The Festival of the Moving Image I Am Curious… cities in/on film 4-7 November 2008 Venue: The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre 15 Gordon Street London, WC1H 0AH http://www.thebloomsbury.com/findus
Committee (2008 edition): Dr. Claire Thomson (UCL Film Studies Programme, UCL-Department of Scandinavian Studies), Laura Brooks (UCL Film &TV Society), Encarna López (UCL Documentary Summer School EICTV-08), Frank Penter (UCL-Bloomsbury Theatre), Dr. Ger Duijzings (UCL-SSEES, London in Motion, UCL Urban Documentary Film Workshop), Prof. Stephen Hart (UCL-Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies) and Vladimir Smith (The British-Cuban Heritage Foundation).
Events: 1.-Exhibition photos collection 1968 events, 2.-Exhibition film posters; 3.-Selling of Cuban film posters, Cuban books and film studies books as part of the appeal for the Cuban film Archive by the British-Cuban Heritage Foundation. 4. - Magnum’s Photos-Exhibition on Havana.
Programme 1
Tuesday 4 November 2008 Havana and its Moving Image 9.30 am Opening Festival Followed by a screening of Memorias del subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment) Spanish with English subtitles Cuba Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón) Certificate: 12; Year: 1968 Run Time minutes: 96 (Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film, 80th birthday Titón) 11.45 am (To be confirmed) Sergio Núñez’s documentary about Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Este es Titón (This is Titón, 2006). Following by Magnum’s Photos-Exhibition on Havana. 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm: BREAK 2.15 pm Introduced by the director Enrique Colina Entre ciclones (Hurricanes) Spanish with English subtitles Cuba/Spain/France Director: Enrique Colina Certificate: 15; Year: 2003 Run Time minutes: 120 4.30 pm Introduced by Prof. Stephen Hart Chiaroscuro: The Making of El Megano (10 mins) UK 2008 Editor: Stephen Hart Following by short films of the Documentary Summer School (EICTV) organised by Prof. Stephen Hart (Supported by UCL Futures) Sudando la gota gorda (The Big Sweat) (8 mins) Alma (8 mins) Fieles a nuestra historia (True to Our History) (8 mins) Toda una vida (An Entire Life) (8 mins) Lo haría de nuevo (I’d Do It All Again) (8 mins) 6.00 pm – 7 pm: BREAK 7.30 pm Panel Discussion Q&A: Havana and its Moving Image (To be confirmed) Chair Prof. Stephen Hart; Enrique Colina and representatives of the EICTV-UCL documentary workshop.
Wednesday 5 November 2008 Beyond 1968: Dissidence, Cinema and the City 2
9.30 am I am curious: Yellow Sweden Swedish with English subtitles Director: Vilgot Sjöman Certificate: 15; Year: 1967; Run Time minutes: 120 11.40 pm. Short films introduced by the director Zelimir Zilnik Lipanjska gibanja (June Turmoil) Yugoslavia, With English subtitles Director: Zelimir Zilnik Certificate: 15; Year: 1968; Run Time minutes: 10 For more information see: http://www.zelimirzilnik.com/content/view/71/39/ Pioniri Maleni - Little Pioneers Yugoslavia, With English subtitles Director: Zelimir Zilnik Certificate: 15; Year: 1968; Run Time minutes: 18 http://www.zelimirzilnik.com/content/view/70/39/ Nezaposleni Ljudi - The Unemployed* (1968) 13 minutes Yugoslavia, With English subtitles Director: Zelimir Zilnik Certificate: 15; Year: 1968; Run Time minutes: 13 http://www.zelimirzilnik.com/content/view/69/39/ Crni film - Black film* (1971) Yugoslavia, With English subtitles Director: Zelimir Zilnik Certificate: 15; Year: 1971; Run Time minutes: 14 http://www.zelimirzilnik.com/content/view/72/39/ (To be confirmed) Following by Exhibition of Jan Kaplan’s collection of photos on Prague 1968
1.00 pm -2 pm: BREAK 2.15 pm Rojo amanecer (Red Dawn)
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Mexico, Spanish with English subtitles Director: Jorge Fons Certificate: 15; Year: 1989; Run Time minutes: 96 4.15 pm The Fever In English, USA/ UK Director: Carlo Nero Certificate: 15; Year: 2004; Run Time minutes: 83 6.00 pm – 7 pm: BREAK 7.30 pm Panel Discussion Q&A: Beyond 1968: Dissidence, Cinema and the City (To be confirmed) Chair Dr. Claire Thomson, Carlo Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Dr. Kevin Middlebrook, Dr. Ger Duijzings, Jan Kaplan, Želimir Žilnik, Swedish personality.
Thursday 6 November 2008 Literature and Authors in/on Film 4
9.30 am: Premiere in UK, El viajero inmóvil (The Motionless Passenger) Spanish with English subtitles, Cuba Director: Tomás Piard Certificate: 15; Year: 2008; Run Time minutes: 85 11: 00 pm Introduced by the director Frederic Amat Viaje a la luna (A Trip to the Moon) Spanish with English subtitles Spain Director: Frederic Amat Certificate: 15; Year: 1998; Run Time minutes: 20 11. 30 pm Introduced by the director Julián Quintanilla No pasa nada (Nothing is Going On) Spanish with English subtitles Spain Director: Julián Quintanilla Certificate: 15; Year: 2006; Run Time minutes: 12 12.00 pm- 1.00 pm: BREAK 1.00 pm Cecilia (1982) Spanish with English subtitles Cuba Director: Humberto Solás, Run Time minutes: 159 3.45 pm Introduced by Ignacio Durán (Producer Como agua para chocolate) Following screening of Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) Spanish with English subtitles Mexico Director: Alfonso Arau Certificate: 15; Year: 1992 Run Time minutes: 105 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm: BREAK 7.30 pm Panel Discussion Q&A: Literature and Authors in/on Film (To be confirmed) Chair Encarna López, Julián Quintanilla, Prof. María Delgado, Frederic Amat, Ignacio Durán and Tomás Piard.
Friday 7 November 2008 The Transcultural City, Films and Filmmakers 5
9.30 am UCL Film/Television Society 10.00 am Babel In English, in Spanish, in Japanese Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Certificate: 15; Year: 2006; Run Time minutes: 142 12.30 pm- 1.30 pm: BREAK 1.45 pm Children of Men In English Director: Alfonso Cuarón Certificate: 15; Year: 2006; Run Time minutes: 109 3.45 pm Introduced by the director Zelimir Zilnik Trdnjava Evropa (Fortress Europe) In Slovenian with English subtitles Director: Želimir Žilnik Certificate: Year: 2001; Run Time minutes: 88 5.15 pm It's a Free World... Director: Ken Loach Certificate: 15 Year: 2007; Run Time minutes: 96 7.00 pm – 8 pm: BREAK 8.00 pm Panel Discussion Q&A: The Transcultural City, Films and Filmmakers (To be confirmed) Chair Prof. Andrea Noble (University of Durham), Dr Geoffrey Kantaris (Cambridge University), Ken Loach, Alfonso Cuarón, Želimir Žilnik, UCL Film/Television Society, Dr. Ger Duijzings (UCL-SSEES) to introduce the London in Motion, UCL Urban Documentary Film Workshop.
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