THE IMITATION GAME WHAT’S ON

WHAT’S ON / NOVEMBER 2014
THIS ISSUE:
MR. TURNER
THE DROP
BEYOND THE INFINITE:
SCI-FI ON SCREEN
THE
IMITATION
GAME
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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH STARS AS WORLD WAR II
CODE-BREAKER ALAN TURING IN THIS NAIL-BITING DRAMA.
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CONTENTS
4 MR. TURNER / SERENA
5 HE IMITATION GAME / MAPS
T
TO THE STARS
6 HE DROP / HUMAN CAPITAL /
T
THE CASE AGAINST 8
7 IFE ITSELF / HOCKNEY: LIVE
L
FROM LA / GLOBE ON SCREEN:
MACBETH
8 JÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE / NAS:
B
TIME IS ILLMATIC /
GHOSTBUSTERS
9 ABRISKIE POINT / PLAYTIME /
Z
M
10-11 CINEMAGIC FILM FESTIVAL
AT A GLANCE
12 14-17 EYOND THE INFINITE: SCI-FI
B
ON SCREEN
18-19 UTBURST QUEER ARTS
O
FESTIVAL
20-21 HADOWS OF THE GREAT WAR:
S
WORLD WAR ONE ON FILM
OMELESS FILM FESTIVAL /
H
GULABI GANG
WED 19 NOV, 9PM
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NEW RELEASES
MR. TURNER
SERENA
FRI 31 OCT – THURS 13 NOV
FRI 24 OCT – THURS 6 NOV
THE IMITATION GAME
FRI 14 – THURS 27 NOV
FRI 7 – SUN 9 & WED 12 –THURS 13 NOV
DIR: MIKE LEIGH • UK • 2014 • 2 HRS 30 MINS • BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
• CAST: TIMOTHY SPALL, PAUL JESSON, DOROTHY ATKINSON
DIR: SUSANNE BIER • USA/
CZECH REPUBLIC • 2014 • 1 HR 50 MINS
• DRAMA • CAST: JENNIFER LAWRENCE,
BRADLEY COOPER, RHYS IFANS
DIR: MORTEN TYLDUM • UK/USA • 2014 • 1 HR 53 MINS • BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/THRILLER
• CAST: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, MATTHEW GOODE
Timothy Spall won the Best
Actor prize at Cannes for his
magnificent performance as
J.M.W. Turner, in Mike Leigh’s
gorgeously rendered biopic of
the famed British landscape
painter.
Home and studio life is contrasted
with scuffles and politics at the
Royal Academy, while the
establishment of the time,
embodied here in the form
of a precocious John Ruskin,
comes in for some gentle ribbing.
Set in depression-era North
Carolina, Jennifer Lawrence
stars as Serena, the wife
of timber tycoon George
Pemberton (Bradley Cooper).
Choosing to focus on the artist in
middle age, Leigh finds a strange,
anti-social mumbler far more
comfortable with canvas and paint
than the social niceties demanded
of the era. Turner is single-minded
in his focus on his art and career,
but his interactions with women
shape much of the narrative that
Leigh details so effectively.
Mr. Turner portrays a man
dismissive of the mother of his two
daughters, predatory toward his
housekeeper, and yet ultimately
blessed with an unexpected
relationship that arrives in the
autumn of his life.
Mike Leigh has ventured
occasionally into period settings;
when he has, he’s achieved some
of his subtlest work. Mr. Turner
is one of his masterworks: a film
about one artist, made by another.
Benedict Cumberbatch stars
as brilliant Cambridge
mathematician, cryptanalyst
and pioneering computer
scientist Alan Turing, who
spearheaded the Enigma
code-breaking operation
during World War II and was
later persecuted by the British
government for his
homosexuality.
Introduction by Shan McAnena,
Director & Curator of Art, The
Naughton Gallery at Queen’s,
on Wed 5 Nov, 6pm.
The future of the Pemberton
timber empire comes into question
when the couple learns that
Serena cannot have children,
and they must decide what to
do in the absence of an heir
to pass their fortune onto.
Based on the book by Ron Rash
and directed by Susanne Bier
(Love Is All You Need), Serena
is an emotional and gripping tale
of what happens when greed and
the desire for money come up
against the importance of family.
MAPS TO
THE STARS
At Cambridge University, the
young Turing quickly establishes
himself as a ground-breaking
thinker with his theories about the
potential of computing machines.
When war between Britain and
Germany is declared, these
theories are put into active
practice. Turing easily passes
a test to become a member of
a top-secret group assigned
to decode critical German naval
communications. Much to the
surprise of the commanding
officers, so does a woman,
Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley).
CERT
TBC
DIR: DAVID CRONENBERG • CANADA/
USA/GERMANY/FRANCE • 2014
• 1 HR 52 MINS • DRAMA • CAST:
JULIANNE MOORE, MIA WASIKOWSKA,
ROBERT PATTINSON
Turing and Clarke become fast
friends, and are soon engaged
to be married. But Turing is gay,
struggling with his identity
at a time when it is illegal and
subject to terrible punishment.
A Hollywood family with some
explosive secrets finds their
perfect world unraveling in
this satire from director David
Cronenberg and writer Bruce
Wagner.
Norwegian director Morten
Tyldum’s Headhunters won
attention for its gripping pace
and neat balance of suspense
and character work. In his
English-language debut,
Tyldum excels again. Turing and
his colleagues race against time
to devise a machine that can crack
Germany’s Enigma codes, while
Turing himself must work out how
to be a gay man at a time when
such men are routinely crushed
by the law. It’s an intensely
powerful story.
With a stellar ensemble cast
including Julianne Moore,
John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska and
Olivia Williams, Maps to the Stars
takes you on a darkly comic
journey into the heart of the Weiss
family - chasing celebrity, one
another and the relentless ghosts
of their pasts.
The 8.50pm screening on
Wed 26 Nov will be an Access
screening with audio description
and on-screen captioning.
The result is a modern Hollywood
Gothic at once about the ravenous
21st Century need for fame and
validation -- and the yearning,
loss and fragility that lurk in the
shadows underneath.
Introduction by Marcus Smith,
Associate Tutor, The Open
University, on Sun 9 Nov,
9.15pm.
NEW RELEASES
THE DROP
FRI 21 – THURS 27 NOV
THE CASE
HUMAN CAPITAL AGAINST 8
IL CAPITALE UMANO
MON 3 – TUES 4 NOV
FRI 14 – MON 17 NOV
FRI 21, MON 24 & WED 26 NOV
CERT
TBC
DIR: PAOLO VIRZÌ • ITALY/FRANCE
• 2013 • 1 HR 51 MINS • DRAMA
• CAST: FABRIZIO BENTIVOGLIO,
MATILDE GIOLI, VALERIA BRUNI TEDESCHI
• SUBTITLED
DIR: BEN COTNER & RYAN WHITE
• USA • 2014 • 1 HR 49 MINS
• DOCUMENTARY
Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and
the late, great James Gandolfini
star in this gritty crime drama
from Michaël R. Roskam, the
Academy Award nominated
director of Bullhead.
An intelligent and stylish
thriller, Paolo Virzi’s adaptation
of Stephen Amidon’s novel uses
the mystery at its core to take
an incisive look at class in Italian
society.
Over 18,000 same-sex couples
married in 2008 after a long
and fiery fight for the freedom
to marry in California. Six months
later, Proposition 8 won the
popular vote and a ban on
same-sex marriage was put
into law.
The film begins with a cyclist
being driven off the road late
one night, and then proceeds
to tell the story of two
interconnected families in the
north of Italy. When middle-class
Dino drops his daughter off at
her rich boyfriend’s house,
he ingratiates himself with the
boy’s banker father. In no time,
Dino is committing hundreds
of thousands of Euros he doesn’t
really have in an investment
scheme run by the banker.
The fates of these two families
are intertwined in this scathing
look at greed and inequality.
HOCKNEY:
LIVE FROM LA
LIFE ITSELF
DIR: MICHAËL R. ROSKAM • USA
• 2014 • 1 HR 46 MINS • CRIME/DRAMA
• CAST: TOM HARDY, NOOMI RAPACE,
JAMES GANDOLFINI
Based on a screenplay from
Dennis Lehane (Mystic River,
Gone Baby Gone), The Drop
follows lonely bartender Bob
Saginowski (Tom Hardy) through
a covert scheme of funneling
cash to local gangsters - “money
drops” - in the underworld of
Brooklyn bars. Under the heavy
hand of his employer and cousin
Marv (James Gandolfini), Bob
finds himself at the centre of a
robbery gone awry and entwined
in an investigation that digs deep
into the neighbourhood’s past
where friends, families, and foes
all work together to make a living
- no matter what the cost.
06/07
NEW RELEASES/SPECIAL EVENTS
Against all odds, the American
Foundation for Equal Rights,
the plaintiffs—two likable and
committed couples who put their
lives on the line for this historic
hearing—and lawyers Ted Olson
and David Boies (from opposing
sides of Bush v. Gore), band
together to take the case all
the way to the Supreme Court.
Winner of the Directing Award
for US Documentary at the
Sundance Film Festival,
The Case Against 8 investigates
the inner workings of this
emotionally charged fight
for equality under the law.
DIR: STEVE JAMES • USA • 2014
• 2 HRS • DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY
TUES 25 NOV, 7PM
CERT
TBC
DIR: RANDALL WRIGHT • UK • 2014
• 3 HRS 15 MINS APPROX. (FILM + Q&A)
• DOCUMENTARY
Life Itself explores the impact
and legacy of Roger Ebert’s life,
from his Pulitzer Prize-winning
film criticism at the Chicago
Sun-Times to becoming one
of the most influential cultural
voices in America.
An exclusive gala screening
of the highly anticipated new
feature Hockney, followed
by an in-depth conversation
with David Hockney from his
Los Angeles studio, broadcast
live into cinemas.
Based on his autobiography
of the same name, acclaimed
director Steve James (Hoop
Dreams) examines with touching
sensitivity the people and things
dearest to Ebert: his colleagues,
his family, the movies and sure
enough, life itself. As Ebert
reminds us of the wonder that
awaits us when the theatre
lights go out, we can’t help
but fall in love with the movies
all over again.
Hockney is the definitive
exploration of one of the
most significant artists of his
generation. For the first time,
David Hockney has given
access to his personal archive
of photographs and film,
resulting in an unparalleled
visual diary of a long life.
The screening on Wed 26 Nov
at 6pm will be followed by a
discussion about film criticism
with local legends Mike Catto
and Brian Henry Martin.
The film chronicles Hockney’s
vast career, from his early life
in working-class Bradford,
where his love for pictures was
developed through his admiration
for cinema, to his relocation
to Hollywood where his life
long struggle to escape labels
(‘queer’, ‘working class’,
figurative artist’) was fully
realised.
TICKETS
£12.50 (£10 concessions
and Film Card holders)
MACBETH
SUN 9 NOV, 2.30PM
RUNNING TIME: 2 HRS 35 MINS
(INCL. INTERVAL)
Eve Best’s sublime
and unexpectedly funny
period-dress production of
Shakespeare’s great tragedy
returns for an encore after
overwhelming demand.
A trio of witches prophesy
that Scottish general Macbeth
(Joseph Millson) will one day
become king. Egged on by
his ambitious, scheming wife
(Samantha Spiro), he decides
to hasten matters by murdering
virtuous King Duncan (Gawn
Grainger). But having taken the
throne, he becomes a tyrant who
must continue to kill – starting
with former comrade-in-arms
Banquo (Billy Boyd).
A masterpiece of ambition,
treachery and madness, Macbeth
is renowned as the Bard’s most
chilling engagement with the
forces of evil. But Best also
brings out the play’s humour
to great effect.
TICKETS
£12.50 (£10 concessions
and Film Card holders)
08/09
SECOND SIGHT
NEW RELEASES/SECOND SIGHT
SECOND SIGHT
BJÖRK:
BIOPHILIA LIVE
SAT 1 NOV, 9.30PM
NAS: TIME
IS ILLMATIC
SAT 15 NOV, 9.30PM
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
GHOSTBUSTERS
FRI 31 OCT, 9.15PM
QFT’s pick of restored and re-released classics,
back on the big screen where they belong.
ZABRISKIE POINT PLAYTIME
FRI 7 – SAT 8 NOV
FRI 14 – MON 17 NOV
M
SAT 1, SAT 8 & SUN 16 NOV
DIR: NICK FENTON & PETER
STRICKLAND • UK • 2014
• 1 HR 37 MINS • MUSIC
DIR: ONE9 • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 15 MINS
• DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC
DIR: IVAN REITMAN • USA • 1984
• 1 HR 45 MINS • COMEDY/FANTASY/
SCI-FI • CAST: BILL MURRAY
DAN AYKROYD, SIGOURNEY WEAVER
DIR: MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI
• USA • 1970 • 1 HR 54 MINS • DRAMA
• CAST: MARK FRECHETTE,
DARIA HALPRIN, PAUL FIX
DIR: JACQUES TATI • FRANCE/ITALY
• 1967 • 2 HRS 4 MINS • COMEDY
• CAST: JACQUES TATI, BARBARA
DENNEK, RITA MAIDEN • SUBTITLED
DIR: FRITZ LANG • GERMANY • 1931
• 1 HR 51 MINS • CRIME/DRAMA/
THRILLER • CAST: PETER LORRE,
ELLEN WIDMANN, INGE LANDGUT • SUBTITLED
Biophilia Live is a concert
film by Nick Fenton and
Peter Strickland that captures
the human element of Björk’s
multi-disciplinary multimedia
project: Biophilia.
Twenty years after its release,
Nas’ debut album Illmatic
has become a hip-hop
benchmark that encapsulates
the socio-political outlook,
enduring spirit, and collective
angst of a generation of young
black men searching for their
voice in America.
Join us on Halloween night to
celebrate the 30th anniversary
of Ghostbusters with a brand
new digital restoration of
a modern comedy classic.
A new digital restoration
of Antonioni’s epic portrait
of late ‘60s America.
Newly restored and considered
by many to be Jacques Tati’s
masterpiece, PlayTime is
a perfectly orchestrated
city symphony.
A pin-sharp new restoration
of Fritz Lang’s world cinema
classic.
Recorded live at Björk’s show
at London’s Alexandra Palace
in 2013, the film features Björk
and her band performing every
song on ‘Biophilia’ and more
using a broad variety of
instruments - some digital,
some traditional and some
completely unclassifiable.
The film has already been
hailed as “a captivating record
of an artist in full command
of her idiosyncratic powers”
(Variety) and “an imaginative
stand-alone artwork” (Hollywood
Reporter) and is a vital piece of
the grand mosaic that is ‘Biophilia.’
Time Is Illmatic tracks the
musical legacy of the Jones
family, handed down to Nas
from his jazz musician father,
Olu Dara. It also examines the
social conditions and
environmental influences that
contributed to Nas’ worldview.
Along the way, Time Is Illmatic
shows how Nas overcame
insurmountable odds to create
the greatest work of music from
hip-hop’s second golden era.
Featuring Bill Murray starring
opposite a host of New York’s
undead, an infinitely quotable
script from Dan Aykroyd and
Harold Ramis, and a soundtrack
that hasn’t left audiences’
heads since they were first
asked “Who ya gonna call?”,
Ghostbusters is back on the big
screen for one night only – early
booking is advised!
“Whoever thought of having
evil’s final manifestation
take the form of a 100-ft.
marshmallow deserves
the rational mind’s eternal
gratitude.”
– TIME MAGAZINE
With a soundtrack by The Grateful
Dead’s Jerry Garcia and Pink
Floyd, Zabriskie Point is a poetic
chronicle of late ‘60s counterculture America, as seen through
the eyes of anthropology student
Daria and social dropout Mark.
Produced five years after
Antonioni’s first English-language
film Blow Up, Zabriskie Point
has now achieved cult status.
Primarily known for its soundtrack
and explosive finale, the film
remains one of Antonioni’s
greatest triumphs.
“If you just sit back and let the
film ride out as an experience,
you’re bound to enjoy the
journey.”
- FILMCRITIC.COM
Shot on 70mm on a huge
constructed set of concrete,
glass and steel, the film was
the most ambitious project
Tati ever took on.
Monsieur Hulot has a job
interview - but before he can
worry about impressing his
future employer, he’ll need
to find them first. Landing in
a reimagined modernist Paris,
he has to navigate endless
corridors, slippery floors,
sinking chairs, sliding doors
and misleading reflections in
a high-tech corporate labyrinth
where organised chaos reigns
and Hulot sticks out as
a misaligned cog in the
machinery of modern life.
Made two years before Hitler
came to power, Fritz Lang’s
first sound film is a great
psychological thriller, a trenchant
treatise on crime and justice,
and a vivid portrait of the rapidly
disintegrating Weimar Republic.
Peter Lorre’s first major screen
role was also his greatest.
He shot to stardom as the
compulsive child murderer
who is hunted down not only
by a desperate, frustrated police
force, but - rather more ruthlessly
- by Berlin’s criminal underworld.
“An astounding hybrid of
Bible-black film noir and a lithe
take on German expressionist
dynamics in which the shadows
are literally out to kill you…
the time is exactly right for
a reappraisal of M”
- LITTLE WHITE LIES
SPECIAL EVENTS: CINEMAGIC
CINEMAGIC
Cinemagic returns to QFT with UK and Irish premieres
of new films from Belgium, France, Canada, Germany,
Slovenia, Iceland, Spain and the USA.
Also returning for his 10th Cinemagic jaunt is the UK’s
most dapper film critic and double bassist, Mark Kermode.
Mark will be in conversation with Brian Henry Martin
on Sat 22 Nov at 5.30pm, followed by a screening of his
10th anniversary festival pick, Powell & Pressburger’s 1946
classic, A Matter of Life and Death.
Tickets for Cinemagic screenings are £6 (£5 concessions),
except Mark Kermode Film Night which is £12. Book online
at www.queensfilmtheatre.com or from the main festival
box office at www.wegottickets.com
UK PREMIERE
UK PREMIERE
NI PREMIERE
UK PREMIERE
BENEATH THE
HARVEST SKY
THE GOOD LIFE
JACK
DIR: BAS DEVOS • BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS
• 2014 • 1 HR 25 MINS • ACTION/DRAMA/
FAMILY • CAST: CESAR DE SUTTER, KOEN DE
SUTTER, MIRA HELMER • SUBTITLED • AGE: 15+
DIR: JEAN DENIZOT • FRANCE • 2013 • 1 HR
33 MINS • ADVENTURE • CAST: ZACHARIE
CHASSERIAUD, NICOLAS BOUCHAUD,
JULES PÉLISSIER • SUBTITLED • AGE: 15+
DIR: EDWARD BERGER • GERMANY • 2014
• 1 HR 43 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: IVO
PIETZCKER, GEORG ARMS, JOHANN FOHL
• SUBTITLED • AGE: 15+
DIR: ARON GAUDET & GITA PULLAPILLY
• USA • 2013 • 1 HR 56 MINS • DRAMA
• CAST: EMORY COHEN, CALLAN MCAULIFFE,
AIDAN GILLEN • AGE: 18+
15-year-old Jesse is the lone
eyewitness to the murder of one
of his friends. After the brutal
incident Jesse returns home to
his family and his BMX riders’
crew. Words cannot express the
sorrow and emotional turmoil
Jesse is going through – how can
he explain the inexplicable? Violet
is a visual account of a teenager’s
mourning process.
This spin on the coming-of-age
tale tells the story of 16-yearold Sylvain, growing up in the
Loire Valley and living off the
official grid with his father
for reasons he is starting to
realise are more pressing than
philosophical. His doubts take
form with his first budding
love, but the film is rewardingly
optimistic, seeing possibilities
instead of just pitfalls.
Jack is an urban odyssey
embarked upon by a 10-yearold boy, beautifully played by
the young Ivo Pietzcker, as he
struggles to reunite with his
mother and younger brother.
Director Edward Berger and
co-writer Nele Mueller-Stöfen
have crafted a sensitive,
compassionate and engagingly
unsentimental portrait of two
boys and their rather brutal
plight.
Trapped in a dead-end industrial
town in Maine, two teenage best
friends (The Place Beyond the
Pines’ Emory Cohen and The
Great Gatsby’s Callan McAuliffe)
take tragically different paths
to realise their dream of making
it to the big city, in this vividly
detailed fiction feature debut
from documentary filmmakers
Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly.
UK PREMIERE
IRISH PREMIERE
NI PREMIERE
UK PREMIERE
VIOLET
SAT 22 NOV, 10.30AM
FALSE MOVEMENT
SAT 22 NOV, 1PM
Full details of all films can be found at
www.queensfilmtheatre.com and www.cinemagic.org.uk
10/11
SPECIAL EVENTS: CINEMAGIC
SAT 22 NOV, 3PM
CLASS ENEMY
SAT 22 NOV, 6.30PM
DIR: CHRISTOPHE COUSIN • FRANCE/CANADA
• 2014 • 1 HR 25 MINS • DRAMA • CAST:
AURE ATIKA, ZACHARIE CHASSERIAUD,
ANTOINE L’ÉCUYER • SUBTITLED • AGE: 15+
DIR: ROK BICEK • SLOVENIA • 2013
• 1 HR 52 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: IGOR
SAMOBOR, NATASA BARBARA GRACNER,
TJASA ZELEZNIK • SUBTITLED • AGE: 15+
Victor feels adrift. Uprooted by
his mother from Paris to his new
home in Quebec City, he’s still
reeling from the recent death of
his father. One day while skipping
class, Victor stumbles upon a
classmate’s suicide. A touching
coming-of-age film, False
Movements is a modern story
of grief, connection and the
stories we tell ourselves.
A group of teens blame their
demanding new German teacher
and his demeaning methods
when one of their classmates
commits suicide. As a colossal
battle of wills unfolds, debuting
Slovenian helmer Rok Bicek
demonstrates an impressive
control of tension and suspense,
making each encounter between
class and instructor crackle
with the possibility of violence.
SUN 23 NOV, 1PM
METALHEAD
SUN 23 NOV, 3.30PM
DIR: RAGNAR BRAGASON • ICELAND • 2013
• 1 HR 37 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: INGVAR
EGGERT SIGURÐSSON, THORA BJORG
HELGA, SVEINN ÓLAFUR GUNNARSSON
• SUBTITLED • AGE: 16+
Fueled by a remarkable
breakout performance by
actress Thora Bjorg Helga,
director Ragnar Bragason’s
intense drama of loss, faith,
redemption, Megadeth and
Judas Priest begins with a
farming accident in the 1980s
that sends a young girl, Hera,
and her parents into a tail-spin
of grief over the death of her
Heavy Metal music-obsessed
older brother.
SUN 23 NOV, 6.30PM
ARCTIC
SUN 23 NOV, 9PM
DIR: GABRIEL VELÁZQUEZ • SPAIN • 2014
• 1 HR 18 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: DEBORAH
BORGES, VÍCTOR GARCÍA, LUCÍA MARTÍNEZ
• SUBTITLED • AGE: 18+
A group of young ‘quinquis’
(nomadic Spaniards) try to
survive in difficult economic
times. More than money, what
they search for in the streets is
a future. Arctic is a powerfully
stark drama about hopeless
adolescence, violence and
solitude, studded with moments
and images that linger in the
mind.
AT A GLANCE
OCTOBER
DATE
EVENT
TIME
DATE
EVENT
TIME
Fri 31
Mr. Turner
Serena
Ghostbusters
6.15pm/8.50pm
6.30pm
9.15pm
Fri 14
PlayTime
The Imitation Game
The Case Against 8
6.30pm
6.40pm/9.00pm
9.10pm
Sat 15
In the Turn + Q&A
PlayTime
The Imitation Game
The Case Against 8
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
3.00pm
4.45pm
6.40pm/9.00pm
7.15pm
9.30pm
Sun 16
The Battles of Coronel
and Falkland Islands
M
The Case Against 8
The Imitation Game
PlayTime
3.00pm
3.10pm
5.30pm
5.40pm/8.00pm
7.50pm
Mon 17
The Case Against 8
The Imitation Game
PlayTime
6.30pm
6.40pm/9.00pm
8.50pm
Tues 18
Love Is Strange
The Imitation Game
Regarding Susan Sontag
6.15pm
6.30pm/8.50pm
8.30pm
Wed 19
The Way He Looks
The Imitation Game
The Dog
QFT Film Quiz
6.15pm
6.30pm/8.50pm
8.30pm
9.00pm
NOVEMBER
DATE
EVENT
TIME
Sat 1
Mr. Turner
M
The Girl Who Leapt
Through Time
Serena
Björk: Biophilia Live
3.15pm/6.15pm
4.00pm
Sun 2
NT Live: A Streetcar
Named Desire
Mr. Turner
Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind
Serena
6.30pm
8.40pm
9.30pm
2.00pm
3.30pm/5.40pm
/8.40pm
6.30pm
8.50pm
Mon 3 –
Tues 4
Mr. Turner
Human Capital
Serena
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
8.50pm
Wed 5
Mr. Turner + intro
The Fisher King
Mr. Turner
Serena
6.00pm
6.30pm
9.05pm
9.15pm
Thurs 6
Mr. Turner
The Unloved + Q&A
Serena
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
9.15pm
Fri 7
Mr. Turner
Maps to the Stars
Zabriskie Point
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
8.50pm
Sat 8
Junior Sci-Fi:
Ulster Orchestra & E.T.
M
Mr. Turner
Maps to the Stars
Zabriskie Point
10.30am
4.00pm
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
8.50pm
Globe on Screen: Macbeth
Mr. Turner
Thurs 20 52 Tuesdays
The Imitation Game
Appropriate Behavior
6.15pm
6.30pm/8.50pm
8.30pm
Fri 21
Life Itself
The Drop
The Imitation Game
6.30pm
6.40pm/9.00pm
9.10pm
Sat 22
Violet
False Movement
The Drop
The Good Life
Mark Kermode Film Night
Class Enemy
The Imitation Game
10.30am
1.00pm
2.30pm/8.50pm
3.00pm
5.30pm
6.30pm
9.10pm
Sun 23
Jack
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
Metalhead
The Drop
Beneath the Harvest Sky
The Imitation Game
Arctic
1.00pm
3.00pm
3.30pm
6.00pm
6.30pm
8.15pm
9.00pm
A Clockwork Orange
Maps to the Stars + intro
2.30pm
3.30pm/5.40pm
/8.40pm
6.30pm
9.15pm
Mon 10
Mr. Turner
Gulabi Gang + Q&A
Logan’s Run + intro
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
9.15pm
Mon 24
Life Itself
The Drop
The Imitation Game
6.30pm
6.40pm/9.00pm
9.10pm
Tues 11
Mr. Turner
The Battles of Coronel
and Falkland Islands
Sleeper
6.00pm/9.00pm
Tues 25
The Imitation Game
Hockney: Live from LA
The Drop
6.30pm
7.00pm
8.50pm
Mr. Turner
Children of Men
Maps to the Stars
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
8.50pm
Wed 26
Life Itself + discussion
The Drop
The Imitation Game (Access)
6.00pm
6.30pm/9.10pm
8.50pm
Thurs 13 Mr. Turner
District 9
Maps to the Stars
6.00pm/9.00pm
6.30pm
8.50pm
Sun 9
Wed 12
6.30pm
9.00pm
Thurs 27 Cinemagic Young
Filmmaker Showcase
The Drop
The Imitation Game
Times are subject to change. Please check www.queensfilmtheatre.com for up-to-date information.
6.00pm
6.30pm/8.30pm
8.50pm
14/15
SPECIAL EVENTS: BEYOND THE INFINITE: SCI-FI ON SCREEN
BEYOND
THE INFINITE:
SCI-FI ON SCREEN
“SCIENCE FICTION IS THE IMPROBABLE MADE PROBABLE.”
ROD SERLING, CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Our voyage into the farthest reaches of the cinematic universe
continues with a look at some speculative Sci-Fi visions of the
future in our Utopia/Dystopia season, along with Takeover’s
on-going programme, curated by young people.
SCI-FI: DAYS
OF FEAR AND
WONDER
TAKEOVER FILM FESTIVALPRESENTS
U.F.O. –
THE UNIVERSE,
FICTION AND
THE OBSCURE
Programmed and introduced by QFT’s Takeover youth
panel, Takeover Film Festival presents the second part
of its Sci-Fi season, inspired by speculative fiction.
TOKI O KAKERU SHÔJO
THE GIRL
WHO LEAPT
THROUGH TIME
ETERNAL
SUNSHINE OF THE
SPOTLESS MIND COMING SOON!
Takeover’s U.F.O. season
continues at the end of
November with screenings of:
THE HITCHHIKER’S
GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
SAT 29 NOV
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
SUN 30 NOV
Beyond the Infinite: Sci-Fi on Screen is part of BFI
Sci-Fi: An out-of-this-world season of films and events
at venues across the UK, October – December 2014.
Supported by Film Hub NI. Proud to be a partner of
the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by
the National Lottery.
Film Hub NI is part of a significant new national
initiative aimed at growing audiences for film
across the UK - BFI Film Audience Network.
It aims to put film at the centre of cultural life in
Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, encouraging
more people to see a more diverse range of films
in more locations nationally.
Film Hub NI is managed and delivered
by Queen’s Film Theatre.
For further information please see
facebook.com/filmhubni or
queensfilmtheatre.com/filmhub
or bfi.org.uk/sci-fi
SAT 1 NOV, 6.30PM
SUN 2 NOV, 6.30PM
DIR: MAMORU HOSODA • JAPAN
• 2006 • 1 HR 38 MINS • ANIMATION/
COMEDY/DRAMA • VOICE CAST:
RIISA NAKA, TAKUYA ISHIDA,
MITSUTAKA ITAKURA • SUBTITLED
MICHEL GONDRY • USA • 2004
• 1 HR 47 MINS • DRAMA/ROMANCE/
SCI-FI • CAST: JIM CARREY, KATE WINSLET,
TOM WILKINSON
This stunning Japanese anime is
a loose sequel to a 1967 novel by
Yasutaka Tsutsui and follows on
from a live action film adaptation
from 1983. Makoto is a typical
Japanese teenager living in
Tokyo – when she accidentally
acquires the ability to travel
through time when riding her
bike, lots of adventures ensue…
Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned
to discover that his girlfriend
Clementine (Kate Winslet)
has had their relationship
erased from her mind, and
so he decides to get the same
treatment. This bizarre and
touching film is a Takeover
favourite.
For more information about
Takeover Film and the annual
Takeover Film Festival in February,
go to www.takeoverfilm.com
16/17
BEYOND THE INFINITE: SCI-FI ON SCREEN
UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA
Speculative visions of the future and of alternative realities abound in Sci-fi,
imagining futures from the idyllic to the horrific. This season looks at some
striking possible futures – Sci-Fi style.
A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE
LOGAN’S RUN
CHILDREN
OF MEN
DISTRICT 9
SLEEPER
COMING SOON!
Keep watching the skies!
Coming in December we have
Star Tracks: Sounds of Sci-Fi,
our choice of great films with
great Sci-Fi scores.
Screenings include:
FORBIDDEN PLANET
FRI 28 NOV
THE DAY THE
EARTH STOOD STILL
MON 1 DEC
WED 12 NOV, 6.30PM
SUN 9 NOV, 6.30PM
DIR: STANLEY KUBRICK • UK/USA
• 1971 • 2 HRS 16 MINS • CRIME/
DRAMA/SCI-FI • CAST: MALCOLM
MCDOWELL, PATRICK MAGEE,
MICHAEL BATES
Adapted from the novel by
Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick’s
darkly ironic satire of the near
future still has the power to
shock and disturb even now and
at times feels almost prophetic.
Proto-punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell)
and his gang of “Droogs” spend
their nights getting high and
embarking on sprees of rape
and ‘ultraviolence’. Caught and
imprisoned for murder, Alex receives
behavioural modification treatment
and is rendered defenceless
becoming, in turn, a victim of the
violence he once so enjoyed. Icily
dissecting the nature of violence
and interrogating the state’s
complicity in Alex’s fate A Clockwork
Orange is uncomfortable but
essential viewing.
MON 10 NOV, 9.15PM
TUES 11 NOV, 9PM
DIR: MICHAEL ANDERSON • USA • 1976
• 1 HR 58 MINS • ACTION/ADVENTURE/
SCI-FI • CAST: MICHAEL YORK,
JENNY AGUTTER, RICHARD JORDAN
DIR: WOODY ALEN • USA • 1973
• 1 HR 27 MINS • COMEDY/SCI-FI
• CAST: WOODY ALLEN, DIANE KEATON,
JOHN BECK
Extravagant and (dare we say)
rather high-camp, this cult 1976
film depicts a dystopian future
in which population size is
managed with brutal efficiency:
by the simple expedient of
exterminating everyone who
reaches the age of thirty.
Vintage Woody, Sleeper is a
hilarious homage to Sci-Fi
conventions and slapstick
comedy, recalling both Buster
Keaton and 1984.
It’s 2274 and the remnants of
humanity live in a vast sealed domed
city, maintained by computers with
resources carefully balanced against
population. Reaching the age of 30,
citizens must undergo the ritual of
‘Carousel’, in which they are taken
up and ostensibly ‘renewed’, but are
in fact vaporised. If they refuse and
run they are hunted down and
destroyed. Fast approaching the big
three-oh, our hero Logan,
unsurprisingly, goes on the run…
Introduction by Dr. Derek
Johnston, Lecturer in Broadcast
Literacy, School of English,
Queen’s University Belfast.
It’s 1973 and Miles (Allen), a jazz
musician and owner of the ‘Happy
Carrot’ Health-Food Store is
cryogenically frozen after a routine
operation goes wrong. Fast forward
200 years and Miles is defrosted
by a group of rebel scientists
fighting against a totalitarian state.
The ‘brave new world’ that Miles
awakens to is one of deadening
conformity and crushing control
- and Miles soon finds himself on
the run, disguised as a robot and
hiding out in the home of attractive
greetings cards designer Luna
(Diane Keaton)…You can probably
guess where this is going…
THURS 13 NOV, 6.30PM
DIR: ALFONSO CUARÓN • USA/UK
• 2006 • 1 HR 49 MINS • DRAMA/SCI-FI/
THRILLER • CAST: JULIANNE MOORE,
CLIVE OWEN, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
DIR: NEILL BLOMKAMP • USA/NEW
ZEALAND/CANADA/SOUTH AFRICA
• 2009 • 1 HR 52 MINS • ACTION/SCI-FI/
THRILLER • CAST: SHARLTO COPLEY,
DAVID JAMES, JASON COPE
As a picture of a dystopian
future Children of Men is
particularly chilling as it’s all so,
well, familiar.
Strikingly original and
a significant sleeper hit,
Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi thriller
carries a strong political
message befitting its setting
in the ghettos of Cape Town.
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and
adapted from the book by P D
James, the film portrays the
London of 2027 - a shabby,
run-down city, under constant
assault from terrorist bombs
and not so far away from the
here-and-now.
In this nightmarish vision, the world
ends not with a bang but a whimper.
Pollution has rendered the Earth’s
population infertile and the
youngest person on the planet
is now 18 – a slow fading away of
humanity rather than an apocalyptic
event. Against this grim
background, Children of Men,
paints a portrait of a society on
the edge…but perhaps redemption
is at hand…
Based on Blomkamp’s 2005
short Alive in Joburg, the film
depicts a world where aliens are
here already, living alongside
humans but despised, feared
and segregated.
Scathingly referred to as ‘prawns’,
the insect-like aliens are confined
to a camp, the titular District 9,
and treated as second-class
citizens by the local population and
the government. Exploring themes
of xenophobia and social
segregation, the parallels between
the fictional world of the film and
South Africa’s system of Apartheid
are clear.
STALKER
TUES 2 DEC
THE THING
WED 3 DEC
FLASH GORDON
THURS 4 DEC
We are also delighted to bring
you a special run of Stanley’s
Kubrick’s masterpiece
2001: A Space Odyssey, for
many the greatest Sci-Fi film
ever made, showing from Sun
30 Nov to Thurs 4 Dec.
OUTBURST OUEER
ARTS FESTIVAL
WORLD PREMIERE
IN THE TURN
18/19
BOOK ONLINE AT
WWW.QUEENSFILMTHEATRE.COM
SPECIAL EVENTS: OUTBURST QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL
Outburst brings you
the very best in new
queer cinema from
around the world, in
partnership with QFT.
WWW.OUTBURSTARTS.COM
REGARDING
LOVE IS STRANGE SUSAN SONTAG
52 TUESDAYS
HOJE EU QUERO VOLTAR SOZINHO
THE WAY
HE LOOKS
THE DOG
THURS 20 NOV, 6.15PM
DIR: SOPHIE HYDE • AUSTRALIA • 2013 CERT
TBC
• 1 HR 54 MINS • DRAMA/FAMILY
• CAST: TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY,
DEL HERBERT-JANE, MARIO SPÄTE
SAT 15 NOV, 3PM
DIR: ERICA TREMBLAY • USA/CANADA CERT
• 2014 • 1 HR 31 MINS • DOCUMENTARY TBC
Crystal is a 10-year-old
transgender girl growing
up in rural Canada.
After being denied the right to
join local athletics teams due
to her gender, Crystal and
her mom discover the Vagine
Regime, an international queer
collective of roller derby players
comprised of people of all
shapes, sizes, backgrounds
and identities.
In the Turn is a gorgeous and
inspiring documentary that
weaves Crystal’s story into the
broader story of the evolution
of roller derby, from a niche
sport into a social movement
with strong roots in the LGBTQ
community.
The film will be introduced
by its Director, Erica Tremblay,
and followed by Time for T,
a discussion with local activists
on the emergence of a vibrant
Trans* sector in Northern
Ireland. In association with
SAIL and Public Health Agency.
TUES 18 NOV, 6.15PM
DIR: IRA SACHS • USA/FRANCE • 2014
• 1 HR 34 MINS • DRAMA • CAST:
JOHN LITHGOW, ALFRED MOLINA,
MARISA TOMEI
After 39 years together, Ben
and George tie the knot in an
idyllic wedding ceremony in
Manhattan. But when news
of their marriage reaches the
Catholic school where George
works, he is fired from his
longtime job and the couple
can no longer afford their
New York City apartment.
George temporarily moves in with
the two gay cops next door, while
Ben moves to Brooklyn to live
with his nephew, Eliot, and his
wife and teenaged son. The pain
of living apart and their presence
in two foreign households test
the resilience and relationships
of all involved.
With remarkable performances
from John Lithgow and Alfred
Molina, Love Is Strange is a
subtle and graceful tribute to the
beauty of commitment in the face
of adversity.
WED 19 NOV, 6.15PM
TUES 18 NOV, 8.30PM
DIR: NANCY D. KATES • USA • 2014
• 1 HR 41 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
CERT
TBC
Regarding Susan Sontag is
a fascinating, intimate study
of one of the most influential
and provocative thinkers of
the 20th century.
Endlessly curious and gracefully
outspoken throughout her career,
Susan Sontag became one of the
most important literary, political,
and feminist icons of her
generation. Nancy Kates’ in-depth
documentary tracks Sontag’s
life-changing moments through
archival materials, accounts from
friends, family, colleagues, and
lovers, as well as her own words.
From her early infatuation with
books to her first experience in
a gay bar; from her first marriage
to her last lover (photographer
Annie Leibovitz), Regarding
Susan Sontag is a nuanced
investigation into the life and
loves of a towering cultural
critic and writer whose works on
photography, war, and terrorism
still resonate today.
WED 19 NOV, 8.30PM
DIR: DANIEL RIBEIRO • BRAZIL • 2014
• 1 HR 36 MINS • DRAMA/ROMANCE
• CAST: GHILHERME LOBO, FABIO AUDI,
TESS AMORIM • SUBTITLED
DIR: ALLISON BERG & FRANK
KERAUDREN • USA • 2013
• 1 HR 40 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
The Way He Looks tells the story
of Leonardo, a blind 15-year-old
boy struggling to become less
dependent on his overprotective
mother.
An intimate portrait of John
Wojtowicz, the inspiration
behind Al Pacino’s character
in the Oscar-nominated 1975
film, Dog Day Afternoon.
He decides to take part in a
cultural exchange program,
but his plans — and his life —
are dramatically changed
following the arrival of Daniel,
a new student at his high school.
As he deals with the unsettling
feelings he shares with his new
friend, Leonardo must also cope
with the jealousy of his best
friend, Giovana.
In 1972, Wojtowicz attempted to
rob a Brooklyn bank to finance
his lover’s gender reassignment
surgery, a heist which resulted in
a fourteen-hour hostage situation
that was broadcast on TV. Three
years later, Pacino portrayed his
character on the big screen. The
film had a profound influence on
Wojtowicz and when he emerged
from prison he became known as
“The Dog.”
The Way He Looks is a delicate
and sweet coming of age story
that won this year’s coveted
Teddy Award at Berlin Film
Festival and has just been
nominated as Brazil’s entry
in the Best Foreign Feature
category at the 2015 Oscars.
CERT
TBC
Filmed over a ten-year period,
The Dog interweaves
extraordinary archival footage on
the robbery, ‘70s era interviews
and the early gay liberation
movement (in which Wojtowicz
played an active role), capturing
the many sides of his hypnotising
larger- than-life persona.
A delicate and frequently
touching debut drama, Australian
director Sophie Hyde’s film, shot
over a year of Tuesdays, traces
a teenage girl’s explorations of
her own sexual identity while
her mother undergoes gender
transition. Possibly the most
unmissable indie film of 2014.
APPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR
THURS 20 NOV, 8.30PM
DIR: DESIREE AKHAVAN • UK • 2014
CERT
TBC
• 1 HR 30 MINS • COMEDY • CAST:
DESIREE AKHAVAN, REBECCA HENDERSON,
SCOTT ADSIT
Shirin is struggling to become an
ideal Persian daughter, politically
correct bisexual and hip young
Brooklynite but fails miserably
in her attempt at all identities.
Being without a cliché to hold
onto can be a lonely experience.
Writer/director Desiree Akhavan
stars in an intelligent, engaging
comedy (think a lesbian Girls)
that heralds an exciting new voice
in indie cinema.
SHADOWS OF THE GREAT WAR: WORLD WAR ONE ON FILM
SHADOWS OF THE
GREAT WAR: WORLD
WAR ONE ON FILM
To mark the Centenary of World War One, QFT and Film Hub
NI are delighted to present this ongoing programme of films,
talks and events, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Film was in its infancy when the Great War broke out –
however it too played its part in the war effort, recording
and documenting the events of the conflict, relaying news
back to those on the home front and keeping the population
at home informed, as well as entertained.
Running over the next six months at selected venues across
Northern Ireland, our season of films, talks and events will
explore how the events and the legacy of the Great War has
been depicted on film; from screenings of classic films through
to presentations of rare archive material. Our programme will
include screenings of some of cinema’s greatest World War
One films, including La Grande Illusion and Lawrence of Arabia,
along with talks and presentations from leading experts in the
field.
UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS AT QFT INCLUDE:
ARMISTICE DAY LAUNCH EVENT:
THE BATTLES OF CORONEL
AND FALKLAND ISLANDS
+ INTRO
TUES 11 NOV, 6.30PM
DIR: WALTER SUMMERS • UK • 1927
• 1 HR 47 MINS • DRAMA/WAR • CAST:
ROGER MAXWELL, CRAIGHALL SHERRY
This new restoration from the
British Film Institute National
Archive is one of the finest films
of the British silent era – a
thrilling reconstruction of two
decisive naval battles of 1914,
recreated and filmed 13 years
later, in peacetime. With a new
score performed by the Band
of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines,
The Battles of Coronel and
Falkland Islands is a unique,
epic and thrilling experience that
is essential viewing for anyone
interested in the history of the
Great War.
‘…the greatest British war
film you’ve never heard of.’
The Guardian
Also showing at QFT on Sunday 16
November at 3.00pm
A NIGHT AT THE
CINEMA IN 1914
SUN 23 NOV, 3.00PM
DIR: NOT KNOWN • UK/US • 2014
• 1 HR 24 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
Travel back in time with us to
experience what audiences would
have watched in cinemas one
hundred years ago.
For Information about other participating
venues and future screenings please visit
http://blogs.qub.ac.uk/filmhubni/projects/worldwar1/
20/21
BOOK ONLINE AT
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Drawing from the archives
of the British Film Institute,
this collection of newsreel
footage, travelogues, short
films and cinematic curiosities,
recreates a typical cinema
programme as seen in 1914
and includes an early glimpse
of a very familiar face.
ALL OUIET ON THE
WESTERN FRONT
SAT 29 NOV, 3.00PM
DIR: LEWIS MILESTONE • USA
• 1930 • 2 HRS 13 MINS • DRAMA/WAR
• CAST: LEW AYRES, LOUIS WOLHEIM,
JOHN WRAY
Based on the novel by Erich
Maria Remarque, this classic
anti-war film tells its story from
the perspective of the German
soldiers who fought in the
Great War. A masterpiece with a
powerful anti-war message the
film went on to win Oscars for
Best Picture and Best Director.
LA GRANDE ILLUSION
SAT 6 DEC, 3.00PM
DIR: JEAN RENOIR • FRANCE • 1937
• 1 HRS 54 MINS • DRAMA/WAR • CAST:
JEAN GABIN, DITA PARLO, PIERRE FRESNAY
• SUBTITLED
Jean Renoir’s masterpiece is
one of the greatest anti-war
films ever made, with a message
that rings as true today as it did
almost 80 years ago.
Rightly considered one of the
greatest pacifist films of all
time. La Grande Illusion has
a humanitarian resonance
that extends far beyond its
anti-war message. Following
the adventures of a group of
prisoners of war and their heroic
bid for freedom, their travails are
depicted with compelling detail
and a dark wit.
This programme is supported
by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
www.hlf.org.uk
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
SUN 7 DEC, 2.00PM
DIR: DAVID LEAN • UK • 1962
• 3 HRS 47 MINS • ADVENTURE/
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA • CAST: PETER O’TOOLE,
ALEC GUINNESS, ANTHONY QUINN
David Lean’s portrait of T.E.
Lawrence, the British Army
officer who became a national
hero for his work in the 191618 Arab uprising against the
Turks, still stands as one of
British cinema’s most towering
achievements. Epic, magnificent
and not to be missed.
JOYEUX NOEL
(MERRY CHRISTMAS)
SUN 21 DEC, 3.30PM
DIR: CHRISTIAN CARION • FRANCE/
GERMANY/UK/BELGIUM/ROMANIA/
NORWAY • 2005 • 1 HRS 56 MINS • DRAMA/
HISTORY • CAST: DIANE KRUGER, BENNO
FÜRMANN, GUILLAUME CANET • SUBTITLED
One of the happier moments of
the Great War is recounted in
this warm-hearted film that tells
the story of the 1914 Christmas
truce on the Western Front.
Rising above the horrors that
surrounded them, on Christmas
Eve 1914 Germans, British and
French troops all laid down their
arms, to exchange gifts, sing
carols and play football.
22/23
SPECIAL EVENTS
THE
FISHER KING
WED 5 NOV, 6.30PM
THE UNLOVED
THURS 6 NOV, 6.30PM
GULABI GANG
MON 10 NOV, 6.30PM
DIR: TERRY GILLIAM • USA • 1991
• 2 HRS 17 MINS • COMEDY/DRAMA
• CAST: JEFF BRIDGES, ROBIN WILLIAMS,
ADAM BRYANT
DIR: SAMANTHA MORTON • UK
• 2009 • 1 HR 43 MINS • DRAMA
• CAST: MOLLY WINDSOR, ROBERT
CARLYLE, SUSAN LYNCH
DIR: NISHTHA JAIN • NORWAY/
CERT
INDIA/DENMARK • 2012 • 1 HR 36 MINS TBC
• DOCUMENTARY • SUBTITLED
The Homeless Film Festival is
the first festival of its kind that
is dedicated to confronting and
presenting homeless issues.
The directorial debut from
Oscar-nominated actress
Samantha Morton, this powerful
drama about a young girl
growing up in a children’s home
provides an intimate child’s-eye
view of the UK’s care system.
Enter the badlands of
Bundelkhand in central India
and you have entered a place
of desolation, dust and despair.
And yet it is hope that this film
discovers, as it follows the
Gulabi Gang, an unusual
group of rural women.
Its touring film festival screens
films from around the world
in independent cinemas and
special locations, all of which
have homeless issues as a
central theme or are films that
are made by homeless creatives
in a mixture of genres.
Terry Gilliam’s classic The Fisher
King is even more poignant
after the tragic suicide of Robin
Williams. A former radio DJ,
suicidally despondent because
of a terrible mistake he made,
finds redemption in helping a
deranged homeless man who
was an unwitting victim of that
mistake.
Placed in a tumultuous foster
home, 11-year-old Lucy befriends
her rebellious teenage roommate
Lauren, and together they navigate
the cold and uncaring world before
them. The Unloved captures the
subtle magic and melancholy of
childhood while painting an honest
portrait of a girl torn between
a broken family and an inept
social system.
Screening as part of the
Homeless Film Festival. The
film will be followed by a Q&A
with actress Lauren Socha.
Led by the energetic and
charismatic Sampat Pal, they
travel long distances to fight for
the rights of women and Dalits.
They encounter resistance, apathy
and corruption, even ridicule.
Sometimes whole villages connive
against them to protect the
perpetrators of violence. The film
pulls us into the centre of these
blazing conflicts and uncovers
a complex story, disturbing yet
heartening.
The screening will be followed
by a Q&A with the film’s
Director, Nishtha Jain.