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PARTNERSHIP. MONEY. TIME. SPACE. POWER. LOVE. PATIENCE. GENEROSITY. TECHNOLOGY. OUR SPONSORS... one louder It never really works out as it should. At least not normally. This year, as ever, the dream timetable was tweaked, pushed back, forcing itself against the wire. But for once, the dreams at the start of the year when the 'ideal' was discussed actually came true. We got an opening film that symbolises what we believe Filmstock is, it is in many ways an archetypal Filmstock movie. Then there's our guest. We wanted someone from This Is Spinal Tap - the very reason we were going ‘to eleven’ - to introduce our special screening and we were ecstatic to get who we got and how the stars aligned for that one. Then there is the reasoning behind going to eleven. Some of you will have heard it vowed or heard murmurings, which are true. The deeper into the programme you go, the clearer it will all become. It is goodbye, but only to Filmstock. We will return with something new, at some point in the future. We want to announce it, but this is not an edition of the festival that will dwell, so there are dedicated pages to ‘the end’ which will go someway to lay out our reasoning. R J Blow & Company What we have tried to do with our programme is leave a Filmstock legacy on the screen and in these pages, so there’s Roma & Asia, clan Doherty and clan Fox, Wurz, King Heno, Tardis, Jo, Willow, Nacho, Moritz, Strawberry, Martin Thurlow, Droog, Andy G, Dave, Vikki, Jenni, Joel and Chris at The Hat Factory, Laura Church, Emma Darcy, Christian Turton, Francesca & Tim at JIGSAW24, Tony I and Aaron, City Life Church, all anniversary cakemakers, Sam and Elaine, John and Sarah, Naomi Wynter-Vincent, Phil Paine, Mike and Rose, the brothers Wade, The Old Shoppers, Lisa at Gardiff (for keeping us cool), Daisy at Cineworld, John Travers (for old time’s sake), Brookes (tenth year), Annabel, Stuart and co at Bartham Press, Alan and the folks at Union Hand Roasted, Rodger and Co at WMF (hey Presto!), Jason at Beers Of Europe, all at R J Blow and Co, Esther & Martin at HCCS, Andy Sizmur @ Richer Sounds, Brian and The Mall, David Parkinson, James Cunliffe, Geoff Cox, Photo Jane, The Guardian, Tebbsy, Barry & Diana Norman, Jody and Andy at Universal Pictures, Liberty and Damo at The Works, Jane at Warner Bros, the legendary Mompath conglomerate, Cinemanx and Premier PR, Dan W, Nic Roeg, Andy Vermouth, Ufonics (still wants to come), Immel, John Lee (sorry), Tony Hendra, JNB publishing (neck ‘n’ neck), Nelda, Stephen Malit, Ray Privett, Robin, Daniel & Matt at Dislocation, Dan Schneidkraut, Laura Woods (for the big X in the sky), Procter - a real FS veteran, Jenny Erwood at Paramount, plus all volunteers and anyone else that contributes after this goes to print. TICKETS OPENING FILM SHORT FILMS YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE SPINAL TAP/TONY HENDRA FILMSCHLOCK THE FLAMING LIPS INTRODUCING THE END 04 - 05 06 - 07 08 - 18 20 - 21 23 24 25 26 - 31 FROM JULIEN TEMPLE DOCUMENTARIES INDIE FEATURES A DIFFERENT VIEW METHODS/MADNESS SOPHIE’S CHOICE CLOSING FILM DAY BY DAY BY DAY 32 33 - 38 39 - 47 48 49 50 - 51 52 - 53 54 - 55 03 a mix of the experienced, the artful and the new. It’s full of the independent spirit we have built Filmstock on and as ever, gives a chance for filmmakers at all stages of their careers to share in the experience. To say it’s a dream come true to close this particular journey with a film by the Coen Brothers, understates it somewhat. It felt fateful. We were speechless. This is all or nothing. It's all out there. it's on the screen, it's in this programme, it's in every inch of the space we will create to welcome you into. So many great films, so many great filmmakers, such a great audience. We are blessed with those who invest their energy into Filmstock for the first time, or time and again. You reward us and re-energise us when we need it most, but this year, alongside you, we are gonna have fun, so much fun. It's gonna be a blast, a party this town will never forget. Join us. Peace In celebration of year 10, and going “one louder” to eleven, Filmstock will unveil its festival ale The Spinal Tap. Made with our friends at The Potton Brewery, it will be available both on-tap and in commemorative bottles. The Spinal Tap will be launched at our special screening of the film on Saturday 7th Nov at 7.20pm. THERE’S A NEW KID IN TOWN Once again, a world of films matched only in number by a world of the finest beers, ales and ciders from across the globe. Some new tastes, some old friends. When they arrive the pallet weighs about a ton, but the special ones soon go, and when they’re gone they’re gone. BEERS OF THE WORLD UNITE Well it is our birthday! To celebrate friends of Filmstock will be making cakes which will be for sale during the busy festival weekends. Nothing is ever as simple as that, so to add to the atmosphere the cakes will also be judged by an official panel. Do you want to make a cake? Do you want to be a judge? Get in touch to get stuffed. CAKESTOCK THERE ARE 2 SIMPLE WAYS TO PAY YOUR WAY AT FILMSTOCK. PAY AS YOU GO INDIVIDUAL TICKETS £5 BUY A PASS STOCKHOLDER PASS £11 A PASS COVERS EVERYTHING EXCEPT OPENING FILM £5 CLOSING FILM £5 05 venue THE HAT FACTORY 65-67 BUTE ST LUTON LU1 2EY contact [email protected] 07518 216 203 THU 05 NOV. 7.30PM. SCREEN A. TICKETS: £5 Cold Souls Director & Writer: Sophie Barthes 101mins Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Emily Watson Paul Giamatti is, well, Paul Giamatti. Starring as a version of himself, one of the best actors around gives a stunning performance as an anxiety ridden actor who opts to store his soul at a soul storage company (run by David Strathairn, not playing himself), so he can fulfil his lead role in Uncle Vanya. What follows is a chain of events that flows from surreal to absurd, but is also rooted in a real existential mire, and full of humour. Emily Watson is his wife, who becomes increasingly worried as he goes through several changes and personalities in a film that asks big questions, but never at the expense of its cinematic ambition. Sophie Barthes’ debut feature is a true gem full of the independent vision and spirit that runs through the entire Filmstock programme and has done for the past 10 years. Sometimes we watch a movie and say instantly, in tandem at its close “That’s a Filmstock film”. Cold Souls is such a film. A film of imagination, heart, black humour and great performances. “An ambitious, elegantly shot, totally cool first feature. Be warned: the film encourages thinking!” – Manohla Dargis, NY Times OPENING FILM SPONSOR 07 08 shorts 1 Knucks Four guys, friends from when they were young, try to put to rest their demons, the only way they know how. Dir. Richie Allan & Melissa Gorrono 21mins USA Fine Art A girl with a strange visual subconscious meets a pompous stranger in an art gallery. Dir. James Sharpe 5mins UK Dogboy A young man discovers the mask of a dog lying in the street. Picking it up, he is transformed. Dir. Ed Edwards 3mins UK Il Principe “A great Prince has to be half lion, and half fox” – Niccolo Macchiavelli. Dir. Matteo Albano 20mins Italy Paintbrush A faintly autobiographical satire of social networking sites. Dir. Alex Barrett 8mins UK FRI 06 NOV 7.00PM SCREEN A FRI 06 NOV 9.10PM BASEMENT Voor Een Dubbeltje... (A Penny For...) A gentleman tramp, more confused than decayed, tries to find his way through the streets of Amsterdam ... and time. Dir. Eric Wobma 9mins Belgium Absent A man contemplates his life and attempts to make peace with his past in order to move on. Dir. Flynn Eccles 10mins UK Efterfesten 3 people at an after party start talking about sex and soon the mood changes. Dir. Marcus Ovnell 12mins Sweden Inflatable You Kees Hoogeveen uses his horn to improvise over a typical suburban view. Dir. Eric Wobma 2mins Belgium Teenage Angst Teenage angst, experienced in images both literal and metaphorical. Dir. Ethan Beach 5mins USA The Winged Man Daysi, a Latina high school girl, is pregnant. Is the conception the son of a mystical winged man, as the girl insists? Dir. Marya Mazor 14mins USA Intermezzo A man in a suit calmly tries to solve a crossword puzzle while enjoying public transportation. Dir. Eric Wobma 5mins Belgium Veils The story of a Jewish girl and a Palestinian man on their wedding day. A story about prejudice, love, and kosher crispy duck pancakes. Dir. Dan Susman 13mins UK Hazel A young woman goes missing from a small community, but what does our narrator have to do with this tragic tale? Dir. Felix Gilfedder 9mins UK The Hour Hakim can’t let his sister know what has happened, but she just won’t leave him alone. Dir. Konstantin Bojanov 15mins Bulgaria/USA FRI 06 NOV 9.00PM SCREEN A SAT 07 NOV 10.10AM BASEMENT Modern Life Is Rubbish A couple break up and divide up their CD collection in this tale of love, loss and the inherent evil of Greatest Hits albums. Dir. Daniel J Gill 13mins UK Crimson A road movie without a car. Kyle is an idealist in search of an ideology, we follow him as he journeys through the city desperate for human connection. Dir. Piers Hill 14mins UK Dream Casserole A man has a dream casserole. Dir. David Ellinor 2mins UK shorts 2 FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE Lost Paradise A man and woman are tenderly making love in a one star hotel room. Moments later, an idyll that seemed real is now gone. 11 Dir. Oded Binnun 10mins France/Israel Countdown A renowned pianist mysteriously loses the use of his fingers one by one. Dir. Jordan Canning 9mins Canada La Glaciere Rouge Charles learns he has lung cancer but he doesn't seem to care. Bored, he decides to play an underground game. 4 shorts Dir. Michael Jr Tremblay 18mins Canada The Absence A teenager at school demonstrates the art of absence. Dir. Kristof Novak 6mins Hungary A Year Of Your Love The story of driven, Ugandan Ina and needy English Andy. Two different souls embarking on a tentative relationship. Dir. Wai Choy 19mins USA Hungerford: Symphony Of A London Bridge A modern day city symphony and a tribute to filmmakers of the 1920s. Dir. Alex Barrett 3mins UK Dir. Richard Edwards 12mins UK Red Revenge Through emotional and weird dreams a woman discovers she has matured in this animated revenge story. Separation Fortune or misfortune? What really happened here? Dir. Andras Novak 4mins Hungary Dir. Eunha Choi 6mins USA The Offer After a life of crime and time behind bars, Peter tries to give his 16 year old daughter Sarah a new life. SAT 07 NOV 1.00PM SCREEN A SAT 07 NOV 3.10PM BASEMENT Dir. Joe Hughes 12mins Australia Running Late Boedecker loses his watch down a drain, seeming to force a pause in his life. This Is Life Betrayed by his fiancee and utterly alone, a young photographer struggles to reconnect with his mother, who can't remember who he is. SAT 07 NOV 10.00AM SCREEN A SAT 07 NOV 1.10PM BASEMENT Dir. Leo Poloniecki & Joel Anderson 9mins UK Burn The Whole Place Down Animated zombie music video trilogy Dir. Adam Comiskey 11mins UK Under The Tracks Featuring homeless actors, mentored through the innovative ‘Acting On Impulse’ programme in Manchester, this is a compelling docudrama about life on the streets. Dir. Garry Paton 15mins UK Reality What happens when a successful daytime show’s guest refuses to go on air at the last moment? Haste, fear and media manipulation; we are backstage and everything is not what it seems. Dir. Kim Gazquez 13mins Spain 6 Minus Revealing the beauty and dynamics of rock climbing, and the inherent fears. Making Plans For Roland Roland was a cad, a swine and a drunk. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve a good send off. Dir. Mathias Steinach 4mins Germany Dir. Robert K Potter 16mins Australia Terrible Terrell Self-taught, but lacking the discipline for formal education, Terrell is afforded few options for reinvention. Dir. Eric Chambers 9mins USA shorts 3 the breakfast session comes complete with complimentary coffee and morning treats to get you up to speed. Curious Thing Jared is closeted. Sam is straight. They find a connection in each other that they've never had before, but where do they go from there? Dir. Alain Hain 9mins USA FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE 12 Christmas Time Ex-convict Terry is seeing his 7 year old daughter for the first time since his release. Dir. Zoe Nathanson 15mins UK Chronicles By The Other A reflection on relationships through the prism of a girl, her boyfriend and his best friend. Dir. Sophie Farkas-Bolla 17mins Canada 5 shorts Public Safety In a world full of crime and terror we need zero tolerance. Dir. Marc Roessler & Steffen Hornung 6mins Germany Swing This is swinging, this isn’t cheating. Three Los Angeles couples discuss and experiment with the idea of swinging, with varying degrees of success. Carbone’s Birthday A down-on-his-luck cop finds unexpected solace while spending his birthday on the job. Dir. Scott Tanner Jones 12mins USA Dir. Jeff Prugh 23mins USA One Day L.A Created for the ‘Exquisite Corpse’ project in Seattle. Open Your Eyes A journey of self-discovery begins when a woman diagnosed with breast cancer finds herself in a bathroom with a stranger. Foxes In The Underground A local newsroom must overcome its infighting to deliver an important story when it goes National, the day of Charles & Diana’s wedding. Isosceles Julie has just found out the father of her imminent child has been cheating on her, Simm feels torn between his tryst and his new child. Jesse just wants to jump off a building. Dir. Susan Cohen 14mins USA Dir. Allison Beda 1min Canada Dir. Anton Steel 9mins New Zealand Dir. Daniel Nickson 14mins UK SAT 07 NOV 3.00PM SCREEN A SAT 07 NOV 5.10PM BASEMENT How It’s Done On a late night bus journey a shy, angry man watches a cocky youth lead a courtship dance that gives him new found confidence. SAT 07 NOV 5.00PM SCREEN A SUN 08 NOV 12.10PM BASEMENT Girl A teenage girl is finishing homework, and getting dressed. But is the day ahead a typical one? Dir. Jack Turits 6mins USA Dir. Michael O’Kelly 9mins UK The Girl With Stories In Her Hair A girl in a brothel questions the advice her mother gave her as a child. Lunch|Break Three people are taking their lunch break. In just a few minutes their lives will be torn into pieces. Dir. Phoebe Boswell 3mins UK The Tree Man Set between chapters 15 and 16 of Collodi's classic novel 'The Adventures of Pinocchio', this tale depicts the wooden boy’s seemingly final minutes. Dir. Christoph Strobl 15mins Austria Memotekid An experimental dance film contrasting the minimalism of the dance with the overwhelming nature of the Faroe Islands. Dir. Navin Dev 8mins UK Dir. Marianna Morkore & Rannva Karadottir 6mins Denmark/Faroe Islands Magritte Moment A frustrated painter searching for his muse gets some help from the surreal visions of Rene Magritte. Dir. Ian Fischer 17mins USA Heartstrings When two characters meet and fall in love they become joined by a red piece of string, but what happens when the length of string runs out? Dir. Rhiannon Evans 3mins UK FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE 6 shorts 14 FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE shorts And You Keep Going Boony and Gordo, two friends who refuse to give up on each other, smoke, fight and eat their way through another long day. Dir. Lisa Pham 17mins Canada Silence Political, experimental, absurdist commentary. 8 Dir. Ava Lanche 3mins Germany Game Over: The Life Of Keith Fairway Analogue fuzzy, deadpan funny, and with a unique perspective - celebrity excess from the POV of abject poverty. Dir. Keir Black 16mins UK Wild Like Ego 17 year-old Kelly is smart, funny, rebellious, and very horny. Ego is older, louder, a little dim and very ready to bounce out of town. What about love? Free For Girls A young woman uses the subversive world of internet hook-up sites to remedy her problem with intimacy only to find that nothing comes for free. Dir. Karen Glienke 18mins USA Dir. Adam Gordon 16mins Canada Swipe A woman’s lazy and unwashed boyfriend asks her if he can borrow some money. Skylight An animated mock documentary about the ecological plight of penguins in the Antarctic. Is this the future for us all? Dir. Maximilian Blustin 3mins UK Dir. David Baas 5mins Canada Interpretation A romantic couple's brief encounter with several philosophical thugs unfolds in an unusual way. SUN 08 NOV 12.00PM SCREEN A SUN 08 NOV 2.10PM BASEMENT Dir. Lin Oeding 8mins USA Prayers For Peace A narrative stop-motion animation confronting the memory of the artist's younger brother killed in the current conflict in Iraq. Dir. Dustin Grella 8mins USA Dir. Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan 11mins USA Angelesey Road The lives of four mismatched families are turned upside down when a catastrophic event occurs outside their remote terrace. Schizofredric Fredric has lost the fire in his belly and wants it back. After signing up for an unorthodox self-improvement program, Fredric becomes trapped outside his own life. Dir. Andy Poyiadgi 17mins UK SUN 08 NOV 2.00PM SCREEN A SUN 08 NOV 4.10PM BASEMENT Botnik A frustrated artist who longs to win the heart of a sexy beatnik chick goes to robotic extremes. shorts 7 Dir. Russell Owen 11mins UK Nancy Picks & Chooses Follow Nancy on her adventures through the 'Windy City' on her quest to find out why she chooses the men she chooses. Dir. Sean Fahey 15mins USA Attempt Seven In the near future one man believes he's found the secret to enormous wealth and will stop at nothing to achieve it. Dir. Gez Medinger & Robin Schmidt 5mins UK Angels In The Snow Two girls playing in the snow hide in a bush, frightened by a gang of youths. Dir. Sebastian Agdur & Andreas Tillnert 7mins Sweden Milk Man A neurotic voyeur's late night quest for a carton of milk forces him to confront his fears, but what does that mean for his future, and the girl next door? Dir. James Rumsey 15mins UK 16 True Beauty This Night Last night Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met. Dir. Peter Besson 10mins USA Ultima Funcion Félix is an old actor who lives alone. He is looking forward to performing in ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’, but his memory has other ideas. Dir. Fernando Uson Fornies 17mins Spain 9 shorts Three Moments After Sophie died in a car crash, she was 28 years old. Her close friends reunite. Dir. Marie Blanchet 21mins UK 155 Mile After losing their video footage, a TV station documentary team decides to venture into the demilitarized zone, hoping to find rare animals. Eschatology A light surreal comedy set in a natural history museum, loosely based on the writings of Haruki Murakami. Call Me Son When you've had more parents than birthdays, the last thing you want are two more. Milbe An animation about a grandmother and gigantic dust mites that threaten to destroy the world. Love Child A young girl enjoys the perfect life of being the only child, when one day a new family member arrives. Fluorescent Gray Something bad is happening in the house of marriage. They promised not to know. Dir. Hyung Suk Lee 25mins South Korea Dir. Louis McCullagh 11mins UK SUN 08 NOV 4.00PM SCREEN A SUN 08 NOV 6.10PM BASEMENT Dir. Daniel Wirtberg 7mins Sweden Blind Confession I've never done it before. Seriously. It's embarrassing. Does it bother you? Dir. Edward Shieh 4mins USA Last Night Nick and Evie sit on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. Dir. Ed Park 7mins Australia Dir. Jacob Mendel 7mins USA Dir. Karl Tebbe 6mins Germany Dir. Leo Age 8mins USA SUN 08 NOV 6.00PM SCREEN A SUN 08 NOV 8.10PM BASEMENT Josephine Is this more than just an awkward one night stand? Dir. Suni Khan 12mins UK Broken August After being brutally attacked, an optimistic young woman is reborn as a vengeful force of nature. Dir. Marc Pilvinsky 5mins USA Six Stitches Martha, a strong-willed, independent twenty-something, finds herself in a long-distance relationship. Absence can make the heart grow weary, rather than fonder. Dir. Jacqui Okum 17mins Canada The Double Mark is short on friends, sleep and stability. When the new guy at work appears to be his exact doppelganger, his struggle with his own identity is taken to breaking point. Dir. Tom George 14mins UK El Pianografo A piano player plays a melancholic song on a stage, accompanied by three eccentric musicians. Dir. Eduardo Brenes 3mins Costa Rica shorts 10 FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE 17 Altar A janitor re-examines his life when a toilet he cleans daily becomes possessed. Dir. Nathan Bezner 18mins USA A Film About Poo Er… Dir. Anne Wilkins & Emily Howells 90secs UK I Can Speak Swedish Jane buys a used car, in which she finds items that provide her with the chance to communicate with a world she once feared. Hope is the same in any language. Dir. David Forster & Charlene Loh 18mins Australia Corvus Corax In the beginning there was nothing. Only the Raven. Dir. Adam Procter 3mins UK Das Paket Two hardened gangsters Klaus and Bernd have to deliver a package. It has to get there in time, but a small traffic light becomes a big problem. Dir. Marco Gadge 9mins Germany SUN 08 NOV 8.00PM SCREEN A SUN 08 NOV 6.10PM BASEMENT Fanatic Daniel is a dwarf bicycle courier living and working in Barcelona. One hot sunny day, a chance meeting and an act of kindness help Daniel take stock of everyday preconceptions. Dir. Paul Robinson 23mins Spain/UK Anniversary Manuel and Eleanor are a caring elderly couple who love each other dearly and help each other deal with the difficulties of old age. Dir. Ryan Barger 8mins USA Offshore Bank A contract is a contract. Dir. Thomas Barndt 4mins USA FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE 18 shorts 11 FRI 06 NOV. 7.10PM. BASEMENT THU 12 NOV. 6.10PM. BASEMENT GREEN VALLEY Director: Josh Barry Writers & Producers: Josh Barry & Jess Lofland 100mins USA Cast: Jess Lofland, Tyler Vaughan Penn, Jay Hindle, Jake Price, Ian Denny, Bill Elverman, Kate Higgins, Whitmer Thomas WORLD PREMIERE P L E A S E There is such an emphasis on speed of image nowadays. It’s a bombardment. Nearly every outlet for visual media has fast cuts and effects-ridden, complex sequences which hide a dearth of character, emotion and heart. This collection of films requires you to work, and listen, and watch, and see. They require an audience, not a consumer. They want a dialogue with you that is independent and deliberate, if not necessarily vocal. The rewards? Cinematic, enigmatic and emphatic moments. The kind only the art of cinema can provide. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE Four friends meet up for their annual trip to the mountains. One of them shows a home video that reveals a violent secret and the group spends the rest of the trip struggling to confront their friend. They’ve known each other a long time and the revelation rocks their brotherhood to the core, as does the befriending of an unhinged local man where they are staying. TUE 10 NOV. 6.10PM. BASEMENT SAT 14 NOV. 4.00PM. BASEMENT IMPOLEX YOUR ‘SHORT’ ATTENTION PLEASE MONDAY 09 NOV. 8.10PM. BASEMENT. FRIDAY 13 NOV. 9.30PM. BASEMENT. MATT’S STORY Matt and Ted wander hungry and exhausted through an oppressive wasteland populated by freight trains and fellow travelers. The trains take Matt and Ted in every direction but never where they want to go. European Premiere. Director, Writer & Producer: Alex Perry 75mins USA Cast: Riley O’Bryan, Kate Lyn Sheil EUROPEAN PREMIERE To Whom It May Concern: You have just enlisted in the Initiative for the Monitoring and Protection of Liquid Energy Explosives. The IMPOLEX, for short. Impolex is beyond the rational, past the reasonable and removed from logic. Director: Daniel Schneidkraut Writers & Producers: Daniel Schneidkraut & Aaron Arel 27mins USA FENICOTTERI GAME #1 Fenicotteri is a simple game around the void. The story of two men who play the game of being imprisoned in a postcard. They speak an invented language. UK Premiere. Directors: Saba Salvemini & Valerio Malorni Producers: Saba Salvemini, Valerio Malorni & Annika Strohm 23mins Italy 21 22 Going to eleven this year was no accident, or mistake. Since we screened This Is Spinal Tap as part of our spoof marathon in year one we knew, yep, let’s do 11. The ‘Tap is a movie that never fails to delight. It cheers us up when times are hard, it inspires us when we try and write comedy (in another guise) and as filmmaking reminds us of what matters; character, timing, imagination. Filmstock is delighted to welcome Tony Hendra (Spinal Tap’s manager Ian Faith) to the festival to introduce the special screening. SAT 7TH NOV. 7.20PM. SCREEN A (film starts at 8.15pm) 25 Dir.: Wayne Coyne, Bradley Beesley, George Salisbury. 83mins The Flaming Lips have been a band we have always loved here at Filmstock HQ. Their album ‘The Soft Bulletin’ soundtracked the early struggles and successes of the festival and so when we were offered the chance to screen their epic but lo-fi, self indulgent musical yuletide space odyssey, a film that has only screened in the UK once before, we thought - why the hell not! We like the strange at Filmstock, and the joyous and they don’t come stranger or more joyous than this. FRIDAY 13TH NOV. 9.15PM. SCREEN A THURSDAY 12TH NOV. 8.30PM. SCREEN A SOUP OF THE DAY Five afternoon screenings throughout the festival will form a season we were going to call ‘Things we didn’t get round to’. However, we thought ‘Soup Of The Day’ sounded snappier, so in accordance with that, to find out what’s on, ask your waiter for details. We wanted to create something that did both the mammoth job of summarising ten years whist remaining pleasing to the eye and faithful to the spirit of Filmstock. We knew who to ask. Chris Henley has designed and produced a limited edition festival poster, screen-printed, and individually numbered. They will be on sale during the festival and will be unveiled at the Opening Film. Wewill never forget it.We don’t think you will either.That’s not arrogance, that’s just love, and trust and faith in your friends. Filmstock is all this and more. It's different every day. It's always had the power to overcome the traumas of delivering it. Whenever the waves felt like they were going to capsize us the love we receive from the crowd, and our filmmakers, and the memories of what we have done for a decade, rise like Gods to calm the sea, and restore the tranquil, idyllic waters. Whatever we do next, it won’t compare to this, because this was the first thing of its kind for us. 10 years ago we wrote a hilarious, almost cringeworthy business plan for Filmstock.A decade later we have achieved everything on it, cinematically, except Martin Scorsese. However, the ‘business’ side of the ‘business’ plan dissolved soon after it was written. Fortunately, we just did what we wanted, and the results, well, you know the results. Temecula hot tubs, R&J - rose petals & candlelight, Darjeeling & Terror, Nic Roeg here - now!, wow. Here, now, we want to make 5 particular thank yous, these are highlighted not to pedestal one supporter above another, but they represent people who made it truly possible, not just for us, but for everyone else. This pleased us, because our greatest pleasure has been the friends we’ve made, locally but mainly in the international film community. We say mainly not out of disrespect to our local friends but because of the amazing relationships we forged around the globe, which surprise us to this day.When we started this, if you’d said we would meet the people we did, spend time with them in their homes, and hometowns, to the level that we continue to all over the world, we would have laughed. Finishing at the peak of Filmstock’s success was never an easy decision, but we believe we have never coasted or taken anything for granted. We have never done things the easy way. What this festival is, and the films it has shown has changed a lot in content. Look at the filmstockography overleaf to see that. You did that! You changed it by supporting the indies - by clamouring for the films that were made from the heart, that you would never see elsewhere round here. THE POSTER TO END ALL POSTERS Filmstock 2000-2009: Ray Harryhausen, Shrek, partying with The Commitments (twice), Jaws in the Pool, Moulin Rouge outdoors, Mike Hodges, films on the ceiling, the Filmstock bike ride (Sam’s broken arm, thanks for not suing), late nights, early mornings, lots of curries, funding trauma, last minute panics, so much coffee, entries by the barrel load, staying with filmmakers, seeing their cities, Batman Begins, Jason Reitman, unseen Abbott & Costello prints, love found, love lost, Scorsese’s office, Hungarian television, hunting houses with Jim Sheridan, at home with The Normans, There are more people to thank, some there every year, all crucial for a variety or single event both now and then, but naturally, we can't thank you all here. But we will give you a big hug when you come to this; our last hurrah. Kata, your part in Filmstock is two-fold, you not only coined 'the filmstock family' but you also recognised the heart of the festival and invested in it so much by inviting Filmstock on holiday to Hungary, making us welcome and making it possible for the many friends, filmmakers, musicians and artists that we took in our suitcase. We are different people now. Sculpted by life, but in no small part by this venture. Friends, memories, lessons, achievements. In the map of our lives, Filmstock is due north. It's time for us to do something new. It was a tough decision because we love it and we have loved doing it, the good has always beaten down the bad, always. We’re sure there is another kind festival lurking in our guts, and we’re excited and nervous about what that might be but also thankful we don’t have to start thinking about it yet. We've been living ‘Filmstock’ since we were 19 and 20. It's been in the calendar for 10 years. Don't be sad. Celebrate. Celebrate with us this tumultuous journey with too many memories. This is the fourth draft, and each time we never know where to start. Filmstock, you see, is not just ours. Its special quality is that it exists in the hearts and minds of filmmakers, audiences and staff but it's not explicit.You can't soundbite it. It's a feeling, a sense. We can say what our favourite bits are, but then again, they change all the time. We could use a quote or photo or two from our archive, but they wouldn't do it justice. It could never nail the diversity of films, events, people and the‘thing’ that just happened. { FINAL DRAFT } This year at the festival centre we will have a living, breathing representation of the Filmstock office across time - “inspired by true events”. It will be scaled down a little, and some cinematic license will be taken, but you’ll be able to touch, smell and watch your way through the archive of plans, letters, insults, oh and films. THE FAUX FILMSTOCK OFFICE To JV who made year two possible and helped us take Filmstock under the stars, six times. Heno, always working under your design influence, you have never failed to capture the feel of Filmstock over the last ten years, always contributing, giving, and steering ideas and images - making us reaslise what’s possible on paper and online. Wurzel, for coming in and taking the load off us (Justin mainly) and allowing us time and energy to enjoy the days of the festival. It has been good to have you on board these past few years - minus the year we don’t speak of! (thanks Atso!) - and we know you will be at the core of what we do next. To Ray and all at RJ Blow & Company, thank you for putting up with ten years/tonnes of mail, the result of our ‘lightly made’ descison to go international and all that came with it. To our families and loved ones. We have probably been a nightmare at times and you probably feared for our sanity and wellbeing, but thanks to you we always got there. It’s only fair to remind ourselves and disclose to all that year one was paid for (at the eleventh hour) by our parents and dear friend Damian. - JIM MORRISON [J & N] “THIS IS THE END, BEAUTIFUL FRIEND[S]” FILMSTOCKOGRAPHY (nearly everything...) 2000 SPECIAL GUEST Ray Harryhausen Jason And The Argonauts COMEDY Sleeper Annie Hall Mon Pere Ce Heros Le Huitieme Jour The Man With Two Brains The Jerk The Ladykillers The Apartment The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jason and The Argonauts Dr Strangelove A Shot In The Dark What About Bob? Rushmore Happy Gilmore Clerks It’s A Wonderful Life Terms Of Endearment Sleepless In Seattle When Harry Met Sally The Goonies The Muppets Take Manhatten Scared Stiff The Odd Couple King Of Comedy After Hours Withnail & I There’s Something About Mary Abbot & Costello In Jail (UK Premiere) Duck Soup DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY: MARATHON The Naked Gun Hot Shots The Princess Bride Loaded Weapon 1 This Is Spinal Tap Top Secret Spaceballs Airplane INDIE FEATURES A Fountain For Susan Haunted WAR CHILD NIGHT Bezdan (The Abyss) Welcome To Sarajevo SHORTS Snack Related Mishap Estetkya Feel The Wrath Of My Meat Pizza I Am Bob-A-Job In The Way True Colours Lessons In Romance Love In Tow Hive Abduction 2 Min Film About Relationships Oxford Blues Gigantic Youth Keepers Distress Signals Bus Fare Paradosis Francesca And The Rabbit The Security Of Purpose Night Train 2001 VILLAINS A Touch Of Evil The Third Man North By Northwest Dirty Harry Batman Returns Superman II Point Blank Angel Heart Scarface Angels With Dirty Faces The Shining Aliens Serial Mom Seven Unforgiven Don’t Look Now The Wicker Man Back To The Future Trilogy Star Trek II No Mella Roos Bella! Bella! Bella! Crash Pad And The One Armed Bandit In God We Trust FILMS IN TUNE Quadrophenia Saturday Night Fever From Here To Eternity Don’t Look Back That’s The Way It Is Pennies From Heaven The Glenn Miller Story Viva Las Vegas The Man Who Fell To Earth Performance Woodstock Director’s Cut 2002 LOVE.MURDER.SUBTITLES Sholay In The Mood For Love Amarcord Run Lola Run All About My Mother DAVID LYNCH WEEKEND The Straight Story Lost Highway Twin Peaks: FWWM BLAXPLOITATION Jackie Brown Cleopatra Jones Black Belt Jones Superfly Coffy I EXPECT YOU TO DIE: BOND MARATHON Goldfinger You Only Live Twice Live And Let Die The Living Daylights The World Is Not Enough USA INDIE NIGHT The Auteur Theory Pirates Of Central Park Breathing Hard OUTDOOR MOVIE Rocky Horror Picture Show SHORTS Twitch I’m Sorry But You Don’t Exist The Right Moves In Search Of The China Hat Pour L’Amour Du Cinema Shutter Jack Is Back Oiko Logos Subterranean Passage Three Derelict Vehicles. Two Days. One Kevin Dresser H.R. Pukenshette Der Durchbruch Dark And Stranger Michaela The Still The Wanderers Eye Can See Time Kosovolove Clown Car Rock Creek Time Step Quiero Morir Rock Star 101 Buzz Stone Materialistic Love I Hate My Neighbour And Want Him To Die Fair Play Public Places The Creation Studio Notes Get Rhythm EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Shrek CLOSING NIGHT The Commitments 10year Anniversary OUTDOOR MOVIE Grease OPENING FILM Insomnia THE FAIRER SEX The Age Of Innocence Aimee And Jaguar Ai No Corrida Alien All About Eve Beau Travail Bhaji On The Beach The Blue Angel Breaking The Waves Breakfast At Tiffany’s Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Dirty Dancing Felicia’s Journey La Fille Sur Le Pont Girlfight Gilda Heavenly Creatures Lady And The Tramp Le Mepris Meet Me In St. Louis Malena Nil By Mouth Pretty Woman The Purple Rose Of Cairo Ratcatcher Séance On A Wet Afternoon The Slipper And The Rose Some Came Running Some Like It Hot A Town Like Alice The Virgin Suicides What’s Cooking? Wonderland You Can Count On Me Y Tu Mama Tambien INDIANA JONES TRILOGY ST. MARY’S CHURCH Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet NEW YORK NIGHT Cityfish A Walk In The Park John Carlin: Live Music INDIE FEATURES Peroxide Passion Mary Mary Subterranean Blue Black Swan Suspended Animation So Faraway And Blue Golden Burn All You Need Wild Flowers DOCUMENTARY NIGHT Occupation Champion Blues FOYER CINEMA Ablution Morning Poem No.40 Fragments Crash Timepiece SHORTS El Hombre Que Camina Love Is Blind This Bastard Business Mobilfunken On The Line The Confession Singing Sticks Meat Angka Mistakes Shmotel Stranger Within Me Budget Liquor The Love Star Black Interactive Pucker Up Bonsai Monsters Speed City The Menace Of Dennis Woman X A Fisherman’s Lament The Book And The Rose Bad Company Nachtmitte Shrink Naturlige Briller The Ultimate Cocktail Indefinitely Man Alone Gents Between Us And Them Thanks For Nothing Morte Bine Monkey Trap Paul’s Lucky Day Shot In The Forest Der Wurger Beachcombers Hong Kong-Liverpool-Penzance Every Day More Closely To Heaven Jamie’s Nights Never Optical Illusion Mystery Cave Moosh Stopp Colours The Terms Phil’s Job Sunday Morning Blink THE FILMSTOCK FILM Smoke Yourself Thin 2003 OUTDOOR SCREENING Moulin Rouge OPENING FILM Identity JIM SHERIDAN’S MONTAGE My Left Foot The Field The Boxer In The Name Of The Father Persona My Left Foot Onibaba Shane Yojimbo The Disorderly Orderly The Three Faces Of Eve 8 1/2 EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Apocalypse Now Badlands Bonnie & Clyde Chinatown The Conversation Duel Easy Rider The Exorcist Five Easy Pieces The French Connection The Godfather Part II Jaws The Kid Stays In The Picture The Last Detail The Last Picture Show The Long Goodbye M*A*S*H Mean Streets One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Raging Bull Taxi Driver THX1138 The Wild Bunch Close Encounters Of The Third Kind TEEN NOSTALGIA TRILOGY Goonies / Ferris Bueller’s Day Off / Stand By Me SHORTS Some Lucky Bastard Space Dance The ‘Bathroom’ Agreement Hang Time Photographing Invisible Things Lullabelle Two To Tangle On The Cord Racing Post The Clones The Rage Left-Handed One Less Rat Daisychain Going Home To Eat Foley Street Dead Making Juice Apathy Dial Up For Murder Lea’s Voice Cry For Bobo Bob, James & Abdul Go Awesome Heavenly 11.9.3001 End Of Silence Talking With Fishes Fourteen Brick Lane Don’t Look Now Hands On Fire The Offering Rosso Fango The End Salida Llegada Sixth Scent The Well Bitter Nightstand Making Tea For The Mob Sideburns Chat-A-Box Last Summer The Least Of These Masturbation: Putting The Fun Into Self-Loving Bum Runner Girl, A The Door Wilfred Return Suck Art, Let’s Dance Photograph Girl From Behind My Mirror Ticket Manufactory Sugar Inc. Toll INDIE FEATURES Requiem Jack & Ella Anne B. Real Mrs Pilgrim Goes To Hollywood Dead Man’s Dream Minimal Knowledge Rub & Tug The Rose Technique Carlos Castaneda – Enigma Of A Sorcerer DOCUMENTARIES The Play Is On Rave Against The Machine Deep Waters The Other Final Son’s Job Beyond The Battlefield Brothers On Holy Ground SOUNDTRACK Guest programmed by David Levine CLOSING FILM Nicholas Nickelby 2004 OUTDOOR SCREENING School Of Rock OPENING FILM The Return HANKS FOR THE MEMORIES Dragnet / The ‘Burbs / Big JIM HENSON TRILOGY Muppets Take Manhattan The Dark Crystal Labyrinth MIKE HODGES’ MONTAGE Black Rainbow Get Carter Flash Gordon Croupier I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead Ace In The Hole Beat The Devil Black Narcissus Kiss Me Deadly Odd Man Out The Seventh Seal ENDURANCE Irreversible Salo: 120 Days Of Sodom Urotsukidoji: Legend Of The Overfiend Funny Games Ichi The Killer I Stand Alone Romance Tetsuo: Iron Man A Clockwork Orange Holy Mountain DOCUMENTARIES The Children Of Sonrise Somalia’s Handbook The Story Of 1066 Tobacco Money Feeds My Family Refuge Polish Your Shoes The Watershed The Brothers Pratt One At-Bat Nothing Without You The Bulls Of Suburbia The Dream Project The Displacement Map Say You Love Me A Life To Live Buen Camino! Shooting People Choice Living The Blues Planespotting Screaming Men BRUCE LEE NIGHT THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY LONG SHORT TRIPLE Milk Within The Skins Of Saints Did You Ever INDIE FEATURES All The Ships At Sea American Yearbook Cavalcades Clean Crash Test Delivery Boy Chronicles The Edge Of The World Guf Ha-Neschamot Judge Koan Le Festin De La Mante Lightning Bug Maybe Logic Mulher Policia Noise 12 SHORTS Interloper Miracolo Tic(k) The Reunion I’m Sammy Hagar The Trial Of Jack Baby Boy Skateboarding In Sarajevo Turn Back Now An Evening At H Lebenssturme Time And Again Night Dawn Day Sold Waiting For Ronald Alliteration Great Lengths Iota Simplicity Love Me Or Leave Me Alone The Bug Man Pol Pot’s Birthday Sibling Deadline 0:07:08 Irony Mode 008 Moth Exodus Sciare De Focu Stuff That Bear Lauffeuer The Collector 30 Miles The Neighbour Exit 8A A Clean Slate The Good Life Hitching A Ride The Space Between Compromise Fishing For Trauster I Cannot Understand You Hubris Shoobris Out Of The Shadows Once Upon A Time Career Suicide Margaret And Doreen El Trafico The Question Tuesday In The Gutter Blue Don’t Nobody Love The Game More Than Me C’era Una Volta Un Re Tough All Over Et Toi? Words On Koncrete Stealing Innocence Nassrasur Romeo And Juliet Sunday Morning Space Available Tokyo Stalker Fortunate Son Tea Time The Halfway Tree Lemmings The Golddigger’s Rush Mummers Black Frog Interference Rules Of The Game Sisten I Or En Skit Park Pleasures Giant Sized Rendez-Vous Honeymoon Flash Iluzii Optice Xhale Hollywood Crime Scene L’Entretien D’un Chat Llo Ruach Haim The Return Of Peg Leg Pete Bitter Sleep The Paper Castle Catatonic Overpass Dub Ya War Tormentum Jonah Maintenance Room Wasp Idle Chubby Buddy Love Sick Processional Parole Rubate Burning The Bed Employee Dang Punching Hitler New World Roland’s Trouble 19 At 11 CLOSING FILM The Cooler 2005: DEBRECEN OPENING FILM Dead Man’s Shoes American Yearbook The Edge Of The World Son’s Job Somalia’s Handbook Champion Blues In Loving Memory Polish Your Shoes Nothing Without You 30 Miles Don’t Nobody Love The Game More Than Me Kind Relief The Paper Castle Nassrasur Meat Nachtmitte Romeo And Juliet Sunday Morning Man Alone To Eat Waiting For Ronald Iota The Census Taker Talking With Fishes Cry For Bobo Spaces Mummers Moth Exodus Lea’s Voice The Terms Foley Street Roland’s Trouble Stuff That Bear Punching Hitler The End Burning The Bed Exit 8A The Question Rendez-Vous L’Entretien D’un Chat Irony Mode 008 El Hombre Que Camina Indefinitely Pol Pot’s Birthday Deadline The Space Between I Cannot Understand You Between Us And Them Simplicity Love Me Or Leave Me Alone Interloper Out Of The Shadows Margaret And Doreen Xhale Shrink Milk Flowers And Coins Processional Lemmings The Halfway Tree Boy With A Hole In His Head 2005 OUTDOOR MOVIE Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory OPENING FILM Undertow INDIE FEATURES The Prince Of Jersey 29 Mimon Ill Fated Forest Grove Kudaikkul Mazhai What’s Bugging Seth Sund@y Seoul Richard III Mission Movie Stay Until Tomorrow DOCUMENTARIES Bazooka Ten Days As Smart As They Are: The Author Project Red Trousers Chesed Shel Emet: True Kindness Matisyahu Glenn Tilbrook: One For The Road Skateboarding Is Not Tony Hawks Pro Skater Or The X Games Or Slut Balloonhat Helen’s War Soshi Words Of My Perfect Teacher 7th Street Gray Memorial Aerosol What If? Echo Outside The Square The Noodle Man Made In Italy Taubman Sucks Contempt Of Conscience SHORTS Fish Eye Samuel DeMango Bjorno & Bingo Dodge City Bathing Belly Button Two Stops To Bank Show & Tell Las Viandas The Duration The Zit Good Morning Once Upon A Time On Franklin Avenue Mennyei Beke As We Dream El Dia Perfecto Mindjart Meghalok Spandex: A Father’s Tale Tears Safety Who Makes Movies? Flotsam & Jetsam Un Beau Repare Forced Entry Jamaica Les Professionnels The Netherbeast Of BermTech Industries Courage & Stupidity Gardening Tips For Housewives You Can Awesome Diving Alphabet Dimmer Herman The Legal Labrador Comptine Myaso Contrapunto Or Murray Hill Weights And Measures Tom On Mars Snap Masterpiece Numbo Tiny Dancer The Census Taker The Treatment Urban Fairytale Dark Bright Red Seeker Sixty Cups Of Coffee Post-It Daughter: A Story Of Incest La Nariz De Cleopatra The Listener Free Speech Flyaway Chat Noir Together Alone Photomateurs Separated By Light Berocca The Fine Art Of Poisoning The Artist The Tardis Rocco Paris Change Of Address One Man Spacecraft Television Spacer Spaces Mowing The Lawn Tnua 6.6.04 Water Under Bridge Picked The Arsonist Life In The Ring Projektionen Cadences Myron Victim I Want! I Want! I Can Say Heaven Sent Cavemen With Coffee In The Field Saddam 17 Traffic Warden Growing Pains Magic Circle Delilah & George A Knight Film Something Real Banana Split All Over Brazil Earth The Dashing Diner David & The Dog Cuadrilatero RUF 992M Arrowman Sam 2 Eyes Open Songbird The Bookshelf Be Very Quiet Pockok A.W National Hollerin’ Contest Red Lion Princess And The Frog Small Circle Of Friends Makes Me Love You Jayson Hamoudi & Emil Jag Bara Undrar Growing The Boy With A Hole In His Head Skylab Flowers & Coins The Fourth Mr. Rivet 2+1 Still Life Som En Tjuv Om Natten Barbara Jean Blemish Mona Lisa Pulpville Sister Stucco Test Pattern Pillow Girl FILMSCHLOCK House Of The Dead MYSTERY MOVIE Batman (Adam West) CLOSING FILM Batman Begins 2006 OPENING FILM Thank You For Smoking OUTDOOR MOVIE Monty Python & The Holy Grail BARRY NORMAN’S MONTAGE Good Night & Good Luck The Misfits Gladiator Sideways Pulp Fiction JAWS IN THE POOL FILMSTOCK BIKE RIDE Overcoming Contribute 2 The Experience Bicycle Trip FILMSCHLOCK The Ice Cream Man LONG SHORT TRIPLE Uniform Mercy Seed Butterfly Woman INDIE FEATURES March Stomp! Shout! Scream! The Hole Story Bangkok In A Day Fourth Grade Black Jack Aftermath DOCUMENTARIES Golden Lotus Before The Flood Rebel Without Applause Sofia More Than 1000 Words A Flash Of Light The Hobby Disarm Pledge Of Allegiance Blues All Kindsa Girls Generation Meds Escape Velocity 4Real Kenya The Bays In Mexico The Assembler Texas Gold Messenger Kabaddi Cops The Hit South Central Farmers Two Hands SHORTS Apocalypse Oz Charnel Purse Snatcher Flypaper Reality Shock Disorder Noggin No Menus Please Kiss Me Goodnight Buongiorno Jog Fallen The Milky Way Worth A Thousand Words The Lighthouse Washing Up Liturgy Anamnesis Empty Building Short Stories Live At Five Legend Of The Scarecrow Secession Dear Sweet Emma Self Heaven A New Religion Chrysanthemum’s The Word Small World Jag Alskar Dig Robots Are Blue Nectar Heartburn Lamentations Mac An Athar The Invisible Man As The Crow Flies Missing Person The Yes Man If You Want It Latent Sorrow Moving Missing Pages Fuse .357 Dark Decisions Scape Illegal Know What You Mean Marina: The Last Bullet Why Don’t You Dance? Barely Visible Hombre Kabuki Kiss Hunchback Lo-Fi Rifting/Blue Under Construction Leaving Nowhere Lykkebil My Mother’s Hairdo A Fellow Of Enterprise Happy Life In Transition Spoonman Endgame Wretched Plastic Space Travel Hammer & Iron Smile Myth 821 Stunkard Initiation Stay Inside Well Fed And Comfortable Demolition 7 A Fairytale Souvenir The Travel Timeler Oedipus For Better And For Worse Lost & Found The Problem With Percival Shade Kuboa I Love A Parade His Deafness Exit California Prozac Tango Lookin’ For Some Posse Ed’s Trip Blind Man’s Alley Marbles Until The Clouds Clear My Tumour And I A Cigar At The Beach Hunting The Beast The Door Stop Home Delivery I’ve Met A Wonderful Man Rocky Cola A Picture Can Say 1000 Words The Cow Thief Project Huxley Hell Lucky Man Little Victim In The Tradition Of My Family Gravite The Walking Ink MYSTERY MOVIE Cars CLOSING FILM The Wind That Shakes The Barley 2007 OPENING FILM Planet Terror SHORTS Fagelboet The Colony Hello My Name Is Selling A White Dress Gone La Desgracia Ilega En Sobres Papel Madera Evocation Insight Land Of The Free A Neutral Corner Le Petit Mort Apple Abingdon Minding Rocco That’s Good, That’s Enough A Little Night Fright Hum Thirty Five Candles Titch The Wonder Dog Moustachios A Gift For Reba Indigo The Sisterhood Of The Night Fishing With Spinoza Chronicles Of Impeccable Sportsmanship The Vaudevillian 2 Burglars And A Ballerina Telling Mark Cough Drop The Green Grass Of Twilight Possession String Zysk Summer Breeze The Animal Book Compartment How To Animate Blackout The Safety Of Others Fission The Intruder The Phonekeeper Mirrors Underground The Mark Plainview Letters To God New To Laundry Waiting Tea Reverie La Crème Napulitane But Some Are Brave Moon Cake Hooded Safe Zone Der Erste Engel Doljer Ode To Lost Love Droomtijd Touch Down Sun In The Night Time The Recording Seeking Wellness Part Two: Daddy’s Time Hoodie Deep Breaths Bathysphere For The Love Of God Fucked Oh Yeah, Well My Dad’s Darth Vader Anonymous Silence Interior. Bedsit – Day The Pressman Negatives One Caro Figlio A Plastic Toy Dinosaur Pudding Bowl English Language (With English Subtitles) Let Go Lucky Heather The New Life Sucker Insignia Breathing In Sickhead Lovely Day The Adv. Of Baxter & McGuire Hyperhydrosis Soft Knock Knock The Fifth Glyph Agnieszka 2039 7 And A Half Frauen INDIE FEATURES The Boat People Mojave Phone Booth La Cascara Absentia Body/Antibody The Metrosexual Last Stop For Paul The Best Man Itch On Broadway Forfeit DOCUMENTARIES The Believers Last Thoughts Beijing Bubbles Women At The Wheel Big Business, Big Union, Small Town Knowledge Is The Beginning Que Le Viva La Lucha Fighter H.R. Giger’s Sanctuary Absolute Zero The Tribe Stealing Free Beer The Creatures From Outer Space Glamour Burkinabe What A Freegan Waste Evilution! The Yellow Monster FILMSCHLOCK Thunder In Paradise 3 POLSKISTOCK Facing Up We’re All Christs Extras Testosteron Persona Non Grata The Third Part Of The Night No Illusion On The Road Holiday Interrogation EXPERIMENTAL Cutting Up My Friends No Connection Palette Silencio Glimpse Streetsweeper Daydreams & Nighthawks Canidae – Chapter 1 Bathysphere ENDURANCE Haze Aftermath We Fuck Alone Cantata In C Major Fingered CLOSING FILM The Darjeeling Ltd. 2008 OPENING FILM Choke SHORTS Mother, Mine The Most Evil Man In The World The Tourist Hello Goodbye Blood Actually Die Seilbahn Gorta No Yetis Allowed Resolve My Blue Heaven Sticky Fingers Asi Es Endstation Heimat Pigeon Angel Nightwalking The Cave Coalinga Way The Gift Wrapper People Were There Feng / Wind I Dream In Stereo Amma Church And State The Creatures Fresh Water A Clear Sky On A Bad Day Ripple Tabby’s House Four Minutes Til Noon La Tangente Solitude The Morning News Full Stop Hilltop Somewhere, Anywhere Solstice The Basket Case Night After Night Tez Busted Walk Thirteen Or So Minutes Mr Lux Canbury High Hopes E Finita La Commedia Alicja Wonderland Arcadia Small Things Cypher Household Gods Tea Party Key Tumi? Side Effect This Is J03 Tony Zoreil Pitch Karaoke Show Judgement Day The Sleuth Incident Intercom Hatemail The Day I Saw You The Impulse Outside Agitator Ducks Green How I Learned To Love Richard Gere Kurtaxe Strangers The Green Film E1even Roses Lucky-Dip-Pick-N-Mix Double Turn Off The Lights And Turn On The Stereo Whatever Turns You On Albert Sick Osc[Dist] Out Of The Holes Of The Rocks The Last Bus The Hit Francois Stolen Youth Hikikomori Cheeese A Day’s Work 28 The Size Of Snow A Fitting Tribute The Sound Of The Bingo The Condition Dirty Job Domestics Foet Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mixed Bag, Or What’s In A Dream? Foto The Chef’s Letter Your Tube Free Admission The Confession Liminal On The Assassination Of The President Pelo Ouvido One Two Punch Lullaby Red Hood Spiderfly Dyer LONG SHORT TRIPLE Undertow Les Mouches Now You See Me, Now You Don’t INDIE FEATURES Kaleidoscope A Line In The Sand Saure Kleiner Sonntag The Inheritance Junction Lino Diary Of A Bad Lad CWCW DOCUMENTARIES The Gospel Of Caesar Courting Condi More Shoes Imagined Hell Commissariats Du Monde: Casablanca Egoiste – Lotti Latrous Warring Factions SHORT DOCS Naming Pluto 99 To 1: Ovarian Cancer & Me Monster Dudes Roll Up Your Sleeves For Tomorrow Elvis In The Van Detachment At The End Of The Storm Is A Golden Sky Tania Can’t Sleep A FIELD TRIP FROM YOUR COMFORT ZONE Farkas Polvo Reterritorializacion Seeking Wellness IN THE GALLERY Nowhere Now: The Ballad Of Joshua Tree 1 Giant Leap: What About Me? Winter’s Portrait Of A Burnt Landscape The Eternal Object Flying Pumpkins: The Legend Of Punkin’ Chunkin’ MIND FRAMES Fear Strikes Out Buddy Away From Her Flesh & Blood Shock Corridor Buster Bipolar: Interview With Richard Withindoors Alice Et Martin It’s Hard To Be A Rock N Roller FILMSCHLOCK In The Name Of The King HIM, TARZAN Tarzan & His Mate CLOSING GUEST: NICOLAS ROEG Don’t Look Now: 35thAnniversary Bad Timing Puffball 2009 93 Short Films 39 Features & Docs 7 Special Screenings Noir” Canvey Island sea level, below pure “100% TUE 10 NOV. 7.30PM. SCREEN A Director: Julien Temple Producer: Stephen Malit 104mins UK The story of Dr Feelgood, four men in cheap suits who crashed out of Canvey Island in the early '70's, sandpapered the face of rock'n'roll, leaving all that came before a burnt-out ruin - four estuarine John-the-Baptists to Johnny Rotten's anti-Christ. Taking London by storm, they sped through Europe and conquered the UK with No 1 chart success, before imploding just as punk was born and America beckoned with open arms. Contributions from members of The Clash, Blondie and The Sex Pistols join Dr Feelgood with collaborators Jools Holland and Alison Moyet to tell the story of Canvey, 70's England and the greatest local band in the world OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL 33 35 37 39 SHORT DOCS Autopiloten tells the story of four people trying to live up to their long lost ideals in four interwoven episodes. Georg must win the game tonight. He discovers how the mechanisms of the soccer trade have begun to turn against him. Dieter is in pursuit of spectacular images daily and nightly. He loves his son, who lives with his ex-wife Rita. Jörg finds himself drifting off into isolation and discovers he cannot go on with his double life. Heinz spends his days singing at anniversary celebrations for shopping malls and the like. They are all heroes of an inner insecurity, who are just trying to hang in there. AUTOPILOTEN Cast: Charly Huebner, Martin Gschlacht, Walter Kreye, Wolfram Koch, Susanne-Marie Wrage UK PREMIERE Director & Writer: Bastian Guenther Producer: Joachim Ortmanns 106mins Germany WED 11 NOV. 6.00PM. SCREEN A www.lichtblick-film.de 40 ‘The first Aftermath Comedy, integrating humor into a story that takes place in the first days after 9/11’ WED 11 NOV. 8.15PM. SCREEN A 41 WED 11 NOV. 8.15PM. BASEMENT FRI 13 NOV. 5.00PM. SCREEN A. Sara just manages to make ends meet working on a friend’s handicraft stall in the centre of Seville. Early one morning just before Christmas, Sara’s long-lost half-brother Rafa turns up at her house, covered in blood, and with a great slash across his face. Desperately he tells her that he needs 4000 euros today or “they” will kill him. Thus begins the longest and most traumatic day of Sara’s life. 4000 EUROS Cast: Marta Larralde & Alberto Lopez UK PREMIERE Director, Writer & Producer: Richard Jordan 97mins Spain PRE On September 1st, 2001, Another Urban Riff had been performing their play, MONO, on the Lower East Side for one year. On September 15th, 2001, the actors and director returned to the theatre to vote on whether they should be the first play to go back up after the attacks. Inspired by the days directly following 9/11, PRE literally refers to the 90 minutes before a play starts. The film re-creates the small pocket of time directly following 9/11 when New Yorkers and most of the world acted as if they were part of an ensemble. Director & Writer: Steven Tanenbaum Producers: Robyn Nielsen & Eva Navon 85mins USA EUROPEAN PREMIERE Cast: Dai Ishiguro, J.R Dziengel, Kevin Breznahan, Kristen Abate, Lawrence Jansen, Mimi NuttBirigwa, Tchelet Semel www.anotherurbanriffprod.com ‘The film features a stunning central performance by actress Marta Larralde, even more impressive given that all the dialogue in the film is improvised’. 42 THU 12 NOV. 6.00PM. SCREEN A SAT 14 NOV. 12.00PM. BASEMENT A developmentally-arrested Uncle, a blind girl, her constant admirer who is a pickpocket, a man who works at a printing office, Ji Ni from the butcher’s, the damaged Ru Pi and the worn-out Man Ho. These characters give expression to their unique loneliness in five episodic tales. They are not fleeting acquaintances, their lives are connected by overlapping bonds of fate. As their relationships are disclosed, the movie switches gears freely from sweet melodrama to hideous horror, from thriller to fantasy. In the midst of such unpredictable change, the characters’ isolation, self-hatred, and internal universes unfold. “Sheltered Life echoes the work of David Gordon Green while establishing its own original cinematic voice” - Atlantic Film Fest “I measure other films against it, indecently brilliant for a first time feature” – Louis McCullagh, award winning filmmaker FRI 13 NOV. 7.00PM. SCREEN A BLOODY SHAKE Cast: Do Yong Kim, Hae Jin Jeon, Hyuk Sung, Sung Won Jang EUROPEAN PREMIERE Director, Writer & Producer: Jee Yong Kim 120mins South Korea “Creates a unique genre with strong and beautiful scenes” – Puchon intl fantastic film Fest Director: Carl Lauden Writer: Katherine Schlemmer Producers: Carl Laudan & Lori Lozinski 78mins Canada EUROPEAN PREMIERE Cast: Valerie Buhagiar, Natasha Greenblatt, Jaren Brandt Bartlett, Eve Harlow, Ryan Robbins. SHELTERED LIFE Three teenagers form an unlikely bond on a road trip to nowhere in a wide-open field behind a women’s shelter. In a broken down 1970’s VW bus, upper class Josephine, wise beyond her years Kendra, and urban poet Cal invent their own private Utopia away from the shelter and their mothers. Their world shatters when Cal is forced out of the shelter and Jo’s anger detonates, throwing her onto a collision course with everyone around her. www.cinemanfilms.ca 43 44 45 ‘journey to the dark heart of afghanistan’ SAT 14 NOV. 12.45PM. SCREEN A SAT 14 NOV. 3.00PM. SCREEN A Alice and Dan meet and fall easily in love. Intimacy comes effortlessly, and they decide that she should move into his small London flat. They create a fun and energetic life together. Alice, an artist, begins a project of documenting their relationship with a video camera. At first this offers her a feeling of connection to the outside world, but soon takes on a more sinister life and interferes with their interactions. As Alice and Dan simply try to ‘get along' we are reminded of our own failed loves, our own weaknesses, our own destructive patterns, all the while feeling like the lucky voyeur. A plus D Director & Writer: Amber Sealey Producers: Amber Sealey & Gabriel Fleming 83mins USA/UK EUROPEAN PREMIERE Cast: Amber Sealey & Anton Saunders Director, Writer & Producer: David Whitney 94mins UK WORLD PREMIERE Cast: Shaun Dooley, Dean Andrews, Hameed Sheikh, Rasheed Naz, Tatmain Ul Qulb Kandahar Break A team of British mine clearance engineers are working for the Taliban government in the scorching deserts of Southern Afghanistan, clearing the vast minefields after decades of conflict. Amidst the draconian laws of this extremist regime, one of the team, Richard Lee, an ex-British Army bomb disposal expert, falls foul of corrupt local police chief Ashiq Khan when he falls in love with a local woman. Khan then instigates a manhunt to find and kill the infidel. "Amber Sealey's lacerating cinéma verité. The acting is fearless. See this film!” – Montreal Gazette www.aplusdthemovie.com 46 www.inadangeroustime.com SAT 14 NOV. 6.30PM. SCREEN A ‘rock star boyfriend, jealous sister, nutty professor... who’s lying to polly?’ SAT 14 NOV. 8.45PM. SCREEN A Polly is an everyday young woman who feels stuck in a rut until suddenly she gets the chance to escape her grey existence and make a life for herself. Then, in her small flat she starts hearing voices, noises and sounds. She knows she’s not mad but why don’t those around her believe her? Why are her sister, her boyfriend and her boss seemingly out to make her truly cuckoo? Cast: Laura Fraser, Antonia Bernath, Richard E. Grant, Adam Fenton, Tamsin Greig Lovers In A Dangerous Time WORLD PREMIERE CUCKOO Directors & Writers: May Charters & Mark Hug Producers: May Charters, Mark Hug & Robin Charters 101mins Canada EUROPEAN PREMIERE A tale of small-town Canadian romance, the film follows a pair of childhood friends reunited at their high school reunion. Ten years after graduation Todd remains a local could-have-been, while Allison illustrates children’s books and wonders what might have been. Fueled by hope, longing, and nostalgia they embark on a romantic, if illusory, adventure to recapture lost love and happiness. Asking if it’s possible to go home again, the film explores the poignant moments between youth and adulthood. Cast: May Charters, Mark Hug, Mark Weibe, Darren Gregory, Gillian Adamson, John Haberstock. ‘WINNER Best Canadian Feature’ Film’ & ‘WINNER Maverick Award’ - Method Fest 2009’ Director & Writer: Richard Bracewell Producers: Tony Bracewell & Richard Bracewell 95mins UK www.cuckoothemovie.com 48 Methods/Madness Film Education At The Sharp End MON 09 NOV. 6.00PM. SCREEN A. FREE. Some films stand out and feel instantly different. They demand we look at them a different way. The films screening in the gallery this year demand attention for their approach to cinema, to visual art, to documentary and confining them to the short film programme seems wrong. Throughout the festival, enjoy some thought provoking and stylish work from all over the globe. Woodland A young filmmaker documents and narrates the rural habitat that surrounds him. Dir. Ross Harrison 15mins UK Diversions 4 short avant-garde films shot with a twisted sense of sensual absurdity. Dir. Peggy Bruen 10mins USA The Moving Town The International Airport of Orio al Serio (Bergamo, Italy) is a moving town in which passengers co-exist with space and time. A DIFFERENT VIEW Dir. Alberto Nacci 11mins Italy Outcomes: LGBTQ Stories From The Hudson Valley Coming out stories from a diverse array of people living in New York's Hudson Valley. Dir. Joy E. Reed 34mins USA Ba Ne Jek Kemal James finds a book with no words and decides to become a great writer. What he discovers along the way is the value of friendship. Dir. Sean Fahey 16mins Sudan/USA A chance to look at the growth and diversity of filmmaking in both formal and community education. What is the priority? The film? The experience? This selection of films represents film education at different levels and the filmmakers will discuss their methods, techniques and what they have learned. 55 Minks An interesting graduation piece from University of Bedfordshire Media Production students. Dir. David Danisovszky 4mins We’re OK Aren’t We and Our Very Own England Two shorts produced with young people by London’s Mediatrust organisation. Dir. Mandy Rathbone 9mins Dir. Joseph Martin 12mins Going To School Filmmaker Jack Levy wanted to make a film for schools that reflected the trauma of bullying. Made independently with a young cast. Dir. Jack Levy 5mins Taffy, Cigarettes Created under an innovative programme at the University of Michigan to encourage professional development, the film also used young, non-actors. Dir. Marty Stano 12mins USA Je T’aime Luton From an idea by a group of young local filmmakers, Je T’aime Luton has become an innovative open source production and training project. Films not about Luton, but films where Luton is a character, a place a space and a background for drama, romance and humour, sometimes small, sometimes epic. It was born out of a desire to reflect a truer nature of our much derided and misunderstood hometown, whilst lending itself to being an excellent project for multi-generational filmmaking. The shorts screening tonight were shot over a weekend, and form the pilot for an ongoing, ever evolving portmanteau piece. 50 SOPHIE’S CHOICE Two mystery films. Both new. Both different. Both at the same time. No clues. You just have to choose? Mystery Film A - SUN 15 NOV. 3.00PM. SCREEN A Mystery Film B - SUN 15 NOV. 3.00PM. CINEWORLD PLEASE RESERVE YOUR PLACES AT THE FESTIVAL CENTRE - PASS HOLDERS ONLY FOR THIS ONE. Alright alright, so it’s not like choosing between the lives of your children, as the title might suggest, BUT in this context we think you’ll find it a pretty testing decision. As a reward for your bravery there will be food served after both films at the festival centre so both audiences can compare. 52 There is of course the traditional, legendary, celebratory and logistically necessary ‘drink the bar dry’ closing party, but in a cinematic sense, what better way to end 11 days (and ten years) of Filmstock than this SUN 15 NOV. 7.00PM. 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Breakfast) On The Street TBC Sophie’s Choice: Mystery Film A Sophie’s Choice: Mystery Film B Filmstock Food Closing Film Closing Party 0.00 --- The End Of Filmstock FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE