sergio Caballero, co-director of
Sonar festival. A comically surreal, utterly
cinematic unmissable fantasy.
FREE RANGE (BALLAAD
MAAILMA HEAKSKIITMISEST)
THE DANCE OF REALITY
(LA DANZA DE LA
REALIDAD) +Q&A (tbc)
the filmmaker’s own childhood in a
town on the edge of the Chilean desert,
The Dance of Reality is a trademark
mixture of classical biography, strange
mythology, and sections of off-kilter
poeticism. It ranks as another great
Jodorowsky film about an utterly
unique figure finding their place in the
world, and seeing what lies beneath it;
except this time, it’s explicitly about
himself. The EEFF hopes to welcome
Alejandro Jodorowsky to London for
this screening.
Lithuania, Latvia | 2013 | 109 min
UK Premiere
Genesis
Ireland | 2014 | 90 min
UK Premiere
Genesis
Poland | 2014 | 78 min
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
Romania | 2014 | 97 min
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
LITTLE CRUSHES
(MALE STLUCZKI) +Q&A
THE SECOND GAME
(AL DOILEA JOC)
Iceland | 2014 | 97 min
London Premiere
Rich Mix
Blaming herself for the tragedy, she takes
on her brother’s love for metal, yearning
for escape and a life playing music.
Playing guitar at her brother’s grave, and
visiting the bus stop leading out of town
but never leaving, her life seems to be on
hold until a group of fans arrive having
somehow gotten hold of one of her
tapes, and everything begins to change.
A charming, funny tale of cows, snowy
mountains and hard rock.
France, Chile | 2013 | 130 min
London Premiere
Barbican
Monday 16 June, 6:00pm
THE GAMBLER (LOSEJAS) +Q&A GOLD
Director: Ignas Jonynas
Vincentas is an intelligent, quick thinking
paramedic: good at his job, popular,
compassionate. However, he is also a
committed gambler. Forced to make a
radical decision in an attempt to repay his
debts he makes a choice that will end up
putting much more than money at stake
in this gripping drama thriller.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Lithuania.
Director: Niall Heery
After 12 years away, Ray is drawn home
to reconnect with his daughter in this
heartwarming, offbeat comedy. Much to
his surprise, his ex-wife has built a new
life with his former PE teacher, whose
uptight nature contrasts wildly with
his own. As Ray clumsily rebuilds his
bridges, and this unconventional family
adjust to one another, life becomes
increasingly hilarious, as well as hopeful.
Directors: Aleksandra Gowin,
Ireneusz Grzyb
A fresh, youthful take on love-triangles.
Kasia and Asia live and work together
but the girls’ closeness is shaken with
the arrival of newly single Piotr. But as
tensions and emotions begin to run high,
nobody seems willing to make the next
move. A cool, unconventional story about
love, self-knowledge and ordinary life.
METALHEAD (MÁLMHAUS)
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Born on the floor of her parent’s
cowshed in 1970 just as Black Sabbath
were giving birth to heavy metal, Hera
leads a happy childhood until her older
brother is killed in a farming accident.
Director: Veiko Ounpuu
Fired for writing an expletive-laden
review of Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life,
would-be writer Fred turns to manual
labour in a bid to recover his personal
integrity. But that’s just the start of his
dawning realisation of life’s inherent
absurdity, in this caustically funny tale of
existential crisis from the director of The
Temptation of St. Tony.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
In a World Cup year, Porumboiu takes us
back to December 1988 when his father
was acting as referee in a football match
between two Bucharest teams. 25 years
on, the two re-watch the match together,
touching on father-son relations, the
transition from dictatorship to democracy,
and the ways that the beautiful game can
influence our hopes, fears and memories.
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Belgium, France, Luxembourg|2013|102min
Red Gallery
France | 2014 | 106 min
UK Premiere
Barbican
TIP TOP
Director: Serge Bozon
French director and raconteur Serge
Bozon (La France) returns with a sly,
satirical take on the cop thriller. Two
internal affairs investigators (Isabelle
Huppert and Sandrine Kiberlain) join
forces with a small provincial police
department to investigate the murder
of an Algerian informant, only to find
themselves being spied upon by another
officer, which reveals an increasingly
bizarre series of facts about their private
lives. Funny, inventive and off the wall,
this is an adaptation of the Bill James
novel of the same name, and is worth
the price of admission for Isabelle
Huppert’s wild performance alone.
THE STRANGE COLOUR OF
YOUR BODY’S TEARS
(L’ ÉTRANGE COULEUR DES
LARMES DE TON CORPS)
Director: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
A man looking for his missing wife
becomes lost in the labyrinthine halls of
his apartment building, in this dazzling,
blood-soaked thriller. Following
cryptic messages left by his mysterious
neighbours, he becomes enmeshed
in a nightmare of dark fantasies and
violent fetishes. This unique cinematic
experience will be heightened by
a phenomenal rescore curated by
Benjamin John Power (Fuck Buttons/
Blanck Mass) composed by Blanck
Mass, Helm, Konx-Om-Pax, Roll The
Dice, MoonGangs and C Spencer Yeh.
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
Germany | 2013 | 90 min
UK Premiere
TONIGHT AND THE PEOPLE
WHISPERS BEHIND THE
WALL (DIE FRAU HINTER
DER WAND) +Q&A
Director: Neil Beloufa
This ‘artistic sitcom’ from French film artist
Neil Beloufa is a beautiful, extraordinarily
weird take on American soap operas,
westerns and the apocalypse. Cowboys,
activists, hippies and self-obsessed twenty
somethings hang out on a fake Hollywood
backlot. Characters from imaginary movies
mix with actors killing time off camera to
come together celebrating 21st century
America, and contemplating what’s next as
the apocalypse looms.
Director: Grzegorz Muskala
Ignoring the previous tenant’s
inexplicable disappearance, Martin falls
for his landlady, a potentially deadly
femme fatale. An atmospheric, Polanskiesque debut, this is a frightening, blackly
funny take on the horrors of first love,
and parents’ worst fears about what their
children might be getting up to after
leaving home.
WORLD
UK Premiere
YOU AND THE NIGHT
(LES RENCOUNTRES
D’APRÈS MINUIT) +Q&A
This provocative, gloriously neondrenched debut opens on a young
couple and their transvestite maid as
they prepare for a midnight orgy. With
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guests The Slut, The Star, The Stud and
The Teen they embark on a series of
fantasies including bikers, graveyards,
and a sex-crazed Russian prison
guard. Featuring a career redefining
performance from Eric Cantona, and a
thrumming score from French electropop kingpins M83, this is a thrillingly
confident film by a stylish new director.
Traverse Argentine punk-puccini
Skater musicals (Pendejos) and hard
knock lives on Native American
reservations (Rhymes for Young
Ghouls), the plains of Texas (We
Gotta Get Out of This Place), and the
Canadian wilderness (Whitewash).
Cutting edge documentaries speak
of shocking violence in Korea (the
incredible Non-Fiction Diary) and
internet martyr Aaron Schwartz
(The Internet’s Own Boy). A day of
Palestine on Film (featuring Mars
at Sunrise, the source of this year’s
programme cover image); barmy
Indian island fantasies (Tasher Desh);
exclusion in America (Blue Caprice);
the sounds of shoegaze (Beautiful
Noise), modular synthesisers (I Dream
of Wires) and juke joints (Grits n’
Gravy); a brilliant live soundtrack
(Belladonna of Sadness); and a
shocking drama about the albino
organ trade (White Shadow).
This is a whirlwind selection
of mind-altering cinema.
The festival is also delighted to
present a special focus on Mexico in
2014. Co-curated by our Director
in Residence Sebastian Hofmann
(EEFF 2013 Best Feature Award
Winner, Halley), and supported
by both the Mexican Embassy
and London MexFest, this line up
includes festival hits Club Sandwich
and The Golden Dream; tales of
human tragedy in Petosi and British
director Marc Silver and Gael
Garcia Bernal’s Who is Dayani
Cristal; bustling Mexico City films
Calle Lopez and Malaventura; crowd
pleasing teen punker We Are Mari
Pepa; and the World Premiere of
Halley DOP Matías Penachino’s
debut feature Sommum Bonum, all
centred on a panel discussion on
the country’s thriving film culture,
featuring our guest directors.
Viva Mexico.
Mexico | 2013 | 80 min
UK Premiere
Genesis
Mexico | 2013 | 82 min
London Premiere
Rich Mix
CALLE LOPEZ
CLUB SANDWICH
Directors: Gerardo Barroso, Lisa Tillinger
López Street, at the historic heart
of Mexico City, is a bustling hive of
activity, a slice of true working class
Mexico. Filmmakers Gerardo Barroso
and Lisa Tillinger capture an entire day
in the life of the street, observing the
local workers who, going about their
days, spontaneously create a kind of
living theatre.
Guatemala, Spain, Mexico |
2013 | 102 min
journey from the slums of Guatemala
to (they hope) the US, via cargo trains
and railroad tracks. Meeting a Native
American with no fluency in Spanish,
their dreams of a better life are soon
threatened by a group of people
traffickers in this moving, elemental
debut that wowed audiences at Cannes
last year.
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Celebrated Mexican new wave director
Eimbcke returns with another awkward
comedy of manners. 15 year-old
Héctor discovers love and sex whilst
on holiday with his mother, when
16-year-old Jazmin arrives, and the two
teenagers gravitate toward one another.
A lovely, believable drama of shifting
sands, and coming of age.
THE GOLDEN DREAM
(LA JAULA DE ORO) +Q&A
Mexico | 2012 | 67min + 45 min
UK Premiere
Barbican
Mexico | 2013 | 120 min
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
Mexico, USA | 2013 | 97 min
World Premiere
Rich Mix
Mexico | 2013 | 100 min
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
MALAVENTURA
+MEXICAN CINEMA PANEL
POTOSÍ
SUMMUM BONUM +Q&A
WE ARE MARI PEPA
(SOMOS MARI PEPA)
UK, Mexico | 2013 | 85 min
Rich Mix
another statistic in the frightening records
of those who attempt unsuccessfully to
make their way to America from Mexico,
are the words ‘Dayani Cristal’ tattooed
on his skin. Following this mystery,
Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal and
British director Mac Silver take a trip to
the heart of the immigrant communities
trying to make their way to the promised
land, discovering the human dignity
and hopefulness lost in debates on
immigration.
Director: Michel Lipkes
Our special panel discussion on the
current state of Mexican cinema; will
feature directors Sebastian Hofmann
(Halley), Diego Quemada-Diez (The
Golden Dream) and Fernando Eimbcke
(Club Sandwich). Malaventura follows an
old man’s journey through the streets of
Mexico City. A powerful drama centred
on a man wrestling with his guilt, this is
a timely portrait of modern Mexico.
WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL?
+Q&A
Director: Marc Silver
Beneath a Cicada Tree in the
Sonora Desert, the police discover
a decomposing male body, identity
unknown. The only distinguishing
characteristic of this mystery man, yet
Director: Alfredo Castruita
Castruita’s multi-layered debut centres
on an accident on a deserted road in
the hinterland of Mexico. Potosí, the
name of towns in both Mexico and
Bolivia, is cleverly drawn as being
no place in particular. A lynching, a
murder and a kidnapping all play a
part in this sweeping, tragic tale of
blood soaked crossfire, and the lives it
leaves behind.
Director: Diego Quemada-Díez
Examining the poisoned chalice of
the American Dream by way of the
leftist humanism of Ken Loach, The
Golden Dream follows three teenagers
Director: Matías Penachino
Two estranged brothers take a road
trip together to their family home, both
needing to reconnect with the past for
very different reasons. What follows is
a journey across stunning American
landscape, as people who have left
behind straight laced beginnings
for exciting, ‘creative’ lives begin to
reassess what’s important. A maudlin,
beautifully shot, existential travelogue
of twenty something apathy.
Director: Samuel Kishi
Alex, a Guadalajara teen, dreams
of finding a girlfriend, and winning
the upcoming “battle of the bands”
with his band Mari Pepa. The only
problem? You need two songs, and
they only have one. The band’s attempt
to come up with a second track
becomes a vehicle for their collective
angst, and their lives begin to shift over
one summer.
South Africa | 2013 | 75 min
European Premiere
Rich Mix
Tunisia, France, Qatar | 2013 | 106 min
London Premiere
Rich Mix
USA | 2014 | 87 min
London Premiere
Aubin
Japan | 1973 | 93 min
Red Gallery
ANGELS IN EXILE
BASTARDO
BEAUTIFUL NOISE
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
(KANASHIMI NO
BELLADONNA)
+LIVE SCORE
Director: Billy Raftery
A challenge to dominant narratives
about homeless kids, Angels… sees
director Raferty embed himself in
the young homeless community of
Durban, South Africa. Caught in a
cycle of violence, rape and murder, he
follows Zulieka and Ariel over 8 years,
chronicling their entire adolescence,
aided by insightful, moving narration
from Charlize Theron, reminding us that
these are indeed still children.
Director: Néjib Belkadhi
A magical realist fable of power and
corruption, Bastardo sees social outcast
Mohsen experience a reversal of fortune
when a phone company installs a relay
tower on his roof. As mobile phone
fever grips the village, he becomes a
local kingpin, driving away his friends,
and antagonising a local mobster. An
absurdist drama of how power corrupts,
and spectacular downfall.
Director: Eric Green
A passionate dive into an important
indie scene, Eric Green’s film explores
the innovative 80s minds who melded
guitar-based noise with unforgettable
pop structure: My Bloody Valentine, The
Cure and the Cocteau Twins. Getting
some notoriously camera shy names
to speak about their work, influences
and legacy, this is an insight into some
legendary rule breakers and sonic
innovators.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
A cult classic with dazzling psychedelic
visuals, this is the fable-like tale of a
peasant woman who makes a pact with
the devil. EEFF are delighted to present
a world premiere live rescore for the
film by lauded London psych pop outfit
Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs.
USA | 2013 | 93 min
UK Premiere
USA | 2014 | 115 min
East Village
USA | 1974 | 83 min
Red Gallery
Argentina | 2013 | 98 min
BLUE CAPRICE
CHEF +FREE OUTDOOR EVENT
COCKFIGHTER
THE DESERT (EL DESIERTO)
Director: Alexandre Moors
Few films manage to seriously explore
the African American experience as
powerfully as Moors’ psychological
drama inspired by the ‘Beltway Sniper’
shootings of 2002. Moors strips away
the sensationalist aspects of the story
to focus on the relationship between a
disenfranchised teenager and a haunted,
disturbed man who becomes a surrogate
father figure, before leading him down a
dark path of violence.
USA | 2013 | 91 min
European Premiere
Rio
GETTING GO, THE GO
DOC PROJECT
Director: Cory James Krueckeberg
A tale of cyber-obsession, lust and New
York night life, Getting Go sees a college
grad begin shooting a documentary
about the NYC gay scene, mostly in
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Director: Jon Favreau
Fired from his restaurant job in LA,
Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) returns
to Miami with his tail between his
legs. Renovating a food truck, he
intends to drive to LA and resurrect
his gastronomic career. But the
experience with his new colleagues, and
a reconnection with his son lead him to
reassess his priorities. A film from the
heart, and the stomach.
RR Special Event / East Village
order to get closer to Go, a go-go dancer
on whom he has an enormous crush.
Ending up in the relationship that he
both dreamed of and feared most, he
finds the object of his affections much
more complex than he imagined,
and the lure of the city at night to be
an intimidating place. Cory James
Krueckeberg’s film is a fresh relationship
drama for the digital age.
Director: Monte Hellman
Adapted from cult noir writer Charles
Willeford and starring Warren Oates,
Harry Dean Stanton and Laurie Bird,
Cockfighter is an iconic cinematic tale
of redemption, game-fighting pits,
bloodsport and the beauty of the Deep
South. A rarely seen cult classic.
Screening as part of the Grits &
Gravy Programme, see page 29
Director: Christoph Behl
Axel, Ana and Jonathan are trapped
in a boarded-up house, surrounded
by the ravages of the apocalypse. An
atmospheric, minimalist take on the
zombie film, Behl’s debut feature
bravely focuses on the relationships and
simmering tensions that exist between
its three principal characters; a complex
love triangle that’s challenged when
Axel and Jonathan capture a zombie one
afternoon.
ADOPTED FILM
USA | 2013 | 70 min
London Premiere
Rich Mix
GOODBYE GAULEY
MOUNTAIN: AN ECOSEXUAL
LOVE STORY +Q&A
Directors: Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle
Protest and new age sexuality
come together in this rollicking
documentary following ‘ecosexuals’
Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle.
Arriving in Appalachian West Virginia
to protest against the harmful
practice of MTR (mountain top
removal), they preach their doctrine
of “Earth as lover”, quite literally
embracing the natural world.
Looking to rally people to their cause
by bringing sexiness and spirit to the
environmental movement, this is a
sensual take on sticking it to the man.
USA | 2013 | 88 min
UK Premiere
Red Gallery
Director: Robert Fantinatto
Presented with Liquid Amber, witness the
resurgence of the modular synthesiser:
an idiosyncratic machine that endures as
a unique, iconic instrument, captured in
a riveting new film. One for tech heads
and beat makers alike, this screening will
be accompanied by a live set from some
top-secret synth performers.
Produced by Liquid Amber in collaboration
with the East End Film Festival.
Director: Mitchell Altieri
A gripping thriller that follows a
teenager looking for her lost sister in the
Appalachian Mountains, the alcoholic
ex-serviceman she recruits to help her,
and the snake-handling religious cult
they encounter on the way. A cool dive
into Southern Gothic and religious
fundamentalism.
Canada, UK, USA | 2013 | 102 min
UK Premiere
Red Gallery, Saturday 21 June, 7:30pm
I DREAM OF WIRES +LIVE
MODULAR PERFORMANCE
HOLY GHOST PEOPLE
Palestine, France, Italy | 2012 | 58 min
European Premiere
Red Gallery
USA | 2014 | 105 min
London Premiere
Genesis
THE INTERNET’S OWN
BOY: THE STORY OF
AARON SWARTZ
Director: Brian Knappenberger
The story of programming prodigy and
information activist Aaron Swartz. From
Swartz’s help in the development of the
basic internet protocol RSS to his cofounding of Reddit, his fingerprints are
all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s
groundbreaking work in social justice
and political organizing combined with
his aggressive approach to information
access that ensnared him in a two year
legal nightmare. It was a battle that
ended with the taking of his own life at
the age of 26. Aaron’s story touched a
nerve with people far beyond the online
communities in which he was a celebrity.
JUST PLAY
USA | 2014 | 83 min
European Premiere
Red Gallery
Southern raconteurs are as practiced in
spinning great yarns as they are in hard
living. By combining the narration of the
actual participants with feature-length
re-enactment, filmmakers Gideon C.
Kennedy and Marcus Rosentrater marry
broad subject – the greatest bar story
ever told – with experimental form in
this debut, full-length docu-comedy.
LIMO RIDE +Q&A
Dirs: Gideon C. Kennedy, Marcus Rosentrate
Ten friends hire a limo to take them
to the beach for New Years, only to
find themselves kidnapped, stripped,
stranded and left for dead. A true tale
told by those who lived it, these ten
Director: Dimitri Chimenti
Men and women working with a
Palestinian Cultural Association in the
West Bank turn music into a means
of freedom and liberation. A powerful
case for human dignity, and Beethoven,
Mozart and Bach in instilling hope.
Screening as part of the Palestine
On Film Programme, see page 29
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Palestine, Canada, USA | 2014 | 75 min
UK Premiere
Red Gallery
MARS AT SUNRISE
Jordan, Germany, Qatar, Palestine |
2013 | 80 min
UK Premiere
Red Gallery
2010 was a big year for The National.
About to embark on their biggest ever
tour after years of struggling to gain their
current status as one of America’s most
lauded guitar bands, Matt Berninger
invited his younger brother Tom, to join the
crew for the tour. Tom – a heavy metal fan
and amateur horror filmmaker – brought
his camera with him, and begins to make
waves in a world he doesn’t understand.
The result is one of the best music
documentaries of recent years, as well as
a funny, moving and insightful portrait of
love and rivalry between siblings.
South Korea | 2013 | 90 min
London Premiere
Barbican
Russia, USA | 2014 | 90 min
European Premiere
Rich Mix
Argentina | 2013 | 157 min
UK Premiere
Rio
NON-FICTION DIARY
(NON-PIK-SYEON
DA-I-EO-LI) +Q&A
THE NOTORIOUS MR. BOUT
P3ND3JO5 +Q&A
Director: Jessica Habie
A reimagining of the story of Palestinian
artist Hani Zurob, starring Ali Suliman
(Body of Lies) as a man arrested by Israeli
authorities and forced to ‘name names’.
A story about creative jealously and
power, its powerful imagery provides the
cover image for this year’s festival.
Director: Yoon-suk Jung
When a group of serial killers were
apprehended in South Korea in 1994, it
was revealed they had forced one of their
hostages to participate in their crimes.
Connecting the case with disparate
events to explore schisms within Korean
society in the aftermath of military
rule and industrialisation, this is an
extraordinary documentary.
USA | 2014 | 80 min
Genesis
MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS
+Q&A WITH TOM BERNINGER
& MATT BERNINGER
Directors: Tony Gerber, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Now prison-bound, Viktor Bout used to
be a globe-hopping arms dealer, labeled
‘The Merchant of Death”. In his view,
he was merely a family man travelling the
world for business, carrying a videocamera
with him wherever he went… and so this
documentary explores the way evil men
can convince themselves of their own
banality. Oscar-nominated Pozdorovkin
(Pussy Riot) has unsurprisingly turned his
story into great cinema.
Director: Mais Darwazah
Inspired by artist and writer Hasan
Hourani, Mais Darwazah visits her
homeland of Palestine, taking a journey
to the sea at Jaffa, and connecting ideas
of homeland, history and love.
USA | 2013 | 100 min
London Premiere
Aubin, Sunday 22 June, 8:45pm
Director: Raúl Perrone
Veteran Argentine filmmaker Parrone
makes improvised films with nonprofessional actors; with P3nd3jo5 (slang
for dumbass) he returns with a film
that’s destined to become a cult classic.
A black and white, silent film based in
Buenos Aires, it features a soundtrack of
Puccini, punk and modern electronics. A
stylish and gritty take on the city’s skater
scene covering tales of love, violence and
organised crime.
PALO ALTO
Canada | 2013 | 88 min
UK Premiere
Rich Mix
death of her mother and brother, and
preparing to welcome her father home
from prison. Things begin to become
dangerous when her father returns from
prison, thanks to escalating harassment
from a local law enforcement agent –
that she has been paying with funds
made from selling marijuana to keep her
out of a reformatory. Mixing film noir,
teen caper, supernatural fable, and a
refreshingly tough female protagonist,
this is a stylish, hard sitting debut.
RHYMES FOR YOUNG
GHOULS
Director: Jeff Barnaby
A rare film for being set on a Native
American reserve, Rhymes for Young
Ghouls takes us back to 1976, and follows
a 15 year old girl coping with the violent
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MY LOVE AWAITS
ME BY THE SEA
Director: Gia Coppola
Based on James Franco’s book, Gia
Coppola’s directorial debut portrays high
school kids growing up in California.
April has a complex relationship with
her soccer coach (Franco), Teddy casts
glances at her from afar, and Fred’s
outlandish behaviour threatens terrible
consequences. A brilliantly drawn vision
of confused youth, destined to become
one of America’s iconic high school films.
Premiere Status
Red Gallery
THE SHEBABS OF YARMOUK
Director: Axel Salvatori-Sinz
Five Palestinian youths living in the
Yamouk refugee camp in Syria hang
out in shantytown conditions. Filmed
over three years, “when fate’s your foe,
decide to laugh rather than cry!” is the
order of the day. A portrait of friendship,
and lives permanently on hold.
USA | 2013 | 92 min
UK Premiere
Red Gallery
India, Sri Lanka | 2012 | 112 min
Genesis
Time and date TBC
Australia | 2014 | 100 min
London Premiere
Rich Mix
STOP AT NOTHING: THE
LANCE ARMSTRONG
STORY +Q&A
Director: Alex Holmes
BAFTA award winning director
Alex Holmes (Dunkirk, The House of
Saddam) turns his attention to the Lance
Armstrong scandal in Stop at Nothing,
USA | 2013 | 92 min
London Premiere
Rich Mix
THIS AIN’T NO MOUSE MUSIC WE GOTTA GET OUT
OF THIS PLACE
Directors: Maureen Gosling, Chris Simon
A step into the real of Southern Gothic
and religious fundamentalism, Holy Ghost
People is a gripping thriller that follows a
teenager looking for her lost sister in the
Appalachian Mountains, and the alcoholic
ex-serviceman she recruits to help her.
Running into a snake-handling religious
cult, the search to discover her sister’s fate
may just seal her own.
Director: Simon Hawkins, Zeke Hawkins
Three teenagers enjoy a night on the
tiles, until they realise their stash is
stolen property. Forced to pull a heist
their nerdy ways never prepared them
for, this taut thriller marks a terrific
debut, boasting a phenomenal sense of
place, and charismatic performances
from Mackenzie Davis, Logan Huffman
and especially Mark Pellegrino as
nihilistic arch-villain Giff.
USA | 2014 | 90 min
European Premiere
Red Gallery
THE WINDING STREAM
a forensically detailed and riveting
exposition of one of the biggest cons in
sporting history and its aftermath. From
sporting promise to spectacular downfall
through life-threatening tragedy and
inspiring victory, Holmes’ film may prove
to be the definitive cinematic account of
the how and the why of an unbelievable
story leaving no stone unturned in its
search for the truth. A compelling,
unrivalled work of film journalism, told
from the perspective of those that turned
against him to bring him down.
TASHER DESH
Tanzania, Germany, Italy |
2013 | 117 min
UK Premiere
Canada | 2013 | 90 min
UK Premiere
Genesis
WHITE SHADOW
(BALTAS SESELIS)
Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Snowplough driver Bruce (Hayden
Church, Sideways) wakes up at the
wheel in the woods of Northern Quebec
to find that he’s just run over a man.
Burying his victim in the snow, he
flees into the woods, but is constantly
lead back to the crime scene, forced to
examine his guilt amidst the unforgiving
wilderness. A psychological survivalist
thriller, anchored by a great central
performance.
Director: Noaz Deshe
City living and even love can’t protect
young albino Alias. In Tanzania, witch
doctors believe albino body parts can cure
illness. This phenomenal debut feature
(exec produced by Ryan Gosling) is an
involving, terrifying exploration of folk
religion, interspersing handheld realism
with moments of dreamlike escape, and
evoking a world that is all too real.
Director: Q (Kaushik Mukherjee)
A world-weary prince is shipwrecked
in a strange emotionless world under
authoritarian regime and leads a
revolution in this utterly bonkers new
film from the filmmaker, artist and rapper
known as Q. Adapted from a play by
Rabindranath Tagore, and combining
psychedelia, gritty video and classic Indian
tropes, this is a fantastically original fable,
with a wonderful soundtrack from the
likes of Asian Dub Foundation.
WHITEWASH
Director: Beth Harrington
The story of a roots music dynasty, from
the original Carter family to the Carter
Sisters, and from marital alliance with
Johnny Cash to current efforts to keep
their legacy alive. The first documentary
to tell the full story of an incredible
family, and a tribute to a musical legacy
with its source at the headwaters of
American roots music.
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SHORTS
This year’s shorts programmes
have been designed to provoke
thoughts and feelings of alienation,
obsession, deviation, reaction,
confrontation, perception and
devotion. Purposefully emotive
they each suggest and depict the
extreme ends to which human
nature can go, or think. Curated
from an open submissions process
the programmes are a response
to a remarkable attitude shared
amongst the films submitted this
year – exploring the extremities of
love and life from the gentle and
tender, to the humorous, silly and
ridiculous, all the way out to the
chilling and barbaric. Demonstrating
filmmaking from around the corner
there are two programmes celebrating
the Best of British, as well as a
selection of international films woven
throughout the themed programmes.
Representing live action, animation,
documentary, and experimental and
with Audience and Jury Awards for
Best Short Film up for grabs, each
programme is packed with films
intent on getting a reaction whether it
be affectionate or alarmed.
ALIENATION
al-ien-a-tion
[eyl-yuh-ney-shuh n, ey-lee-uh-]
noun
Genesis
1. the act of alienating;
2. the state of being alienated;
3. the state of being withdrawn or
isolated from the objective world, as
through indifference or disaffection;
Monster
Norway | Carl Christian Lein Starner
| 23 min
Self Portrait With Migrane
Canada | Kathryn Hepburn | 1 min
Made
UK | Norbert Schoerner | 20 min
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
UK | Spencer Brown | 14 min
The Hedgehog
UK | Chris Lee & Paul Storrie | 7 min
Colours
UK | Graham Fitzpatrick | 15 min
Frayed
UK | Georgia Oakley | 8 min
Total running time: 88 min
CONFRONTATION
con-fron-ta-tion
[kon-fruh n-tey-shuh n, – fruhn-]
noun
1. an act of confronting;
2. a meeting of persons face to face;
3. an open conflict of opposing ideas,
forces, etc;
Cadet
Belgium | Kevin Meul | 15 min
Commerce City
USA | Gaston Yvorra | 19 min
Took Them Away
UK | Rob Savage | 4 min
Say Nothing
UK | Roland Kennedy | 14 min
Take Me To The Front
UK | Stefan Pietrocola | 13 min
Int’Vic
UK | Brady Hood | 18 min
DEVIATION
de-vi-a-tion
[dee-vee-ey-shuh n]
noun
Rich Mix
1. the act of deviating;
2. departure from a standard or norm;
3. the error of a compass due to local
magnetic disturbances;
The Day My Fish Died
UK | Adam Greves | 7 min
Yield
USA | Caleb Wood | 2 min
Exile
UK | Zac Moss | 6 min
47 Cleveland
UK | Giles Anderson | 12 min
Into The Blue
UK | Adam & Tree Carr | 8 min
Angels
UK | Ian Pons Jewell | 11 min
The Bird House
Japan | Mina Arai | 7 min
Only Solomon Lee
Spain | Alex Lora | 15 min
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DEVOTION
de-vo-tion
[dih-voh-shuh n]
noun
Genesis
1. profound dedication; consecration;
2. earnest attachment to a cause,
person, etc;
3. an assignment or appropriation to
any purpose, cause, etc.;
PERCEPTION
per-cep-tion
[per-sep-shuh n]
noun
Genesis
1. the act or faculty of perceiving,
or apprehending by means of the
senses or of the mind; cognition;
understanding;
2. immediate or intuitive recognition
or appreciation, as of moral,
psychological, or aesthetic qualities;
insight; intuition; discernment;
3. the result or product of perceiving,
as distinguished from the act of
perceiving; percept;
Baby
UK | Josh Feder & Saul Abraham | 15
min
Ghost Of A Smile
Denmark | Peder Thomas Pederson |
4 min
Home & Key
Kurdistan | Shwan Attoff | 15 min
Gift From God
UK | William Kee | 9 min
Uproot
UK/India | Debjita Dhar | 15 min
If We Were Together
Netherlands | Rowena Crowe | 5 min
Luminita
Portugal/Romania | Andre Marques |
20 min
OBSESSION
Unclear Proof
UK/Germany | Max Hattler | 1 min
Stop the Show (aka WAR)
UK | Max Hattler | 1 min
Gadjo
UK | Victoria Fiore | 14 min
Gil Immacolati
France | Ronny Trocker | 13 min
Terra
UK/Portugal | Pedro Lino | 12 min
Devil In The Room
UK | Carla MacKinnon | 8 min
Monotony
UK| Joanne Postlewaite | 2 min
Out Of Darkness
UK | Manjinder Virk | 13 min
‘Documentary’
UK | Thomas Grimshaw | 15 min
Keep London Moving
UK | Jevan Chowdhury | 3 min
REACTION
ob-ses-sion
[uh b-sesh-uh n]
noun
1. the domination of one’s thoughts or
feelings by a persistent idea, image,
desire, etc.;
2. the idea, image, desire, feeling,
etc., itself;
3. the state of being obsessed;
re-ac-tion
[ree-ak-shuhn]
noun
1. Something done, felt, or thought in
response to a situation or event;
2. A chemical process in which
substances act mutually on each
other and are changed into different
substances, or one substance changes
into other substances;
Potasio
Spain | Pedro Moreno Del Oso | 11 min
Sausage
UK | Robert Grieves | 7 min
Lonely Hearts
UK | Leon Chambers | 11 min
Hymm To Pan
UK | Ryan Vernava | 22 min
The Birthday Gift
UK | Max Myers | 12 min
Mark
UK | Serge Teulon | 14 min
Serori (Celery)
Spain | Pedro Collantes | 15 min
Wallace
USA | Ian McCulloch | 19 min
Boxer on the Wilderness
UK | Alexandra Boyd | 8 min
Directionless
UK | James Button | 4 min
Duchamp
USA | Sai Selvarajan | 8 min
One Day
UK | Keith Gubbins | 4 min
Hiccup
USA | Griffin Devine & Alyssa
Radmand | 18 min
The 10AM
UK | Colin O’Toole | 14 min
Handuken
UK | Chris Chung | 3 min
EVE
UK | Leonardo Machado | 17 min
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Rio
Saturday 14 June, 1.30pm
Britain on Film #1 is the first of two East
End Film Festival shorts programmes.
Celebrating an extraordinary year for
short films that portray life all over the
UK, this programme is comprised of
five moving, heartfelt dramas. With
touching tales of seaside retirement
homes and faded stardom; a story of a
boy coming to terms with his mother’s
death in Northumberland shot by
Christopher Doyle; a tragic drama set
around the 2011 London riots; love in
rural communities; and a young boy
who dreams of being a cowboy around
his countryside home; these five films
are examples of exciting new filmmakers
telling uniquely British stories. Each film
will be followed by a short Q&A.
LOOKING FOR VI
UK | David Maybrick | 29 min
THE BOY AND THE BUS
UK | Simon Pitts | 23 min
VIGILANTE
UK | Benedict Sanderson | 22 min
FIRE HORSE
UK | Matt Bell | 17 min
THE CASTLE
UK | Ryan Vernava | 13 min
BRITAIN ON FILM
#2
Rio
Sunday 22 June, 12.30pm
Join the EEFF for the second Britain
on Film programme, which celebrates
an extraordinary year for short films
portraying life in various areas of the
UK. Comprised of five dramas and
a documentary, here we encounter
lonely river dredgers; a tragic, fading
Yorkshire woman clinging to her past;
a hilarious take on the tolls of the
financial crisis on would be city boys;
a kid in the Welsh valleys dreaming of
being an astronaut; and a portrait of
Harvey Gould, a man who has
lived in Soho since 1938
and is a living testament
to London’s twentieth
century history. These
films are examples of
great filmmakers telling
uniquely British stories.
Each film will be followed
by a short Q&A.
THE RIVER
UK | John Michell | 16 min
TREASURE
UK | Joe Cottrell-Boyce | 15 min
LILLY
UK | Brett Chapman | 27 min
TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION
UK | Mark Jackson | 23 min
GLYN
UK | Yann Gorriz | 12 min
HARVEY’S SOHO
UK | Hazuan Hashim | 20 min
& Phil Maxwell
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SCREENINGS
MAGIC & THE
MACABRE AT THE
MASONIC TEMPLE
The Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel
Witches, ghosts and devilish mermaids invade the
Andaz Hotel Liverpool Street’s Masonic Temple for
this special weekend of EEFF screenings. Co-curated
by Strange Attractor Press, join us for a line up of
screenings and talks, taking you from Wicca to haunted
Mexican convents, and from British classics to a special
evening with Dave McKean.
Located on the fringes of
vibrant East London, the
five star boutique Andaz
Liverpool Street hotel is
proud once again to be
the official Hotel Partner
of the East End Film
Festival, 2014.
As a core value of Hyatt’s
lifestyle Andaz brand,
Andaz Liverpool Street
reflects the personality
of its locale and through
partnership with the
Festival joins in the
celebration of London’s
East End cultural scene.
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SATURDAY 14 JUNE
SUNDAY 15 JUNE
DAYTIME
DAYTIME
12.00PM: WITCHUMENTARY DOUBLE BILL
12.00PM: BRITISH 60s DOUBLE
with Mark Pilkington (Strange Attractor) and
William Fowler & Vic Pratt (BFI Flipside)
EYE OF THE DEVIL
Tickets: £13
www.seetickets.com/go/magicmacabreday14th
LEGEND OF THE WITCHES
Director: Malcolm Leigh | UK | 1970 | 72 min
Featuring Alex & Maxine Sanders, the spirit of the late 1960s magical
revival is captured in this exploration of the currents of English witchcraft.
+
SECRET RITES
Director: Derek Ford | UK | 1971 | 47 min
in association with BFI Flipside
A rarely seen mondo-esque documentary sees a young West London
hairdresser join a Notting Hill coven in a spectacular nightclub rite.
3.00PM: ALUCARDA
Director: Juan Lopez Moctezuna | Mexico | 1978 | 74 min
Alucarda has been brought up in a convent to shield her from her
father’s evil influence, but the devil in her cannot be suppressed.
Tickets: £13
www.seetickets.com/go/magicmacabreday15th
Director: J. Lee Thompson | UK | 1966 | 92 min
A vineyard owner (David Niven) returns to his castle, where he and his wife
(Deborah Kerr) are confronted by a witch, calling for a blood sacrifice.
+
2.00PM: NIGHT OF THE EAGLE
Director: Sidney Hayers | UK | 1962 | 87 min
in association with BFI Flipside
A psychology professor discovers that his wife has been practicing witchcraft
and presses her to stop. Then things begin to go horribly, supernaturally wrong.
4.00PM: AUDREY ROSE
Director: Robert Wise | USA | 1977 | 113 min
16mm Screening
A young Anthony Hopkins is unnervingly obsessed with the idea
that Ivy Templeton is the reincarnation of his daughter.
+ THE MOON BIRD
Director: Brothers McLeod | UK | 2010 | 15 min
An orphan girl is kidnapped by a witch in this dark animated fairy tale.
EVENING
Tickets: £13
www.seetickets.com/go/magicmacabreevening15th
EVENING
Tickets: £13
www.seetickets.com/go/magicmacabreevening14th
6.00PM: POSSESSION DOUBLE BILL
INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER
Director: Kenneth Anger | USA | 1969 | 12 min
Part of Anger’s Magick Lantern series with a
soundtrack by a Moog-wielding Mick Jagger.
+
NIGHT TIDE
Director: Curtis Harrington | USA | 1961 | 86 min
+ post-screening discussion with Will Fowler (BFI
Flipside) & Mark Pilkington (Strange Attractor)
Seaman Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper) falls for Mora (Linda
Lawson), who believes she’s descended from the sirens.
8.30PM: THE LAST WINTER
Director: Larry Fessenden | USA/Iceland | 2006 | 107 min
Oil company employees, led by Ron Perlman, are building an
ice road in the remote Arctic. When a member of their team is
found dead, fears arise that nature may be striking back.
7.00PM: AN EVENING WITH DAVE MCKEAN
Illustrator and designer Dave McKean has created books and graphic
novels of The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman) and The Homecomeing
(Ray Bradbury), worked with Richard Dawkins and Stephen King,
designed characters for Harry Potter, and exhibited across the world.
Join us for an evening with a truly unique artist, where Dave will discuss
his work, and offer an exclusive first look at footage from his upcoming
feature Luna. His other work can be seen on www.keanoshow.com.
MIRRORMASK
USA, UK | 2005 | 104 min
+ Shorts + Dave McKean in conversation with SF Said
A collaboration with Neil Gaiman, Mirrormask is a dizzying journey
into a complex fantasy world. 15-year-old circus worker Helena finds
herself in a landscape filled with giants, monkeybirds and dangerous
sphinxes. The mysterious Mirrormask is her only hope of escape.
+
THE WEEK BEFORE
UK | 1998 | 23 min
A card game between God and the Devil, inspired
by jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
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[N]EON
UK | 2002 | 28 min
Bruised from a failed marriage, a man wanders around Venice
finding old books, memories, and a momentary ghost.
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STEP INTO THE FUTURE OF FILM, AS THE
EAST END FILM FESTIVAL EXPLORES THE
CONVERGENCE OF FILM, DIGITAL AND
STORYTELLING AT EMERGE – A DAY OF
TALKS, DISCUSSIONS AND NETWORKING
FEATURING RADICAL THINKERS, DIGITAL
PIONEERS AND INNOVATORS IN FILM
AND VIDEO. WE TAKE A GLIMPSE
FORWARD TO THE YEAR 2024 AS WE
PREDICT, SPECULATE AND DEBATE HOW
THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF FILMMAKING
AND AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES WILL
EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE DAY IS DIVIDED ACROSS 3 AREAS:
+ EXPERIMENTS IN MOVING IMAGE
+ THE FUTURE OF THE FILM INDUSTRY
+ INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING
We will also explore the impact our fast changing digital society will have
on the world of film, with exclusive filmed contributions from sociologists,
filmmakers and experts in the world of convergent technology.
SPEAKERS ON THE DAY INCLUDE:
+ SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST & CROSSOVER
+ SARAH TURNER : Artist, Writer and Filmmaker (Perestroika)
+ ANNA HIGGS: Head of Digital, Film4
+ MARTIN PERCY: Interactive Director (Lifesaver)
+ ED COOKSON: Audiovisual Producer (The Sancho Plan)
+ EVAN BOEHM: Director and Coder (The Carp and The Seagull)
+ STEPHEN FOLLOWS: Producer, Catsnake Film
+ SARAH TIERNEY: Founder, We Are Colony
+ FERNANDO R GUTIERREZ DE JESUS: CreateYour Own Documentary
And MANY MORE NAMES to be added......
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THURSDAY 19 JUNE
9AM–5.30PM
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WELCOME TO
RED GALLERY
...the East End Film Festival’s very own adopted
bar, evening hangout and multimedia, cross
platform screening space. This is the place to find
filmmakers, the festival team, and EEFF audiences
passionately discussing the day’s films long into
the evening. Join us upstairs for drinks, chatter
and DJs every night of the festival.
Meanwhile, downstairs, the EEFF hosts some
of its most exciting music and cross-platform
screening events, from world premieres to live
scores, and from retro musical styles to the noise
drenched sonic cinema of the future…
WORLD PREMIERE:
A CURIOUS LIFE
WITH THE LEVELLERS
(ACOUSTIC)
WITH WORLD PREMIERE
LIVE SCORE BY CHARLIE
BOYER & THE VOYEURS
UK PREMIERE:
I DREAM OF WIRES
WITH LIVE
PERFORMANCE &
MODULAR SYNTH
WORKSHOP
PALESTINE
ON FILM
THE STRANGE COLOUR
OF YOUR BODY’S TEARS
WITH WORLD PREMIERE
NEW SOUNDTRACK
CURATED BY BENJAMIN
JOHN POWER (FUCK
BUTTONS/BLANCK MASS)
WORLD PREMIERE:
STAY GREASY
WITH LIVE ROCKABILLY
MUSIC NIGHT
ONE ROGUE
STAND-UP
WITH
RICH PEPPIATT
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Cost for entire day: £10
Join us at any point during
the screenings
1.00PM
DOORS OPEN
A CINEMATIC CELEBRATION
OF THE DEEP SOUTH
Dir. Gideon C. Kennedy | USA | 83 min
1.20PM
LIMO RIDE
2.45PM
THE CHAIR
Dir. Grainger David | USA | 12 min
Join us on the opening day of the
EEFF’s residency at Red for a day-long
celebration of Louisianan liquored film
and song!
Grab some gumbo, grits and a Bloody
Mary, and kick back with some
Southern-fried cinema, a collection of
award-winning films, which take you
from lauded Southern musicians to tales
of cross-burning and violence on the
Bayou, culminating in an rarely seen
screening of cult underground movie
Cockfighter.
3.00PM
THIS AIN’T NO MOUSE MUSIC!
Dirs. Maureen Gosling & Chris Simon | USA
| 92 min
5.20PM
GOLDEN CHILD
Dir. Brantly Jackson Watts | USA | 9 min
5.30PM
HOLY GHOST PEOPLE
Dir. Mitchell Altieri | USA | 88 min
7.00PM
JIMBO MATHUS: FINDING
YOUR ROOTS
Dir. Geoffrey Brent Shrewsbury | USA |
14 min
7.20PM
THE WINDING STREAM
Dir. Beth Harrington | USA | 90 min
9.00PM
COCKFIGHTER
Dir. Monte Hellman | USA | 83 min
See film listings for further
details on individual titles.
£10
£10
£10
WORLD PREMIERE: A CURIOUS LIFE
+ THE LEVELLERS (ACOUSTIC)
ONE ROGUE STAND-UP +GUESTS
– WITH RICH PEPPIATT
WORLD PREMIERE: STAY
GREASY +Q&A +LIVE
ROCKABILLY MUSIC NIGHT
Director: Dunstan Bruce
UK | 2014 | 78 min
This is a unique opportunity to get an unrivalled
insight into one of the great music success stories
of the nineties. A Curious Life (see page 10) tells the
story of The Levellers, and the band’s freewheeling
bass player Jeremy Cunningham, from huge
commercial success to years in the wilderness,
and the band’s enduring spirit. Presented by
Dunstan Bruce and Jeremy Cunningham, this
special screening will be followed by a live acoustic
performance by the band themselves.
To celebrate the screening of his one-man journalist
sting operation movie One Rogue Reporter (playing at
the festival on 21 June, see page 13), former tabloid
journalist turned comedian Rich Peppiatt drives
a juggernaut of iconoclastic comedians into town
to lay bare the truth about freedom of the press,
freedom of speech, and the hypocrisy of the British
establishment.
+THE TUNNEL +Q&A (see page 14)
Domenico Favata and Jody VandenBurg’s loving and
eye-opening history of the UK’s most dangerous,
forward thinking comedy club
Directors: Jonathan Lowe, Melanie Malherbe
UK | 2014 | 85 min
This world premiere screening is a freewheeling
urban tale of straight razors and hair grease,
following the life and times of Mr Ducktail, the
famous ‘Demon Barber of Carnaby Street’, and
his place in the UK rockabilly scene (see page 13).
Get to the heart of a life defined by great hair, great
music, tattoos and the true 50’s Rock ‘n’ Roll spirit.
Curl up and Dye!
+Followed by live performances from a selection of
London’s best rockabilly bands
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PALESTINE
ON FILM
Cost for entire day: £10
Join us at any point during
the screenings
The East End Film Festival is excited
to welcome Emad Burnat, the Oscar
nominated Palestinian director of Five
Broken Cameras, to East London as part
of an entire day exploring Palestine and
the Palestinian experience on film. From
touching stories of Palestinian youth
to the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria,
and from an in depth exploration of the
Palestinian peace process to a poetic
journey back to the homeland, these
are films that speak to the length and
breadth of the Palestinian experience
and its diaspora, with contributions from
experts and filmmakers. An unmissable
day of eye opening cinema, featuring
talks with experts from the Palestinian
filmmaking community and beyond.
1.20PM
THOUGH I KNOW THE RIVER IS DRY
Dir. Omar Robert Hamilton | Occupied
Palestinian Territory, Egypt, UK, Qatar |
20 min
1.45PM
THE PROCESS +Q&A
Dir. Joshua Baker | UK | 60 min
3.30PM
JUST PLAY
Dir. Dimitri Chimenti | Palestine, France, Italy
| 58 min
4.35PM
MARS AT SUNRISE
Dir. Jessica Habie | Palestine, Canada, USA |
75 min
6.30PM
THE SHEBABS OF YARMOUK
Dir. Axel Salvatori-Sinz | France | 78 min
8.50PM
MAQLOUBEH
Dir. Nicolas Damun | Palestine, France |
10 min
9.00PM
MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA
Dir. Smais Darwazah | Jordan, Germany,
Qatar, Palestine | 80 min
10.45PM–11.00PM
DRINKS
See film listings for further
details on individual titles
Tuesday 24 June, 7.30pm
£10
£10
Monday 23 June, 7.30pm
£10
UK PREMIERE: I DREAM OF WIRES
+LIVE MODULAR PERFORMANCE
+WORLD PREMIERE LIVE SCORE BY
CHARLIE BOYER & THE VOYEURS
Director: Robert Fantinatto
UK, Canada, USA | 2013 | 102 min
I Dream Of Wires is an independent documentary
about the resurgence of the modular synthesiser
and the endurance of this idiosyncratic machine as
a unique, iconic means of music making. Featuring
interviews with modular musicians & manufactures
(James Holden, Gary Numan & Chris Carter;
Doepfer, Make Noise and more), this theatrical cut
brings the fascinating story of the modular synthesiser’s
history, demise and resurgence to the masses.
For music lovers’ and purists alike, this UK premiere
screening will be followed by two live modular
performances from secret special guests.
Produced by Liquid Amber in collaboration with
the East End Film Festival.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Japan | 93 min
Experience a cult classic like never before with the
specially commissioned, world premiere live score of
Eichi Yamamoto’s bananas animation Belladonna of
Sadness. The story of a peasant woman who makes a
pact with the devil in exchange for magical powers,
Eichi’s film features some of the most amazing
psychedelic visuals ever committed to film, the perfect
visual side platter to a brilliant sonic response to the
film from primitive, glamorous rock ‘n’ roll wizards
Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs. (see page 18)
THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR
BODY’S TEARS +WORLD PREMIERE
NEW SOUNDTRACK CURATED BY
BENJAMIN JOHN POWER (FUCK
BUTTONS/BLANCK MASS)
Director: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Belgium, France, Luxembourg | 102 min
A dazzling tribute to the great Italian horror
films of the 1970s gets a retrofit all of its own in
this very special screening. Hélène Cattet and
Bruno Forzani’s film (see page 16) sees a man
search for his missing wife in the labyrinthine
halls of his apartment building, only to become
submerged in the strange fantasies of sensuality
and bloodshed emanating from the psyches of
the building’s other inhabitants.
One of the most bombastic, colourific horror
movies ever committed to film, the EEFF is
delighted to present The Strange Colour of Your
Body’s Tears with a brand new pre-recorded
soundtrack, curated by Benjamin John Power
(Fuck Buttons, Blanck Mass), and composed by
some of the UK’s foremost electronic pioneers,
including Blanck Mass, Helm, Konx-Om-Pax,
Roll The Dice, MoonGangs and C Spencer Yeh.
Cutting edge, in every sense.
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VILLAGE SCREEN
AT EAST VILLAGE
THE BIGGEST FREE MOVIE
WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
COME TO STRATFORD’S EAST VILLAGE TO CELEBRATE FOOTBALL, FOOD,
FATHERS & FAMILIES – ALL ON A MASSIVE OUTDOOR SCREEN!
FOOTBALL FOCUS
SCREENINGS & ACTIVITIES
East Village
Saturday 14 June, 12:00pm–7:00pm
FREE
Copa90 is the football channel that knows there is
no final whistle. Pitch, laptop, or console, the game
never stops.
It seems there’s a wee football tournament happening
this summer…and yes, Saturday 14th June marks the
first England match of this summer’s Brazilian World
Cup. So we’re getting in the mood with some football,
fiesta and family-friendly cinema.
And today, the game continues on both the big and
small screens with a selection of their best short
films shot around the world and a broadcast by the
channel from the East Village ‘pitch’.
AARDMAN ANIMATIONS
RETURNS TO THE
EAST END FILM FESTIVAL!
FAMILY FUN WITH MORPH
AT THE EAST VILLAGE!
East Village
Saturday 14 June
FREE
Aardman Animations will return to the East End
Film Festival in 2014, after their hugely successful
free ‘Build-your-own Gromit workshop’ in 2012.
This year however, Aardman will be partnering
with the East End Film Festival to host a ‘Buildyour-own Morph’ event. Morph is one of Britain’s
most beloved animated characters, making his first
appearance on Take Hart in 1977, a whopping 12
years before Wallace and Gromit. So, whether reliving
your school days or experiencing model-making
for the very first time, come down to Stratford’s
East Village where famed veteran model maker
Jim Parkyn from Aardman Animations will guide
you through a crash course in Morph-making!
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As with all Village Screen events, these workshops
are FREE, with all materials provided. From 5 to
95, this fun, accessible and fully inclusive workshop
is open to all ages and abilities. So come on down,
enjoy and play – with Morph modeling clay!
Places are FREE, and all materials are provided,
however booking is essential if you wish to
reserve a place at our mass animation table:
2:00PM MORPH-MAKING WORKSHOP
WITH JIM PARKYN
www.seetickets.com/event/morph-making-workshop-withjim-parkyn/east-village/792880
4:00PM MORPH-MAKING WORKSHOP
WITH JIM PARKYN
www.seetickets.com/Event/morph-making-workshop-withjim-parkyn/east-village/792881
JOIN US AT THE FIRST EVER
PUBLIC SCREENING OF CHEF,
WITH LONDON’S THRIVING
GASTRONOMIC COMMUNITY
East Village
FREE
For a FREE and EXCLUSIVE gourmet
combination of films, food and families,
you don’t get much more delicious
than Jon Favreau’s Chef – the story
of a man who loses his restaurant job
and decides to start up a food truck
in an effort to reclaim his creative
promise, while piecing back together
his estranged family. The film’s biggest
asset is its impressive ensemble cast
that includes big Hollywood stars
Scarlett Johanson and Robert Downey
Jr., Academy Award winner Dustin
Hoffman, Modern Family’s Sofia
Vergara and Blue Jasmine’s Bobby
Cannavale, among others. The film is
directed by Jon Favreau (Swingers, Iron
Man 1 and 2), who also takes the lead
role in this funny, moving new film.
Chef is the perfect choice for families
who want to celebrate Father’s Day
with an entertaining and yet inspiring
film that may leave you hungry for a
bite to eat, but with a heart that’s full.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
Supported by
PORTRAITS:
THE HOMELESS WORLD
CUP PHOTOGRAPHIC
EXHIBITION
BY ANTHONY EPES
Spitalfields
16–22 June, 10.30am–5.30pm
FREE
Each year 72 football teams of men and women from all over the
world compete in The Homeless World Cup. Photographer Anthony
Epes traveled to Mexico City in 2012 and Poznan in 2013 to capture
the players of this annual tournament.
Epes photography offers a vivid insight into the players hearts and
minds. They are colourful and honest – and with humour and
sincerity, Epes brings the viewer and perhaps stranger to the sport,
closer to understanding the passion and enthusiasm behind this
particularly unique event.
www.anthonyepes.com
AEDICULE
BY LUCY JONES
Andaz Liverpool Street
hotel lobby
Open all hours
FREE
An illusionistic doorway appears in the lobby space of the
Liverpool Street Andaz Hotel. Viewed through this doorway, the
everyday spaces of the hotel are inhabited with strange figures and
out of scale, surreal and symbolic objects. Fragments of space
appear in disjunction to reveal secret histories of a site with a
rich and mysterious past of layers of London to the present day.
The evocation of place is cast with the atmosphere and activities
of the long secret and long lost space of the Masonic Lodge,
the shadowy and opulent, limpid marble heart of the hotel.
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CUTTING EAST VINE COMP
Genesis Cinema
Friday 20 June – Sunday 22 June
Cutting East Film Festival is a youth led programme
of films, music, exhibitions and performance. Cutting
East aims to give young east Londoners an opportunity
to curate a festival, promote new talent and give global
youth a voice.
Cutting East was programmed by Diego CaicedoGalindo, Jon Caicedo-Galindo, Shanice Lawson, Alex
Praag, Amran Ahmed, Miftaul Islam, Shakrul Wayas,
Hamida Begum, Hanifa Rahman, Salma Islam, Akikur
Rahman, Mo Malick.
Ever had a scene blow you away? Or characters that
have acted in ways that you’ve wished to portray?
Well, this is your moment. Re-enact your favourite
scenes and impersonate your favourite characters in a
video and post it on Twitter, Vine and Instagram using
#CuttingEastImpersonations. With the support of
Northern Trust, the most popular Vine by 18 June gets
a voucher worth £100!
Cutting East opening night has been supported by
Film Hub London, managed by Film London and a
proud partner of the BFI Film Audience Network,
funded by the National Lottery.
CUTTING EAST
TICKETS £3.50
OPENING AND
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CREATIVE
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HIGHLIGHTS
OPENING NIGHT: ELECTRO CHAABI
Director: Hind Meddeb
France-Egypt | 2013 | 77 min
Friday 20 June, 7.00pm
OM SHANTI OM
Director: Farah Khan
India | 2007 | 162 min
Inspired by the down-and-dirty music played at street
parties, Electro Chaabi, a new populist dance form
sweeping across Egypt, combines a punk spirit with
a hip hop attitude. Director Hind Meddeb brings us
the furious, sweaty rhythms and revolutionary lyrics of
downtown Cairo offering insights into the minds of this
Arab nation’s restless youth.
In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but
is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He
attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find
Shanti, the love of his previous life. A chance to catch
vintage Bollywood on the big screen. Great tunes and a
roll call of Bollywood Superstars.
Includes an intermission.
Hind Meddeb will be attending the screening and
participating in a Q&A thanks to support from the
Film Hub London’s Boost Award.
CLOSING NIGHT GALA DOUBLE BILL
This event will be followed by Cutting Beats, showcasing
emerging rhyme and music talent from east London.
CLOSING NIGHT DOUBLE BILL
PAYDAY
Director: Fred&Nick
UK | 40 min
Narrated by George the Poet, PAYDAY is a unique
performance documentary, which delves into the
finances and lives of four twenty-somethings. The film
focuses on the contrasting lives of the diverse cast from
the moment they receive their ‘payday’ money to how
they go on to spend, save or squander it.
7.00pm A double bill of films relating stories of youth striving,
surviving and succeeding in the city of London. Both
films feature George the Poet who will be joining us for
a Q&A and a special performance after the screening.
+IRONS IN THE FIRE
FOLLOWED 8.30 SPEAKING WORDS;
PERFORMANCE WITH GEORGE THE POET
Director: Yoav Segal
UK | 2014 | 21 min
Irons in the Fire follows five inspirational young people,
facing up to struggle as they conquer success. This
Film Festival Premiere delivers a powerful story of how
five young people, overcome adversity to reach their
current success. Elevated by Idris Elba’s narration
and George the Poet’s punchy & enlivening words, the
BACK TO BOLLYWOOD
Saturday 21 June, from 2.00pm
A day of events and screenings celebrating the history
of Bollywood and what Bollywood means to its
audience funded by the National Lottery through the
Heritage Lottery Fund, Sharing Heritage programme.
BACK TO BOLLYWOOD EXHIBITION
Throughout the festival in Genesis Foyer
The celebrations include an interactive exhibition
featuring oral histories, vintage bollywood posters and
commissioned portraiture, exploring the experiences
of audiences attending South Asian cinema in Tower
Hamlets in the 60s and 70s. Enjoy live music from
AlphaNomega playing classic Bollywood and fusion
sounds and pakora, samosa and chai courtesy of
Sapphire London.
film explores the importance of maintaining your own
identity whilst appreciating the opportunities that exist
for young people. With the film Irons in the Fire you can
expect a fusion of enthusiasm for creativity, hunger for
success, and courage to confront fears amongst all of
the characters. Prepare to be inspired, encouraged and
energized to find your own success.
With special thanks to Sky Arts and Sky 3D.
This screening will be followed by a spoken word
performance from George the Poet and other spoken
word artists.
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MISS MATCH (WORLD PREMIERE)
+ Q&A WITH DIRECTOR & CAST
Director: Canan Silah
UK | 2014 | 90 min
Starring young people from House of Talent in Tower
Hamlets this bang up to date adaptation of Jane
Austen’s Emma intertwines music and dance bollystyle
to tell its tale of a young women who can’t resist
playing cupid. Featuring dance sequences from IMD
and EMBRACE.
JUMANJI
Director: Joe Johnston
USA | 1995 | 104 min
Sunday 22 June, 11.45am
Oh yes, you read it right! Start your Sunday off with
classic board games and coffee in the Genesis foyer
followed by a trip down memory lane with Jumanji, the
story of a mysterious board game that transports you to
another world. Featuring a young Kirsten Dunst.
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NEIGHBOURHOODS:
FROM MUMBAI TO MILE END
FREE
A selection of short documentary films made by young
people about hoods in Mumbai and East London
exploring how generations take root in, and young
people make use of, their environment in these two
very different but vibrant cities. The films feature
rag-picking, breakdance, ghettoization and enjoying a
day in the hood. The screening will be followed by a
discussion on what home means. This is a collaboration
between Mile End Community Project, School of
Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social
Sciences and Queen Mary, University of London.
SCREEN TEST SHORTS
UK | 70 min
A collection of short films programmed in
collaboration with Screen Test, the national student
film festival, celebrating the best work from students
based in London colleges.
Followed by networking and pitching 1-2-1’s with
The Smalls.
CUTTING IT SHORT & AWARDS GALA
80 min + Award Ceremony
Curated by the Cutting East team, this collection
of short films demonstrate the wealth of young
filmmaking talent from the borough and abroad. And,
making a debut in 2014, are the Cutting East Awards
which, through the generous support of Northern
Trust, we are able to offer a top award of £450 in
Media Equipment vouchers for Best Short Film, and
other awards available too! Check CE website for full
details and list of other awards.
WILLOW AND THE WIND
Director: Mohammad Ali Talebi
Iran | 1999 | 77 min
A school window is broken, and kids can’t concentrate
because the rain is getting in. The culprit isn’t allowed
back into class until he mends it. So he carries a large
pane of glass by hand across the countryside in a gale.
The wind blows; but will he crack? In the hands of
writer Abbas Kiarostami and director Mohammad Ali
Talebi, this simplest of stories becomes an epic quest,
poetic and breathtakingly beautiful. It has big-hearted
humanism, but Hitchcockian tension too.
An edge-of-seat masterpiece. Unmissable.
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HOW TO MAKE IT AS A FILMMAKER
BEYOND YOUR FIRST FEATURE
Following the “wicked, supreme and
utterly mind blowing” MTG 2013 (cheers
Jon Fairbairn)* we’re back this year
with a bigger and better line up!
WHAT IS MIND THE GAP?
Three days of carefully curated talks,
workshops and events designed to offer every
insight, top tip and wise word to anyone
hoping to make a career in feature films.
Whether you’re crossing over from shorts
to features, television to film, debut to slate,
or particularly in that transition between
first to second feature, Mind The Gap is
here to help. EEFF’s panels, interviews,
workshops and networking events will provide
the roadmap that every filmmaker needs to
avoid the pitfalls on the route to success.
Too many first time feature filmmakers
never make a second film – lets change that!
PASSES & TICKETS
1 DAY PASS: £45
3 DAY PASS: £125
£3750
EARLY £95
EARLY
BIRD TICKETS
UNTIL
END MAY
BIRD TICKETS
UNTIL
END MAY
PRICE OF ALL TICKETS
INCLUDES LUNCH
SPECIAL DISCOUNTED EVENT
TICKETS WITH YOUR PASS TO:
EMERGE (see page 28)
ENTRY TO DOC HEADS PARTY AT
OPEN CITY DOCS FESTIVAL
PLUS
1 MONTH FREE SUBSCRIPTION
NY TIMES DIGITAL EDITION
A COPY OF FINAL DRAFT FOR $50/£30
AND MANY MORE DISCOUNTED
GOODIES AND FREEBIES
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH WWW.SEETICKETS.COM/EVENT/MIND-THE-GAP/3-MILL-STUDIOS/792852
FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
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WHO IS THIS
COURSE FOR?
Our central aim is to collectively unpick the
reasons why it can be so difficult for first time
feature filmmakers (narrative or documentary)
to move into their second project. We’ve teamed
up with industry icons and leading organisations
to share their knowledge and offer their support
and services. It’s also a great opportunity to share
your successes and frustrations with a like-minded
peer group.
Participants will enjoy panels, Q&As, workshops,
interviews, networking, speed mentoring and even
a studio tour!
It was an honor to be a part
of the festival. Even from
far away and through a
staticky Skype connection,
I could sense the vigor in
the room, and the amazing
atmosphere you created for
filmmakers. You should be
enormously proud.”
SESSIONS
—Nick Gonda, Producer Tree of Life
NAMES TO LOOK OUT
FOR INCLUDE:
Damian Jones (Producer, The Iron Lady,
The History Boys), Paul Ridd (Marketing
and Acquisitions Manager, Picturehouse
Cinemas), Sandra Hebron (former Head
of BFI Festivals and Artistic Director, BFI
London Film Festival), Graham Hartstone
(Sound Consultant Berberian Sound Studio,
Eyes Wide Shut, Aliens), Jon Rennie
(Producer, Benny and Jolene) Kerrie
Hayes (Actress Nowhere Boy, Brighton
Rock, The Mill), Eva Yates (Senior
Development Editor, Film4), Tristan
Anderson (Founder Doc Heads), David
Pope (Founder, Advanced Films), Charlie
Lyne (Director, Beyond Clueless), Destiny,
Marceella Puppini (Puppini Sisters).
ENJOY WORKSHOPS WITH:
Creative Skillset, Crossover Labs,
BECTU, Pulse, School for Creative
Start-ups, Film4, London Film Academy,
Picturehouse Cinemas, Harbottle &
Lewis, Women in Film and TV, Casting
Networks, LOCO London Comedy
Film Festival, Festival Formula.
… AND MANY MORE TO FOLLOW
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Although you can come down
for one day at a time, we highly
recommend that you attend all
three days to get the benefit of the
full programme.
WHO CAN ATTEND?
Anyone at any stage of their
career – the sessions are designed
to give you insight to the internal
workings of the film industry and
allow pause for thought, planning,
re-evaluating, expert and peer
feedback and more.
PLUS:
MORE SPEAKERS & SESSIONS TBC
FOR FULL INFORMATION, INCLUDING
TIMES ON ALL EVENTS AND
WORKSHOPS PLEASE VISIT
WWW.EASTENDFILMFESTIVAL.COM/
INDUSTRY-PROGRAMME-2014
ALL WORKSHOPS TAKE PLACE AT:
3 Mills Studios,
Sugar House Lane,
London E15 2QS
(5 minutes from Bromley-by-Bow
station on the District Line)
You can also email us at
[email protected] or
[email protected]
FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
WWW.EASTENDFILMFESTIVAL.COM/INDUSTRY-PROGRAMME-2014
SESSIONS
WILL INCLUDE:
WHY THE GAP?
Key experts across varying strands of the film industry
debate ‘the gap’. What can we, as an industry, do to support
filmmakers heading for a career transition, and what do
filmmakers really need to know – even before they pick up a
camera – to avoid falling off the edge…
CREATIVE SKILLSET AND CROSSOVERLABS
PRESENT: DEFINING ROLES
Participants divide into two groups (documentary and fiction)
to work with the teams at Creative Skillset and Crossoverlabs
to identify their core strengths in an industry where many
filmmakers find themselves doing everything. These workshops
will outline how crews change as your career progresses –
particularly in the jump from first to second film, and how and
where to position yourself most strongly within them.
SECOND ALBUM SYNDROME
Whether you’re a musician, a filmmaker or an artist, the same
obstacles apply when you leave your passion project behind
and start putting a business head onto creative shoulders.
From the difficulties in letting go of the freedom and creative
control you enjoy as an unknown, or in dealing with the
multiple ‘interested parties’ who move in with your success,
creative careers are challenging.
STORY CAMPUS PRESENT: WRITING TO SCALE
A look at storytelling within budget. This panel discussion is
designed to examine the influence of finance on the stories
we are able to tell early on in our careers, and how to develop
a realistic and achievable slate whilst also making great films.
Facilitated by David Pope and David Keating from Story
Campus featuring guest micro budget feature practitioners.
THE SALON WITH STORY CAMPUS
An informal evening event over pizza and beer, sharing
and feeding back on projects with peers and guests in a
nurturing environment.
LONDON FILM ACADEMY & CASTING
NETWORKS PRESENT: CASTING WORKSHOP
This session will cover the casting process, with a focus on:
working and communicating with actors, typical casting
mistakes, solutions for common problems during film or
TV casting, directing actors, a personal approach to actors
in the work environment, casting research, working with
casting directors, practical exercises and examples of casting
scenarios. The session will encourage open discussion and
close with a Q&A.
WHO’S GOT THE MONEY AND HOW
DO I GET IT?
Nowadays it seems that although there is ‘less money around’,
there are more ways to access it. But what’s best for you
at this stage of your career: crowd funding, EIS schemes,
public money, branded content, or something else? Funders,
producers and directors discuss what approaches work where,
and how to secure finance for your film.
LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL
PRESENTS: CREATING A SLATE
How to make your first feature work towards your second (and
your third… etc.!)
Successful filmmaking is often about identifying your area of
expertise and building a career incrementally over a number
of projects.The LOCO London Comedy Film Festival team
are joined by expert guests to discuss the best ways to build a
long-term filmmaking career.
RUNNING THROUGHOUT
THE THREE DAYS
30 MINUTES WITH...
CREATING YOUR INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL STRATEGY
Film festivals are often the first opportunities for your
early films to find their audience, their champions
and potentially distribution. But once you’ve done the
rounds, how do you play the circuit to your advantage?
This session looks at the spectrum of potential festival
strategies to ensure you know how to maximize
international opportunities as your career develops.
MAKING DISTRIBUTABLE FILMS AND
FINDING YOUR AUDIENCE
Distribution channels have diversified enormously with
the advent of digital, but have the tenets of distributability
changed? What do audiences really want to see and how
do filmmakers find their audiences successfully? Our panel
will discuss their own methodology and seek synergies
and differences across the multiple platforms available to
filmmakers today.
THE SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE START-UPS
PRESENTS: BUSINESS PLANNING FOR
CREATIVES:
This workshop will offer empathetic yet practical advice for
the artist who is struggling to find their business head. You will
look at business planning, cashflow, time management and
all the potentially boring but vital skills needed to survive the
early stages of your career.
These intimate sessions, will allow
a small group of filmmakers direct
access to some of the Industry’s
key movers and shakers.
Speakers include Damian Jones,
Producer The History Boys,
The Iron Lady.
(Keep an eye on the website
for details.)
ALSO
OFFERED / WANTED
FILMCYCLE
Got something to give? Missing
something or someone? Looking
for that special editor / production
manager / after-effects whizz to
spice up your life and make things
complete? Visit our matchmakers
corner and find your one true
special FX supervisor.
PEER TO PEER
MENTORING
It’s hard to work alone.
Let’s share.
PULSE FILMS PRESENTS:
HOW TO GET AN AGENT
Pulse will talk participants through the steps involved in
getting an agent, how to work with them to create a dynamic
and engaging showreel, and some good old-fashioned
networking tips.
BECTU PRESENTS THE LEGAL LOOP: LEGAL
THINGS YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW
As confusing and overwhelming as legal procedures can seem
in the film biz, there are some which we simply cannot avoid.
In this session, BECTU will take us through the core elements
of the legalities you ignore at your peril.
SIDEKICK CREATIVES (TBC) PRESENTS:
CREATING A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE PROFILE
The most superficial but often most valuable area of creative
work is in our public face online. Online aficionados Sidekick
will demonstrate what elements you need to embrace to keep
up with the game.
GET PAID TO MAKE FILMS
How do you make your in a way that ensures you can do what
you do best – make films – and still be able to pay your rent at
the end of the month? Our panel manage to do just that, and
are happily willing to share the secret of their success with us.
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Your panelists were
fantastic. I learned
so much and really
enjoyed the community
it created amongst
the filmmakers in
the festival.”
—Sophia, MTG 2013
I absorbed a mammoth
amount of useful
information at the
Industry Programme
last week, and do feel
as a result that I know
what I’m doing, which
isn’t always the case.
My focus is honed –
thank you!”
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THANK
YOU!
We can’t wait to start working with our new festival ambassadors who
will be joining us twice yearly to assist in steering the festival as it develops:
Charles Sharpe, Loveandmilk, Maverick Litchfield-Kelly, Phil Middleton,
Stephen Bowen, Yvonne, Hamilton Ice Sculptors.
AN ENORMOUS AND
HEARTFELT THANK
YOU TO EVERYONE
WHO SUPPORTED OUR
KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN
Thank you also to those of you who adopted a film – your joint contribution
has made it possible for us to bring the directors of Goodbye Gauley Mountain
to the festival:
Andy Lowe, Emanuele, Emma-Louise Williams, Isabelle Cochrane,
Jez Lewis, Kieran Evans, Lodovico Sanseverino, Pete Brown, Philip Gara,
The Lab Film Festival.
We absolutely can’t
thank the following
people enough for
pulling us through the
most emotional, nervewracking and ultimately
heart-warming
and overwhelming
experience that was our
Kickstarter campaign!
And to those of you who pledged in return for a Secret Screening or tickets
to our opening night – we look forward to raising a glass with you over the
next few weeks!
Darren Nuttall, Jackie Sharpe, Chris O’Sullivan, Cat Gregory, James Dean,
Mel Gaffney, Adam Stevens, Tony and Oona Grisoni, Emma Kennedy, Ben
Freeman, Ross Clarke, Jolyon Bateman, Jami Castell,
Lady Cochrane, Maurice, Isabelle Cochrane, Marc Cochrane, Diane Jervis.
AND TO ALL THE REST OF YOU – OUR ETERNAL GRATITUDE IS YOURS!
Athena, Blair Barnette, Celia Cabrita, Melinda Olykan, Dan Edelstyn,
Denise Hicks, LOCO, Diane Jervis, George Ferry, Guy Woodhouse,
Heather Blake, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Marc Cochrane,
Marco Sparmberg, Martin Watchorn, Maurice P Linnane, Mediah Ahmed,
Michael van der Put, Mr & Mrs W Majdalawy, Parissima Darabiha,
Peggy Nuttall, Piotr Klarowski, Rhett Brewer, Richard Leworthy, Rob
Fletcher, Robbie Collin, Sonia Fletcher, Tendeka Matatu, Theo Epes,
Vanessa Andrews, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Will Paice.
And thank you to everyone else who supported our campaign,
From the EEFF Team.
TRAPEZE
Set over 2 levels and bathed in faded
circus glamour, Trapeze will play host
to the East End Film Festival 2014
Opening Night Party! Join us after
Dermaphoria for a creole-smoked night
of New Orleans jazz and prohibition
cocktails as we celebrate the start of two
weeks of great cinema!
Trapeze have created a very special East
End Mardi Gras cocktail for East End
Film Festival friends, so join us after
the credits have rolled every night of the
festival for some late-night cine-astic
chatter, drinks and dancing.
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Trapeze is located opposite
RED GALLERY at
89 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 3HX
Closest Tube: Old Street
Tel. 0207 739 6747
www.trapezebar.com
VENUES & BOOKING
Spitalfields Market
Brushfield Street
London E1 6AA
All events are FREE
Seating available on a first come,
first served basis.
By tube: Liverpool Street
By bus: 135 / 26 / 35 / 388 / 47 / 48 / 78 / 8
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HOST SCREENING OF
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COWPER ST
Genesis Screen 1
is not accessible
by wheelchair.
RED GALLERY
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Masonic Temple
Andaz Liverpool Street hotel
40 Liverpool Street
London EC2M 7QN
Box Office: 0207 618 7123
www.andazdining.com/privatedining-en.html
By tube: Liverpool Street
By bus: 11 / 23 / 133 / N133
Ticket prices: £13
Rio viewing balcony
is not accessible
by wheelchair.
The Vibe Bar is a long-standing venue
partner of the East End Film Festival
and believes the festival makes a
fantastic contribution to London’s
cultural landscape. This year Vibe will
be screening the World Cup on its
huge outdoor screen around festival
screenings, so come down and join us
for a coffee or a cocktail, some street
food, music and some live football!
Find us at 91–95 Brick Lane, London
E1 6QL. Tel. 020 7247 3479.
www.vibe-bar.co.uk
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270 Mare Street
London E8 1HE
Box Office: 0871 902 5734
www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_
Picturehouse/
Overground: Hackney Central
By bus: 48 / 55 / 106 / 254 / 277 / 394 /
N55 / N253
Ticket Price: Various
All venues are fully accessible for disabled
visitors, except for the following areas:
WORLD CUP 2014
ON THE BIG SCREEN
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Genesis Cinema
93–95 Mile End Road,
Whitechapel, London E1 4UJ
Box Office: 0207 780 2000
To book tickets:
www.genesiscinema.co.uk
By tube: Stepney Green / Whitechapel
By bus: 25 / 205
Ticket price: Various
For detailed information about our
events, venues and programme, please
visit www.eastendfilmfestival.com,
Rio Cinema
107 Kingsland High Street,
London E8 2PB
Box Office: 020 7241 9410
To book tickets:
www.riocinema.org.uk
By rail: Dalston Kingsland
By bus: 67 / 76 / 149 / 243 / 488
Ticket Prices: Full £8, Reduced £6.50
follow us @eastendfilmfest and check
the #EEFF2014 hashtag on twitter, like
us on Facebook or call our information
line: 020 8981 3166 open daily between
11.00am–5.00pm during the festival
LATEST NEWS!
Please check your journey time before
travelling in London; all information is
available at www.tfl.gov.uk
PAUL ST
East Village
London E20
Box office:
www.eastvillagelondon.co.uk
By rail: Stratford International
By tube: Startford / Hackney Wick /
Leyton
By bus: 25 / 69 / 86 / 108 / 158 / 241 /
257 / 308 / 425 / 678 / N8 / N86
FREE
3 Mills Studios
London
Box Office: 020 7363 3336
www.3mills.com
By tube: Bromley By bow
By rail: Stratford
By bus: 25 / 108 / 276 / 425 / 488
Rich Mix
35–47 Bethnal Green Road,
London E1 6LA
Box Office: 020 7613 7498
To book tickets:
www.richmix.org.uk
By tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street,
Bethnal Green, Aldgate East
By bus: 8 / 388 /26 / 242 / 35 / 47 / 48 /
67 / 78 / 135 / 149 / 242 / 243
Ticket Prices: Standard £9,50,
Concession £7
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Barbican Cinema
Silk Street, City of London,
London, EC2Y 8DS
Box Office: 020 7638 8891
www.barbican.org.uk/film
By tube: Barbican, Moorgate
By bus: 8 / 11 / 23 / 56 / 100 / 153
Ticket price: Standard: £11.50,
Members: £9.20, Concessions: £10.50
Stratford Picturehouse – East London
Salway Road, London E15 1BX
Box Office Number: 0871 902 5740
www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Stratford_
London/
By tube: Stratford
By rail: Maryland
Bus: 25 / 69 / 86 / 97 / 104 / 108 / 158 /
238 / 241 / 257 / 262 / 276 / 308 / 339 /
425 / 473 / D3
Ticket Prices: Various
Red Gallery
1-3 Rivington Street
London Greater London
EC2A 3DT
Box Office: 020 7613 3620
www.redgallerylondon.com
By tube: Old Street, Liverpool Street
By rail: Shoreditch High Street
By bus: 21 / 35 / 43 / 48 / 55 / 67 /
76 / 141 / 149 / 205 / 214 / 242 /
243 / 271 / 394
Ticket Prices: £10
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The Aubin Cinema
64–66 Redchurch Street
Shoreditch, London E2 7DP
Box Office: 0845 604 8486
www.aubincinema.com
By rail: Shoreditch High Street
By bus: 8
By tube: Old Street, Aldgate east
Ticket price: Various
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EAST END FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Rich Mix
FRIDAY 13
SATURDAY 14
SUNDAY 15
TUESDAY 17
WEDNESDAY 18
8.30pm
Potosi p.17
9.00pm
Goodbye Gauley
Mountain: An
Excosexual Love
Story p.19
6.00pm
Stop at Nothing p.21
6.30pm
Metalhead p.15
6.30pm
Angels in Exile p.18
9.00pm
Tonight and the
People p.16
8:30pm
Casablanca Calling p.11
9:00pm
Somos Mari Pepa p.17
2.00pm
Inna Vision Film School
Screening p.12
6.30pm
Castles Made Of
Sand p.11
7pm
Gold p.15
8.45pm
Late At Night: Voices of
Ordinary Madness p.12
6.00pm
Soho Cigarette p.13
7.00pm
Taskafa, Stories From
The Street p.13
8.45pm
Godard & Others p.11
6.15pm
You (Us) Me p.14
7.00pm
Calle Lopez p.17
8.45pm
Here and Now p.11
4.00pm
The Long Good Friday p.13
6.00pm
The Gambler p.15
6.30pm
The Beffudled Box of
Betty Buttifint p.10
9.00pm
The Internet’s Own Boy
p.19
6.30pm
Mistaken for
Strangers p.20
8.45pm
Hackney’s Finest p.11
11.00pm
El Desierto p.18
3.00pm
Concerning Violence p.14
5.30pm
Blue Caprice p.18
1.30pm
SHORTS:
Britain on Film #1 p.25
4.15pm
The Process p.13
8.30pm
SHORTS:
Confrontation p.22
2.30pm
P3nd3jo5 p.20
6.30pm
3.00pm Beautiful
A Message to the World... Noise p.18
Whatever Happened
to Jesse Hector p.10
4.00pm
Non Fiction Diary p.20
6.00pm
The Dance of
Reality p.15
6.30pm
Tip Top p.16
FREE OUTDOOR
EVENT
3.30pm Chef p.18
East
Village
Red
Gallery
Masonic
Temple
46
6.00pm
White Shadow p.21
8.45pm
Lilting p.12
3.30pm:
SHORTS:
Obsession p.23
Barbican
Aubin
Rio Cinema
Stratford East
Picturehouse
Hackney
Picturehouse
Genesis Cinema
OPENING
NIGHT GALA
7.00pm
Dermaphoria p.8
MONDAY 16
JUNE 13—25
GRITS’N’GRAVY p.30
1.20pm Limo Ride p.19
2.45pm The Chair
3.00pm This Ain’t no
Mouse Music p.21
5.20pm Golden Child
5.30pm Holy Ghost
People p.19
7.00pm Jimbo Mathus:
Finding Your Roots
7.20pm The Winding
Stream p.21
9.20pm Cockfighter p.18
12.00pm
Daytime screenings p.27
6.00pm
Evening screenings p.27
6.30pm
A Curious Life p.10
+The Levellers
(Acoustic)
12.00pm
Daytime screenings p.27
7.00pm
Evening screenings p.27
7.00pm
One Rogue Reporter
(Stand-up)
+The Tunnel p.30
CALENDAR
THURSDAY 19
FRIDAY 20
SATURDAY 21
SUNDAY 22
MONDAY 23
TUESDAY 24
9.00pm
The Second
Game p.15
6.15pm
Rhymes For Young
Ghouls p.20
8.30pm
Summum Bonum p.17
8.30pm:
Little Crushes p.15
4.00pm
A Very Unsettled
Summer p.10
6.30pm
We Gotta Get Out
of this Place p.21
2.00pm
SHORT:
Deviation p.22
2.00pm
Mass E Bhat p.13
3.20pm
Bastardo p.18
6.00pm
Club Sandwich p.17
7.00pm
The Notorious
Mr. Bout p.20
9:00pm
Who is Dayani
Cristal? p.17
6.30pm
Leave To Remain p.12
6.00pm
Free Range p.15
9.00pm
The Buskers
and Lou p.11
2.30pm
SHORTS:
Devotion p.23
4.15pm
SHORTS:
Alienation p.22
8.30pm
King of the Road:
Peter Pickles and
the Homeless
Industry p.12
8.45pm
Whitewash p.21
6.30pm
Drowned City p.11
4.00pm
SHORTS:
Perception p.23
8.45pm
Mistaken for
Strangers p.20
8.30pm
Hide and Seek p.12
6.00pm
Cherry Pie p.14
6.15pm
The Distance p.15
8.45pm
Palo Alto p.20
5.00pm
The Golden
Dream p.17
8.45pm
You and the
Night p.16
6.30pm
Whispers Behind
the Wall p.16
WEDNESDAY 25
CLOSING
NIGHT GALA
6.30pm
Blood Ties p.14
6.00pm
SHORTS:
Reaction p.23
8:30pm
Hot Wings p.12
11.30pm
Getting Go, the Go
Doc Project p.18
4.00pm
One Rogue
Reporter p.13
12.30pm
SHORTS:
Britain on Film #2 p.25
3.30pm
Greyhawk p.11
6.00pm
Taking the Dog
for a Walk p.14
+Live Performance
8.45pm Palo Alto p.20
9:00am
EMERGE p.28
4.00pm
Malaventura
+Mexican Panel p.17
7.00pm
Stay Greasy p.13
+Live Performance
7.30pm
I Dream of Wires p.19
+Live Performance
PALESTINE ON
FILM p.31
1.20pm Though I
Know the River is Dry
1.45pm
The Process p.13
3.30pm Just Play p.19
4.30pm Mars at
Sunrise p.20
6.30pm The Shebabs
of Yarmouk p.21
8.50pm Maqloubeh
9.00pm My love
awaits me by
the sea p.20
7.30pm
Belladonna of
Sadness p.18
7.30pm
The Strange Color of
Your Body’s Tears p.16
47
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