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JOIN AT BOX OFFICE Made possible with the support of: TODAY AND START SAVING! LEICESTER ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL Thu 16 – Sun 19 Mar A unique festival showcasing contemporary South Asian cinema, specially curated for Leicester audiences. Box Office242 2800 0116 — In partnership with Tongues on Fire, London Asian Film Festival Supported by BFI Film Hub Central East and De Montfort University Bazodee OPENING GALA MANTOSTAAN that have haunted him his whole life, SCREENING: + Q&A TBC before dementia catches up with WRONG SIDE RAJU Fri 17 Mar, 8.30pm him. A Muslim rickshaw driver + Q&A TBC India 2016, 1hr 32mins + Q&A agrees to drive the Hindu doctor to Thu 16 Mar, 7pm Urdu with English subtitles his destination and a warm-hearted Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk India 2016, 2hrs 40mins (incl intro) friendship develops as they share Gujarati with English subtitles Based on four of the most their memories. controversial short stories by Ambitious and charming driver legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Raju has fallen hopelessly for French Manto, Mantostann is a haunting THOSE FOUR WALLS visitor, Shaily. But his romantic, yet humorous satire unveiling the + Q&A 12A slow-motion life suddenly comes dark side of human nature during Sat 18 Mar, 4.30pm to a halt when he is involved in a hit the 1947 India-Pakistan partition. UK 2016, 1hr 42mins + Q&A and run incident involving Shaily’s A Q&A will follow the screening. friend Tanmay, and he finds himself Homebound from the US for his embroiled in a controversial police sister’s wedding, banker Krish is case. A Q&A with director Mikhil YOU ARE MY SUNDAY TBC about to enter a tangled web of Musale will follow the screening. Fri 17 Mar, 6pm secrets, tragedies, and dreams. India 2016, 1hr 59mins Reunited with his best friends Hindi with English subtitles Aaron and Jayden, Krish also meets CLOSING GALA Tickets £10 (incl charity donation) domestic-abuse victim Jasmine. SCREENING: With Jayden’s singing debut on the LIPSTICK UNDER MY Every Sunday at Juhu Beach five horizon, a tragedy strikes that will BURKHA TBC young friends play football, providing change their lives forever. Sun 19 Mar, 2pm much-needed escapism from their India 2016, 2hrs 32mins chaotic lives. After an incident that Hindi with English subtitles sees a politician hit by the ball, sport BAZODEE + Q&A TBC is banned and as the group seek a Sat 18 Mar, 7.30pm In a traditional, conservative society new place to play, they begin to drift USA 2016, 1hr 41mins + Q&A four women seek fulfilment and away from their beloved sport and freedom. A burkha-clad college friendship. This is a charity screening Dutiful Anita is marrying wealthy girl aspiring to be a singer; an for DMU Square Mile India. Londoner Bharat for the sake of oppressed housewife; a beautician her deep-in-debt family. But fate seeking to escape her claustrophobic intervenes when Anita meets town; and a widow living through MANGO DREAMS TBC fun-loving musician Lee de Leon a fictional character, involved in a Sat 18 Mar, 5pm (soca superstar Machel Montano) phone romance. The film gives voice USA 2016, 1hr 33mins who wins everyone’s hearts at her Available as Silver Screenings – see p7 to every female with secret dreams Tickets £5 engagement party with his rendition and inner desires. of ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’. Will Anita play Having escaped the British partition safe or follow her heart? 5 of India, Dr Amit Singh returns to his 4 – childhood home to face memories OUR artIFICIAL FUTURE /*SENTIENT FILM FESTIvaL*/ Tue 21 – Sun 26 Mar Sentience is our ability to perceive, yet it can be difficult to comprehend. Explore the beauty, complexity and horrors of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cinema at this festival curated and delivered by DMU students, bringing together film, science and the examination of the human condition. You might even question who ‘you’ are... Ex Machina METROPOLIS WITH LIVE EX MACHINA 15 2001: A SPACE ACCOMPANIMENT PG Thu 23 Mar, 8.15pm ODYSSEY U Wed 22 Mar, 7pm Sun 26 Mar, 12pm Venue: St Mary de Castro church “To erase the line between man Tickets £6 and machine is to obscure the line HAL 9000 re-joins the ‘Phoenix between men and gods.” system’ for a Lazy Sunday* screening A silent classic, heralded as the A computer programmer learns of Stanley Kubrick’s era-defining beginning of cinema’s fascination that he has been chosen to be the sci-fi masterpiece. The film will be with AI. Now in its 90th anniversary human component in a Turing test preceded by a short introduction year, we’re screening Fritz Lang’s to determine the capabilities and from the National Space Centre’s epic science-fiction drama in the consciousness of a beautiful robot. Dr Tamela Maciel. Remember, unique gothic setting of Leicester’s Alex Garland’s critically acclaimed Hal is watching you... St Mary de Castro church, with live debut explores the potential and * Lazy Sunday offer: Enjoy the film and a music accompaniment from the dangers of AI. brunch before the screening for brilliant Stephen Horne. In £13.95/£12.40 conc. See website for T&Cs. conjunction with DMU Local. ‘80s NOSTALGIA: TERMINATOR + ROBOCOP DOUBLE BILL 18 Sat 25 Mar, 6.30pm HER 15 Tickets £10 Fri 24 Mar, 8.15pm Heroes, villains, or the capacity to A lonely writer develops an unlikely be both? Join us for a night of ‘80s and unconventional romance with an action nostalgia with this mighty OS1 operating system designed to double-bill. Fancy dress is not meet his every need. Celebrate the compulsory but is strongly encouraged random unpredictability of the human and we have some excellent prizes connection and enjoy our special for the winner. Hasta la vista, baby! date-night food and drinks offers. THE JAPAN FOUNDATION TOURING FILM PROGRAMME 2017 ODD OBSESSIONS: DESIRES, HOPES AND IMPULSES IN JapanESE CINEMA Sat 11 Feb — Wed 29 Mar A SILENT VOICE 18 Taking inspiration from Charlie Chaplin’s famous quote Box Office242 2800 0116 — (KOE NO KATACHI) “Life is a desire, not a meaning”, the Japan Foundation Sat 4 Mar, 6pm Touring Film Programme 2017 features an all-encompassing Dir: Naoko Yamada introduction to Japanese cinema through the prism of Cast: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami desires, hopes and impulses. Presenting films by Japan 2016, 2hrs 9mins, subtitled established and up-and-coming directors, animation, documentary and classics, this year’s programme promises Shoko, a young deaf student, to both entertain and provide a vivid insight into what transfers to a new school where she drives human action. is bullied by Shoya for her hearing impairment. Soon the class turn on Shoya for his lack of compassion, and when he eventually leaves Organised by: Supported by: school Shoya is tormented by his Book Online — www.phoenix.org.uk past behaviour and decides he must 4 Colours make amends.