04 Sep - Filmhouse Cinema Edinburgh

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4 SEP 15
TICKETS
1 OCT 15
FROM £4.00
See page 13
FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT
HOME OF THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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Irrational
Man
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
99 Homes
45 Years
Palio
L’eclisse
Mistress America
Iris
Cartel Land
In Cold Blood
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The Wolfpack
Filmosophy
Doors Open Day 2015
Over the Rainbow
Take One Action Film Festival
Filmhouse Junior
How to Change the World
Dear White People
3 CINEMAS CAFE BAR
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INDEX
SCREENING DATES AND TIMES
TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
INDEX
14-15
15
27
45 Years
6
99 Homes
8
Arrietty10
Beyond Borders Film Festival
12
Black Ice
18
Blow-Up23
Burden of Peace
12
Cartel Land
5
Casablanca Calling
20
Come and See...
24
Dear White People
6
Democrats21
Directed by Tweedie
23
The Divide
21
Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder
10
Doors Open Day 2015
22
Education and Learning
26
Filmhouse Cafe Bar + Quiz
26
Filmhouse Explorer 4
Filmhouse Junior
10-11
Filmhouse Loyalty Card 4
Filmhouse Membership
28
Filmosophy13
Food Chains
20
The Fountain
13
God Is Not Working on Sunday!
12
The Guns of Loos
24
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
11
Happy Feet
11
Hip Hop-eration 23
Honeymoon8
How To Change The World
7
I Am Breathing
13
In Cold Blood
6
Inside Out
11
Into the Clouds We Gaze
8
Iris5
Irrational Man
6
La famille Bélier
8
Landfill Harmonic
21
L’eclisse5
The Lego Movie
10
Life is Sacred
19
Made in Prague
8
Minions10
Mistress America
5
Never Let Me Go
13
Over the Rainbow
23
Palio7
ParaNorman11
The Play House
7
The Price We Pay
17
Roger Waters The Wall
24
Shield and Spear
17
The Shore Break
18
The Skin I Live In
13
Song of the Sea
11
SQIFF Shorts: Different Versions...
23
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
7
Stories of our Lives
19
Take One Action: Audience Award...
22
16-22
Take One Action Opening Event
17
Tangerines7
Tigers19
Tremors24
University of Edinburgh Short Courses
25
The Wanted 18
20
We Are the Giant
18
The Wolfpack
7
Women, War & Peace: War Redefined
12
AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDCAPTIONS
In all three screens we have a system which
enables us, whenever the necessary digital
files are available, to show onscreen captions
for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing,
and provide audio description (via infra-red
headsets) for those who are sight-impaired.
This issue, all screenings of Mistress America,
Irrational Man and 45 Years have audio
description, and the following screenings will
have onscreen captions:
Tue 8 Sep at 8.45pm Mistress America
Mon 14 Sep at 6.15pm 45 Years
Tue 22 Sep at 6.05pm Irrational Man
FORCRYINGOUTLOUD
Screenings for carers and their babies! Tickets
£4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings
are strictly limited to babies under 12 months
accompanied by no more than two adults.
Babychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking
facilities are available.
Mon 7 Sep at 11am Iris
Mon 14 Sep at 11am Irrational Man
Mon 21 Sep at 11am Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Mon 28 Sep at 11am La famille Bélier
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Introduction
IRRATIONAL MAN
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
TAKE ONE ACTION FILM FESTIVAL
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.
Comedy and theatre? Pah, that’s so last month... Film’s the thing!
A couple of months ago on these pages I had a bit of a go at film journos/reviewers about their annoying habit of writing positive reviews
for ‘bad’ films (and vice versa), and the repercussions that has for us. I read it back recently and felt I’d been a bit mean. I even went as far
as metaphorically beating myself up about it. But then I saw one or two of the UK reviews for Woody Allen’s new film Irrational Man (that
opens here on 11 September) and all the irritation that drove me to write it in the first place came flooding back! I’m not going to point you
in the direction of these reviews (telling you they exist is daft enough!), suffice to say if you let these reviews get in the way of you seeing the
film, I think you’ll regret it. I greatly enjoyed this darkly humorous, “slinky, jazz-infused existential teaser”, and Joaquin Phoenix (in a role
not of the kind the director would have played himself as a younger man) makes a great vessel for Woody’s words. One often finds there’s a
divide between the US and UK film critical establishments (in the US they tend to be rather more tolerant of sentimentality, amongst other
things), and woe betide the UK cinema programmer who puts too much store by positive reviews from across the Atlantic. In this case, hell
mend me, I’m with the major US critics who have (rightly!) written in full praise of the film. Jeez… lighten up, you Brits!
I’ve been watching a few of the films that will appear in the upcoming Take One Action Film Festival (check out takeoneaction.org.uk) and,
boy oh boy, am I feeling righteously indignant about some of the injustice that’s happening in the world today. (I guess that’s exactly how
the organisers of this marvellous festival want you to feel…) I say this with not a hint of sarcasm, for I think I may finally have come to the
very obvious realisation that righteous indignation is, in itself, never likely to be enough, and perhaps I need to do as the fella says and Take
One Action myself...
As if to confirm September as the month for activism and social justice, How to Change the World reveals the fascinating story behind the
founding, early years, arguments, fallings out, legal wranglings etc etc of Greenpeace; as well as Ramin Bahrani’s Michael Shannon and
Andrew Garfield-starring 99 Homes, a dark tale set in the ruthless, stealing, scamming, world of real estate in the US and a young man’s
moral disintegration within it. EIFF Michael Powell Award winner (for Best British Film) 45 Years, starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom
Courtenay as a couple about to celebrate the appropriate anniversary, hits our screens from the 11th; and Palio tells, beautifully, the full story
behind the famously bonkers horse race that takes place in the main square of Siena in Tuscany twice a year, and the associated corruption
and politicking that runs alongside it.
There’s some great restorations as well: Antonioni’s seminal Monica Vitti and Alain Delon-starring L’eclisse; in beautiful widescreen
monochrome, Richard Brooks’ 1967 adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic true crime novel, In Cold Blood; and Buster Keaton’s completely
ace silent classic Steamboat Bill, Jr.
[Sound of steam whistle, to fade…]
Rod White, Head of Filmhouse
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Filmhouse Explorer
LA FAMILLE BÉLIER
45 YEARS
99 HOMES
Filmhouse Explorer
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know going to the cinema a lot can be quite expensive, so we’ve devised a ticket deal to make it
cheaper to see films beyond the big new releases.
Here’s how it works: buy a ticket for a film in the left hand column below, and you will receive a
voucher that will entitle you, on handing it in at the Box Office, to 50% off a full price ticket to any
film (or any film in any season) listed in the right hand column.
We’ve marked the films and seasons involved with wee logos to make them easier to spot (orange
for left hand column films and green for right), and you can also find them on our website at www.
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Mistress America (page 5)
Iris (page 5)
45 Years (page 6)
Irrational Man (page 6)
La famille Bélier (page 8)
L’eclisse (page 5)
In Cold Blood (page 6)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (page 7)
How to Change the World (page 7)
99 Homes (page 8)
Made in Prague (page 8)
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IN COLD BLOOD
Main features
MISTRESS AMERICA
IRIS
MAYBEYOUMISSED
L’ECLISSE
RESTOREDCLASSIC
CARTEL LAND
NEWRELEASE
Mistress America
L’eclisse
Cartel Land
Showing from Fri 4 Sep
Noah Baumbach • USA 2015 • 1h26m • Digital
15 - Contains very strong language, strong sex references
Cast: Lola Kirke, Greta Gerwig, Heather Lind, Joel Marsh Garland,
Michael Chernus.
Michelangelo Antonioni • Italy/France 1962 • 2h3m • Digital
Italian with English subtitles • PG - Contains moderate language
Cast: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Louis Seigner.
Matthew Heineman • Mexico/USA 2015 • 1h40m • Digital
Spanish with English subtitles, several scenes of unsubtitled
English • 15 - Contains images of real corpses, strong language,
drug references
Documentary
The second feature screenplay collaboration between
director Noah Baumbach and partner Greta Gerwig,
Mistress America is a companion comedy that plays out
on the streets and suburbs of New York City.
Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a college freshman - feeling lonely
and detached from the university experience - who is
brought under the wing of her adventurous soon-to-be
stepsister Brooke (Greta Gerwig). Baumbach’s film is a
stylish and energetic 86 minutes, with great sidecharacters, strong chemistry between the lead pairing
and an abundance of quips.
Iris
Albert Maysles • USA 2014 • 1h20m • Digital
12A - Contains infrequent strong language
Documentary featuring Iris Apfel, Carl Apfel, Billy Apfel, Harold
Koda, Bruce Weber.
This penultimate film of the late, great documentarian
Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Salesman) follows
quick-witted, flamboyantly-dressed, 93-year-old style
maven Iris Apfel. An outsized presence on the New
York fashion scene for decades, Iris is a singular woman
whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people reminds
us that clothing - like life - is nothing but an experiment.
Despite the abundance of glamour in her current life,
she continues to embrace the values and work ethic
established during America’s Great Depression.
The conclusion of Michelangelo Antonioni’s informal
trilogy on modern malaise (preceded by L’avventura
and La notte) L’eclisse tells the story of a young woman
(Monica Vitti) who leaves one lover (Francisco Rabal)
only to drift into a relationship with another (Alain
Delon). Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop
for the couple’s doomed affair, Antonioni reaches the
apotheosis of his modernist style, returning to his
favourite themes: alienation and the difficulty of finding
connections in an increasingly mechanised world.
Matinee Special!
If you’re a Senior Citizen you can go to a matinee
screening and get either soup of the day OR a cup
of tea or filter coffee and a traycake for only £8!
Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and
only applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Ask
for the Matinee Special deal at the box office and you’ll
receive a voucher which can be exchanged in the café
bar between 1.30pm and 5.30pm that day only. Offer
is subject to availability and only available in person.
A harrowing look at the journeys of two modern-day
vigilante groups and their shared enemy: the murderous
Mexican drug cartels. Director Matthew Heineman
embeds himself with two vigilante groups as each vies
to bring their own brand of justice to a society where
institutions have failed.
One small-town Mexican physician known as “El Doctor”
leads a citizen uprising against a cartel that has wreaked
havoc on the Michoacán region for years. Meanwhile, in
Arizona’s “Cocaine Alley”, an American veteran heads a
small paramilitary group whose goal is to stop Mexico’s
drug wars from seeping across the border.
All tickets purchased for Cartel Land between Fri 4 Sep
and Thu 10 Sep will come with a free SuperTicket. Full
details at cartellandmovie.co.uk/superticket
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Main features
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
45 YEARS
MAYBEYOUMISSED
IRRATIONAL MAN
IN COLD BLOOD
RESTOREDCLASSIC
NEWRELEASE
Dear White People
In Cold Blood
Irrational Man
Tue 8 & Wed 9 Sep
Justin Simien • USA 2014 • 1h48m • Digital
15 - Contains strong language, drug use, racial stereotyping
Cast: Tessa Thompson, Tyler James Williams, Kyle Gallner,
Teyonah Parris.
Richard Brooks • USA 1967 • 2h15m • Digital • 15
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart.
Woody Allen • USA 2015 • 1h35m • Digital • 12A - Contains
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Emma Stone.
When a young, intelligent and outspoken woman of
mixed race (Tessa Thompson) attends a prestigious,
predominantly white school, the privileged order is
shaken to its core. Justin Simien’s sharply written and
assured satirical comedy-drama launches a broadside
on racial privilege, interracial taboos and class divides
in contemporary society and culture (with cinema itself,
amusingly, a particular target).
45 Years
Andrew Haigh • UK 2015 • 1h35m • Digital
15 - Contains strong language, sex
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly
Wells, David Sibley.
Andrew Haigh’s subtly devastating 45 Years is a beautiful
portrait of the fractured relationship of a couple delightfully played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom
Courtenay - as they head towards their 45th wedding
anniversary party.
A powerful and enthralling follow-up to Haigh’s critically
acclaimed Weekend, the film (which won the Michael
Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the 2015
Edinburgh International Film Festival) dwells on how an
apparently happy union can be tormented by an echo
from the past, with a decades-long bond threatened by
insecurities and irrational jealousy.
On 15 November 1959, ex-convicts Perry Smith and Dick
Hickock entered a Midwest American farmhouse and
brutally murdered an entire family, expecting to find
their $10,000 savings hidden in a safe. But there was no
safe - and no money. After attempting to evade police
capture, they were given a sensational trial, documented
and detailed in Truman Capote’s now-classic ‘nonfiction
novel’, In Cold Blood. Released only a year after the
book’s publication, Richard Brooks’ bold cinematic
adaptation stayed true to the story’s immediacy, with
filming taking place in authentic locations, including the
site of the murder and the penitentiary where Smith and
Hickock were later held.
Featuring stark black-and-white cinematography from
Conrad L Hall and a superbly expressive jazz score
by Quincy Jones (both brilliantly served by a new
digital restoration), In Cold Blood is a ripped-from-theheadlines horror story ripe for rediscovery.
Woody Allen’s 45th feature sees him returning from
continental Europe to the leafy collegiate environs
of Rhode Island. Here, writer and newly-appointed
professor Abe (Joaquin Phoenix) is in the midst of
grappling with a long-standing bout of ennui - unable to
write, uninterested in life and unhappy in his competing
relationships with colleague Rita (Parker Posey) and
brilliant student Jill (Emma Stone). But, after overhearing
a passing conversation at a restaurant, Abe finds himself
drawn down an unexpected path, leading him towards
philosophical crises, hidden dangers and late-night
games of Russian roulette...
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Main features
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.
TANGERINES
RESTOREDCLASSIC
THE WOLFPACK
MAYBEYOUMISSED
PALIO
NEWRELEASES
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Tangerines Mandariinid
How To Change The World
Fri 18 to Tue 22 Sep
Chas F Reisner • USA 1928 • 1h11m • Digital
Silent with recorded music track • U
Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis,
Marion Byron.
Zaza Urushadze • Estonia/Georgia 2013 • 1h29m • Digital
Estonian, Russian and Georgian with English subtitles • cert tbc
Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Mikheil Meskhi, Giorgi Nakhashidze, Elmo
Nüganen, Raivo Trass.
Jerry Rothwell • Canada/UK 2015 • 1h50m • Digital
15 - Contains strong language, images of bloody real animal
slaughter
Documentary
Steamboat Bill thinks his business woes have been
solved when he learns that his long-estranged
son is returning home from college. But he’s sorely
disappointed to find that Bill Jr (Buster Keaton) is not
quite the hardy seafarer he expects him to be. And Bill
Jr’s sudden affection for the daughter of Bill’s more
successful rival isn’t helping matters one bit...
One of the final films over which Keaton was to exert
creative control, Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a disaster-struck
romance featuring some of The Great Stone Face’s most
notorious stunt work - including one particular falling
house!
Set in 1992, during the growing conflict between
Georgia and Abkhazian separatists in the wake of the
Soviet Union’s dissolution, this compassionate story
focuses on two Estonian immigrant farmers who
decide to remain in Georgia long enough to harvest
their tangerine crop. When the fighting arrives at
their doorsteps, Ivo (played by legendary Estonian
actor Lembit Ulfsak) along with friend Margus (Elmo
Nüganen), treat two wounded soldiers from opposite
sides. A beautifully eloquent statement for peace and
the futility of bloodshed over racial and ethnic division.
This rousing documentary chronicles the adventures
of the eclectic group of Canadian hippie journalists,
photographers, musicians, scientists and American
draft dodgers who set out to stop Alaskan atomic bomb
tests in 1971 and ended up founding Greenpeace
International. They agreed that a handful of people
could change the world - they just couldn’t always agree
on how to do it.
PLUS SHORT
The Play House
The Wolfpack
Wed 23 & Thu 24 Sep
Buster Keaton & Eddie Cline • USA 1921 • 20m
Crystal Moselle • USA 2015 • 1h30m • Digital
15 - Contains strong language • Documentary
In this astonishing documentary, the filmmakers are
granted access to the Angulo family, a reclusive clan
of six brothers living with their parents and sister in a
New York apartment. Rarely leaving the house (in one
year none of them crossed the threshold), the homeschooled brothers pass the time re-enacting Hollywood
movies from their extensive DVD collection. Deeply
unsettling yet utterly compelling, this amazing study
of a very unusual family asks as many questions as it
manages to answer.
Palio
Cosima Spender • UK/Italy 2015 • 1h32m • Digital • Italian with
English subtitles • 12A - Contains moderate violence, injury
detail, sex references • Documentary
Twice a year, the Italian city of Siena hosts the oldest
horse race in the world: the Palio, in which strategy,
bribery and corruption play as much a part in winning
as the skill of the riders. Cosima Spender’s documentary
takes an intense look at a world in which horses
are allocated by lot, and jockeys openly make deals
promising large cash sums to try and secure the best
start.
Central to her story is the deep-seated rivalry between
Gigi Bruschelli, who has won 13 Palios in 16 years,
and his former trainee, Giovanni Atzeni, who is less
interested in bribes and collusion, riding for the love of
the race. Their passionate and dramatic battle underpins
this epic microcosm of Italian life.
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Main features/Made in Prague
LA FAMILLE BÉLIER
99 HOMES
NEWRELEASE
99 Homes
Ramin Bahrani • USA 2014 • 1h52m • Digital • cert tbc
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern.
When his family are abruptly evicted from their Florida
home during the real estate crash of 2008, single
father Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield) - out of sheer
desperation - accepts an offer to work for the broker
who kicked him out (Michael Shannon). Becoming
increasingly successful, Nash is faced with subjecting
other families to the humiliating ordeal that plunged his
life into turmoil.
With acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani at the helm
and compelling performances from his lead actors, 99
Homes is an intense and urgent drama.
MAYBEYOUMISSED
La famille Bélier
Mon 28 Sep to Thu 1 Oct
Eric Lartigau • France/Belgium 2014 • 1h46m • Digital • French,
French Sign Language and Spanish with English subtitles
12A - Contains moderate sex references, infrequent strong
language
Cast: Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane
Emera, Roxane Duran.
16-year-old Paula Bélier is the only hearing member of
her dairy-farming family, and acts as interpreter for her
deaf parents on a daily basis. But, on joining a school
choir, her demanding music teacher discovers Paula’s
hitherto unknown talent for singing. As she devotes
herself more and more to training her voice, and
decides to pursue preparations for a prestigious Radio
France Choir audition, the bonds between her and her
previously close-knit family begin to fray.
HONEYMOON
INTO THE CLOUDS WE GAZE
Made in Prague
Honeymoon
A biennial UK showcase of contemporary
Czech cinema, is back for the fifth time with
five titles crisscrossing the UK. Capturing
the country´s dramatic past and its
influence on contemporary life and culture,
five internationally acclaimed films tour 24
UK venues.
Jan Hrebejk • Czech Republic/Slovakia 2013 • 1h38m • Digital
Czech with English subtitles • 15
Cast: Anna Geislerová, Stanislav Majer, Jirí Cerny , Kristyna
Nováková.
This edition of Made in Prague began at
Filmhouse on Sunday 9 August, and this
month we have the final two films in the
programme.
In the contemporary psychological drama
Honeymoon by Jan Hrebejk, the happiness
of the central couple is threatened when
an uninvited wedding guest questions
the groom’s past. Also, in Martin Dusek´s
fascinating and sensitive documentary
Into the Clouds We Gaze it is car tuning
which substitutes for love and lack of
opportunities for the main character.
Organised in collaboration with the
Czech Centre London and Czech Film Center
Líbánky
Sun 6 Sep at 8.45pm
Jan Hrebejk directs this gripping drama about a rich
society wedding thrown into chaos by the arrival of
a stranger with a horrifying accusation to make - one
which implicates the groom in a violent incident from
the past. Beautifully acted by an expansive cast, and
shot with the elegance and clarity of a Robert Altman
classic, the film recalls Dogme 95 masterpiece Festen in
its exploration of privilege, corruption and the horrible
repercussions of suppressing ugly secrets. At once acidly
funny and painfully moving, Honeymoon makes for
compulsive viewing.
Into the Clouds We Gaze
K oblakum vzhlízíme
Thu 10 Sep at 6.15pm
Martin Dusek • Czech Republic 2014 • 1h6m • Digital • Czech with
English subtitles • 15
Documentary
A beautifully shot observational film from
documentarian Martin Dusek (The Analogs), this riveting
study of a proud petrolhead living in Bohemia combines
shrewd observation and haunting imagery to paint a
portrait of a very specific lifestyle and place in time. A
funny, melancholic and lyrical portrait of boredom, stasis
and the culture of aimless Czech youth, set in one of the
more remote areas of modern Europe.
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Filmhouse Junior
MINIONS
ARRIETTY
Filmhouse junior
Films for a younger audience, weekly on
Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £4.00 (£5.00
for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!
For these shows we choose to screen
dubbed versions where these are available,
but some films will be in their original
language with subtitles – these are marked
on individual film descriptions.
Please note: although we normally disapprove of people
talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for
kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!
THE LEGO MOVIE
DOCTOR PROCTOR’S FART POWDER
Minions
The Lego Movie
Sun 6 Sep at 11.00am
Kyle Balda & Pierre Coffin • USA 2015 • 1h31m • Digital
U - Contains mild comic violence
With the voices of Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm,
Steve Coogan, Allison Janney, Michael Keaton.
Phil Lord & Christopher Miller • USA/Denmark/Australia 2014
1h40m • Digital • U - Contains mild fantasy violence and very
mild language
With the voices of Christopher Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan
Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett.
In this prequel to their adventures with Gru in the
Despicable Me films, three Minions - Kevin, Stuart and
Bob - travel to the US in 1968 in search of a boss. Finding
service as henchmen to the evil Scarlet Overkill (Sandra
Bullock), they end up travelling to England on a dastardly
mission to steal the crowd of Queen Elizabeth (Jennifer
Saunders).
Arrietty
Hiromasa Yonebayashi • Japan 2010 • 1h34m • Digital
U - Contains no material likely to offend or harm
With the voices of Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Tom Holland,
Geraldine McEwan, Phyllida Law.
Beneath the floorboards of a sprawling mansion set in a
magical, overgrown garden in the suburbs of Tokyo, tiny
14-year-old Arrietty lives with her equally tiny parents.
Arrietty’s parents have always warned her: “Never let
humans see you.” Once seen, little people always have
to move on. But the adventurous Arrietty doesn’t listen,
and is spotted by Sho, a 12-year-old boy. The two begin
to confide in each other and, before long, a friendship
begins to blossom.
Emmet is a perfectly ordinary, generic construction
worker. He spends his days following the instructions
and building whatever is desired of him. That is until
he discovers the Piece of Resistance, a relic which
heralds the coming of ‘The Special’. As the prophesy has
foretold, The Special will save the world from ultimate
destruction. Emmet goes on a wild adventure through
all the Lego realms on a quest to save the world and
ultimately discover what is truly special about himself.
Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder
Doktor Proktors prompepulver
Arild Fröhlich • Norway 2014 • 1h27m • Digital • PG - Contains
toilet humour, mild threat
Cast: Eilif Hellum Noraker, Emily Glaister, Kristoffer Joner.
A delightfully silly family film based on a series of books
by crime writer Jo Nesbø. Shy and lonely Lise and her
new neighbour, curious and excitable Nilly, investigate
a cloud of smoke coming from the home of reclusive
inventor Doctor Proctor...
Between 9.30am-11.00am on 27 September, as part of
Doors Open Day 2015, there will be a FREE Incredible
Inventions Arts & Crafts event - see page 22 for details.
Filmhouse Junior
INSIDE OUT
HACHI: A DOG’S TALE
HAPPY FEET
PARANORMAN
Inside Out
Happy Feet
Song of the Sea
Sun 4 Oct at 11.00am
Sun 1 Nov at 11.00am
Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen • USA 2015 • 1h42m • Digital
U - Contains very mild threat
With the voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis
Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan.
George Miller, Warren Coleman & Judy Morris • Australia/USA
2006 • 1h49m • 35mm • U - Contains scary moments
With the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman,
Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Margolyes.
Tomm Moore • Ireland/Denmark/Belgium/Luxembourg/France
2014 • 1h34m • Digital • PG - Contains mild threat
With the voices of Lucy O’Connell, Brendan Gleeson, David
Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan.
Meet the emotions inside the mind of teenager Riley:
Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust. Struggling
to adjust after a long-distance move, an emotional
rollercoaster ensues when Joy and Sadness get lost in
Riley’s head. Can they find their way back? This latest
film from the animation genius of Disney-Pixar will
charm and delight audiences of all ages.
Emperor penguins have lived for centuries with one
simple goal: to find their soulmates through their own
unique song. But young Mumble despairs that he might
be the worst singer in the world. Fortunately, he just
happens to be a brilliant tap dancer.
George Miller drapes his story about a young penguin’s
struggles with being ‘different’ in striking visuals,
invigorating songs and lively characterisations, laced
with a serious subtext about the damage being done to
the icy wastes of Antarctica by mankind.
Based on ancient Celtic myths, this stunningly beautiful
animated feature is the soulful and magical tale of a
brother and sister on an adventure to save the spirit
world.
Following their mother’s mysterious disappearance,
Saoirse (O’Connell) and her brother Ben (Rawle) live with
their distraught father (Gleeson) by the sea. With Saoirse
still yet to utter her first word, Ben’s frustrations give way
to wonder as he discovers that his sister is a selkie - a
mythical changeling who can turn into a seal.
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Lasse Hallström • USA/UK 2009 • 1h33m • 35mm • English and
Japanese with English subtitles • U - Contains no material likely
to offend or harm
Cast: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sarah
Roemer, Jason Alexander.
Parker, a university professor, finds a lost puppy at a train
station and takes it home, much to the annoyance of his
wife, who had banned him from having another dog.
However, Parker and the dog develop such a remarkable
bond that Cate is forced to relent, and Hachi becomes a
devoted member of the family and the local community.
Join our new families email list to receive regular
information about family screenings and events,
as well as details of competitions, offers and loads
of other exciting stuff for the whole family! Email
[email protected] to sign up.
ParaNorman
Chris Butler & Sam Fell • USA 2012 • 1h33m • Digital
PG - Contains mild comic horror and violence, frightening
sequences and innuendo
With the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Tucker
Albrizzi, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
When a small town comes under siege by zombies, it
calls on misunderstood local boy Norman and his talent
for speaking to the dead to save themselves from a
centuries-old curse. Watch him take on ghosts, witches
and (worst of all) grown-ups in this spooky stop-motion
comedy for all the family!
Get more information on upcoming Education
and Learning events at Filmhouse - including
screenings for schools - on page 30.
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Beyond Borders Film Festival
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE: WAR REDEFINED
BURDEN OF PEACE
GOD IS NOT WORKING ON SUNDAY!
Beyond Borders
Film Festival 2015
WOMEN & WAR: A ROLE REDEFINED
WOMEN: AGENTS OF CHANGE
Fri 4 Sep at 6.05pm
Sat 5 Sep at 6.05pm
Produced by Peter Bull • USA 2011 • 1h • 15
Documentary, narrated by Geena Davis.
Elements of Change
War Redefined, the capstone of the five-part Women,
War & Peace series, challenges the conventional
wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain, through
incisive interviews with leading thinkers, politicians and
seasoned survivors of war and peacemaking.
Interviewees include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, Bosnian war
crimes investigator Fadila Memisevic and globalisation
expert Moisés Naím.
Leona Goldstein • Germany/Rwanda 2014 • 1h23m
Unsubtitled English and French with English subtitles • 15
Documentary featuring Godelieve Mukasarasi, Florida
Mukarubuga.
The annual Beyond Borders Film Festival exhibits
documentary-style films about individuals and
communities caught in conflict and change, to shed
light on themes often overlooked by mainstream
media.
The 2015 Beyond Borders Film Festival explores
some of the most crucial and immediate changes
happening in the modern world, with a special
focus on women and conflict, the changes brought
by modern warfare, and the changes experienced
by those at the epicentre of conflict.
To find out more about Beyond Borders Scotland
and its 2015 summer programme, visit
www.beyondbordersscotland.com
Women, War & Peace: War Redefined
WOMEN: AGENTS OF CHANGE
Burden of Peace
Sat 5 Sep at 4.05pm
Joey Boink & Sander Wirken • Guatemala/Netherlands 2015
1h17m • Spanish with English subtitles • 12A
Documentary
Burden of Peace tells the impressive story of
Claudia Paz y Paz, the first woman to lead the Public
Prosecutor’s Office of Guatemala. The country, ravaged
for years by a devastating civil war in which nearly
200,000 Mayan Indians were systematically massacred,
is today one of the most violent in the world.
As Paz begins an attack against corruption and drug
gangs, she does something everyone had hitherto
thought impossible: she arrests former dictator Efraín
Rios Montt on charges of genocide, leading to the firstever conviction of a former head of state for genocide in
a national court.
God Is Not Working on Sunday!
God Is Not Working on Sunday! reveals the reality
of today’s Rwanda, a country still coping with the
consequences of genocide. Twenty years on, it is
considered one of the most economically successful
countries on the African continent. And, in particular,
the emancipation of women has moved the country
forward. But the trauma of war still persists in the minds
of many women. Director Leona Goldstein follows the
work of activists Godelieve and Florida as, together, they
help women overcome difficult memories of the past
and the burdens of their present lives, and encourage
women to speak out, fight for their rights and support
each other.
TICKETDEAL
Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season
and get 15% off
This offer is available online, in person and on the
phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.
Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
Filmosophy
NEVER LET ME GO
I AM BREATHING
THE FOUNTAIN
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Filmosophy: Regeneration
Never Let Me Go
The Fountain
Tue 8 Sep at 5.45pm
Tue 10 Nov at 6.15pm
This fifth season of Filmsophy will focus on
the theme of ‘regeneration’ and is offered in
association with the MRC Centre for Regenerative
Medicine - a world-leading research centre
studying stem cells, disease and tissue repair to
advance human health.
The films screened will allow an opportunity to
discuss the Centre’s groundbreaking research. We
will seek to distinguish between science fiction
and science fact, and to gain a valuable insight
into the lives of those touched by the diseases and
injuries that regenerative medicine aims to treat.
Mark Romanek • UK/USA 2010 • 1h44m • Digital
12A - Contains moderate sex and nudity
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Charlotte
Rampling, Sally Hawkins.
Darren Aronofsky • USA/Canada 2006 • 1h35m • 35mm
15 - Contains one use of strong language and some moderate
violence
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn.
Based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed best-selling novel,
Never Let Me Go is a haunting story of love and loss.
Kathy (Carey Mulligan), a young woman in her early
thirties, recalls her childhood years growing up with her
friends Ruth and Tommy at Hailsham, an idyllic-seeming
English boarding school. The Hailsham regime taught
its pupils to believe they were special, encouraging
creativity, sporting activity and a healthy lifestyle,
reinforced by regular medical checks. The children were
sheltered from the outside world, and afraid of what lay
beyond the school gates, though this had little impact
on their day-to-day happiness. But as they grew older,
they learned that a dark secret hung over their future.
Three intertwining stories about men - from past,
present and future - pursuing eternity with their love
is the central premise of Darren Aronofsky’s third
feature film. In a deeply personal and ambitious project,
Aronofsky explores love, death and grief through the
stories of Tomás, Tom and Tommy (Hugh Jackman),
with layered subtleties that complement the often vivid
and ornate visuals. Garnering a reputation as rather
divisive among critics, this is a grandiose, sincere and
unquestionably original piece of cinema.
I Am Breathing
Pedro Almodóvar • Spain 2011 • 2h • Digital • Spanish with
English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong sex, sexual violence, brief
gore & very strong language
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Blanca Suárez
Films will be preceded by short introductions
and followed by a range of post-screening events
featuring scientists from the Centre and other
invited speakers. The screenings will be introduced
and discussion sessions hosted by James Mooney,
Short Courses lecturer and course organiser at
The University of Edinburgh. You can also find
out more at the MRC Centre for Regenerative
Medicine website: www.crm.ed.ac.uk/stem-cellsregenerative-medicine/ethics
TICKETDEAL
and get 15% off
This offer is available online, in person and on the
Tue 13 Oct at 5.45pm
Emma Davie & Morag McKinnon • UK/Denmark 2012 • 1h12m
Digital • 15
Documentary
When Neil Platt is diagnosed with Motor Neurone
Disease at the age of 33, he makes the unusual decision
to document his final months, not just in a blog (which
he painstakingly dictates via frustratingly inaccurate
speech recognition software) but by inviting a film crew
into the home he shares with his tireless wife Louise and
toddler son Oscar. The result is a heartbreaking, funny
and tender portrayal of incredible fortitude and love.
The Skin I Live In La piel que habito
Tue 8 Dec at 6.00pm
Brilliant Toledo plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard is
obsessed with his latest revolutionary human skin
treatment. Not exactly shy of breaking a few ethical
rules here and there, he’s also got a laboratory in his
basement.... and a beautiful woman in a flesh-coloured
unitard he keeps imprisoned in a room upstairs...
Suffice to say, Thierry Jonquet’s source novel, ‘Mygale’,
gives the world’s favourite Spanish auteur ample
opportunity to explore his customary themes and
stylings, albeit in a genre he’s perhaps not readily
associated with.
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FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME
DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
4 September - 1 October 2015 SCREENING TIMES
Fri 1 Mistress America
1.00/3.00
4 1 Mistress America5.00/7.00/9.00
Sep 2 Iris
1.30
2 L’eclisse
3.30/8.30
2 Cartel Land
6.15
3 Women, War & Peace... (BB)
6.05
*Plus films and times TBC (see below)
Sat 1 Mistress America
1.00/3.00
5 1 Mistress America5.00/7.00/9.00
Sep 2 Iris
1.30
2 L’eclisse
3.30/8.30
2 Cartel Land
6.15
3 Burden of Peace (BB)
4.05
3 God Is Not Working... (BB)
6.05
Sun 1 Minions (FJ)
11.00am
6 1 Mistress America
1.00/3.00
Sep 1 Mistress America5.00/7.00/9.00
2 Iris
1.30
2 L’eclisse
3.30/6.10
2 Honeymoon (CZ)
8.45
3 Cartel Land
8.40
Mon 1 Mistress America
7 1 L’eclisse
Sep 2 Iris
2 Mistress America
3 Cartel Land
2.30/6.00
8.15
3.50/6.15
8.20
8.40
For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - see page 2
Tue 1 Mistress America
2.30
8 1 Mistress America (C)8.45 (captioned)
Sep 1 L’eclisse
6.00
2 Cartel Land
1.30
2 Iris
3.50
2 Never Let Me Go (F)
5.45 +discussion
2 Dear White People
8.50
3 Dear White People
3.40
3 Iris
6.10
* The majority of our screenings are scheduled well
in advance, and times published in this monthly
brochure and on our website. Most weeks we leave
some spaces in the schedule in order to allow us to
keep on films that are proving popular for a little
longer; these late-scheduled screenings will be added
to our website from midday at the latest on the
Tuesday preceding the start of the new cinema week
on Friday, and listed in our weekly screenings email –
sign up at www.filmhousecinema.com/news
BOX OFFICE 0131 228 2688 DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
SCREENING TIMES
SCREENING TIMES
Wed 1 Mistress America
9 1 L’eclisse
Sep 2 Iris
2 L’eclisse
2 Dear White People
3 Dear White People
3 Cartel Land
2.30/8.45
6.00
1.30/6.15
3.30
8.15
1.15
6.10
Thu 1 Irrational Man
17 2 45 Years
Sep 2 In Cold Blood
2 Shield and Spear (TOA)
3 In Cold Blood
2.30/6.00/8.15
1.05/6.15
3.15
8.30 +discussion
8.25
Thu 1 Mistress America
10 1 L’eclisse
Sep 2 Iris
2 Cartel Land
2 Into the Clouds We Gaze (CZ)
2 Mistress America
3 Iris
2.30/6.00
8.15
1.30
3.30
6.15
8.20
6.10
Fri 1 Irrational Man
18 1 Steamboat Bill Jr + Short
Sep 2 The Price We Pay (TOA)
2 Tangerines
2 The Shore Break (TOA)
2 We are the Giant (TOA)
3 Irrational Man
3 Tangerines
1.00/6.00/8.15
3.30
12.50 +discussion
3.40
5.45 +discussion
8.35 +discussion
3.50
6.10
Fri 1 Irrational Man
11 2 45 Years
Sep 2 In Cold Blood
3 In Cold Blood
1.00/3.15/6.00/8.15
1.10/6.15/8.30
3.20
8.25
Sat 1 Irrational Man
12 2 45 Years
Sep 2 In Cold Blood
3 In Cold Blood
1.00/3.15/6.00/8.15
1.10/6.15/8.30
3.20
8.25
Sat 1 Irrational Man
Sep 2 Steamboat Bill Jr + Short
2 Black Ice (TOA)
2 Stories of our Lives (TOA)
2 Tigers (TOA)
3 Tangerines
1.00/6.00/8.15
3.30
1.10
3.15 +discussion
5.45 +discussion
8.35 +discussion
1.15/6.10
Sun 1 Arrietty (FJ)
13 1 Irrational Man
Sep 2 45 Years
2 In Cold Blood
3 In Cold Blood
11.00am
1.00/3.15/6.00/8.15
1.10/6.15/8.30
3.20
8.25
Mon 1 Irrational Man
2.30/6.00/8.15
14 2 In Cold Blood
1.05
Sep 2 45 Years
3.55/8.30
2 45 Years (C)6.15 (captioned)
3 In Cold Blood
5.45
Tue 1 Irrational Man
15 2 In Cold Blood
Sep 2 45 Years
2 Blow-Up
3 In Cold Blood
*Plus films and times TBC (see left)
2.30/6.00/8.15
1.05
3.55/8.45
6.10
5.45
Wed 1 Irrational Man
16 1 The Price We Pay (TOA)
Sep 2 45 Years
2 In Cold Blood
2 Irrational Man
3 TOA Opening Event (TOA)
*Plus films and times TBC (see left)
2.30/6.00
8.20 +discussion
1.05/6.15
3.15
8.30
6.45 (FREE)
KEY
(AD) – Audio Description (see page 2)
(C) – Captioned for customers who are deaf or
hard of hearing (see page 2)
All screenings in 2D unless marked [3D]
Information about For Crying Out Loud
screenings for babies and carers can now be
found on page 2.
SEASONS:
(BB) - Beyond Borders (page 12)
(CS) – Come and See... (page 29)
(CZ) - Made in Prague (page 8)
(F) - Filmosophy (page 13)
(FJ) – Filmhouse Junior (pages 10-11)
(LF) - Luminate Festival Tour (page 23)
(OR) – Over the Rainbow (page 23)
(TOA) - Take One Action Film Festival (page 16-22)
(WW) - The First World War in Cinema (page 24)
Full index of films on page 2
WWW.FILMHOUSECINEMA.COM DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
4 September - 1 October 2015
SCREENING TIMES
Sun 1 The Lego Movie (FJ)
20 1 Irrational Man
2 Life is Sacred (TOA)
2 Tremors (CS)
3 Tangerines
*Plus films and times TBC (see page 12)
11.00am
1.00/3.30/6.00/8.15
1.10/3.15
5.45 +discussion
8.30 + Q&A
1.15/8.40
Mon 1 Irrational Man
Sep 2 The Wanted 18 (TOA)
3 Tangerines
2.30/6.05/8.15
3.15/8.25
6.00 +discussion
1.15/6.10
Tue 1 Irrational Man
2.30/8.15
22 1 Irrational Man (C)6.05 (captioned)
3.15/8.25
2 Food Chains (TOA)
6.00 +discussion
3 Tangerines
1.15/8.40
Tue 1 99 Homes
29 1 La famille Bélier
Sep 1 Roger Waters The Wall
2 La famille Bélier
2 How To Change The World
2 99 Homes
3 Palio
SCREENING TIMES
2.30
5.40
8.00 (£12/£10)
1.10
3.30/8.30
6.00
1.15/8.45
Wed 1 99 Homes
Sep 2 How To Change The World
2 La famille Bélier
3 Palio
2.30/8.40
6.15
1.00/8.30
3.30
3.50/6.10
Thu 1 99 Homes
Oct 2 How To Change The World
2 Palio
3 Hip Hop-eration +Short (LF)
3 Palio
*Plus films and times TBC (see page)
2.30/6.15
8.40
3.30/6.00
8.25
1.00/6.10
3.50
FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME
TICKET PRICES AND INFORMATION
MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm)
Mon - Thu: £7.20 full price, £5.70 concessions
Friday Matinees: £5.50/£4.00 concessions
Sat - Sun: £9.00 full price, £7.20 concessions
EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later)
£9.00 full price, £7.20 concessions
For screenings in 3D add £2 to ticket price.
All tickets to Filmhouse Junior screenings
(marked FJ on grid) are £4.00. Tickets for children
under 12 are £4.00 for any screening.
Filmhouse Members get £1.50 off every ticket
(excludes Friday matinees and Filmhouse Junior)
Concessions available for: children (under 15);
students (with valid matriculation card); school
pupils (15-18 years); Young Scot cardholders; senior
citizens; people with disability or invalidity status
(carers go free); claimants (Jobseekers Allowance,
Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit); NHS
employees (with proof of employment).
Wed 1 Irrational Man
23 2 The Wolfpack
Sep 2 Casablanca Calling (TOA)
3 Steamboat Bill Jr + Short
2.30/6.05/8.15
3.45/8.30
6.00 +discussion
1.15/6.15
Thu 1 Irrational Man
24 2 The Wolfpack
Sep 2 The Divide (TOA)
3 Steamboat Bill Jr + Short
2.30/6.05/8.15
3.45/8.30
6.00 +discussion
1.15/6.15
Fri 1 99 Homes
25 2 The Divide (TOA)
Sep 2 How To Change The World
2 Democrats (TOA)
3 Palio
3.40/6.10/8.40
1.00 +discussion
3.30/6.00
8.30 +discussion
2.00/7.10
Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money
refunded except in the event of a cancellation of
a performance. Screenings are subject to change,
but only in extraordinary circumstances.
Sat 1 99 Homes
26 2 How To Change The World
Sep 2 Landfill Harmonic (TOA)
3 Palio
1.10/3.40/6.10/8.40
3.20/8.30
5.45 +discussion
2.00/9.15
Please completely refrain from using mobile
phones (including checking messages/the time)
or talking audibly during screenings. Filmhouse
staff reserve the right to ask customers to leave
the premises.
Sun 1 Doctor Proctor’s... (FJ)
27 1 99 Homes
Sep 1 The Guns of Loos (WW) 2 How To Change The World
2 TOA: Audience Award Winner
3 Palio
3 99 Homes
11.00am
1.00/8.40
4.30 (£10/£8)
3.30/8.30
6.00 +discussion
2.00/8.45
6.20
Mon 1 99 Homes
Sep 2 La famille Bélier
2 How To Change The World
2 SQIFF Shorts: Different...(OR)
3 Palio
2.30/8.40
6.15
1.30
3.50/8.50
6.30
1.15/8.45
All performances are bookable in advance, in
person, online at www.filmhousecinema.com or
by phone on 0131 228 2688. We do not charge
a booking fee. Tickets may also be reserved
without payment, in which case they must be
collected no later than 30 minutes before the
performance starts.
All seats are unreserved. If you require seats
together please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas
will be open 15 minutes before the start of
each screening. The management reserves
the right of admission and will not admit
latecomers. Children under the age of 12 must
be accompanied by an adult.
Double bills are shown in the same order as
indicated on these pages. Intervals in double bills
last 10 minutes.
BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm daily)
PROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689
BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com
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LANDFILL HARMONIC
THE SHORE BREAK
BLACK ICE
“Take One Action’s focus on empowering people to engage with issues
of global concern through great cinema is unique in the UK. This work
is really, really important.” - Ken Loach and Paul Laverty, Patrons
“Take One Action brings to light stories from across the planet which like South Africa’s injustices, courage and beauty - were once hidden”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“Want to change the world but not sure where to start? These guys will
rouse you into action.” - The Guardian
16-27 September
Take One Action – Scotland’s global change cinema project – is back in Edinburgh,
premiering two weeks of the most acclaimed cinema about global social change.
2015 is a vital year for social justice in Scotland and around the world. In the days and
months ahead...
• We’ll be celebrating International Day of Peace (21 September)
• World leaders will be setting major new goals for global development
(UN,September) – it’s down to us to make them happen
• Our politicians speak for us (or not) at the global climate talks (December)
• We vote for a new Scottish parliament (2016)
Whether you’ve been socially active before or not, we hope you’ll find films in this
programme and online to inspire and sustain you.
Seeking inspiration beyond the screen? Our screenings and events provide
opportunities for audience interaction – fun, empowering, and gentle – and our new
website puts more power in our audience’s hands.
For the full programme including outdoor screenings, free workshops and masterclasses,
pick up a festival guide available in the foyer or visit takeoneaction.org.uk.
Please note: Take One Action 2015 is an ad-free
festival thanks to support from our audiences.
If you want to help us stick to what matters, and
grow our work across Scotland, you can donate
too. Visit takeoneaction.org.uk/give-take. Please
take your seats in the cinema at the advertised
start time.
TAKE ONE ACTION OPENING EVENT
THE PRICE WE PAY
Take One Action Opening Event
The Price We Pay
SHIELD AND SPEAR
Shield and Spear
Wed 16 Sep at 6.45pm
Scottish Premiere
45m
Wed 16 Sep at 8.20pm & Fri 18 Sep at 12.50pm
Thu 17 Sep at 8.30pm
A free, accessible overview of this year’s Festival.
Open to all, this is the ideal way to start your festival
journey towards a better world. Grab a café bite then
join us before our opening film to find out all about
Take One Action 2015 and beyond - from the mouths of
the filmmakers, organisers and changemakers who are
bringing it to life.
With exclusive short films and live music, get switched
on, connected and come away buzzing about this year’s
line-up. You’ll also get our quick guide to organising
screenings to inspire your own community. Don’t miss it!
Harold Crooks • Canada 2014 • 1h33m • Digital • English and
French with English subtitles • 12A
Documentary
Petter Ringbom • South Africa 2014 • 1h29m • Digital • English,
Zulu and Afrikaans with English subtitles • 15
Documentary
“Concise, engrossing, infuriating.” - Variety
“Masterful.” - Libération
In this smart, eye-opening and incendiary documentary,
Harold Crooks (co-writer of The Corporation and codirector of Surviving Progress) examines the UK and
global financial system. He argues that the inheritance
of generations of entrepreneurs and workers has been
appropriated by a tiny elite whose sole purpose is to
artificially increase it - separate to any social utility or
adequate taxation - at the expense of the world.
Centred on the City of London and its offshore tax
havens, the film blows the lid off the idea that big
finance makes the world go round, with leading
economists as well as defectors from the world of big
finance creating a compelling, coherent and forceful call
for action.
“Vibrant and eye-opening.” - The Hollywood Reporter
In this beautiful, spirited and challenging art-doc,
director Petter Ringbom charts the interventions of a
whole new generation of black and white South African
activist-artists tackling issues of race, human rights and
equality through music, photography and dialogue.
Brett Murray’s painted caricature of South African
president Jacob Zuma results in a lawsuit and death
threats. Photographer Zanele Muholi’s work exposes
hate crimes in the LGBT community. The Smarteez
design collective champions freedom of expression. And
musician Xander Ferreira challenges racism through
boundary-crossing lyrics and performance.
Book your free place today at:
takeoneaction.org.uk/event/2015-opening-edinburgh
TICKETDEALS
and get 15% off
Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and
get 25% off
Buy any nine (or more) tickets for films in this season
and get 35% off
These offers are available online, in person and on the
A special ticket price of £4.50 for under 21s (with
valid ID, when booking in person) is available on all
evening & weekend screenings (does not apply to
matinees).
PLUS SHORT
Iron Sky Daniel Wolfe • UK 2014 • 19m
Presented in association with Christian Aid and Oxfam.
Introduced on screen by director Harold Crooks and
followed by discussion with Nairobi-based Alvin
Mosioma (Director, Tax Justice Network - Africa),
Chris Hegarty (Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor,
Christian Aid) and Jamie Livingstone (Head of Oxfam
Scotland).
Scottish Premiere
PLUS SHORT
Dis/connect Doug Hindson • UK 2015 • 3m
Presented in association with University of Edinburgh
Centre of African Studies.
We will be joined by researcher and novelist Igor Štiks
(Edinburgh College of Art) and Dr Barbara Bompani
(Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh).
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THE SHORE BREAK
The Shore Break
UK Premiere
Fri 18 Sep at 5.45pm
Ryley Grunenwald • South Africa 2014 • 1h30m • Digital • English
and isiMpondo with English subtitles • 12A
Documentary
In a close-knit community in South Africa, two cousins
take sides against each other in a story which beautifully
and steadily spotlights corruption, the nature of
“development”, international land-grabbing and our
own consumer dependencies in the West.
Stunningly shot in Ryley Grunenwald’s IDFA awardwinning film, the Wild Coast Region is one of the
most underdeveloped areas in South Africa. Here the
Pondo people retained a traditional way of life and
agriculture - that is, until the arrival of TEM, an Australian
company with plans to mine titanium, a key mineral in
mobile phones and computers. Wary of the erosion of
community-led development, local tour guide Nonhle
is against the mine and co-ordinates widespread
resistance to it. But her cousin Madiba, representing an
array of outside interests, believes economic prosperity
will derive from the mine - at least for him and his allies.
But which way will the shore break?
PLUS SHORT
A Sense of Place Max Smith • UK 2013 • 3m
We look forward to welcoming director Ryley
Grunenwald and writer and lands rights campaigner
Andy Wightman to explore the film further and
provide opportunities for audiences to connect and
respond together.
WE ARE THE GIANT
We Are the Giant
BLACK ICE
Black Ice
Scottish Theatrical Premiere
Greg Barker • USA 2014 • 1h32m • Digital • English and Arabic
with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong real violence, sight
of dead bodies and injuries
Documentary
Sat 19 Sep at 3.15pm
“A heartfelt portrait of courage.” - The Guardian
“Gathers in complexity, insight and moral force with each
story.” - Total Film
The most powerful, shocking and ultimately inspiring
film to come out of the Arab Spring so far, Sundance
veteran Greg Barker’s We Are the Giant takes its
audience inside the lives of six extraordinary people.
From Libya to Bahrain, they grapple with the agonising
and universal dilemmas at the heart of all struggles for
justice and freedom: whether to take up arms and fight,
or to advocate change through peace and non-violence.
Filmed largely in secret (sometimes at great risk) and
woven together by wonderful animated segments
which call up connections between the past and
present, the film is witness to the very different, painful
choices that come to define the protagonists and their
nations.
When a Greenpeace ship set sail to protest against
dangerous global climate change at the first oil drilling
site in the Arctic Ocean, no one on board could have
known what was coming. Seized at gunpoint and
detained as pirates, the fate of the ‘Arctic 30’ sparked a
bitter international dispute.
This powerful documentary captures up close from
start to finish the extraordinary events that made global
headlines in 2013.
PLUS SHORT
Aliah Valentino Bedini • Italy 2012 • 5m
Presented in association with Amnesty International.
We are delighted to welcome protagonist and
award-winning Bahraini human right activist Maryam
al-Khawaja.
Maarten van Rouveroy • Netherlands 2014 • 53m • Digital
English and Russian with English subtitles • 12A
Documentary
SHORT FILMS SPECIAL
The screening will open with 30 minutes of the best
new international short films about humanity and the
environment. Full details available via the Take One
Action Film Festival brochure and website.
Starting on Friday 25 September, Filmhouse are
screening Jerry Rothwell’s documentary about the
founders of Greenpeace, How to Change the World.
(See page 7)
Please note: Take One Action 2015 is an
ad-free festival thanks to support from
our audiences. If you want to help us
stick to what matters, and grow our work
across Scotland, you can donate too. Visit
www.takeoneaction.org.uk/give-take.
Please take your seats in the cinema at the
advertised start time.
STORIES OF OUR LIVES
TIGERS
LIFE IS SACRED
Stories of our Lives
Tigers
Life Is Sacred
Sun 20 Sep at 5.45pm
Jim Chuchu • Kenya 2014 • 1h • Digital • English and Swahili with
English subtitles • 15
Cast: Tim Mutungi, Kelly Gichohi, Mugambi Nthiga, Paul Ogola,
Rose Njenga.
Danis Tanovic • India/France/UK 2014 • 1h30m • Digital • English,
Hindi and German with English subtitles • 15
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Geetanjali, Danny Huston, Khalid Abdalla,
Adil Hussain, Maryam D’Abo.
Andreas Dalsgaard • Denmark 2014 • 1h46m • Digital
Spanish and English with English subtitles • 15
Documentary
Despite being banned in its native Kenya, this vital
montage of poetic black-and-white short films by
art collective The NEST offers a deeply humane look
at the challenges facing LGBT men and women in
many parts of Africa. Addressing topics such as the
search for identity and self-determination, enforced
heterosexualisation and the struggle for acceptance,
their subjects have one thing in common: they all
describe the need for love, and their fear of fulfilling this
love openly.
Time and again, their fears prompt the question: is it
better to hide away, resign oneself to the situation and
leave the country, or stay and fight openly for diversity?
The members of The NEST have opted for the latter
and are determined to continue their struggle for
recognition.
Screening preceded by Take One Action’s inaugural
Campaign Short Film Awards: celebrating the very
best in film media spurring grassroots social action.
Presented in association with Africa in Motion.
Stay with us after the film for conversations with
Sunny Dolat (stylist, production designer and cofounder of The NEST) and Zara Kitson (LGBT Youth
Scotland).
Filmhouse’s monthly strand of LGBTQIA cinema, Over
The Rainbow, can be found on page 23.
“An inspiring story of personal courage.” - The Hollywood
Reporter
Based on real-life events, this moving Pakistan-set
thriller from Academy Award-winning director Danis
Tanovic (No Man’s Land) charts a young salesman’s
journey from excited newbie to shocked whistleblower.
Ayan can barely believe his luck when he is recruited
to work for Lasta, a multinational pharmaceutical
company selling infant formula. It’s not long before his
natural charm and knack for glad-handing make him
into a minor star, and Lasta expand his responsibilities.
However, one day he is devastated to see firsthand what
the selling of baby formula really means in certain cases.
Shocked, Ayan sets out to challenge the system and the
powers that be.
Scottish Premiere
Scottish Premiere
PLUS SHORT
Reclaiming Pakistan Lisa Donato • USA 2015 • 8m
Presented in association with Global Justice Now and
the University of Edinburgh’s Global Health Academy.
Liz Murray (Global Justice Now), Patti Rundall (Baby
Milk Action), Dana MacLeod (The Tap Water Awards)
and Liz Grant (Global Health Academy, University of
Edinburgh).
Scottish Premiere
“An intriguing, quietly inspirational story of one man’s
struggle against politics” - The Hollywood Reporter
Violence is part of everyday life in Colombia, where the
military, guerrillas, paramilitaries, and drug cartels have
been fighting for decades, and hundreds of thousands
of people have been killed. But unorthodox presidential
candidate Antanas Mockus and his enthusiastic
supporters attempt to reverse the vicious cycle with an
imaginative and positive election campaign.
As mayor of Bogotá, dressed in a Superman costume
and with an indomitable trust in the good of his fellow
citizens, he took on towering crime rates and people’s
bad traffic habits. But his idealism is both his strength
and his weakness in an aggressive political system in
which he struggles to restore people’s faith in being able
to make a difference. Can good ideas and an idealistic
drive alone change a political culture where violence is
rampant? This is the portrait of an inspiring man and a
powerful youth movement, whose stories are relevant
far beyond Colombia’s borders.
Presented in association with Unison Scotland
Stay with us after the film for inspiring conversations
and opportunities for creative, effective personal
action.
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THE WANTED 18
The Wanted 18
FOOD CHAINS
CASABLANCA CALLING
Food Chains
UK Premiere
Casablanca Calling
Mon 21 Sep at 6.00pm
Paul Cowan & Amer Shomali • Canada/Palestine/France 2014
1h15m • Digital • Arabic, English and Hebrew with English
subtitles •12A
Documentary
Tue 22 Sep at 6.00pm
Wed 23 Sep at 6.00pm
Sanjay Rawal • USA 2014 • 1h26m • Digital • 15
Documentary, narrated by Forest Whitaker
Rosa Rogers • UK/Morocco/France 2014 • 1h10m • Digital
Arabic with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary
“Should be seen by everyone who lifts fork to mouth three
times a day.” - Film Journal
In a story whose after-taste is global, producers Eric
Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Eva Longoria (actress
and Cesar Chavez Legacy award winner) chart the
inspirational fight by migrant US farmworkers to bring
supermarket giants to the table over fair wages.
Supermarkets have tremendous power over the
agricultural system, reaping $4 trillion globally every
year. Yet countless farmworkers in the EU and US
continue to live in poverty and are forced to work in
subhuman conditions. Focusing on an intrepid group
of tomato pickers, this is a powerful story of justice
trumping greed.
One World Media Award: Women’s Rights in Africa
In Morocco, a country where over 60% of women have
never been to school, a new generation of women have
started work as official Muslim leaders. They are called
Morchidat or spiritual guides.
The profound story of a quiet social revolution in
Morocco, Casablanca Calling follows three Morchidat
- Hannane, Bouchra and Karima - as they set out to
change their country, starting at street level. Their
mission is to teach an Islam based on compassion,
tolerance and equality, and to separate its original
teachings from prejudice, misinterpretation and
misunderstanding. Their work takes them into mosques,
schools, homes, orphanages, prisons and out in the
countryside. They support the education of women and
girls, campaign against early marriage and encourage
young people to build a better Morocco rather than
dreaming of life in the West.
An intimate portrait of three female leaders, a society in
transition, and a mission to educate a nation.
“Endearing...unexpectedly humorous.” - The Hollywood
Reporter
“The intelligence as well as the charm of The Wanted 18
lies in how it balances the farcical nature of labelling cows
a national menace with the seriousness of purpose behind
the community’s bid for dignity and autonomy under
occupation.” - Variety
During the First Palestinian Intifada - the unarmed
civilian insurgency that included protests, stone
throwing, civil disobedience and refusal to pay taxes
to Israel - a group of townspeople in the West Bank
town of Beit Sahour decide to buy eighteen cows and
produce their own milk. Seeking to create an alternative
economy as a stepping stone towards self-sufficiency
and sovereignty, their venture proves so successful that
the collective farm becomes a landmark. Even the cows
become local celebrities - until the Israeli army takes
note and declares that the cows pose “a threat to the
national security of the state of Israel”.
Through interviews and playful animation, The Wanted
18 charts a stirring portrait of a community united in
defiance.
Presented in association with Scottish Palestinian Forum.
PLUS SHORT
Nasi Lemak Orlando von Einsiedel • UK 2012 • 6m
Presented in association with Unison Scotland.
Stay with us after the film for inspiring conversations
and opportunities for effective personal action.
Discussion guests include author and journalist
Joanna Blythman.
Scottish Premiere
PLUS SHORT
Give MA WordSmith • USA 2013 • 2m
Dr Ebithal Mahadeen, Jordanian feminist and
Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and
Dr Kathy Galloway, practical theologian, campaigner,
writer and Head of Christian Aid Scotland.
THE DIVIDE
DEMOCRATS
LANDFILL HARMONIC
The Divide
Democrats
Landfill Harmonic
Thu 24 Sep at 6.00pm & Fri 25 Sep at 1.00pm
Katharine Round • UK/USA 2015 • 1h14m • Digital • 15
Documentary
Camilla Nielsson • Denmark 2014 • 1h40m • Digital • English and
Shona with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary
Brad Allgood & Graham Townsley • USA 2015 • 1h24m • Digital
Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary
A moving and urgent account of how inequality impacts
our societies, inspired by best-seller The Spirit Level.
As Britain today faces yet another round of harsh
austerity measures while rising wealth is concentrated
in ever fewer hands, what is the true cost of inequality?
Director Katharine Round presents moving, personal
stories from across the income spectrum.
From the carer on a zero-hour contract to the ambitious
Wall Street psychologist who aspires to the affluent
lifestyle of the burnt-out traders he supports, The Divide
successfully articulates how the rising gap between rich
and poor negatively impacts people from the bottom to
the top of society.
Winner: Best Documentary Feature, Tribeca Film Festival
“Even the slyest political satire couldn’t outdo this riveting
doc.” - Variety
This gripping political thriller offers an incisive wartsand-all snapshot of a nascent democracy.
Shot over three years, with remarkable access to the
corridors of power in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe,
Democrats focuses on two political opponents tasked
with drafting a new constitution. Mangwana, a blustery
cynic unashamedly buoyed by the might of ruling
party ZANU-PF, stands in stark contrast to the cautious
Mwonzora, from the barely tolerated Movement for
Democratic Change.
Director Camilla Nielsson charts the two men’s complex
relationship as they travel throughout the country
during a nationwide consultation process marred
from the outset by corruption and intimidation. Yet as
meetings descend into violent clashes and Mwonzora
faces imprisonment, Democrats captures unmistakable
progress towards more democratic rule - and serves as a
vivid illustration of our common struggle for dignity.
A testament to the transformative power of music and
the resilience of the human spirit.
The inspiring true story of The Recycled Orchestra
of Cateura, a youth music group from the slums
of Paraguay. Their choice of instrument - recycled
garbage - blazes with hope in the face of inequality and
environmental injustice.
More than 60% of Paraguayans live in poverty, and in
the slums of Cateura, young people have fewer chances
than most. Enter Favio Chavez, a musician and teacher
who sees boundless opportunity where others see
garbage. Working hand-in-hand with local garbage
pickers, children and parents, the orchestra is soon
catapulted into the global spotlight. But when a natural
disaster strikes their country, Favio must find a way to
keep the orchestra intact and maintain a source of hope
for their town.
Scottish Premiere
PLUS SHORT
Hotel 22 Elizabeth Lo • USA 2015 • 8m
Presented in association with Oxfam.
We are delighted to be welcoming director Katharine
Round, who will be joined (on 24 September) by
Marco Biagi MSP (Minister for Local Government and
Community Empowerment).
Scottish Premiere
Presented in association with NIDOS.
We are delighted to be welcoming director Camilla
Nielsson to the screening, along with community
outreach worker Twimukye Macline Mushaka.
Scottish Premiere
PLUS SHORTS
The Reinvention of Normal Liam Saint-Pierre • UK
2015 • 8m
Remade in Edinburgh Gavin Greaves • UK 2015 • 2m
Presented in association with Oxfam.
The screening will be followed by conversations and
opportunities for creative, effective personal action.
It will be preceded by a fun (and wholly voluntary)
10-minute South American song workshop in the
auditorium, led by community singing teacher Penny
Stone. No previous singing experience needed!
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Take One Action/Doors Open Day 2015
LAST YEAR’S AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER, THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS
Take One Action:
Audience Award Winner
Take the plunge and join us for the final screening of
Take One Action 2015 - as voted for by YOU from our
host of critically acclaimed premieres.
In the last few years, audiences have been treated to
The Revolutionary Optimists, Girl Rising and Chasing Ice.
This year, it could be a darling of the festival circuit or
an exciting newcomer. What’s certain is that it will have
fired the imagination and social spirits of hundreds of
festival goers in the preceding days so don’t miss it!
Please note: the screening will be anticipated as
a certificate 15 and children may therefore not be
admitted.
Present a ticket stub from another Take One Action
2015 festival film at the Filmhouse box office any time
up to Saturday 26 September to get your Audience
Award Screening ticket for just £4.50.
One reduced price ticket per stub. Only valid when
booking in person by 9pm on Saturday 26 September.
All tickets bought for this event are non-refundable.
MORE POWER TO YOU
Want to inspire your community on a regular
basis? Keen to put on your own festival of
critically acclaimed, social-change films? Start a
Take One Action Local. Join us to find out more
on Saturday 19 September at 11.00am.
To book your place for this event, our free
Campaigner Training Workshop or find out about
director masterclasses, visit
takeoneaction.org.uk
PROJECTION TOURS
Doors Open Day
at Filmhouse
26 & 27 September 2015
INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS ARTS AND CRAFTS
Projection Tours
Sat 26 Sep, FREE
Tours begin at 10.00am, 10.45am & 11.30am
Projecting in a wide variety of traditional and
contemporary film formats, join the Filmhouse
projection team in a rare opportunity to explore behind
the scenes in our Projection Tours as part of Doors Open
Day 2015.
Tours are FREE but must be booked in advance via
Filmhouse Box Office - open 10.00am-9.00pm daily,
0131 228 2688. These tours were extremely popular last
year so advance booking is essential!
Doors Open Day is your chance to explore
some of Edinburgh’s architecturally and
culturally significant buildings. From heritage
landmarks to the city’s newest architecture,
Doors Open Day offers free access to properties
that are either not usually open to the public or
would normally charge an entry fee. The event Incredible Inventions Arts and Crafts
also offers the public an opportunity to find
Sun 27 Sep, 9.30am - 11.00am, FREE
out more about the capital’s public buildings.
Edinburgh Film Guild Rooms at Filmhouse
We’re inviting you to come and have a guided
tour of our Screen One projection box,
normally very much off limits to the public!
We’ll also have a free arts and crafts event to
tie in with our Filmhouse Junior screening of
Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder.
Doors Open Day is a celebration of Edinburgh’s
architecture, culture and heritage and has
been organised by the Cockburn Association
(Edinburgh’s Civic Trust) since 1991. Edinburgh
Doors Open Day is part of European Heritage
Days.
www.cockburnassociation.org.uk
Families of all ages are welcome to our FREE drop-in
arts and crafts event themed around the movie Doctor
Proctor’s Fart Powder.
This free event can be booked in advance via Filmhouse
box office – or just come along!
Tickets to Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder at 11.00am cost £4
(see page 10).
Over the Rainbow/Hip Hop-eration/Blow-Up
SQIFF SHORTS: DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF MY SELF
OVERTHERAINBOW
HIP HOP-ERATION
SPECIALEVENT
BLOW-UP
SPECIALEVENT
SQIFF Shorts: Different Versions of My
Self
Hip Hop-eration
Blow-Up
Thu 1 Oct at 1.00pm & 6.10pm
Mon 28 Sep at 6.30pm
Bryn Evans • New Zealand/USA 2014 • 1h33m • Digital • cert tbc
Documentary
Michelangelo Antonioni • UK/Italy/USA 1966 • 1h51m • 35mm
15 - Contains moderate nudity and drug use
Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane
Birkin, Peter Bowles.
1h37m
Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) has
handpicked a selection of the best short films from our
Festival, all addressing the theme of uncertainty and/
or defiance in presenting different versions of our queer
selves. Amongst other weird and wonderful tales, a
trans man buys a blow-up version of himself from the
supermarket, a woman shaves her head to look like a
balding guy, a queer man in Uganda faces his image
of himself in response to violent discrimination, a
gay couple deal with the difficulties of showing their
affection in public, and a young woman explores her
illicit sexual desires for the first time.
We will be joined by several of the filmmakers after
the screening for a Q&A.
All films in the programme will screen with English
subtitles to make this event more accessible for
people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
SQIFF takes place 24th to 27th September at the Centre
for Contemporary Arts and other venues in Glasgow. For
more details, go to www.sqiff.org
These senior citizens may each be almost a century
young, but for Kara, (94) Maynie, (95) and Terri, (93) the
journey to Las Vegas and the World Hip Hop Dance
Championships is just the beginning of a life’s journey.
Along with twenty-four other nonagenarians they defy
the odds and hip-hop their way into the hearts and
minds of thousands of young fans from around the
world, pushing their bodies and artificial joints to the
absolute limits of old age.
Along the way we hear how these extraordinary
characters contributed to New Zealand as we know it.
Their stories are a reminder of their history as a nation
and the joy of living life to the fullest.
PLUS SHORT
Directed by Tweedie Duncan Cowles • UK 2015 • 16m
Making a film when you’re 87 is less than convenient.
As granddad ‘Tweedie’ reluctantly takes up his new role
as a filmmaker, we’re invited to examine the difficulties
of communication between the generations, whilst
exploring that unspoken contract that binds children to
their grandparents.
Screening as part of the
Luminate Film Tour 2015.
www.luminatescotland.org
Michelangelo Antonioni’s provocative look into the
world of mod fashion, and an engaging murder mystery
that examines the existential nature of reality through
photography.
Thomas (David Hemmings), a nihilistic London fashion
photographer based in part on David Bailey (who is said
to have been approached to play the role himself), lives
a life of excess in newly-Swinging London. Becoming
bored with his lucrative career, he one day takes candid
photos of a rendezvous between a woman (Vanessa
Redgrave) and a middle-aged man. She pursues him to
ask for the illicit photos, and he imagines that he has
witnessed a scene of sexual intrigue - never thinking
that he may have accidentally obtained visual evidence
of a murder...
Screening in association with the National Galleries
of Scotland. The screening will be introduced by Dr
Glyn Davis, Reader in Screen Studies in the School
of Design, Edinburgh College of Art, University of
Edinburgh.
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Come and See.../The Guns of Loos/Roger Waters The Wall
TREMORS
Come and See...
A monthly one-off screening of a great film we
simply thought you might like to see, again or for
the first time, on the big screen.
Tremors
Ron Underwood • USA 1990 • 1h36m • Digital • 12A - Contains
moderate threat, gore, infrequent strong language
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba
McEntire.
An affectionate tribute to 1950s B movies, this cult
classic sees the small town of Perfection, Nevada,
come under attack from giant underground worms,
with reluctant local handymen Val (Kevin Bacon) and
Earl (Fred Ward) attempting to save its residents from
gruesome deaths. Despite under-performing at the
box office on release, Tremors became a hit on VHS and
spawned multiple sequels.
Combining horror with a hefty dose of humour, Tremors
is the last great Hollywood monster movie to rely heavily
on practical creature effects rather than CGI.
Director Ron Underwood will take part in a live postscreening Skype Q&A.
This 25th anniversary screening will be introduced
by local author Jonathan Melville, whose new book,
Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors,
is the first on the franchise. Copies will be available to
buy on the night.
THE GUNS OF LOOS
THEFIRSTWORLDWARINCINEMA
ROGER WATERS THE WALL
SPECIALEVENT
The Guns of Loos
Roger Waters The Wall
Sinclair Hill • UK 1928 • 1h24m • Digital
Silent with live accompaniment • U
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Hermione Baddeley, Henry Victor, Bobby
Howes, Donald Macardle, Adeline Hayden Coffin.
Roger Waters & Sean Evans • UK 2014 • 2h35m • Digital
English and French with English subtitles • 12A - Contains
infrequent strong language, nudity, bloody moments
Cast: Concert film featuring Roger Waters, Nick Mason.
The Guns of Loos marked a bold new approach to
depicting the war on screen. The striking recreations of
the conflict at Loos provide the backdrop to an intense
psychological drama about a factory owner faced with
the horrors of returning from the war.
Combining strong performances with outstanding
cinematography, the film received rave reviews on
its release in 1928, with many critics declaring it
the best war film ever made. Soon forgotten during
the emergence of the ‘talkies’, this commemorative
screening is a very exciting opportunity to see a truly
unique film brought back to the big screen.
The event is made even more special by the
accompaniment of a brand new musical score
by one of the UK’s leading silent film composers
and performers, Stephen Horne, which has been
commissioned by DCA in association with the Great
War Dundee partnership.
Tickets £10/£8
Roger Waters, co-founder and primary songwriter of
Pink Floyd, fuses the epic and the personal in Roger
Waters The Wall, a concert film that goes well beyond
the stage. Based on the groundbreaking concept album,
Roger Waters The Wall could be called a concept film:
it’s a state-of-the-art show that dazzles the senses,
combined with an intensely personal road trip that deals
with the loss Roger has felt throughout his life due to
war.
After the film we will present The Simple Facts, a
unique opportunity to see Roger Waters and his Pink
Floyd bandmate Nick Mason - reunited, unscripted
and in conversation, answering questions submitted
by fans from around the world.
Tickets £12/£10
University of Edinburgh Short Courses
University of Edinburgh
Short Courses
Welcome to the University of Edinburgh
Short Courses for 2015/16. This year we have
thirty film courses on offer, with ten of them
taking place at the Edinburgh Film Guild
cinema between September 2015 and June
2016. Watch this space!
Enrolling now, a new edition of the French
Cinema course, with ten new films including
a screening at the French Film Festival UK
in November. Also, Classical Hollywood:
Cliché and Innovation discusses Hollywood’s
history and legacy, and The Cinema of Alfred
Hitchcock revisits the art and craft of the
‘Master of Suspense’ - both courses offering
new critical insights and group discussions.
Join us and learn more about your favourite
films and directors!
Martine Pierquin,
Course Organiser
The University of Edinburgh, Short Courses
French Cinema
The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock
Martine Pierquin
Jim Dunnigan
Learn more about the popular stars and innovative
directors of French cinema. Together we will examine
ten critically acclaimed films, all introduced by a
short lecture and followed by a group discussion. In
November, we will also attend a screening at the French
Film Festival (not included in course fee).
An introduction to the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock from
the early British work onwards. The films will be studied
with particular reference to genre and the star system.
The key focus will be an examination of Hitchcock’s work
in the light of the auteur theory.
Dates: Mondays from 28 September 2015 (10 weeks)
Class Times: 18:30 - 21:20
Fee: £110 / £73 conc
Dates: Thursdays from 1 October 2015 (10 weeks)
Class Times: 18:30 - 21:20
Fee: £110 / £73 conc
Classical Hollywood: Cliché and
Innovation
Rolland Man
Stars, glamour, the Production Code, big studios,
escapism, the Dream Factory. Clichés abound in our
view of Hollywood, just as they do in the films produced
there. We will take a closer look at the way Hollywood
films recycled, reinvented and even revolutionised their
own clichés – and how they reflected the dreams (and
nightmares) of American society.
Dates: Tuesdays from 29 September 2015 (10 weeks)
Class Times: 18:30 - 20:20
Fee: £105 / £70 conc
For details of further film courses and to
enrol go to: www.ed.ac.uk/short-courses
facebook.com/UoEShortCourses
Twitter: @UoEShortCourses
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WE ARE MANY
SONG OF THE SEA
Filmhouse offers schools the opportunity to engage with a variety of film which support moving image
literacy and subjects including modern languages and social studies. For more information email
[email protected] or call Nicola Kettlewood or Jenny Leask on 0131 228 6382. Details at
www.filmhousecinema.com/learning
Autumn Events for Schools and Teachers
CPD Event for Teachers
Wednesday 9 September, 4.30pm-6.30pm • For both Primary and Secondary teachers
Come and see one of the films we’ll be screening for schools as part of this year’s French Film Festival,
and enjoy a glass of wine and a chat about using film to enrich Modern Languages teaching.
This event is free for teachers but places are limited – to book please call Jenny Leask or Nicola
Kettlewood on 0131 228 6382 or email [email protected]
Screenings for Schools
Tickets £3 for pupils (unless stated otherwise), teachers go free. To book call Box Office on 0131 228
2688 or email [email protected]
For more info go to www.filmhousecinema.com/learning/schools-and-teachers/
We Are Many - Tuesday 8 September, 10am • S3-S6, Modern Studies
Girlhood - Thursday 10 September, 10am • S4-S6, Modern Languages (French)
Song of the Sea - Tuesday 15 September, 10am • P3-S2
Take One Action Film Festival: Primary Schools Event - Thursday 17 September, 10am • FREE • P4-P7
Take One Action Film Festival: Landfill Harmonic - Tuesday 22 September, 10am • FREE • S1-S6, Modern
Studies, Global Citizenship, Spanish, Music
Take One Action Film Festival: The Divide - Friday 25 September, 10am • FREE • S1-S6, Social Studies, Modern
Studies, Economics
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: Foosball - Tuesday 6 October, 10am • P4-P7, Modern Languages (Spanish)
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: Five Days to Dance - Wednesday 7 October, 10am • S1-S6, Modern
Filmhouse Cafe Bar
Drop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal tea
and enjoy one of our superb cakes.
New breakfast menu is available daily!
Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm seven
days a week!
All our dishes are prepared on the premises
using fresh ingredients.
We have an extensive vegetarian range with a
variety of daily specials.
A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar has
real choice in ales, beers and bottles.
A special event? Just ask, we can probably help.
Or just come and relax in the ambience!
Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 8am - 11.30pm
Friday: 8am - 12.30am
Saturday: 10am - 12.30am
Sunday: 10am - 11.30pm
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Languages (Spanish), Expressive Arts
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed - Thursday 7 October, 10am • S1-S6,
Modern Languages (Spanish)
French Film Festival: Zarafa - Wednesday 4 November, 10am • P4-S3, Modern Languages (French)
French Film Festival: Young Tiger - Thursday 5 November, 10am • S4-S6, Modern Languages (French)
We will be adding screenings of new releases Macbeth and Suffragette (dates TBC) as well as schools
events as part of the Africa in Motion Film Festival in October and the German Film Festival in
November - please check next month’s brochure or our website, or email [email protected]
to be added to our mailing list.
Film Quiz
Sunday 13 September
Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful (and
rather tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams
of up to eight, to be seated in the cafe bar by
9pm.
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INFORMATION
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description for customers with visual
impairments and subtitles for those with
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