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HELLO & WELCOME CONTENTS Festival Schedule 4–5

Margaret Heffernan Looking Forward 6–9 FilmBath Chair FilmBath Stars 10–11 Now you can watch anything anywhere, who needs a film festival? With each new streaming service we have more movies Find Your Film 12–38 at our fingertips – but how do we know what to watch? The great luxury of this festival is a brilliant and eclectic curation team Map and Bookings 40–41 who discover fantastic films that would never turn up in our local cinemas but which articulate what it feels like to be alive today. This year’s selections come from more countries than ever before, with the gender diversity the festival is known for, and the sense of discovery that is its hallmark.

That’s just the beginning. Watching movies together is a completely different experience from watching them alone, isolated with tablets and headphones. Artists have always known that, but now scientists have demonstrated that humans (and chimpanzees!) experience a deeper sense of bonding and connectedness when watching films together. At a time of factions, friction, and feuds, going to the movies reminds us that we aren’t alone.

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@FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 4 Films directed Film will be followed by 5 Look out and/or written Q&A live Q&As or pre-recorded for... by women. Skype interview with filmmakers FIND YOUR FILM TUES 12 NOV WED 13 NOV FRI 15 NOV 18:00: Rondo 18:00: Little Theatre 18:30: Odeon Be Natural: The Untold Story The Realm Judy & Punch THURS 7 NOV SUN 10 NOV MON 11 NOV of Alice Guy-Blaché Intrigue, suspense & social critique Ingenious, skewed fairy tale 18:30: Odeon 10:45: Little Theatre 11:30: the egg (Relaxed Screening) The woman who invented narrative film 18:15: Chapel Arts 19:00: Christ Church The Report The Chambermaid A Minuscule Adventure 18:15: Chapel Arts Honeyland Women of Ryazan Exposing CIA secrets after 9/11 Humane portrait of life on the bottom rung Buzzy bug vocals + inventive soundscape Push Amazing story of Macedonian beekeeper Life, love & war in rural Russia 16:00: Chapel Arts 17:30: the egg (Relaxed Screening) Compelling doc on the global 20:00: Odeon FRI 8 NOV Children of the Snow Land + Q&A The Peanut Butter Falcon housing crisis The Orphanage SAT 16 NOV 18:30: Odeon Touching doc about Nepalese teenagers Warm-hearted Huck Finn fable 18:30: Little Theatre Moving coming-of-age drama 10:45: Little Theatre Rocks + Q&A 17:15: Rondo 18:00: Little Theatre God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya 20:30: Chapel Arts Hope Gap Possibly the best film at Toronto The Peanut Butter Falcon Shooting the Mafia + Q&A Sharp, satirical anti-patriarchal drama Filmfarsi + Interview Annette Bening & Bill Nighy in marital 20:30: Little Theatre Warm-hearted Huck Finn fable One woman’s crusade to expose the Mafia 20:00: Odeon 1970s Iranian B-movies tell a bigger story dissolution By the Grace of God 17:30: Chapel Arts Cafe: 18:00: Chapel Arts La Belle Époque 18:30: Odeon A quest for justice Filmmakers’ Talent Mixer System Crasher Witty, sexy & original French rom-com THURS 14 NOV Days of the Bagnold Summer with BFI NETWORK Powerful psychological drama 20:30: Rondo 18:00: Komedia Single parenting and heavy metal SAT 9 NOV Explore funding & meet fellow filmmakers 18:15: Rondo Alice IMDb Awards 18:00: Odeon Photograph Brutally honest & bitterly funny For everyone interested in film SUN NOV 17 10:45: Little Theatre French drama A Minuscule Adventure Calm with Horses From the director of The Lunchbox 18:30: Odeon 10:45: Little Theatre Buzzy bug vocals + inventive soundscape Criminal violence vs family commitments 20:00: Odeon 20:45: Chapel Arts And Then We Danced Making Waves: The Art of Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly + Interview 18:00: Odeon 19:00: Chapel Arts Harriet Georgian dance and passionate romance Cinematic Sound Shorts Showcase Biopic of real-life American superhero Art, human rights & the power of Mesmerising doc about sound in film Portrait of a Lady on Fire letter writing 20:00: Odeon Stirring period romance with a modern soul One for the film lovers 20:45: Chapel Arts Ordinary Love 18:00: Odeon 22:00 Little Theatre 19:30: Rondo About Love + Interview Achingly intimate portrait of a marriage Jojo Rabbit Little Monsters Aniara Witty look at love & marriage in India 20:30: Little Theatre The audience’s favourite at Toronto Big-hearted zombie comedy High-concept Scandi thriller – in space 20:50: Rondo Ray & Liz 20:30: Little Theatre The Souvenir Brutal, tender & bleakly funny Arab Blues + Interview Piercing & beautifully acted love story Therapy on North African rooftop

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FilmBath FilmClub £10 FilmBath What to expect at FilmBath Festival 2019 FilmClub The most common feedback we get FilmBath FilmClub is a wonderful Membership With a track record of choosing films that go ‘I came across the festival Don’t take our word is “more films please!” and “please make opportunity to watch mind-expanding on to scoop up all the best awards, FilmBath randomly whilst searching the festival longer!” We hear you and we films together and then have the space Festival screens the films everybody will be for it – this is just a for for something to do for a have come up with a wonderful solution: and time to talk about the film afterwards. Priority booking talking about next year, long before they go handful of feedback a year-round programme of the kinds of This is the perfect Christmas present to FilmClub films and dinners on general release. Our screenings have a friend’s birthday and I films we screen at the festival. yourself and for your film-fan loved ones. for you and your guests real buzz – there’s something wonderful am now a fan’ from last year... Look out for the beautiful membership about being in an auditorium packed with These will be shown monthly (from January card gift package at screenings, or order £1 discount on the 8 people who, like you, love great movies. to May and in September, October, and yours online at FilmBath.org.uk. ‘Excellent, Great to have FilmClub screenings December) at the stylish Walcot House, the opportunity to learn ‘So inspiring and I gained with an optional movie-themed dinner Membership covers eight films and will Look out for the limited edition about other realities. a huge insight into the following the film. run January to May and in September, Great selection’ October, and December. gift Membership Cards - on sale at New in 2019 industry. Skype interview festival screenings was brilliant’ Relaxed screenings at the egg ‘Love the selection of These are for everyone who feels LGBT films and this one ‘Such a wonderful uncomfortable or overwhelmed was PHENOMENAL! by the conventional cinema opportunity to see films environment. The only rule at relaxed Thank you so much’ I wouldn't normally get screenings is: no one is allowed to the chance to see’ say ‘shh!’ See pages 15 and 19. 50% off full price tickets to everyone aged 16–30 Both of these are possible thanks to funding and support from the BFI Film Hub South West filmbath.org.uk Bath Box Office: 01225 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 8 9 FilmBath FineCut 2019 IMDB Awards Thur 14 Nov, 18:00, Komedia

Did you come to one of our Sally Potter test Our most loved event of the year, the screenings? We have run two of these, one for IMDb Awards is a fantastically enjoyable JUDGES Shortlisted for the 2019 The Party and one for her latest film starring Elle evening. We talk to our judges about Col Needham The CEO of IMDb has IMDb New Filmmaker Award Fanning, Salma Hayek, Javier Bardem, how they got to do what they do; watch watched and rated nearly 12,000 films. Chris Rock, and Laura Linney. the five shortlisted films; premiere An avid film fan and tech geek, Col always Gladiators on Wheels by Souvid Datta Become a FilmBath the 2019 IMDb Script to Screen Award brings insight, laughter, and an infectious An experimental documentary short These are amazing events where winning film; and choose who will win enthusiasm to the evening. made over a one-day shoot in West the filmmaker screens their next Benefactor the 2019 IMDb New Filmmaker award, Kate Leys A script and story editor Bengal’s Poush Mela. film while it is still in the editing £250 single, £300 couple plus £1,000 cash and £1,000 worth of who works on projects at all stages of Hey You by Jared Watmuff phase. The producers come along hire kit to make their next film. development, Kate’s remarkable list of work When two men arrange a hook-up, is and ask the audience questions What Sally Potter Priority Booking 5 days before includes everything from Four Weddings who’s top or bottom all they should be about the film – did you understand tickets go on sale and a Funeral to American Animals. worried about? (Pictured left and bottom) that X was going on? Did you think says about the Briony Hanson British Council’s Director of Tight Spot by Kevin Haefelin A or B? Hands up if you thought Priority Booking for FilmClub Shining the shoes of a walk-in customer, and FineCut Film, responsible for promoting UK film XYZ. The audience’s answers then screenings... internationally. Briony is also a frequent film a shiner discovers his client’s dark secret. influence the final cut. Invitation to a special festival critic for BBC Radio 4’s arts programmes. (Pictured top left) The test screenings we have run preview evening James Bobin Director, writer, and producer, Facing It by Sam Gainsborough The FilmBath audience replies in Bath have been extremely useful James started out directing Da Ali G As a man anxiously awaits a meeting in have been so helpful and insightful as part of the editing process. It’s only Free tickets to the IMDb Script to Show, co-created Flight of the Conchords, the local pub, he is forced to explore his that we will be hosting more of when you see how a film plays to a full Screen Final and the IMDb Awards and now directs features such as The own difficult memories and relationships. these events in 2020. house that you can feel how it is working Muppets and Dora and the Lost City of Gold. When Voices Unite by Lewis Coates ''in practice. The FilmBath audience are Invitations to special screenings In a modern, digital world of fake news, during the year Rebecca O’Brien BAFTA-winning film The last event sold out in under intelligent, articulate, and insightful, producer of many Ken Loach films, government surveillance, and cyber- 24 hours. Happily, our Benefactors and their feedback has helped us to Invitations to meet filmmakers including Palme d’Or winners The Wind crime, it's important for people to stand receive priority booking and refine the shape of the final cut. I and fellow Benefactors That Shakes the Barley and I, Daniel Blake. up for what they believe in, whatever the never miss out. highly recommend these Rebecca runs Sixteen Films with Ken Loach consequences. (Pictured top right) screenings to other filmmakers. and scriptwriter Paul Laverty. filmbath.org.uk '' Bath Box Office: 01225 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 1210 11

This year we lost 18% of our usual funding. Happily, all of these businesses, organisations, and FILMBATH stars individuals have raced to the rescue – thank you! Without you there would be no film festival in Bath.

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Benefactors Liz & Ken Littlewood; Helen Jury & Harry Morgan; Van & Eva DuBose; Stephen Taylor; Isobel Michael & Siôn Lutley; Karen John; Peter Clegg & Derry Watkins; Annabel & Peter Saunders; Carol & Rupert Baines; Mayden Foundation; Rachel Joynes; Ashley & Morag Pharoah; Shay Parsons FilmBath Team 2019

FilmBath Champions Sally Potter, Ken Loach, Thelma Schoonmaker, Peter Gabriel, Amanda Nevill, Pawel Pawlikowski, Stephen Woolley Executive Director Holly Tarquini Creative Director Philip Raby Technical Manager Alastair Goolden Film Booker Jason Barker Festival Founder Chris Baker Press Officer Sam Walker Festival Assistant Sophie Overment Marketing Assistant Apostolia Katsiantridou Production Assistant Tanya Charteris-Black Copy Editors Tasha Williams, Richard Nelson, Ben Rive Videographer Maya Wallis Programming Team Philip Raby, Elspeth Hinde, Jason Barker, Clair Titley, Chris Baker, Lorena Pino, Alastair Goolden, Valencia Haynes Shorts Team Zoe Graham, Katie O’Toole, Jacob Ward, Jennifer Spohn Brochure Design TheGroupofSeven.co.uk Brochure Copy Philip Raby, Holly Tarquini, Margaret Heffernan Chair Margaret Heffernan Trustees Rona Fineman, Clive Gibson, Alastair Goolden, Valencia Haynes, Elspeth Hinde, Murray Kenneth, Ken Littlewood, Andrew Morgan PLUS over 50 of the very best volunteers in the world and YOU, our brilliant audience. A heartfelt and MASSIVE thank you to you all – without you all there would be no festival

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Fri 8 Nov Preview / Special Event Rocks

Possibly the best film at Toronto Director: Sarah Gavron Cast: Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu UK, 2020, 93m, 12A Odeon, 18:30, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) The Guardian described this Q&A as the best film at this year’s Toronto Film Festival – high Thu 7 Nov Preview praise for a relatively low budget British movie Fri 8 Nov Bath Debut without big names. Director Sarah Gavron The Report (whose Suffragette we previewed), along with By the Grace of God / writers Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson, has Exposing CIA secrets after 9/11 created a magical piece of cinema centred Grâce à Dieu Director: Scott Z Burns on Shola (aka Rocks) and her younger brother Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm Emmanuel. When their mother goes AWOL A quest for justice USA, 2019, 120m, 15 the siblings are faced with a foster home Director: François Ozon Odeon, 18:30, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) and separation, unless they can escape Cast: Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, the clutches of social services. The film is Swann Arlaud For his directorial debut, frequent Soderbergh an extremely funny celebration of life, with France, Belgium, 2019, 138m, 15, Subtitles collaborator Scott Z Burns tackles the true story amazing young actors. ‘Recalls The Bicycle Little Theatre, 20:30, £11 / £9 (£12.50 / £10 sofa) of US Senate staffer Daniel Jones (Adam Driver) Thief redone in rich colours with a hip afro- and his investigation into the CIA’s use of torture Oscar winner Spotlight tackled the subject of beat soundtrack’ – Variety. following the September 11 attacks. What did historic sex abuse in the Catholic Church from the government do to detainees in the aftermath, We hope to welcome director a journalist’s perspective. Now, François Ozon and what have they done since to cover up the Sarah Gavron for Q&As approaches it from the victims’ point of view. evidence? These questions lie at the heart of Preview screening courtesy of Altitude 40-year-old Alexandre (Melvil Poupaud) is a Jones’s inquest, as his efforts and tenacity are Plus: Fifteen, Peiman Zekavat, UK, 10m devout Catholic with a wife and five children, tested by the CIA’s determination to keep the truth Supported by Bath BID who was abused as a boy by a priest. When he in the dark. Burns constructs a detailed political discovers that priest still works with children, thriller that plunges the audience into a world of he becomes determined the Church address high-ranking intrigue and subterfuge. ‘Razor-sharp this scourge. His mission is met with resistance dialogue and a perfect cast’ – RogerEbert.com. at every turn, then complicated by the addition of two other men who were also victims. A Preview screening courtesy of Curzon magnificently angry yet composed film, based on Sponsored by Specsavers a true story that has only recently come to court. Supported by Bath BID filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 14 | FIND YOUR FILM FIND YOUR FILM | 15

Sat 9 Nov Bath Debut / Family Mon 11 Nov A Minuscule Adventure / Relaxed Screening A Minuscule Adventure / Minuscule: Les Minuscule: Les mandibules mandibules du bout du monde du bout du monde the egg, 11:30, £9 / £7 Our relaxed screenings offer a warm Buzzy bug vocals + inventive soundscape welcome to people who feel overwhelmed Directors: Hélène Giraud, Thomas Szabo by the ordinary cinema environment. These France, China, Guadeloupe, 2019, 92m, U screenings are open to ANYONE who would Little Theatre, 10:45, £11 / £9 (£12.50 / £10 sofa) benefit from a relaxed, non-judgemental This delightful and unusual animated atmosphere, including (but not limited to) tale stars insect characters involved in people living with dementia; people with a simple enough plot: during a raid on an autism spectrum condition; people with a village shop, one of our heroes is accidentally learning difficulties; people with sensory or Sat 9 Nov Preview / LGBT packed into a box of chestnut purée and sent communication difficulties; parents with to the Caribbean. There is no alternative but for young babies; and anyone who feels they Portrait of a Lady on Fire / the whole gang to fly to the rescue. The appeal would benefit from a more supportive and Portrait de la jeune fille en feu of this French production lies in the absence of inclusive experience. dialogue resulting in a degree of visual flair and See also: The Peanut Butter Falcon Stirring period romance with a modern soul wit rarely found in its Hollywood counterparts. ‘A Supported by BFI Film Hub South West Director: Céline Sciamma thing of beauty’ – The Observer. Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Valeria Plus: Cumulus, Ioan Holland, UK, 9m Golino, Luàna Bajrami Sponsored by Mangostone France, 2020, 119m, 15 tbc, Subtitles Odeon, 18:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) Marianne is hired to create a likeness of Héloïse, whose mother wants her to marry. In 1770, a painting is the only way a prospective groom can see his bride. But Héloïse doesn’t want to be married – or painted. Céline Sciamma’s latest film was a highlight at Cannes. It combines feminism, desire, and an investigation of how a woman can be independent in a world made by and for men.

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Sat 9 Nov Preview Little Monsters

Big-hearted zombie comedy Director: Abe Forsythe Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England Australia, USA, UK, 2019, 94m, 15 Little Theatre, 22:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 sofa) If you go down to the children’s farm today, you’re in for a very big surprise. No, not teddy bears, but flesh-eating zombies, whose only redeeming feature is they move Sun 10 Nov Bath Debut / World Sun 10 Nov Special Event / Bath Debut / very, very slowly. The only person standing World / Doc between the children and the munchers The Chambermaid / is Lupita Nyong’o, who has already Children of the Snow Land astonished us in 12 Years a Slave and Us. La camarista Now she shows a remarkable capacity for Touching doc about Nepalese teenagers comedy and cheerfulness in the face of the Humane portrait of life on the bottom rung Directors: Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson immediate threat of becoming someone’s Director: Lila Avilés Cast: Nima Gurung, Sangpo Lama, Tsering Deki lunch. Gruesome and funny – it’s everything Cast: Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez Lama, Jeewan Mahatara you want from a late night screening. Mexico, 2019, 102m, 15, Subtitles UK, Nepal, 2019, 97m, PG, Subtitles Little Theatre, 10:45, £11 / £9 (£12.50 / £10 sofa) Chapel Arts, 16:00, £9 / £7 Preview screening courtesy of Altitude Plus: Pleased to Eat You!, Adrian Hedgecock, The lives of ordinary people are rarely This beautiful documentary is UK, 7m given time, least of all when they live Q&A an account of how four-year- in the poorer parts of the world and old Nepalese children from the occupy a menial position – such as a Mexican remotest parts of the country are sent to school chambermaid. Which is why Lila Avilés’s first in Kathmandu, after which they will not see their feature is such an impressive piece of work. Eve families again for 12 years. This moving film allows works in a hotel, making beds and cleaning us to see how the children, who have been raised rooms. She is responsible for a whole floor to in the modern world, come to terms with the herself, but aspires not only to a better floor, separation as they return to a place they have but also a life beyond being a maid. ‘An eerily never really known: their home. atmospheric, poignant, disquieting movie about 21st-century luxury and the invisible servant class required to maintain it’ – The Guardian. Followed by a Q&A with the director and one of the children from the film Plus: Flower and the Girl, Robin Heap, UK, 9m Plus: Special Delivery, Robert Hackett, UK, 4m Supported by Earthsong filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 18 | FIND YOUR FILM FIND YOUR FILM | 19

Sun 10 Nov Bath Debut The Peanut Butter Falcon Sun 10 Nov Preview

Warm-hearted Huck Finn fable Calm with Horses Directors: Tyler Nilson, Mike Schwartz Criminal violence vs family commitments Cast: Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf, Director: Nick Rowland Zack Gottsagen Cast: Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Ned USA, 2019, 97m, 12A Dennehy, Niamh Algar Rondo, 17:15, £9 / £7 UK, Ireland, 2020, 101m, 15 tbc This is a modern Mark Twain-esque Odeon, 18:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / adventure starring Shia LaBeouf (American £12.25 premier) Honey, Fury) as a small-time outlaw turned Set in contemporary Ireland, Nick Rowland’s unlikely coach who joins forces with Zak, a debut feature was recently shown at young man with Down’s syndrome on the Toronto to huge critical acclaim. Douglas run from a nursing home with the dream ‘Arm’ Armstrong is an ex-boxer with an ex- of becoming a professional wrestler. Dakota wife and a son on the autistic spectrum. Johnson (Suspiria, Fifty Shades of Grey) stars He’s trying to make a living, but that seems as Zak’s loving but stubborn carer. ‘The feel- to involve people dying, since the only work good movie of the year’ – San Diego Reader. he can find is as muscle for the Devers family, the local drug mafia. While the Mon 11 Nov plot may sound familiar, the setting and Relaxed Screening execution are unique. It is an ‘outstanding study of a flawed man trying to be better’ – The Peanut Butter Falcon The Observer. the egg, 17:30, £9 / £7 Preview screening courtesy of Altitude Our relaxed screenings are designed for Plus: Smack Edd, Greg Hall, UK, 7m those on the autism spectrum, people living Sponsored by Westside Design with dementia, and anyone who would Supported by Bath BID benefit from a relaxed cinema environment. We aim to create an atmosphere where people understand the needs of others. Adjustments at these screenings include slightly brighter lighting in the auditorium, sound turned down, no trailers or advertisements, the freedom to move around, and a chill out zone in the egg café. See also: A Minuscule Adventure Supported by BFI Film Hub South West

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Sun 10 Nov Bath Debut / LGBT Aniara

High-concept Scandi thriller – in space Directors: Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja Cast: Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian Sweden, Denmark, 2019, 106m, 18, Subtitles Rondo, 19:30, £9 / £7 Climate change has left the Earth uninhabitable, and the last human survivors are on a three-week journey to a new life on Mars aboard the spaceship Aniara. It is fitted with the basic amenities Sun 10 Nov Special Event Sun 10 Nov Special Event of modern life – shopping centres, night Filmmakers’ Talent Mixer Shorts Showcase clubs, swimming pools – and a unique feature known as the Mima, a machine with BFI NETWORK One for the film lovers whose sole purpose is to evoke the viewer’s Chapel Arts, 19:00, £9 / £5 pleasant memories of Earth, keeping them Explore funding & meet fellow filmmakers placated as they travel through the endless 60m The packed audience at last year’s Shorts darkness of space. When an unexpected Chapel Arts Cafe, 17:30 Showcase enjoyed themselves so much that event threatens the security of their voyage, we couldn’t resist offering the experience again. Alice Cabañas is the local Talent Executive for the passengers must learn to cope with This collection of mini-masterpieces includes BFI NETWORK, which has a mission to discover, the sudden uncertainty of their fate in this films made for next to nothing alongside develop, and support talented writers, directors, prescient Swedish sci-fi film. others displaying the trimmings of a substantial and producers at the beginning of their careers. budget, and encompasses many genres – Plus: Meteorlight, Jonny Eveson, UK, 10m She will be hosting this event where we are including a fine example of psychological inviting local filmmakers to come along, meet horror, occasional surreal comedy, and some one another, and learn about the support and outstanding animation. All are remarkable funding on offer from BFI NETWORK, which examples of the short form, and herald offers production funding of up to £15,000 for promising future careers in film for their makers. short films, and Early Feature Development If you enjoy the short films that precede many funding for writers. This is also an excellent of our features, be sure not to miss tonight’s opportunity to network with fellow film creatives concentrated burst of shorts magic. and meet potential new collaborators in a relaxed and friendly environment at the festival.

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Mon 11 Nov Preview / Special Event / Doc Mon 11 Nov Bath Debut / World Shooting the Mafia Photograph Mon 11 Nov Preview One woman’s crusade to expose the Mafia From the director of The Lunchbox Director: Kim Longinotto System Crasher / Systemsprenger Director: Ritesh Batra Cast: Letizia Battaglia Cast: Sanya Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ireland, USA, 2019, 94m, 18 tbc, Subtitles Powerful psychological drama Farrukh Jaffar Little Theatre, 18:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / Director: Nora Fingscheidt India, USA, Germany, 2019, 109m, 15, Subtitles £12.25 sofa) Cast: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Rondo, 18:15, £9 / £7 Gabriela Maria Schmeide Kim Longinotto is one of the UK’s Everyone who saw The Lunchbox will be lining Germany, 2019, 119m, 12A tbc, Subtitles Q&A most ambitious documentary up to watch the new film from Ritesh Batra. Chapel Arts, 18:00, £9 / £7 directors. Her latest examination Returning to his Indian roots after a detour via the of a less-visited life focuses on Letizia Battaglia, UK and Hollywood, he tells another beautifully To say Benni is angry is like saying the Niagara who has spent four decades photographing the simple story which is romantic without being Falls are quite wet. She is a raging torrent of pain, deeds of the Mafia. This has made her the target of a romance. Rafi, a street photographer, is not fury, and terror, expressed in a volcanic scream of murder attempts, and a hero to locals, who are less as young as he was, and his grandmother is incandescent hatred of the world. Benni is a nine-year- than enamoured of a Mafia-led existence. The film determined he should marry. Miloni is the woman old girl, who is beyond even the skill and experience of shows the consequences of unlimited dictatorship whose picture he happens to take one day, and on the German social care system – which is why she is a and one woman’s retaliation. that slim foundation they develop a relationship system crasher. Nothing and no one can withstand her – which is something more than friendship and less until one person may be able to see a way through. Nora We hope to welcome Kim Longinotto for Q&As than love. Batra’s great skill is to take an everyday Fingscheidt’s film is a compassionate view of a child’s Preview screening courtesy of Modern Films story and turn it into something transcendent. trauma, but it is the extraordinary performance of Helena Plus: Blood Bikers, David Hayes, UK, 10m Zengel as Benni that brings the film to such a high level Sponsored by Margaret Heffernan & Dr Lindsay of excellence. Nicholson Plus: Insecurity Questions, Behnam Taheri, Supported by Earthsong Preview screening courtesy of 606 Distribution Gideon Beresford, UK, 5m filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 24 | FIND YOUR FILM FIND YOUR FILM | 25

Mon 11 Nov Bath Debut The Souvenir

Piercing & beautifully acted love story Director: Joanna Hogg Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade UK, USA, 2019, 120m, 15 Rondo, 20:50, £9 / £7 Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature is by far her most autobiographical – a semi-fictionalised account of her own experiences as a young upper class film student Mon 11 Nov Preview Mon 11 Nov Preview / Special Event / Doc in the 1980s. As Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) attempts to make her way through this male Harriet About Love dominated world, she develops an intense relationship with an older man whose casual Biopic of real-life American superhero Witty look at love & marriage in India charm and confidence belie a flawed and Director: Kasi Lemmons Director: Archana Phadke controlling character. Her mother (played by Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Cast: Madhav Phadke, Neela Phadke, her real-life mother, Tilda Swinton) can do no Leslie Odom Jr Atul Phadke, Maneesha Phadke, Rohan Phadke more than stand by and watch as her unworldly USA, 2019, 125m, 12A tbc India, 2019, 91m, nc, Subtitles daughter learns some painful but necessary life Odeon, 20:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / Chapel Arts, 20:45, £9 / £7 lessons. ‘The best British film for a long time’ – £12.25 premier) Evening Standard. Living together in a single building Harriet Tubman was one of the greatest Q&A in Mumbai, Archana Phadke’s women of the 19th (or any) century, Indian family is endlessly engaging. whose influence on – among other Achieving complete transparency from her closest things – the Underground Railroad is beginning relatives, who are unfazed by the constant presence to be recognised. This film tells part of this of the camera, her editing skills produce a story both remarkable woman’s story, as she escapes from personal and universal, revealing the complexities of slavery in the South, then returns to rescue cohabitation in close quarters. The general theme is other slaves at great risk to her own life. Directed summed up by the title: it’s all about love. by Kasi Lemmons and starring BAFTA Rising Star nominee Cynthia Erivo, this is a moving Followed by a FilmBath interview with testament to one woman’s courage, tenacity, and Archana Phadke belief in a better world. Preview screening courtesy of Archana Atul Phadke, Abhay Kumar Plus: Theo and Celeste, Hannah Dougherty, Preview screening courtesy of NBCUniversal Australia, 3m Supported by Bath BID Supported by Earthsong filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 26 | FIND YOUR FILM FIND YOUR FILM | 27

Tue 12 Nov Preview God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya / Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija

Sharp, satirical anti-patriarchal drama Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska Cast: Zorica Nusheva, Labina Mitevska, Stefan Vujisic North Macedonia, Belgium, France, Croatia, Slovenia, 2019, 100m, 12A tbc, Subtitles Little Theatre, 18:30, FREE - donations please Tue 12 Nov Preview / Special Event / Doc Tue 12 Nov Preview / Special Event / Doc Witty anti-patriarchal satire about what happens when a woman Be Natural: The Untold Story Push gatecrashes a men-only party. Mind you, the party involves jumping into a of Alice Guy-Blaché Compelling doc on the global housing crisis freezing river to fight for a cross thrown in Director: Fredrik Gertten by a priest. Petrunya jumps in with all the The woman who invented narrative film Cast: Leilani Farha men and ends up with the crucifix, and also Director: Pamela B Green Sweden, 2019, 92m, 12A tbc, Subtitles a great deal of trouble. How dare she shatter Cast: Jodie Foster, Ava DuVernay, Patty Jenkins, Chapel Arts, 18:15, £9 / £7 Agnès Varda, James Bobin (see IMDb Awards) centuries of tradition? Paradoxically, the more USA, 2018, 103m, nc The housing market: is it designed to ensure she is attacked, the more her self-confidence Rondo, 18:00, £9 / £7 people have somewhere to live, or for the rich to grows. This excellent Macedonian satire is get richer and everybody else to cope? Push starts a timely account of a mob aroused and a Alice Guy-Blaché was a film pioneer, and with ordinary people at the sharp end – the ones woman’s stand for her dignity. from 1896 to 1906 probably the only who get evicted and priced out – and describes Lux Film Prize nominee (subject to change) female director in the world. A progressive the process that renders them homeless. Then we Plus: Quiet Carriage, Ben S Hyland, UK, 6m thinker, she experimented with technology, see the bigger picture: multimillion-pound homes introduced narrative fiction in cinema, and was in Central London, bought and kept deliberately responsible for the first film with an all African- empty, mere assets. It’s a situation that has been American cast. Despite these achievements, her getting worse as successive governments allow name has been all but wiped from history. Narrated the wealthy and powerful to get away with by Jodie Foster, this documentary aims to shed metaphorical murder. light on one of the greatest filmmakers you’ve probably never heard of. Preview screening courtesy of Sky Plus: No Place, Laura Kavanaugh, Ireland, UK, 8m Preview screening courtesy of PIC Sponsored by BuroHappold Engineering Supported by Earthsong Supported by Earthsong filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 28 | FIND YOUR FILM FIND YOUR FILM | 29

Tue 12 Nov Preview La Belle Époque

Witty, sexy & original French rom-com Director: Nicolas Bedos Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant France, 2019, 115m, 15, Subtitles Odeon, 20:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) Victor (Daniel Auteuil) is not a happy man. Jaded, disillusioned, and disdainful of modern life, he secretly yearns for the passionate simpler days of his youth. Luckily Tue 12 Nov Preview Tue 12 Nov Preview / Special Event / Doc for him, his son’s best friend (Guillaume Canet) has just the ticket, offering Victor the Alice Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly chance to recreate the most meaningful experience of his past: the day he first met Brutally honest & bitterly funny French drama Art, human rights & the power of letter writing his wife. A cross between The Truman Show Director: Josephine Mackerras Director: Cheryl Haines and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cast: Emilie Piponnier, Martin Swabey, Cast: Ai Weiwei this thought-provoking French comedy is Chloé Boreham USA, 2019, 78m, nc, Subtitles sure to delight those of us who, like Victor, Australia, France, 2019, 103m, 15 tbc, Subtitles Chapel Arts, 20:45, £9 / £7 have perhaps contemplated what it would Rondo, 20:30, £9 / £7 Ai Weiwei is not only one of the be like to go back to a time when we felt Alice is a mother, wife, and all round good Q&A most famous Chinese artists but most alive. person, happily married to a charming also one of the most controversial. Preview screening courtesy of Disney and popular man. When he leaves the His commitment to art and politics is encapsulated Sponsored by Mayden house one day and doesn’t come back, she in this imaginative and powerful documentary, Supported by Bath BID discovers that he has taken all their money with which focuses on a project he started while still no intention of returning. Faced with financial under house arrest: the transformation of Alcatraz ruin and the potential loss of her home, she into a socially engaging work of art. Together with applies for a job at the call girl agency her curator/director Cheryl Haines, he incorporates his husband had been secretly visiting. This is a light personal experiences with political imprisonment and witty look at an ordinary woman’s extreme into the creation of a testament to the theme of method of liberating herself from an unwanted freedom in an unjust world, and the ability to find predicament. profound human connections in unlikely places.

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Wed 13 Nov Preview / World The Orphanage / Parwareshghah

Moving coming-of-age drama Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat Cast: Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Afghanistan, Qatar, 2019, 90m, 15 tbc, Subtitles Odeon, 20:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) Afghanistan, 1989: teenager Qodratollah Wed 13 Nov Bath Debut Wed 13 Nov Bath Debut / Doc is selling cinema tickets at an inflated The Realm / El reino Honeyland price when he is snagged by the police and taken to an orphanage-cum-borstal. Our Intrigue, suspense & social critique Amazing story of Macedonian beekeeper hero realises his only chance is to form alliances Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov if he doesn’t want to be bullied into submission. Cast: Antonio de la Torre, Mónica López, Cast: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, All the while, his passion for Bollywood films José María Pou Hussein Sam allows him to escape into an imaginary world Spain, France, 2019, 132m, 15, Subtitles North Macedonia, 2019, 90m, 12A, Subtitles where his fantasies come true as musical Little Theatre, 18:00, FREE - donations please Chapel Arts, 18:15, £9 / £7 numbers. Writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat’s second feature is part of a planned five-film Corruption, greed, risk, and hypocrisy – In a remote corner of the former series inspired by her friend’s diaries. these are the common themes of the Yugoslavia, a woman tends her wild bees political world, skilfully explored in this on a clifftop away from the world, with Preview screening courtesy of Luxbox high-powered and universally relevant Spanish no equipment to protect herself and no fear of Plus: The City of Honey, Moein Ruholamini, thriller. Those in power will do everything to being stung. It is a timeless image that could Iran, 8m hold on to it; those still morally untainted have have taken place at any point in the last ten Sponsored by The Group of Seven the arduous task of holding them to account. centuries, but it is the 21st Century and she is Supported by Bath BID Manuel is a crooked politician enjoying a life of the last female beehunter in Europe. However, freedom and luxury fuelled by bribes, extortion, little does she know that there is a threat on the and other unscrupulous behaviour. When leaked horizon from new arrivals: nomadic beekeepers information about him threatens the foundation who have none of her expertise or care for the of his entire party, Manuel decides that if he preservation of bees. This amazing documentary has to go down, he’ll take everyone with him. follows the clash of past and present. Exciting and unexpected – prepare to be chilled, thrilled, and repelled. Plus: Terra, Daniel Fickle, USA, 7m Sponsored by Jenny Mackewn Lux Film Prize nominee (subject to change) Supported by Earthsong filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 32 | FIND YOUR FILM FIND YOUR FILM | 33

Thu 14 Nov Preview / LGBT And Then We Danced

Georgian dance and passionate romance Director: Levan Akin Cast: Levan Gelbakhiani, Ana Javakishvili, Bachi Valishvili Sweden, Georgia, France, 2019, 106m, 15 tbc, Subtitles Odeon, 18:30, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) 22-year-old Merab has dedicated his life to the Georgian Dance Ensemble, an institution as rooted in history as the Bolshoi and equally Wed 13 Nov Preview / Special Event / World / Doc Thu 14 Nov Special Event as demanding. He has always danced with his partner Mary, and when a charming newcomer Filmfarsi IMDb Awards appears on the scene, Merab immediately sees him as his rival. He soon discovers that his 1970s Iranian B-movies tell a bigger story For everyone interested in film feelings stem from desire as well as competition, Director: Ehsan Khoshbakht Komedia, 18:00, £9 / £7 (includes finger food) but a man loving a man is unacceptable in a Cast: Ehsan Khoshbakht, Pouri Baneai, Googoosh conservative culture emphasising the virtues of Iran, UK, 2019, 84m, 15 tbc, Subtitles Join us at the 7th annual IMDb New Filmmaker stereotypical masculinity. The central dynamic Chapel Arts, 20:30, £9 / £7 Award, where we hear from our remarkable of dance illuminates this irresistibly moving industry judges and watch the five shortlisted story. ‘One of the most buzzed-about films from Iranian cinema before 1979 (ie before films. Our judges (see page 9) then choose who Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes’ – BFI. Q&A Ayatollah Khomeini) may have been dodgy, will win the £2,000 prize. The finalists are:Facing but it sure was a lot of fun. Patriarchal? Of Preview screening courtesy of Peccadillo It by Sam Gainsborough, Gladiators on Wheels by course. Clunky? Naturally. Derivative? What else. Plus: Spooning, Rebecca Applebaum, Canada, 7m Souvid Datta, Hey You by Jared Watmuff, Tight This excellent documentary gives us a sense of the Supported by Bath BID Spot by Kevin Haefelin, and When Voices Unite thrills of being able to watch such (now forbidden) by Lewis Coates. There will also be a big moment films from a safe distance of decades, with the for Carolyn Goodyear, who won the 2019 IMDb added benefit of a wide selection of clips. The Script to Screen Award back in June. Her point is to show how important these films were winning script, Home Wreckers, has been made to a society going through rapid modernisation, into a short film and this is its world premiere. where centuries of repression were upturned, only for it to come crashing back in.

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Fri 15 Nov Preview Judy & Punch

Ingenious, skewed fairy tale Director: Mirrah Foulkes Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie Australia, 2019, 106m, 15 Odeon, 18:30, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) In a weird and wonderful version of what might be the 17th Century, a married couple of puppeteers Thu 14 Nov Preview Thu 14 Nov Bath Debut entertain the common people on stage. But off stage he abuses her, culminating in an Ordinary Love Ray & Liz act of such bizarre cruelty that revenge is the only justifiable option. Mia Wasikowska Achingly intimate portrait of a marriage Brutal, tender & bleakly funny stars as the wronged Judy, who takes to the Directors: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Director: Richard Billingham woods with other women outcasts. Damon Cast: Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson, David Wilmot Cast: Ella Smith, Justin Salinger, Tony Way Herriman (Charles Manson in Tarantino’s UK, 2019, 92m, 12A UK, 2019, 108m, 15 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is the Odeon, 20:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) Little Theatre, 20:30, FREE - donations please unlovable Punch. With echoes of The Crucible and Terry Gilliam, director Mirrah Foulkes has Tom (Liam Neeson) and Joan (Lesley Building on his award-winning photography pulled off a remarkable piece of cinema. Manville) are a couple who have exhibition Ray’s a Laugh, photographer Richard been married for many years and are Preview screening courtesy of Picturehouse Billingham’s first feature film is an extraordinary comfortable with each other’s idiosyncrasies. Plus: Woman in Stall, Madeleine Sims- piece of work based on his childhood in the West But when she is diagnosed with cancer, their Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli, UK, 10m Midlands. Ray (Justin Salinger) is his father, who whole relationship has to undergo a change. The Supported by Bath BID lives on homebrew. Liz (Ella Smith) is his mother, significance of the title lies in the fact that such a obese, tattooed, and obsessed with jigsaws. Ray situation happens every day, and yet is uniquely & Liz has been compared to the films of Lynne poignant and painful for each couple. Neeson Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, and Terence Davies. takes a step back from his ageing action hero It is a stunning debut, revealing an ability to roles and allows Manville to show the full range combine beauty and neglect, cruelty and love. of her talent as a woman coming to terms with ‘A symphony of cinema’ – CineVue. the news everyone dreads. It will make you cry – in a good way.

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Sat 16 Nov Preview Hope Gap

Annette Bening & Bill Nighy in marital dissolution Director: William Nicholson Cast: Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O’Connor UK, 2019, 101m, 12A Little Theatre, 10:45, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 sofa) Bill Nighy and Annette Bening are magnificent in this true-to-life account of a couple who have come to the end of the road. Edward (Nighy) has had enough of his marriage to Grace Fri 15 Nov Special Event / Vintage (Bening) and has found someone else to love Sat 16 Nov Preview Sun 17 Nov Bath Debut / Doc him. Their son Jamie (Josh O’Connor) is the only Women of Ryazan / link between them, and he is roped in to try to Days of the Bagnold Making Waves: The Art of persuade Grace to let Edward go. It’s an everyday Baby ryazanskie story, which makes it all the more poignant Summer Cinematic Sound and pertinent, especially in the hands of such Life, love & war in rural Russia Single parenting and heavy metal Mesmerising doc about sound in film excellent actors. Director William Nicholson Director: Olga Preobrazhenskaya Director: Simon Bird Director: Midge Costin (author of Shadowlands and Gladiator) has Cast: Raisa Puzhnaya, Emma Tsesarskaya, Cast: Monica Dolan, Earl Cave, Alice Lowe, Cast: Barbra Streisand, Sofia Coppola, created a small gem. Kuzma Yastrebitsky, Georgi Bobynin Tamsin Greig, Rob Brydon Steven Spielberg, Ryan Coogler Soviet Union, 1927, 88m, 12, Subtitles Preview screening courtesy of Curzon UK, 2019, 86m, 15 tbc USA, 2019, 94m, nc Christ Church, 19:00, £10 / £8 Plus: The Bicycle Thief, Kerry Skinner, Odeon, 18:30, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier) Little Theatre, 10:45, £11 / £9 (£12.50 / £10 sofa) Stewart Alexander, UK, 8m Accompanied with live improvised organ Simon Bird (of The Inbetweeners) makes It is easy to forget that films are Sponsored by Mallory music by David Bednall, this beautifully his directorial debut with this thoughtful composed of sight and sound – we filmed silent drama is the masterpiece of and touching film about a mother always focus on the looking, not the Olga Preobrazhenskaya, one of the world’s first and her teenage son. Daniel is shy, lonely, and listening. Fortunately, this authoritative and female directors. Its humanistic narrative portrays obsessed with heavy metal music. Sue is lonely compelling documentary redresses that balance, characters as individual people, rather than too, trying to look after her troubled son, but also with a wide range of examples from films you the social archetypes found in the polemics of hoping to make a life of her own. The film takes love and films you’ve never heard of, illustrating Eisenstein or Pudovkin. The story is microcosmic the trouble to allow both its central characters the importance of sound as well as revealing the and anthropological, although intimations of a story and emotional complexity. There’s an means by which it is achieved. Those appearing WW1 and the 1917 revolution are always present. excellent supporting cast, but the film belongs to are the crème de la crème, such as Spielberg, A rare chance to catch a compelling glimpse of stars Monica Dolan and Earl Cave. Lucas, Lynch, Nolan, Redford, and Streisand. Russia on the cusp of seismic change. You’ll never listen to films the same way again. Preview screening courtesy of Altitude Plus: Millennials, Philip Clyde-Smith, UK, 4m With organ accompaniment by David Bednall Supported by Bath BID Supported by Earthsong filmbath.org.uk Box Office 012235 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 38 | FIND YOUR FILM

Sun 17 Nov Preview Jojo Rabbit

The audience’s favourite at Toronto Director: Taika Waititi Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi USA, Germany, 2020, 108m, 12A Odeon, 18:00, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / £12.25 premier)

This was the most popular film at this year’s Toronto Film Festival – with audiences. Critics were harder to please. You can be among the first to decide whether this wacky satire Sun 17 Nov Preview / Special Event / World from Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Arab Blues / Un divan à Tunis Shadows) is as good as film fans say. Set in Therapy on North African rooftop Nazi Germany, it stars Roman Griffin Davis as Director: Manele Labidi the eponymous Jojo, a ten-year-old whose Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler (played Aïcha Ben Miled by Waititi himself). Jojo’s commitment France, 2019, 88m, 12A tbc, Subtitles to antisemitism is undermined when he Little Theatre, 20:30, £13 / £11.25 (£14.50 / discovers a Jewish girl in his house being £12.25 sofa) sheltered by his mother (Scarlett Johansson). Also starring are Sam Rockwell, Stephen After spending several years Merchant, and Rebel Wilson. Q&A in Paris, a young woman returns home to Tunis with Preview screening courtesy of the improbable mission of setting up a Fox Searchlight psychotherapy practice on the roof of the Sponsored by Aaron Evans Architects building she lives in. Her family and neighbours Supported by Bath BID are less than enthusiastic about the idea, but surprisingly the demand for her services quickly outstrips her ability to meet it. This charming debut feature from Manele Labidi Labbé switches elegantly between cultures and languages, combining wit and insight in equal measure.

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