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27MICHAEL POWELL AWARD COMPETITIONWORLD PREMIEREFlying BlindKatarzyna Klimkiewicz/UK/2012/93 minCast: Helen McCrory, Najib Oudghiri, Kenneth Cranham, Tristan GemmillSUN 24 JUNE 19:00 CINEWORLDMON 25 JUNE 20:50 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)A stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller. Helen McCrory stars as a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student while working on a government contract for an aircraft destined for military use. As the contract deadline nears, her doubts about her new lover mount, and she comes to understand the shadowy side of her professional career and her personal life.NEW PERSPECTIVESUK PREMIEREFirst PositionBess Kargman/USA/2011/90 minCast: Jules Jarvis Fogarty, Aran Bell, Gaya Bommer, Miko Fogarty, Michaela Deprince, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Rebecca HouseknechtTUE 26 JUNE 19:00 CINEWORLDSAT 30 JUNE 15:10 CINEWORLD PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Every year 5,000 dancers aged 9-19 compete in the Youth America Grand Prix, an international ballet competition, in the hope of winning scholarships and contracts with dance companies. We follow six inspiring young people as they strive to make their dreams of becoming professional dancers come true. The screening on 30 June will be followed by a Q&A on dance as a career, with Kerry Livingstone, Head of the Associates Programme at Scottish Ballet and Lecturer in Modern Ballet at the Royal Conservatoire.PHILIPPINE NEW WAVEUK PREMIEREFlorentina Hubaldo, CTELav Diaz/Philippines/2012/360 minCast: Hazel Orencio, Kristine Kintana, Noel Sto. Domingo, Willy Fernandez, Joel FerrerSAT 23 JUNE 12:15 FILMHOUSE 3PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)In a rural area of the Philippines, a father forces his daughter into prostitution. Somewhere else, two men embark upon a quest for a buried treasure. "As no other filmmaker, Lav Diaz is involved with the suffering of the people of the Philippines, with its history of colonialism, corruption and poverty. A philosophical drama about the psychological effects of injustice and arbitrariness" (Gertjan Zuilhof, programmer, International Film Festival Rotterdam).Please note that the film will be shown without intermission.NEW PERSPECTIVESINTERNATIONAL PREMIEREFlicker(Flimmer)Patrik Eklund/Sweden/2012/96 minCast: Kjell Bergqvist, Allan Svensson, Jacob Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Olle SarriSAT 23 JUNE 17:40 FILMHOUSE 1SUN 24 JUNE 13:00 FILMHOUSE 3PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)When a power cut strikes a small town in Northern Sweden, a chain reaction begins that sees sparks fly and lives change forever. Electricity allergies, lonely hearts, frustrating IT problems, and the ultimate solution for severe arachnophobia - the feature debut of Oscar®-nominated short director Patrik Eklund is a beautifully absurd, occasionally touching web of comical stories, endearingly brought to life by a charming ensemble cast.20 June - 1 JulyProud supporters of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012www.line.uk.comFLORENTINA HUBALDO, CTEFeATure FilmS, SHorTS & evenTS 28FUKUSHIMA: MEMORIES OF THE LOST LANDSCAPENEW PERSPECTIVESWORLD PREMIEREFredRichard Ledes/USA/2012/74 minCast: Elliott Gould, Fred Melamed, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Judith Roberts, Mfoniso UdofiaFRI 22 JUNE 20:30 CINEWORLDSAT 23 JUNE 20:50 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Following his previous feature, The Caller(2008), director Richard Ledes again calls on the deadpan comedic skills of Elliott Gould to play the eponymous Fred - a man stubbornly refusing to accompany his Alzheimer's suffering wife to her new care home. A comedy of errors akin to Woody Allen - if only for the casting of Fred Melamed and Stephanie Roth Haberle as Fred's exasperated son and daughter. This is also a delightfully imaginative look at the nature of transitions - geographical, psychological, and spiritual.PHILIPPINE NEW WAVEINTERNATIONAL PREMIEREForever Loved (Lawas Kan Pinabli)Christopher Gozum/Philippines/2012/195 minCast: Louie Rojas, Jo Paredes, Dindo Salinas, Sharon Manibpel, Joselito AlejoTUE 26 JUNE 17:50 FILMHOUSE 3PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)There are an estimated six million documented and one million undocumented migrant Philippine workers scattered throughout 200 countries all over the world. Every day, some 4,000 more join their ranks. Weaving recollections and letters from various migrant workers around the story of a Philippine man searching for his missing wife in a Middle Eastern city, Christopher Gozum creates an intimate, evocative and hypnotic mixture of documentary, poetry and fiction.SPECIAL SCREENINGSUK PREMIEREThe Fourth DimensionHarmony Korine, Aleksei Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski/UK, USA, Russia, Poland/2011/106 minCast: Val Kilmer, Igor Sergeev, Darya Ekamasova, Tomasz TyndykWED 27 JUNE 18:50 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Grolsch Film Works and VICE Films present The Fourth Dimension, a film that gives us a glimpse of enlightenment through the eyes of three one-of-a-kind characters. The three filmmakers - Fedorchenko, Korine and Kwiecinski - have created three unique stories that offer up their vision of this higher plane of existence, the Fourth Dimension. Each filmmaker takes his character on a journey that changes the way they see the world and themselves.Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012DON'T MISS 1 JULYLINE UP ANNOUNCED 21 JUNE @ NOONbestfthefestedfilmfest.org.ukFeATure FilmS, SHorTS & evenTSNEW PERSPECTIVESUK PREMIEREFukushima: Memories of the Lost Landscape Yojyu Matsubayashi/Japan/2011/109 minTHU 21 JUNE 20:05 FILMHOUSE 2SAT 23 JUNE 18:50 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker yojyu Matsubayashi, anxious to document the tragedy of the tsunami in northeast Japan and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, won the trust of the Tanakas, a middle-aged couple working to help people forced to evacuate their homes in the town of Minami-soma. Matsubayashi's portrait of the Tanakas' dedication and of the varying experiences and emotions of the evacuees creates a compelling image of loss and resilience.(Soma kanka: dai ichi bu - ubawareta tochi no kioku) |