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UK Shorts 1 James Farrant, Piers Thompson, Harry Wootliff, Paul Gowers, Dan Susman, Felix Wiedemann, UK, 2008

Three eclectic programmes with contrasting themes and ideas. From the deep and meaningful questions about love, death and life in the playgound, to the more frivolous side of human nature. This...

  • 15:30 @ Arts Picturehouse

The Understudy David Conolly, Hannah Davis, USA, 2008

The perfect film for all of those who ever thought that if they could just get one shot at their big break, then everything would be okay… After years of scratching around for small acting parts,...

  • 13:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

Love Letters and Live Wires: Highlights from the GPO Film Unit UK, 2008

In 1933, the General Post Office made history by founding its own film production unit. The GPO Film Unit would become internationally renowned as a centre for creative, exciting public-information...

  • 10:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

White Christmas Michael Curtiz, USA, 1954

When former Broadway entertainer Bob Wallace (Crosby) and his wannabe sidekick Phil (Danny Kaye) leave the army they decide to team up to become a song and dance act. As the pair start to hit the...

  • 12:30 @ Arts Picturehouse

Time to Die (Pora umierac) Dorota Kedzierzawska, Poland, 2007

Adored by audiences at recent international festivals, this stunningly shot black-and-white film features a 93 year old Polish screen veteran as the feisty and spirited Aniela. Offset by sharp and...

  • 15:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

War Requiem Derek Jarman, UK, 1989

Jarman’s movingly innovative vision of the challenging choral work by Benjamin Britten remains one of his most intriguing and ambitious works. Britten’s lyrical and religious reflection on the...

  • 18:30 @ Arts Picturehouse

I've Loved You So Long Philippe Claudel, France, 2008

In this gentle yet suspenseful drama, two sisters attempt to reconstruct their relationship after a long separation, as haunting family secrets slowly emerge. Juliette (Scott Thomas) has been...

  • 20:45 @ Arts Picturehouse

The Objective Daniel Myrick, USA, 2008

From the director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT comes this supernatural horror film set in the desert landscape of Southern Afghanistan, which flirts with the issue of intelligent life and the effect...

  • 10:15 @ Arts Picturehouse

Feature Shezad Dawood, UK, 2008

What do Chief Crazy Horse, Krishna, a Valkyrie, a bunch of Zombies and some fetish cowboys have in common with a donkey and an albino snake? Nothing, when we rely on our conventional way of...

  • 12:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

Machinima: Synthetic Cinema UK, 2008

Machinima, borne out of games, has started a love affair with film. Although lacking the detail, dynamic range and sumptuousness of film stock, “machinimators” have made up for this with...

  • 14:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

Jesus, You Know Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 2003

More immediately recognisable as a documentary than some of his earlier work, Seidl employs one of the most intimate of human experiences – prayer – as an entry point into revealing the...

  • 16:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

Machinima: Dreams and Shadows UK, 2008

Machinimators are not bound by the resources or rendering time constraints animators commonly endure to achieve their vision. The ability to change images rapidly in 3D space has led to an...

  • 18:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

Preserve (Rezerwat) Łukasz Palkowski, Poland, 2007

After his girlfriend throws him out, photographer Marcin Wilczyński moves into the Praga district of Warsaw, the "preserve" of the title, infamously dilapidated and inhabited by drunks and...

  • 20:30 @ Arts Picturehouse

The Olympic Games on Film, 1906 - 1924 Luke McKernan, UK, 2008

* A screening of rare films with live piano accompaniment from the acclaimed Neil Brand. An enlightening commentary from Dr Luke McKernan, tracing the Olympic Games from 1906-1924, including: ...

  • 17:00 @ Arts Picturehouse

The Man From London Béla Tarr, Germany, 2008

Criminally as yet unreleased in the UK, THE MAN FROM LONDON is the latest film by Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr. Concocting a rich dreamscape from a Belgium crime novel by Georges Simenon, Tarr enters...

  • 20:15 @ Arts Picturehouse

Magdalene Street Screening UK, 2008

On 21 September, the Festival will be making its way to Cambridge's oldest shopping street and setting up three screens to present a unique and diverse programme of entertainment that's completely...

  • 20:00 @ Magdalene Street

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