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FILMBATH FESTIVAL Mind-expanding movies 7-17 Nov 2019 • filmbath.org.uk FilmBathUK 3 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. So, dive in to discover new talents and fresh ideas; to see a wider world and to feel part of it. Come because it’s good for you and you might make new friends. Or just come for fun. You won’t be disappointed. Registered Office: 4 Chapel Row, Bath BA1 1HN [email protected], Bath Box Office: 01225 463 362 @FilmBathUK #FindYourFilm #FilmBath2019 Registered in the UK no. 3400371 Registered Charity no. 1080952 @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 filmbath.org.uk Bath Box Office: 01225 463 362 @FilmBathUK filmbath.org.uk 6 7 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.