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Paluch CONTENTS RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 7 VENUES AND MAP 10 Craven St London WC2N 5PE 8 SCHEDULE Tel +44(0)20 7287 3833 15 JURY RAINDANCE PATRONS Nick Broomfield 19 SPECIAL EVENTS Jonathan Caouette Henrik Danstrup 50 CHRIS MARKER RETROSPECTIVE Mike Figgis Terry Gilliam 58 TRENT HARRIS RETROSPECTIVE Ken Loach Dave McKean 65 DOCUMENTARY Martin Myers Alan Parker 73 HOMEGROWN Jonathan Pryce Marky Ramone 89 RAINDANCE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Vanessa Redgrave 97 DAYS IN EUROPA 125 MEXICAN FILM 133 THE REEL QUÉBEC 139 WAY OUT EAST 147 NORTH AMERICAN INDIES 167 WORLD CINEMA 173 SHORTS PROGRAMMES 191 FILMMAKER CONTACTS 194 INDEX Opinions expressed in this programme are the sole province of the writer concerned and therefore do not necessarily reflect those of Raindance The Independent Film Trust acts to advance the cause of independent film-making The IFT is proud to be the sponsor of: – The Raindance Film Festival Award for ‘Film of the Festival’ and the Raindance Film Festival trailer – The Raindance Training Scholarships And to be partnering with Raindance and Staffordshire University in running the new online and offline masters programmes that lead to qualifications of MA or MSc in Film by Negotiated Learning Plus we are delighted to keep running our Film School in a Box (FSIB) film-making courses for disadvantaged people who would not otherwise get the chance Find out more at www.independentfilmtrust.org For further information contact Chairman Neil McCartney on neil@independentfilmtrust.org And for regular updates please find our group on facebook Patrons Alan Parker / Michael Caton-Jones / Mike Leigh Bill Forsyth / Tim Roth / Nick Broomfield Samantha Morton / Faye Dunaway / John Irvin VENUES & MAP APOLLO CINEMA PICCADILLY CIRCUS Events Pass £60 19 Lower Regent Steet Access to all events at the festival (except for London SW1Y 4LR Opening and Closing Night Galas) Box Office 0871 224 0242 Industry Lounge At Apartment 58 Closest tube is Piccadilly Circus Industry guests are invited to meet Info and bookings at www.raindance.org at Apartment 58 Ticket Prices Weekday matinees (before 5pm) £5 Weekdays (after 5pm) / Weekends (all day) £10 Screening Pass £60 Access to all film screenings at the festival All screenings take place at the Apollo (except for Opening and Closing Night Galas) Cinema unless otherwise specified 20TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 7 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 6.00pm Opening Night Gala: Here Comes the Devil 97 mins p20 THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1.00pm Shorts: Best International 115 mins p176 3.00pm Center of Gravity 70 mins p168 3.15pm Level 5 105 mins p56 3.30pm Ivan’s Dream 101 mins p108 3.45pm Sunset Strip 93 mins p96 4.00pm My Universe in Lower Case 90 mins p132 5.30pm Familiar Ground 98 mins p134 6.00pm International Film Finance Panel 150 mins p34 6.00pm The Lottery of Birth 77 mins p82 6.15pm Shorts 13: The Chronicles 89 mins p178 6.30pm Vice Presents: The British Wrestler + Caribbean Fashion Week 75 mins p46 8.00pm Vice Presents: The Fourth Dimension 106 mins p47 8.30pm Vinyl 85 mins p88 8.45pm Sunless 99 mins p57 9.00pm How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song? p154 9.00pm This Ain’t California 90 mins p121 FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 12.30pm In Search of Blind Joe Death 58 mins p93 12.45pm Raindance Masters Degree Screening 80 mins p43 1.00pm Shorts: Best UK 94 mins p177 1.15pm Winter Passed 73 mins p138 1.30pm Zero Killed 80 mins p123 3.00pm Janapar 84 mins p80 3.15pm Familiar Ground 98 mins p134 3.30pm The State of Shock 96 mins p120 3.45pm Sunless 99 mins p57 4.00pm Glorious Deserter 80 mins p104 5.30pm Music Videos 70 mins p39 5.45pm Loveless Zoritsa 80 mins p111 6.00pm Laurentie 120 mins p135 8 20TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 6.15pm Shorts 5: Gone Astray 94 mins p180 6.30pm Orania 94 mins p113 8.00pm Wild in the Streets 84 mins p164 8.15pm Free Improvisation 109 mins p91 8.30pm Strings 85 mins p86 8.45pm Level 5 105 mins p56 9.00pm Sado Tempest 94 mins p145 SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 12.30pm The Internet Filmmaker 100 mins p35 12.45pm Laurentie 120 mins p135 1.00pm Vegetarian Cannibal 84 mins p122 1.15pm The Lottery of Birth 77 mins p77 1.30pm Center of Gravity 75 mins p168 3.00pm Die Standing Up 74 mins p128 3.15pm Noise Matters 123 mins p159 3.30pm Shorts: Best UK 94 mins p177 3.45pm Banaz: A Love Story 70 mins p74 4.00pm Bill Martell: Secrets of Action Screenwriting 90 mins p28 5.30pm Shorts 6: Animated Display 77 mins p174 5.45pm Be Seeing You 49 mins p55 6.00pm Confine 91 mins p78 6.15pm Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet 95 mins p36 6.30pm The Salesman 107 mins p137 8.00pm Indebted 94 mins p107 8.15pm In Search of Blind Joe Death 58 mins p93 8.30pm Dark Hearts 96 mins p151 8.45pm Nyman with a Movie Camera 67 mins p40 9.00pm Trashed 97 mins p87 SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 12.30pm The Salesman 107 mins p137 12.45pm Production Design Workshop 100 mins p42 1.00pm Heavy Girls 101 mins p106 1.15pm Zero Killed 86 mins p123 1.30pm A Road Stained Crimson 110 mins p144 3.00pm Anatomy of a Reel: The Underwater Realm 120 mins p22 3.15pm Flower in the Slime 100 mins p130 20TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 9 3.30pm Don’t Dare to Stop Love 54 mins p142 3.45pm Shorts 1: Vexations in Transit 87 mins p189 4.00pm Ivan’s Dream 108 mins p108 5.30pm Shorts 2: Sculptured in Time 87 mins p184 5.45pm The State of Shock 93 mins p120 6.00pm Me @ The Zoo 92 mins p156 6.15pm Over My Dead Body 80 mins p136 6.30pm Percival’s Big Night 94 mins p161 8.00pm Without a Net 60 mins p165 8.15pm The Second Execution of Romell Broom 97 mins p118 8.30pm Black Smoke Rising 103 mins p76 8.45pm The Ascent 94 mins p98 9.00pm Missed Connections 81 mins p157 MONDAY 1 OCTOBER 12.30pm Bill Martell: Writing Horror 90 mins p28 12.45pm The Lottery of Birth 77 mins p82 1.00pm Shorts 1: Vexations in Transit 87 mins p189 1.00pm How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song 104 mins p154 1.30pm Me @ The Zoo 100 mins p156 3.00pm Vinyl 85 mins p88 3.15pm Loveless Zoritsa 80 mins p111 3.30pm Sado Tempest 94 mins p145 3.45pm Confine 91 mins p78 4.00pm Banaz: A Love Story 70 mins p74 5.30pm Winter Passed 73 mins p138 5.45pm Prime Cuts 90 mins p41 6.00pm Ballroom Dancer 80 mins p100 6.15pm Shorts 3: Semiotext(e) Fiction 76 mins p185 6.30pm Frank 93 mins p79 8.00pm Corrode 92 mins p169 8.15pm Shorts 12: The Grafters 118 mins p181 8.30pm Culture Shock 85 mins p150 8.45pm Sunset Strip 100 mins p96 9.00pm Locked in a Garage Band 86 mins p155 TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER 12.30pm Bill Martell: Take ’em in Ten 90 mins p28 12.45 Orania 94 mins p113 1.00pm Shorts 2: Sculptured in Time 87 mins p184 1.15pm A Road Stained Crimson 110 mins p144 10 20TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 1.30pm Wild in the Streets 84 mins p164 3.00pm Trashed 97 mins p87 3.15pm Indebted 94 mins p107 3.30pm Strings 85 mins p86 3.45pm Missed Connections 77 mins p157 4.00pm Dark Hearts 96 mins p151 5.30pm About the Pink Sky 113 mins p140 5.30pm Consuming Spirits 130 mins p149 6.00pm Glorious Deserter 87 mins p104 6.15pm Shorts 4: Octane City 100 mins p183 6.30pm Despite the Gods 85 mins p170 8.00pm Shanghai Gypsy 124 mins p119 8.15pm Black Biscuit 127 mins p75 8.30pm Live!Ammunition! 120 mins p38 8.45pm Mon Ami 102 mins p158 9.00pm My Universe in Lower Case 90 mins p132 WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 12.30pm Bill Martell: Your Idea Machine 90 mins p28 12.45pm Over My Dead Body 80 mins p136 1.00pm Shorts 3: Semiotext(e) Fiction