Films

As ever, the Cambridge Film Festival is delighted to present a wide-ranging programme of films and special events. You can download a PDF of the brochure if you haven't managed to pick up a printed copy, you can browse the programme online by strand, date, director or title as well as search for your favourite director, actor or film. This year’s highlights include homages to Austria’s Ulrich Seidl and the UK’s Derek Jarman, a tribute to horror actor Boris Karloff, a selection of the finest Warner Bros. classics, Cambridge’s first ever Machinima season and several of Poland’s best new features. We’ve also had another great year for submissions and we’re proud to offer you a wide variety of new features, documentaries and shorts by filmmakers from around the world. Look out for the latest information in our e-newsletters and through our newspaper, the Festival Daily.

Film News from the Festival Daily

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Sep

Thank you... and goodnight.

Posted by Festival Team @ 08.22am, 29/09/2008

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The 28th Cambridge Film Festival ended last night on a high, with full houses in all three screens for CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER, ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD and NIGHTWATCHING, ending as Peter Greenaway closed the lid on his MacBook Pro in Screen 2 having shown a rapt audience his recent work with The Last Supper and Rembrandt's Nightwatching.

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As the audiences drained away the bar was cleared for the after-festival party. It may still be going on... Continue reading

Sep

Late arrival: RIVALS (LES LIENS DU SANG)

Posted by Festival Team @ 12.54pm, 25/09/2008

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We're excited to announce that we have managed to secure Jacques Maillot's film RIVALS for the festival, and it will be screened on Saturday September 27 at 8.30pm. Staring Guillaume Canet and François Cluzet, RIVALS tells the story of police inspector François ( Canet) who learns that his brother, Gabriel ( Cluzet) has been released from prison after serving ten years for murder. There's no happy reunion for the cop and his older brother, but they share a desire to draw a line under the past. Continue reading

Sep

Q&A with Aidan Kelley

Posted by Festival Team @ 19.30pm, 19/09/2008

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We were delighted that lead actor Aidan Kelley was able to be present for the screening of EDEN on Friday 19 September. EDEN is screened again on Saturday 20 September but you can listen to the Q&A now. Continue reading

Sep

Don't be a wallflower - buy a book at the Festival bookstall

Posted by Festival Team @ 11.29am, 19/09/2008

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We are pleased to welcome Wallflower Press to the Cambridge Film Festival. They will be selling a range of books at a special discount price for festival delegates from a bookstall in the foyer of the Arts Picturehouse. Continue reading