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Documentary Rom-Coms: Hugh Grant Day! Cover image: Portrait of a Young Lady on Fire, dir. Celine Sciamma Celine dir. Fire, on Lady a Young of Portrait image: Cover Welcome to the 17th Inverness Film Festival Another year has passed, and it seems a quicker one than ever. Society appears to be more divided than at any point in the last 60 years so it’s important for the festival to celebrate both our similarities and differences, with films from around the world, as well as the truth, and with several great new documentaries. Tolerance and truth are two very important values for our festival. Over 40% of the films we are showing are directed or co-directed by women. In the early days of cinema women were an important part of the film making process, as we see in Be Natural, the brilliant doc about film pioneer Alice Guy Blache. It’s a sad state of affairs that almost 100 years later women film makers are still greatly outnumbered, and out-financed, by men. I do hope that in the future years we can get closer to parity. It has been another great year for world cinema. Whether it’s South African female-fronted modern western, Georgian traditional dance or an old Turkish man wanting to die on his ancestral lands, we see through the window of cinema which shines a light onto places we might never get a Become an chance to see. I will admit, and this will not at all be embarrassing, that my favourite genre Eden Court Friend of film is... Romantic Comedies. Good ones that is, it’s very hard to make a great rom-com. I’ve always wanted to programme a short season of great and enjoy many exclusive rom-coms, but have never had a reason. Until Now. Elizabeth Sankey has benefits from only £22 a year made a fantastic exploration of the genre with her documentary Romantic Comedy, and to accompany I have included some of my favourites. Come along and watch some ‘meet cute’ classics - including a day of Hugh Grant. Savings on hundreds On a personal note I am delighted that we are going to be premiering FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS of shows and films Down The Rabbit Hole, by Mike Webster and James Roddie. Both Mike and Priority booking and special offers Join today James have worked at Eden Court, and they are two inspiring people. They Advance information 01463 234 234 have made a touching, powerful film about an important subject which Discount in our Cafe, Bar & Restaurant eden-court.co.uk/friends includes beautiful shots of them caving (which really freaks me out). Please do remember to vote for our Audience Award. You are our jury and Generous savings on 50 weekly classes GIFT MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE it’s great to hear what you think. I do hope that you enjoy the festival. Exclusive events for members For full terms & conditions please The latest on and off stage news visit eden-court.co.uk Waiting list priority Paul MacDonald-Taylor Festival Director 3 OPENING NIGHT FILM CLOSING NIGHT FILM Motherless Brooklyn (15) Jojo Rabbit (12A) FRI 08 NOV THU 14 NOV USA | 2019 | 144mins Germany/USA | 2019 | 108mins Director Edward Norton Director Taika Waititi Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael K. Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Taika Waititi, Sam Williams, Leslie Mann, Willem Dafoe, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Rebel Wilson INVERNESS FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS Oscar nominee Edward Norton directs, produces and stars in this Taika Waititi’s explosive satire follows JoJo “Rabbit” Betzler, a lonely FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS detective drama. In his role as Lionel Essrog, he plays a private detective German boy who supports the regime and is a member of the Hitler with Tourette’s Syndrome who is deeply upset by the murder of his Youth group. His vision of the world is overthrown by the discovery that mentor and only friend Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). With only a few clues, his mother Rosie is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided solely Lionel navigates the slums of 1950s New York, and Brooklyn’s underworld by his daft imaginary friend Adolf Hitler (played by Waititi), JoJo will have to unravel the mystery surrounding Frank’s death and save the woman to face his nationalist ideology in the outbreak of World War II. who might be his own salvation. With thanks to Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney With thanks to Warner Bros. 4 5 SPECIAL PREVIEW HIGHLIGHTS La Belle Époque (12A) FRI 08 NOV (PG) The Aeronauts France | 2019 | 115mins | French with subtitles MON 04 NOV Director Nicolas Bedos Starring Daniel Auteuil, Guilaume Canet, Doria Tiller, Fanny Ardant USA/UK | 2019 | 101mins Director Tom Harper Unemployed cartoonist Victor is kicked out by his wife, psychoanalyst Starring Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Marianne. He accepts the proposal of the Time Traveller, a curious agency Anne Reid, Tim McInnerny that promises to take customers back to a moment in time they would INVERNESS FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS like to relive, with the aid of incredible settings and talented actors. Victor FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS In 1862, balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with scientist James chooses to relive a day in 1974, the day in which he first met Marianne in Glaisher for a dangerous, unprecedented expedition in a hot-air a café in Lyon. Attracted by the actress who interprets Marianne, Victor balloon, which will take them higher in the sky than anyone ever finds the future in his past. attempted before. Up in the air, they get to know each other - their true identities slowly revealed as they face harsh weather conditions With thanks to Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney and thin air, in a life threatening experience that will have them fighting for survival. With thanks to Entertainment One 6 7 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Screening with Harriet Harriet (15+) SAT 09 NOV Strike for Freedom - USA | 2019 | 125mins Frederick Douglass in Scotland Director Kasi Lemmons SAT 09 NOV Starring Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr. Based on the extraordinary life story of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, 15mins starring British rising star Cynthia Erivo (Widows, IFF 2018). Director Parisa Urquhart Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland, where she worked on Frederick Douglass, a world-renowned author, orator and activist had a INVERNESS FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS a plantation. Following her escape to Philadelphia she changed her name, major impact on Scotland. His lifelong mission was to ‘tell the story of the became independent and soon headed back to Maryland to help her slave’ and when he fled to the UK after exposing his slaveholders’ name family escape. She went on to fight slavery by leading hundreds of people and deeds, he fell in love with Scotland and the Scots fell in love with him. to freedom through the Underground Railroad, changing the course of At the time the Scots saw Douglass as the icon of the freedom struggle. history and becoming one of America’s greatest heroes. It’s only now that Scotland is finally acknowledging this. This short film highlights world-exclusive information regarding Douglass, his family and With thanks to Universal Pictures his impact in Scotland. Image: ©2019. The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY/ Scala, Florence. 8 9 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu (15+) SAT 09 NOV Ordinary Love (12A) France | 2019 | 119mins | French and Italian with subtitles Director Céline Sciamma SUN 10 NOV Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami UK | 2019 | 92mins France, 1760. Marianne has been commissioned to paint the portrait of Director Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Lady Héloïse for a distant admirer; however, as the young woman has Starring Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville no intention of being married off, her mother introduces the painter to After many years together, Joan and Tom’s relationship is based on Héloïse as her walking companion. INVERNESS FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS old habits and everyday routine, yet strong as ever. But when Joan is FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS As they spend time together during the day, Marianne gazes upon Lady diagnosed with breast cancer, their long-standing love is tested to the Héloïse to memorise her traits and secretly paints her portrait at night. limits as she starts a medical treatment which shakes their lives. Lesley A strong attraction soon grows between them as they spend more and Manville and Liam Neeson give masterful performances in this touching more time in each other’s company. drama about love and illness. The latest outstanding work by Céline Sciamma (Girlhood, Tomboy) With thanks to Universal Pictures confirms the French director as a prominent storyteller in contemporary cinema. 10 With thanks to Curzon 11 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Lucy in the Sky (15+) The Report (15) SUN 10 NOV MON 11 NOV USA | 2019 | 124mins USA | 2019 | 120mins Director Noah Hawley Director Scott Z. Burns Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens Starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Maura Tierney Inspired by the real story of astronaut Lisa Nowak, Lucy in the Sky is the Daniel Jones, member of the US Senate, is tasked with an investigation INVERNESS FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS story of Lucy Cola, a woman whose determination leads to fulfilling her on the detention programme carried out by the CIA. During his research FILM FESTIVAL INVERNESS dreams as an astronaut of flying in outer space. Jones learns of the brutal, immoral and ineffective techniques adopted Lucy is deeply affected by the experience of seeing Earth from space and by the CIA agents since the attacks of 9/11.
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