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Friday 1 to Sunday 17 March BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2013 borderlinesfilmfestival.org @borderlines #borderlines2013 2 / 3 A – Z Film Index Central Box Office 01432 340555 / #borderlines2013 / www.borderlinesfilmfestival.org film ProGrammer david sin PuTs a dozen films in The sPoTliGhT BeasTs of The souThern Wild (12a) p.15 Blackmail (PG) p.16 The conformisT (15) p.19 hiTchcock (12a) p.21 Showy, bold and richly imaginative, this debut Hitchcock’s final silent film with haunting Simply one of the most influential films Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren feature, set in a semi-mythical Deep South, London locations and live accompaniment of the 20th century and one of Festival in a wonderful behind-the-scenes drama is hard to resist from the accomplished Stephen Horne Patron Chris Menges’ favourites about the making of Psycho in The house (15) p.24 i Wish (PG) p.25 a laTe QuarTeT (15) p.27 mccullin (15) p.31 Kristin Scott Thomas in sparkling comedic From the director of Still Walking, a marvellous A nuanced affirmation of the power of music If you grew up in the ‘60s or ‘70s this form features in this sly, teasing conundrum evocation of childhood against the growing as inner and outer tensions threaten the honest and riveting documentary will stir of a movie with a strong backbite cloud of volcanic ash dynamics of a New York chamber quartet up strong memories no (15) p.34 rusT & Bone (15) p.39 sTarBuck (15) p.46 Wadjda (12a) p.50 Chilean director Larraín and lead Gael García Muscular and tender, this unlikely love story Warm, witty comedy about a hapless Directed by a woman, a story about a girl who Bernal transform dry history into daring, between a whale trainer and a nightclub Québécois delivery driver who had so many wants a bike takes you where you’ve never enthralling and even comic agit-prop bouncer totally mesmerises children he didn’t know what to do been before, into Saudi Arabian domestic life 4 / 5 Borderlines Film Festival 2013 Central Box Office 01432 340555 / #borderlines2013 / www.borderlinesfilmfestival.org Welcome To The ELEVENTh “easily rural UK’s most impressive Borderlines film fesTival! film festival” Borderlines returns for Finally the Festival would not be possible indePendenT its second decade with without the participation of our partner venues: PROGRAMMER’S a cornucopia of films The Courtyard Hereford, Flicks in the Sticks, and special events at 39 Shropshire Screen Consortium members and venues spread throughout independent film societies and we thank them PICKS 02 Herefordshire and all. We welcome Richard Booth’s Bookshop Shropshire. Our new film Cinema, Hay’s latest new venue to our roster. WElcome 05 programmer David Sin of the Independent Cinema Our funders are vital for the Festival: BFI Office has drawn together a host of fascinating and Creative England awarding funds from EVENTS 06 films including five major titles showing at The National Lottery; Herefordshire Council; Borderlines as special previews before they Hereford City Council; Shropshire Screen 2013 FIlM go on general release. Don’t miss them! Consortium (through BFI Rural Cinema Pilot Scheme and Shropshire Council) and The This year we have some very special guests at the Elmley Foundation. Lastly we would also PROGRAMME 10 Festival. Our opening night brings our two Festival like to thank our long standing sponsors patrons together in an In Conversation, when and our new sponsors. A-Z FIlM Listings 11 Chris Menges, one of the UK’s most distinguished cinematographers, will discuss his career with Enjoy the Festival! Francine Stock, broadcaster, novelist and presenter FESTIVAl PARTY 57 of Radio 4’s The Film Programme. Chris, winner Naomi Vera-Sanso of two Oscars for The Killing Fields and The Mission, Festival Director Festival Diary 58 has collaborated with highly respected directors and also directed award-winning films. VENUE INFORMATION 63 On Sunday 10 March we welcome renowned The British actor Sir Derek Jacobi to reflect on his film and television career with Francine Stock, as a fesTcivalour PassTyard fundraiser for our partner, The Courtyard Hereford. For a lucky few there will be a chance to meet Sir feasTinG on fesTival films? HOW TO BOOK Derek in person afterwards at a special reception. The price of The Courtyard Festival Pass stays the same and gets you more cinema BOOK in persOn aT THe COurTyard HerefOrd Ken Loach’s latest film Spirit of ‘45 will for your money Call CenTral BOx OffiCe 01432 340555 be screened on our last day, Sunday 17, with a A pair of tickets to any film at The Courtyard simulcast discussion with the director. But before costs £5 per ticket with– The Courtyard BOOK Online aT WWW.BOrderlinesfilmfesTival.Org that on the Ides of March, Friday 15, join us for Festival Pass £10/ £5 Concs the first Borderlines La dolce vita Party at The Or Call individual venues (see p.63) courTyard Prices for 2013 Haywain, Lyde Arundel and get in the mood Under 16sTickets £4.80 £6.80 / Courtyard / Concessions– Card (14-25) £5.80 £3.00 with our Festa strand of Italian films. 14-25? 2 free TickeTs + 20% Cover: In the House FOOD & drink discounT WiTh courTYARD CARD 6 / 7 Borderlines Film Festival 2013 Events Central Box Office 01432 340555 / #borderlines2013 / www.borderlinesfilmfestival.org hitchcock silents chris menges Alongside the brand new Hitchcock biopic, and Psycho, the film at its heart, we are delighted in conversation with francine stock to be showcasing two out of Alfred Hitchcock’s nine surviving silent films, essential to an understanding of the director’s later work. These films have recently undergone the biggest and most complex restoration project ever undertaken by the BFI National Archive. Decades of damage and wear have been removed; the sharpness of the image improved; new shots discovered and intertitles and tinting restored. We are fortunate to have Bryony Dixon, one of the supervisors of the Hitchcock Silents project, to introduce The Lodger and talk about the restoration process as well as Stephen Horne to provide live accompaniment to Blackmail. Cinematographer Chris Menges (L) with Director Tommy Lee Jones. Tommy Chris Menges (L) with Director Cinematographer All rights reserved. EuropaCorp. to exclusively © 2005 Dawn Jones/ Licensed Photo Blackmail (see p.16) Friday 1 March 8.15pm with stephen horne The Courtyard Hereford £6.80, concs £5.80 Wednesday 6 March 6.45pm The Courtyard Hereford Don’t miss a rare opportunity to hear both our to name but a few. As well as a long and fruitful £7.50, concs £6.50 Festival Patrons at a very special event. Double collaboration with Ken Loach he has worked, Academy Award winning cinematographer and among others, with Stephen Frears, Roland Joffé The lodger (see p.29) Stephen Horne has long been considered one director Chris Menges talks to The Film Programme’s (winning Oscars for Cinematography on The Killing with Bryony dixon of the leading silent film accompanists. Based Francine Stock about a life dedicated to cinema. Fields and The Mission), Neil Jordan, Bill Forsyth at London’s BFI Southbank, but playing at all Sunday 3 March 6.45pm the major UK venues such as the Barbican Centre and Stephen Daldry as well as directing five feature The Courtyard Hereford Born in Kington, Herefordshire, Chris embarked on films himself. £6.80, concs £5.80 and the Imperial War Museum, he has recorded his career at the tender age of 16 as an apprentice music for DVD releases, BBC TV screenings and on documentaries and, as a young man, travelled Modest and unassuming, Menges nevertheless has Bryony Dixon is curator of silent film at the BFI museum installations of silent films. Although as a cameraman to South Africa, Angola, Zanzibar, a wealth of unrivalled cinematic expertise to share, National Archive and has been a key member principally a pianist, he often incorporates flute, Cyprus, Vietnam and Tibet, often in perilous and a host of amazing stories to tell. To accompany of the Hitchcock Silents restoration project. accordion and keyboards into his performances, circumstances. this event we will showing four of the films he has In 1998 she co-founded the British Silent Cinema sometimes simultaneously. He regularly worked on: Kes (1969), The Killing Fields (1984), Festival in order to promote research into British performs internationally and in recent years his As director of photography on feature films his list The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (1996) and silent film. Bryony has written extensively on accompaniments have met with acclaim at film of credits is astounding: Kes, Local Hero, Angel, A World Apart (1988), which he directed. the subject, including on silent comedy and the festivals in Pordenone, Telluride, San Francisco, Michael Collins, The Reader, Notes on a Scandal, relationship of early film and the music hall. Cannes, Bologna and Berlin. 8 / 9 Borderlines Film Festival 2013 Events Central Box Office 01432 340555 / #borderlines2013 / www.borderlinesfilmfestival.org adventures in alternative cinema Do you want to find out more about World Cinema and Documentary genres? Then come along sir derek jacobi on stage to two free presentations as part of a new film on screen With francine stock education initiative supported by Creative England, shadowlands Walk Sunday 10 March 7.00pm Mediamaker, Shropshire Council and Wem Town Saturday 9 March 10.30am (3hrs) £6.00 The Courtyard Hereford Hall. The sessions, led by film industry and guest £10.00/£25.00* No concs. speakers, will provide insight into specialist film Meeting point: Forestry Commission car park, meet the directors of and, whilst aimed at young people, are open to Symonds Yat Rock (£3.50 charge) by WC block Born, like Alfred Hitchcock, in Leytonstone, OS Grid ref: SO564158 a liar’s autobiography: Sir Derek’s early theatrical career was established adults too.