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PURBECK nd Film 2222 festival YEAR 12-27 October 2018 - The longest running rural UK fi lm festival - Over 70 films in 34 venues including FOLLOW US ON www.purbeckfilm.com PURBECK Film Festival 2018 wenty two years ago Purbeck Film Festival screened its first programme at the Rex Cinema in Wareham and Tbecame the precursor to all the varied festivals that now entertain so many of us in the Isle of Purbeck. Operating on a turnover of £50,000 the festival has 30 volunteers and an annual audience of nearly 7000. With over 30 screenings in village halls, pubs, hotels and churches, the festival provides a perfect opportunity for people to share experiences and help restate a sense of community across the Isle of Purbeck. eventy-six dynamic films and documentaries have been selected from SThailand, Lebanon, Hungary, Korea, France, US, Pakistan, India, Sweden, Romania and the UK. It is the magical hallucination of cinema that oers the opportunity to visit so many countries. Love, deceit, thrill, adventure, sorrow: so many captivating stories to excite our intelligence and emotions. Only a film festival can achieve such journeys. Only a film festival can provide the opportunity to compare and marvel at the cultural and existential dierences across our world. Flowing through the festival are 4 strands: Bergman, political intrigue, women’s fight for justice and once again a great introduction to French cinema. he festival hopes you will come back again and again to enjoy the Thallucinatory magic of cinema. Lady Cotton President of the Purbeck Film Festival About the Purbeck Film Festival upported by the BFI and its S South West Regional Hub the Purbeck Film Festival has, in its Jean Dixon 22 years, continued to grow in terms of venues and audience numbers. Its primary aim is to provide a rich variety of cinematic experience across a rural area which does not have easy access to foreign language, independent and classic films. It provides a perfect opportunity to compare and contrast stories and styles across a wide range of films. Such a metropolitan approach to film screenings offers the chance to increase our knowledge and literacy of the cinema. It is important to stress that the festival operates throughout the year offering screenings for charity events and big open air occasions at Studland, Corfe Castle and Swanage. 2 See page 46 for A-Z of Films FESTIVAL FUNDERS & SPONSORS Purbeck Film Festival gratefully acknowledges support towards the festival from the following: MAIN SPONSORS With the support of BFI Film Festival Fund, awarding funds from the National Lottery Welcoming our new corporate sponsor - Animal Born in British waters in 1987, Animal has taken inspiration from its board sports heritage to become a leading lifestyle brand. Combining a passion for adventure and a creative outlook, Animal designs authentic clothes and accessories, creating on-trend collections for those who share a free spirited mindset. WE ARE ALSO EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF Parish Council of Wareham St Martin // Parish Council of East Stoke Langton Matravers Parish Council // Lytchett Matravers Parish Council Wareham Town Council // Studland Parish Council GRATEFUL THANKS TO No 8 SHELL BAY SEAFOOD Wines RESTAURANT Langton Matravers Local History and Preservation Society • Dick Odgers Memorial Trust Barclays Bank • Mark Cosgrove • SGR • Wareham Library Andrew and Katie Lennox • Jean Dixon Photography • Norman Hayward Charlotte Breese • Lara and Mervyn Manningham-Buller • Poole Library Service PATRONS Lady Cotton • Sarah Crofts • Laurence & Alison Gloyn-Cox • John Hooker Sarah Speakman-Jones & Lee Jones • James & Jane Kessler • Lida & Gordon Mutton Andrew Parsons & Alexandra Anderson • Steve & Gabrielle Peskin • Sue & Dave Powell Sarah & John Wootton • Karen Wright Thank you to the following for the use of their venues Design & Print by Marquee Print 01202 769077 www.marqueeprint.com 3 HOW TO BUY TICKETS lmost all tickets can be bought on our website www.purbeckfi lm.com, on our App (see links to Adownload from our website) or at our festival Box offi ce at The rex. BoX offICe Tel: 01929 552778. It will also be open specifi cally for the festival everyday 10am - 1pm. Tickets can be bought at The Rex 45 minutes before any fi lm screening. Venues that are selling tickets direct are listed against individual fi lms on pages 8 to 45. An A-Z of venues and postcodes can be found on page 47. The Purbeck Film Festival website now allows you to search your fi lm by date, genre, rating, language and name. Visit the site for the latest news and any changes to the programme. Scan this QR code for a direct link to our website. www.purbeckfilm.com FOLLOW @PURBECKFILM FOR REGULAR UPDATES PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE FOR ANY CHANGES AND FOR THE LATEST NEWS Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme before going to print, there may, on rare occasions, be a change to the advertised programme. To check, phone 07443 46 88 50 or go to our website www.purbeckfilm.com 4 All Tickets available from purbeckfilm.com & The Rex Cinema Box Office unless otherwise stated FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS his year’s festival has 80 dynamic film events featuring 2 weeks of the Tbest of British and international filmmaking. With 14 special guests made up of directors, producers, writers and animators, festival audiences can enjoy in-depth interviews with these contemporary film professionals. Opening with the unmissable film The Wife, starring Glenn Close delivering an Oscar-worthy performance, the festival concludes with the sparkling directorial debut from Mayasaloun Hamoud, In Between. Running through the festival are themes of Bergman, political intrigue and a great introduction to French cinema. Saturday 13th Wednesday 24th The Wife p9 In Between p45 Political Corruption and Deceit In an age of fake news, narcissistic political leadership, attacks on democratic voting procedures and European political instability, the PFF has decided to screen a few of the most famous films dealing with political corruption and deceit. Hands Over the City and its blistering attack on municipal corruption in Naples (24th), All the King’s Men and its exposé of corrupt politicians in America (20th), All the President’s Men and its journalistic investigations into presidential duplicity (23rd), I… as in Icarus and its dark conspiracy (24th), The Conversation and its depictions of surveillance and paranoia (16th). Democratic politics is intricate and occasionally unwieldy: an operation which needs constant scrutiny and eternal vigilance. What role film plays in that process is open to much discussion. However, the messages that these films suggest are universal. Tuesday 23rd, The RexAll The President’s Men p35 See page 4 for more information on Ticket Sales 5 A Short History of French Cinema France has the best claim of all nations to be the birthplace of Cinema. The Lumière Brothers, late in 1895, exhibited ‘The Arrival of a Train at Chiocat Station’ and other short fi lms to a rapt, fee-paying audience in what is now generally regarded as the birth of Cinema. We have included a series of French fi lms and we hope to show the huge diversity that exists in French cinema, the preface of which is A Journey through French Cinema Sunday 14th at the Rex. Other French o erings include Anything for Her (Pour Elle) and The Hole (Le Trou). Also 120 BPM, The Truth (La Vérité) Faces Places (Visages Villages) and I...as in Icarus. The French Government continues to support the French fi lm industry (with policies such as VAT reductions on cinema tickets) in ways UK cinema could only dream of. Vivre le di erence! Go to our website for more details www.purbeckfi lm.com Wednesday 24th Wednesday 24th Faces Places p38 The Truth (La Vérité) p38 LOVE THESE FESTIVAL FILMS? BECOME A FESTIVAL PATRON and help us to continue to show the richest, most diverse range of great British and international fi lmmaking in Dorset Becoming a Patron is a great way to enjoy special events and screenings whilst giving us valuable fi nancial help where and when we need it most. Annual membership (£45 individual or £65 couple) rewards you with: • An invitation to our VIP Opening Gala & Reception • Special advance mailing of the programme and information about special receptions and guest interviews • Your name listed in the programme brochure and on our website • Option to choose a fi lm from the programme list as your Patron’s Choice plus 2 complimentary tickets for the fi lm screening. Membership lasts for 12 months and can be renewed automatically every year if you pay by Direct Debit. Call us on 07443 46 88 50 or email info@purbeckfi lm.com CHILDREN’S EVENTS OVER HALF TERM See our Special Animation and Puppet Making Workshops on page 28-29. 6 See page 46 for A-Z of Films Celebrating 100 Years of Ingmar Bergman The master fi lmmaker who would have been a hundred this year, described the nature of fi lm thus - ‘No Art passes our conscience in the way that fi lm does and goes directly to our feelings deep down into the dark room of our souls.’ No one has done more to keep the name of Ingmar Bergman in the cinema audience’s consciousness than the American fi lm-maker, Woody Allen. If one of his lead characters (played by himself) wants to treat a new girlfriend, for example, it will be to join the queue at a New York rerun theatre for a Bergman fi lm. The point being made is a humble genufl ection in his hero’s direction, assuring us, in e ect – you might think this (Allen’s) fi lm is half decent – it won’t be a patch on anything by the Swedish master.