What on at the 2015 Cornwall Film Festival

5 venues; 19 feature film; 16 Official selection short films; 6 artist film programmes; 4 talks; and lots lots more….

Saturday 14th NovemberAt the Regal Redruth in 2 screens from 11 am in 4 slots throughout the day the choice is yours !

11.00 Red Army (FINISH 12.24)Dir Gabe Polsky | 2014 | USA/Russia | 84 mins | 15 | Documentary/Drama/Sports

As the Cold War raged, the Soviet ice hockey team marched from cloistered obscurity behind the Iron Curtain to dominate the sport, putting Western powerhouse nations such as Canada and the United States to the sword. Home to some of the greatest players the sport has ever seen, the Soviet Union’s Red Army team became a key combatant in the Cold War’s propaganda battle. Featuring incredible archive footage as well as gripping interviews with the stars of the team, this fabulous documentary elevates itself well above being just another sports film, into that of a human story that transcends decades, borders and ideologies.

11.15 Official Selection (finish 12.45) Various | 2015 | 123 mins | Short film/Drama

Official Selection Short FilmsDark_net by Tom Marshall (12:30)Silence Radio by Reynald Bassil (17:22)Grey's Lot by Ian Bucknole (12:00)L'Appel by Alban Ranassard (17:09)Sinkhole by Samantha Dinning (8:29)Have Sweet Dreams by Ciprain Suhar (20:00)Prosefhi: Greek School Prayer by Thanasis Neofotistos (20:00)

13.30 Blood Cells + Talk 25 mins (finish 15.30) Dir Joseph Bull, Luke Seomore | 2014 | UK | 82 mins | CFF 12 | Drama

An impressively dense new British drama, Blood Cells is a strikingly dark

drama given heart and soul thanks to Barry Ward’s (Jimmy’s Hall) suitably intense lead performance as a lost soul adrift from his family and his past trying, in his own way to find a way home. Nominated for the Michael Powell Award at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival, set in 2001 when the foot-and-mouth disease has decimated the UK’s farming community. When Adam’s (Ward) brother contacts him with some family news, he is served with an ultimatum - come home now, or don’t come back at all.

14.00 Work from the Falmouth University Film & Television schooldouble bill 30 mins +

14.30 Taxi Tehran (finish 15.52) Dir Jafar Panahi | 2015 | Iran | 82 Min | PG | Drama

Winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. A taxi driver is driving through the vibrant streets of Tehran. Diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his car, transforms the car into a mobile film studio, and captures the spirit and contradictions of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive.

17.30 Brooklyn (finish 19.21)Dir John Crowley | 2015 | Ireland | 111 mins | 12A | Drama/Romance

Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s best-selling novel. The transatlantic romance is a lavish tearjerker that attracted support from Jim Broadbent, Domhnall Gleeson and a scene-stealing Julie Walters. Set in the 1950s, when Irish economic migration was at its height, Ronan leaves rural Wexford for a menial job and a rackety boarding house in Brooklyn. Run by the sharp-tongued Mrs Kehoe (Walters), her new digs leads to a mutually supportive relationship with a local priest (an avuncular Jim Broadbent), chaste church socials, she has to choose between her new love and a beau back home, and between the life she left in Ireland and the one unfolding in the New World.

16.00 Microbe & Gasoil (finish 17.43)Dir Michel Gondry | 2015 | France | 103 mins | 15 | Comedy

Nicknamed Microbe because of his small size, Daniel Guéret cannot find his place, neither within his family, nor at school, despite the attentions of one of his classmates. Théo Leloir gets called Gasoil (diesel) because of his passion for machines and DIY. When he is put into Microbe’s class, the two hit it off, sending them both on an adventure across France in a motor home they put together themselves. This French comedy Directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) stars newcomers Théophile Baquet and Ange Dargent, along with Audrey Tautou.

19.30 Tangerines (finish 21.00)Dir Zaza Urushadze | 2013 | Estonia | 89 mins | 15 | Subtitled/Drama

Georgian director Zaza Urushadze's Oscar®-nominated film is a gripping and perceptive antiwar tale set during the little-known Georgian-Abkhazian war. Gorgeously filmed in a mountainous coastal region of Georgia, this is an astute and captivating history lesson - and, moreover, an eloquent statement for peace.

20.15 The Lobster Regal Redruth (Finish 22.15)

Dir Yorgos Lanthimos | 2015 | Greece/UK/Ireland/Netherlands/France | 118 min | PG | Comedy/Romance/Drama

Yorgos Lanthimos has given us what is perhaps the most definitive relationship film in years, a movie that explores the full spectrum of relationships with impeccable wit, delightfully dark humor and insights so sharp they verge on deadly. Like Lanthimos’ previous films (Dogtooth, Alps), The Lobster functions in an uncanny reality, one that is recognizable and yet totally wrong. Colin Farrell is our entry point to this world, in which single people are sent to a beautiful hotel and given 45 days to start a romantic relationship with another guest or else they are transformed.

Sunday 15th November11.00 Love Short films Various | 2015 | UK | 82 mins | Short film/Drama

Romantic, destructive, powerful and moving a series of short films that are concerning LOVE. Run a part of the LOVED UP in conjunction with the BFI LOVE season.

Love Short Films Rip it Up and Start Again by Stephen Ryan (6:30)Silentville by Will Nash (6:51)Wipeout by Paul Murphy (5:00)The Expiration by Lotus Hannon (4.58)Romeo Reboot by Manuel Nogueira (10:00)Knots by Jacqui Knight (2:00)Short Love Story by Katerina Kiagia (8:31)Aura Emilia by Clare Wardman (18:39)The Lemon Drizzle Experience by Tony King (19:39)

11.00 My Skinny Sister Dir Sanna Lenken | 2015 | Sweden/Germany | 95 min | CFF 12 | Drama Swedish with English subtitles

Twelve-year-old Stella wants to be just like her older sister, a talented figure skater with a bright future ahead of her. Their relationship is filled with the usual playing and fighting of all sibling bonds, but it's also troubled by a secret. When Stella discovers that Katja's slender frame is the result of anorexia and bulimia, she's worried, but blackmailed into keeping it to herself. An insightful story inspired by director Sanna Lenken's own experience, and enacted by a terrific young cast, My Skinny Sister offers an honest take on sibling love, as well as a sensitive look at a rarely touched upon topic.Winner of the Crystal Bear for best youth film at Berlinale and the audience choice award at the 2015 Göteborg International Film Festival.

14.00 A Matter of Life and Death (finish 15.44)Dir Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | 1946 | UK | 104 min | U | Drama / Fantasy / Romance

British Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is on his way home to England from a World War II bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft. Before he bails out of the plane into the ocean, he contacts June (Kim Hunter), an Allied radio operator with whom he shares what he believes to be his final moments on Earth. But Peter survives, finds June and they fall in love. A problem arises when a divine messenger (Marius Goring) arrives to escort Peter to heaven to rectify his wrongful survival. Daring cinematography mixes monochrome and colour, incorporates time-lapse images, and even toys with background 'time freezes' 50 years before "The Matrix" , in what is one of the undoubted jewels of British cinema.

14.15 The Wonders (Le meraviglie) (finish 16.05)Dir Alice Rohrwacher | 2015 | Switzerland/Italy/Germany | 111 min | 15 | Subtitled/Drama

Terrific performances from the ensemble cast bring warmth and insight to this Cannes Grand Prix winner about an alt-lifestyle family eking out a breadline existence as beekeepers in the Tuscan wilds. When a television crew filming the surreally tacky “Countryside Wonders” competition rolls up, 12-year-old Gelsomina (Maria Alexandra Lungu, brilliant) is transfixed by the spectacle of Monica Bellucci’s rural goddess and resolves to get her own family on the show. But Sam Louwyck’s gruff patriarch, Wolfgang, is opposed to any such selling out, despite the family’s urgent need for money. The plot may be gossamer-thin but the characters are sturdily

drawn and life on the farm engrossingly evoked. Natural light captured on 16mm film adds earthy texture to the drama, while images of bees crawling from Gelsomina’s mouth add a magical-realist element to the rites-of-passage rituals.

16.30 The Fear of 13 (finish 18.05) Regal RedruthDir David Sington | 2015 | USA | 95 mins | Documentary/Drama

A Death Row inmate petitions the court asking to be executed. As he goes on to tell his story, it gradually becomes clear that nothing is quite what it seems. THE FEAR OF 13 is a stylistically daring experiment in storytelling that is part confessional and part performance. Nick, the sole protagonist, tells a tale with all the twists and turns of classic crime drama with a final shocking twist casts everything in a new light. In competition at the London Film Festival 2015 this is one doc not to be

missed!

17.00 The Lady in the Van (finish 18.44)Dir Nicholas Hytner | 2015 | 104 mins | 12 A | Drama/Comedy

Director Nicholas Hytner. It’s the late 1960s and Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings) has just moved to leafy Gloucester Crescent in Camden. No sooner has he arrived than he encounters Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a destitute and irascible lady of an indeterminate age who resides in her van up the street. When she outstays her welcome with the neighbours, Bennett takes pity on her and allows her to park the van in his driveway, not realising that she will remain there until her death 15 years later.

19.00 Horse Money (Cavalo Dinheiro) (finish 20.44)Dir Pedro Costa | 2014 | Portugal | 104 mins | 12A | Creole and Portuguese with English subtitles

Horse Money is the stunning new film from award-winning director Pedro Costa. Portuguese auteur Costa returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to his landmark Fontainhas trilogy which poetically captured the lives of those residing in the eponymous Lisbon slum. In Horse Money, Ventura is lost in startlingly abstracted and stunningly rendered indeterminacy as revolution takes place in the streets. A product of the failed promises of Portugal's Carnation Revolution in the 1970s, Ventura is increasingly held captive by his madness and the "nervous disease", the results of a lifetime's worth of back-breaking manual labour and extreme poverty. Costa's new film is a powerful indictment of social and racial injustice.

20.30 Macbeth (finish 22.30)Dir Justin Kurzel | 2015 | USA | 113 mins | 15 | Drama/War

Starring Michael Fassbender in the leading role, alongside Marion Cotillard as the ambitious Lady Macbeth, Macbeth is a thrilling and dramatic retelling of a truly classic tale. When Scottish general Macbeth encounters a trio of witches, they tell him that he is destined to be King. Filled with ideas of grandeur and power, Macbeth seeks the advice of his wife, the Lady Macbeth, and together they concoct their wicked plot. Shakespeare’s incredible tragedy is just as popular now as it was 400 years ago, and has been brought to the silver screen by director

Justin Kurzel. Filmed mostly on location in Scotland, this is a rich and lavish production of the play that has inspired actors and actresses for generations.

Cinestar Opening – Film and Light in RedruthCinestar's new home at Back Lane West, Redruth connects us to the history of cinema in Cornwall; the former Druid's Hall showed early panorama’s and cinematic curiosities, later becoming Redruth’s first cinema in 1910….next door at Murdoch House, William Murdoch experimented with coal-fired gaslight and innovations which led to the aniline dyes still used for tinting analogue film today. Our opening screenings and young peoples’ heritage projects are inspired by our new location, early cinema, the history of film and light-making technologies.

Mon-Sat 9th-14th November (Weds Closed) 10am to 5.00pmSaturdays 10am to 1pmGolow Gas: Light in Redruth!Showing of animated film by Pennoweth primary school, facilitated by artist Lizzie Black, inspired by the story of Murdoch and lighting innovations in Cornwall.

Part of Cinestar’s Golow Gas heritage projectCornwall Studies Library, Alma Place, Redruth FREE

Friday 13th November

12:00-18:00: Cinestar artists’ film programmeCinestar presents a rolling programme of short films made by artists from the SW of England, generated on 8mm/16mm film. FREEFurther details at: Cinestar.org.ukVenue: Back Lane West, Redruth

Image credit: Bass strings, © Joanna Mayes 2013

17:00: Premiere of work made with students from Cornwall College as part of the Cinestar Golow Gas heritage project60mins max Venue: Murdoch House, Cross Street, Redruth FREE

Saturday 14th November

14:00 Photo Chemical Photo Chemical is a programme of handmade 16mm films from artist-run, DIY moving image labs in Europe. Films will be projected in their original form, giving a chance to enjoy the special character of analogue film.

Co-curated by Cinestar’s Jacqui Knight and visiting curator Marcy Saude80 minute programme.

Venue: Murdoch House, Cross Street, Redruth FREE

15.45: Surface Deep experimental film programme (60mins)Cinestar’s invited curators Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore present their selection of experimental short films and animations by artist film-makers. The programme explores the creative potential of celluloid techniques developed by the pioneers of early cinema, which continue to provide a rich palette for contemporary makers.

Venue: Murdoch House, Cross Street, Redruth FREE

Image credit: A Short Walk © Sundog Media (2004), for the One Minute Films Project, commissioned for the launch of no.w.here

11:00-17:00 : CineStar artists’ film programmeCinestar presents a rolling programme of short films made by artists based in the SW of England, generated on 8mm/16mm film.

Venue: Back Lane West, 9 Back Lane West, Redruth FREE

11:00-17:00 CMR: Digital Artist FilmsTo celebrate the opening of Cinestar’s analogue film facility, CMR present a one day showcase of digital artist films by its members.

Venue, Royal Circus Buildings, Back Lane West, Redruth, TR15 2BT FREE

This programme is dedicated to friend and colleague Martha Blassnigg of Transtechnology Research at Plymouth University. We have lost a spark in art science technology collaboration and a generous friend. 

Venues (click for map links)

Merlin Cinema’s Regal Cinema Redruth 6 Fore St, Redruth TR15 2AZ

Other events will be held at -

Murdoch House, Cross St, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2BU

Back Lane West, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2BT

Cornwall Studies Library, Alma Pl, Redruth TR15 2AT

Cornwall Media Resource (CRM) Royal Circus Buildings/Back La West, Redruth TR15 2BT

Tickets

To further browse our 2015 Festival events and book tickets visit Merlin Cinemas

TICKETS: Adults £7.50 (15-59 years old) Children/ Seniors/ Students £5.95

Movie Magic card holders get £1 off all ticket prices.

Available from the Merlin Cinema Box office at www.merlincinemas.co.uk or 01326 796843

Introducing the Cornwall Film Festival Weekend Pass! Extra value for those passionate about film! Not only will you get a free CFF15 T-shirt but Festival Weekend Pass holders will be granted exclusive access to the Cornwall Film Festival 2014 Evening Reception, a celebration of the 14th edition of the festival along with industry specialists, filmmakers and our 2015 judges. Available from all Merlin Cinemas! — Click