When you include 'found footage' into the chat talking about a horror even some hardcore horror fans would run a mile, however give the tired sub genre a break as there's been a few films worth a look. One of those films is Barry Levinson's The Bay which is heading to midnight Madness screenings at Toronto Film Festival and tonight we have the official theatrical trailer.
The Bay is centred around the small town of Chesapeake Bay when a deadly parasite is found in the towns war supply causing panic, terror within the public. Whilst many Found footage films look low budget probably Blair witch, Paranormal Activity as their influences The Bay seems to be inspired by the likes of George C Romero's The Crazies, Night Of The Creeps, Dawn of The Dead giving the film some solidity. The trailer does reveal a little too much but there's enough body horror, gore to scare the heevie jeevies out of you. On paper would you really think The Bay is a film made by the man who brought us Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam? Probably not but its worth a look when it comes.
Don't know exactly when this one will arrive in UK or even if its a direct to DVD release, however after Toronto the Bay has a November 2nd Cinema release in USA. The Bay stars Will Rogers, Steven Kunken, Kether Donohue, Frank Deal, Christopher Denham and Kristin Connelly.
The quaint seaside town of Chesapeake Bay thrives on water; it is the lifeblood of the community. When two biological researchers from France find a staggering level of toxicity in the water, they attempt to alert the mayor, but he refuses to create a panic in the docile town. As a result, a deadly plague is unleashed, turning the people of Chesapeake Bay into hosts for a mutant breed of parasites that take control of their minds, and eventually their bodies. A brutal and harrowing creature feature for the 21st century, THE BAY chronicles the descent of a small town into absolute terror.
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introduces some truly iconic images, not least of which is the one of
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time at all, the party descends into a hellish scene of utter carnage as
partygoers begin feeding on each other with a crazed bloodlust. Amidst
the ensuing chaos, Koldo and Clara become separated as those still in
control of their human minds and bodies seek whatever refuge they can
find. Although apart, the newlyweds know deep in their hearts that each
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This morning the 56th BFI London Film Festival
announced its line up for this years festivities revealing a new
competitive look. The new look is to get in line with the premier
international festivals will be launching it’s own formal competition
with 12 films going head to head for the inaugural competition which
will include films from Michael Winterbottom (Everyday), Martin McDonagh (seven psychopaths), David Ayer (End Of Watch) and Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone).
The revamped festival has also seens its ‘strands’ get the new look
too with a selection of films based around those strands which are Love,
Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic and Family. Films
such as Michael Haneke‘s Palme d’Or winner(and now Austria Oscar entry) Amour representing ‘love’ and Ben Wheatley’s darkly comical Sightseers ‘laughs’. One notable world premier is Crossfire Hurricane
by Brett Morgen celebrating The Rolling Stones 50 years in rock, a
screening the band is expected to attend and the screening will be
simultaneously in selected UK cinemas.
Below is a highly detailed press release sent to us from BFI which gives out more information on other films been shown. 56th BFI London Film Festival will take place on 10th October until 21st October, as usual we will do our best coverage as we can.
London, Wednesday 5 September: The
programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with
American Express launched today under the new creative leadership of
BFI’s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a
rich and diverse programme of international films and events from both
established and upcoming talent over a 12 day celebration of cinema. The
Festival will screen a total of 225 fiction and documentary features,
including 14 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres and 34 European
Premieres. There will also be screenings of 111 live action and
animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are
expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other
special events. The 56th BFI London Film Festival will run from 10-21
October 2012.
This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s
format. Now taking place over 12 days, the Festival expands further
from its traditional Leicester Square cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West
End, Odeon Leicester Square and Empire – and the BFI Southbank to
include four additional new venues – Hackney Picturehouse, Renoir,
Everyman Screen on the Green and Rich Mix, which join existing London
venues the ICA, Curzon Mayfair, Ritzy Brixton and Ciné Lumière. GALAS
The Festival opens with the European Premiere of Tim Burton’s 3D
animation FRANKENWEENIE, whilst Mike Newell’s visually stunning
adaptation of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, starring Helena Bonham Carter and
Ralph Fiennes will close the Festival, with key talent from both films
expected to attend. Among the highly anticipated Galas is the American
Express Gala World Premiere of CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, a documentary
celebrating 50 years of rock legendsThe Rolling Stones who are also
expected to attend the Festival. For the first time this year both the
Opening Night Gala and the American Express Gala red carpet events and
screenings will be screened simultaneously to cinemas across the UK.
Other Galas include the American Airlines Gala of Dustin Hoffman’s
directorial debut, QUARTET, featuring an outstanding British cast
including Dame Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Michael Gambon; and Ben
Affleck directs and stars in the Accenture Gala presentation of
political thriller ARGO which he also produced with George Clooney.
British film directors making their mark this year include Paul Andrew
Williams with London-based comedy drama, SONG FOR MARION, which screens
as The Mayfair Hotel Gala and features a sterling cast headed by
Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton and Christopher
Eccleston; and Roger Michell, whose HYDE PARK ON HUDSON is the
Centrepiece Gala supported by the Mayor of London, stars Bill Murray,
Laura Linney, Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams and is set on the eve of
WWII when the King and Queen of England make a visit to see Franklin D
Roosevelt in upstate New York. Nintendo Gala THE SAPPHIRES, is an
inspirational Australian musical comedy set in the 60s starring comic
man of the moment Chris O’Dowd, who appears alongside Australian Idol
star Jessica Mauboy; and THE SESSIONS, is a moving drama, based on a
true story with superb performances from John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and
William H. Macy. AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
The BFI London Film Festival Awards have undergone a significant change
this year by introducing competitive sections that are given much more
prominence in the Festival campaign and programme. The Best Film Award
in partnership with American Express; the Sutherland Award for Best
First Feature and the Grierson Award for Best Documentary will now be
presented to the winning films from three programme sections: Official
Competition, First Feature Competition and Documentary Competition. Each
section is open to international and British films and 12 films have
been shortlisted for each Competition. Official Competition
The inaugural Official Competition line-up, recognising inspiring,
inventive and distinctive filmmaking, includes four European premieres:
· Michael Winterbottom’s EVERYDAY
· Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa
· Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children
· Martin McDonagh’sSeven Psychopaths Together with UK premieres of
· Michel Franco’sAfter Lucia
· David Ayer’sEnd of Watch
· Rama Burshtein’s Fill the Void
· Daniele Ciprì’sIt Was the Son
· François Ozon’sIn the House
· Cate Shortland’sLore
· Pablo Larraín’sNo
· Jacques Audiard’sRust and Bone
Titles in consideration for the First Feature Competition recognising an original and imaginative directorial debut are: 3 European premieres
· Masaaki Akahori’s The Samurai that Night
· Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus
· Barry Berk’s Sleeper’s Wake
and 9 UK premieres
· Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild
· Tom Shkolnik’s The Comedian
· Maja Miloš’ Clip
· Gabriela Pichler’sEat Sleep Die
· Sally El Hosaini’sMy Brother the Devil
· Kleber Mendonça Filho’sNeighbouring Sounds
· Scott Graham’s Shell
· Andrey Gryazev’sTomorrow
· Haifaa Al Mansour’sWadjda In the Documentary Competition category, in partnership
with the Grierson Trust, recognising documentaries with integrity,
originality, and social or cultural significance, the Festival is
screening: 4 World Premieres
· Charlie Paul’s For No Good Reason
· Nick Ryan’s The Summit
· Sarah Gavron’s Village at the End of the World
· Greg Olliver’s Turned Towards the Sun 1 International Premiere
· Sébastien Lifshitz’s Les Invisibles 4 European Premieres
· Jay Bulger’s Beware of Mr Baker
· Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
· Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa:Silence in the House of God
· Amy Berg’s West of Memphis 3 UK Premieres
· Katja Gauriloff’s Canned Dreams
· Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns’ The Central Park Five
· Ulises Rosell’s The Ethnographer
Closing the Awards section is the prize for Best British Newcomer, in
partnership with Swarovski, which highlights new British talent and is
presented to an emerging writer, actor, producer or director. The
recipient of this prize will also receive a £5,000 bursary, courtesy of
Swarovski.
This year’s nominees are:
1. Rowan Athale – director/screenwriter Wasteland
2. Sally El Hosaini – director/screenwriter My Brother the Devil 3. Fady Elsayed – actor My Brother the Devil
4. Scott Graham – director/screenwriter Shell
5. Eloise Laurence – actor Broken
6. Rufus Norris – director Broken 7. Chloe Pirrie actor Shell
8. Tom Shkolnik – director/screenwriter The Comedian STRANDS / PATHWAYS
This year significant changes have been made to the structure of the
Festival programme with new focused categories that are clustered around
the themes of Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic
and Family. With over 200 features screened during the Festival this new
approach is designed to help Festival goers find the films that mean
the most to them and to open up entry points for new audiences. LOVE
Sweet, passionate, tough – LOVE is a complex and many splendoured thing.
The Love Gala is Michael Haneke’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner AMOUR, with Haneke making a welcome return to the Festival this year.
Other titles in this section include: BROKEN starring Tim Roth and
Cillian Murphy; Ira Sachs’ KEEP THE LIGHTS ON; Xavier Dolan’s LAURENCE
ANYWAYS; Liz Garbus’ documentary tribute to Marilyn Monroe LOVE,
MARILYN; ROBOT AND FRANK starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon, and
Ursula Meier’s SISTER with Léa Seydoux and Gillian Anderson. DEBATE
Riveting films that amplify, scrutinise, argue and surprise screen in the DEBATE sectionand this year’s Gala is the European Premiere of THEPERVERT’S
GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY an absorbing documentary sequel to THE PERVERT’S
GUIDE TO CINEMA from Sophie Fiennes featuring renegade philosopher and
bionic cineaste Slavoj Žižek who also takes part in an ‘In Conversation’
event during the Festival.
Other highlights in this section include Marco Bellocchio’s DORMANT
BEAUTY featuring Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert, Thomas Vinterberg’s
THE HUNT featuring Mads Mikkelsen’s Cannes award-winning performance,
and the European Premiere of ZAYTOUN. DARE
In-your-face, up-front and arresting, the films in DARE
will take audiences out of their comfort zone. The Dare Gala is Mira
Nair’s Venice-opener THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, starring Kate Hudson,
Kiefer Sutherland, Riz Ahmed and Liev Schreiber.
Other highlights in this strand include: the European Premiere of
HELTER SKELTER featuring Japanese supermodel Erika Sawajiri, the World
Premiere of KELLY + VICTOR Kieran Evans’ adaptation of the acclaimed
novel by Niall Griffiths, and the International Premiere of Antonio
Campos’ SIMON KILLER, Carlos Reygadas’ Cannes-winner POST TENEBRAS LUX,
Pablo Trapero’s gripping and intelligent drama, WHITE ELEPHANT, and
Sergei Loznitsa’s critically celebrated IN THE FOG. LAUGH
From laugh out loud through romantic comedy to dry and understated – humour in all its forms can be seen in the LAUGH
section. A romantic caravan trip quickly descends into chaos when a
young couple’s dream holiday takes a wrong turn in acclaimed British
director Ben Wheatley’s dark comedySIGHTSEERS which has its UK premiere as the Laugh Gala.
Other titles in this strand include the International Premiere of
Bollywood-meets-Tollywood Amelie style AIYYA, the UK Premiere of
romantic comedy CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER starring Rashida Jones and
Andy Samberg and the European Premiere of Stephen Gyllenhaal’s
GRASSROOTS, and the International Premiere of Australian cricketing
‘bro’mantic comedy SAVE YOUR LEGS! THRILL
The films in THRILL are nerve shredders that will get
the adrenalin pumping and keep audiences on the edge of their seat; The
Gala presentation for this section is the World Premiere of Bollywood
action epic CHAKRAVYUH, directed by Prakash Jha who will be attending
the Festival.
Other highlights in this section include: controversial Sundance hit
COMPLIANCE, Nordic Noir double bill of EASY MONEY and its sequel; the
Berlin Golden Bear winner CAESAR MUST DIE and Korean box office smash
NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME. CULT
The CULT section features films from the mind-altering
and unclassifiable, to fantasy, sci-fi and horror. The Cult Gala is the
European Premiere of A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY chronicling the life of
Monty Python’s Graham Chapman through multiple animation styles and
featuring Chapman’s fellow Pythons in the voice cast.
Other highlights in this section include: ANTIVIRAL, the feature film
debut of Brandon Cronenberg; the International Premiere of Actress
Katie Aselton’s directorial outing, the survival horror BLACK ROCK;
Japanese maestro Takashi Miike’s FOR LOVE’S SAKE and Juan Carlos
Medina’s fantasy horror PAINLESS, along with documentaries MY AMITYVILLE
HORROR, THE JEFFREY DAHMER FILES, and ROOM 237. JOURNEY
Whether it’s the journey or the destination, the films in JOURNEY will transport and shift perspectives.
Celebrated Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns to the Festival
with BEYOND THE HILLS screening as the Journey Gala . The film won Best
Screenplay at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where actresses Cristina
Flutur and Cosmina Stratan also shared best actress award.
Other titles in this strand include: riveting Moroccan drama HORSES
OF GOD, Raymond Depardon and Claudine Nougaret’s documentary JOURNAL DE
FRANCE, Jem Cohen’s MUSEUM HOURS, Michel Gondry’s THE WE AND THE I and
the World Premiere of Marc Isaac’s new documentary about the A5 –THE
ROAD: A STORY OF LIFE AND DEATH SONIC
Music inspired films and events that will have audiences dancing in the aisles can be discovered in SONIC.
Highlights in the Sonic screening programme include Mat Whitecross’
coming-of-age story SPIKE ISLAND about an Indie band of 1990 vintage,
who are determined to see their heroes The Stone Roses; GOOD VIBRATIONS,
the biopic of Terri Hooley, Belfast’s Godfather of Punk, which was
declared the best Irish film at Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year;
and world music is represented with films from Africa and Chile,
KINSHASA KIDS and VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN.
The Festival is delighted to include two popular events from the
year-round programme at BFI Southbank for the first time – BUG and Sonic
Cinema, both celebrating the links between music and film. Sonic Cinema
presentations include a focus on the Sigur Ros Valtari Mystery Film
Experiment featuring premieres of new clips and, in celebration of Warp
Films’ 10th Birthday, a special presentation of Shane
Meadow’s THIS IS ENGLAND screening with a live score from composer
Ludovico Einaudiand and musician Gavin Clark. Regular BUG host Adam
Buxton will present a special artist focus with talent to be announced. FAMILY
The Festival showcases films for all ages in its FAMILY
section and this year’s Family Gala is ERNEST & CELESTINE, the
delightful animated story of an unlikely friendship between a bear and a
mouse from the directors of A TOWN CALLED PANIC. In addition to Opening
Night Gala FRANKENWEENIE, there are five other animated features
screening in the Festival as well as an animated shorts programme. Three
of the family features are hand-drawn films from France, and WOLF
CHILDREN is the new hotly anticipated animated title from Japanese
director Mamoru Hosoda. SHORTS
An original and innovative line-up of short films and animation that will enthral audiences young and old make up this year’s SHORTS
programme including a dedicated section for younger audiences. Animated
shorts for children include THE SANDPIXIES: DA CAPO GEORGE, THE MISSING
MEATBALLS and I WANT TO SEE DWARFS.
Short film compilation programmes include Crime & Punishment with films featuring criminals, their actions and the consequences; Blood is Thicker Than Water with films examining interactions and relationships between friends, lovers and families and Obsessive and Compulsive with films that examine far-from-healthy obsessions.
Once again the London Calling section features a
selection of shorts from budding filmmakers from across the capital and
this year student films from some of the UK’s best film schools will be
showcased in Back to School
These short films feature a host of well known faces including:
Alison Steadman, Ralf Little, Tom Hollander, Martin Freeman, Stephen
Graham and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. EXPERIMENTA
This year’s the Festival will present its largest ever series of artists moving image programmes, culminating in the annual EXPERIMENTA
Weekend from 19-21 October 2012. In collaboration with the ICA, the
Festival will also present several screenings of artists’ films to
coincide with the Frieze Art Fair, from 10-13 October 2012. Peter
Kubelka’s new work ANTIPHON will screen with ARNULF RAINER in an
expanded projection event – Monument Film. Both films will be physically
installed on the walls of the BFI Southbank Atrium for the duration of
the Festival. The extraordinary presentation of Monument Film in the
NFT1 cinema forms the centrepiece of an Experimenta Weekend which is
full of outstanding visions. Thom Andersen, Nathaniel Dorsky and Laida
Lertxundi return with new films, whilst Mati Diop introduces her
award-winning work in London for the first time, and Beatrice Gibson
premieres THE TIGER’S MIND. TREASURES Treasures brings recently restored cinematic treasures from archives around the world to the Festival.
This year’s previously announced Archive Gala is the World Premiere
of the restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s THE MANXMAN at the Empire
Leicester Square with a live accompaniment by Stephen Horne. The Gala
marks the grand finale of the BFI’s The Genius of Hitchcock project which commenced in June 2012 and is currently screening at BFI Southbank.
Digital restoration can have spectacular results, as shown in, David
Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, the full length director’s cut of the brand
new 4K digital restoration which will premiere at the NFT1 showcasing
BFI Southbank’s new 4K projector for the first time. The screening will
be accompanied by a presentation from Grover Crisp, who will give a talk
about the restoration work. Sir Laurence Olivier’s iconic RICHARD III
also benefits from a fully restored print which will be screened at the
Festival. Other highlights include silent movie THE SPANISH DANCER, a
lavish costume romp with a live piano accompaniment; the BFI-backed
revival of Roman Polanski’s TESS; a newly made documentary BERGMAN &
MAGNANI:THE WAR OF VOLCANOES screening alongside a restoration of
Roberto Rossellini’s VIAGGIO IN ITALIA and the latest restoration by
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, AFTER THE CURFEW which is a
political commentary on what happened after Indonesia was liberated from
Dutch occupation. EVENTS And EXHIBITIONS
The EVENTS programme features the highly anticipated Screen Talks and Masterclasses.
This year’s Screen Talks in partnership with American Express,
includes celebrated author Salman Rushdie whose adaptation of his own
novel MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN screens in Official Competition and Academy
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney who is at the Festival
with his new film MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD in
Documentary Competition. The Masterclasses, presented in partnership with Swarovski,
feature leading music supervisor Ian Neil (SPIKE ISLAND) and production
design team David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco who designed Martin
McDonagh’s SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS. Time Out continues to support the free
access ‘In Focus’ events, which this year sees four events with a focus
on British Cinema.
The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition supported by American Express is
taking place at the Festival Village, Southbank Centre. In addition, the
Festival is proud to be working alongside the V&A’s major autumn
exhibition Hollywood Costume with two events celebrating the role of
costume on film and featuring the exhibition’s senior curator, the
Academy Award- nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis. FILM GUESTS
Guests expected to attend include: Alex Gibney, Alice Englert, Alice
Lowe, Allison Abbate, Barnaby Southcombe, , Ben Wheatley, Benh Zeitlin,
Benjamin Renner, Billy Connolly, Brandon Cronenberg, Cate Shortland,
Catherine O’Hara, Charlie Paul,Charlie Watts, Charlotte Rampling, Chris
O’Dowd, Cristian Mungiu, David Walliams, David Nicholls, David Wasco,
Deepa Mehta, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Marsan, Elle Fanning, François Ozon,
Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Neil, Jacques
Audiard, Jake Schreier, Jeremy Irvine, Julian Roman Pölsler , Keith
Richards,Liz Garbus, Marion Cotillard, Martin McDonagh, Martina Gedeck,
Martin Landau, Martin Short, Matthias Schoenaerts, Melvil Poupaud,
Michael Haneke, Michael Palin, Mick Jagger,Mike Newell, Nick Murphy,
Paolo Taviani, Pablo Larraín, Paul Andrew Williams, Pauline Collins,
Quvenzhanée Wallis, Ronnie Wood, Rufus Norris, Sally EI Hosaini, Sally
Potter, Salman Rushdie, Rodney Ascher, Sandy Reynolds Wasco, Saskia
Rosendahl, Slavoj Žižek, Sophie Fiennes, Steve Oram, Suzanne
Cléement,Tamzin Outhwaite, Terry Jones, Thomas Bidegain, Tim Burton, Tom
Courtenay, Winona Ryder.
The Festival will announce its complete guest line-up in early October.
Behind a secret door deep in Soho lies members club Apartment 58, this year playing host to the programme announcement of the Raindance Film Festival. The independently minded festival is in its 20th year and celebrated this milestone by receiving more submissions from more countries than ever before. Those selected play out at the festival’s home of Apollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus from 26th September to 7th October and feature an impressive blend of World, International, European and UK Premieres.
Opening the Festival is acclaimed Mexican feature Here Comes the Devil, forming part of the Latin American strand of the line-up which showcases the flourishing world of Latin American and Mexican cinema in all its varying scope. Also under this strand comes Sal, an Argentinean/ Chilean film likened to the worlds dreamt up by Sergio Leone and Quentin Tarintino as well as the already-well-received From Tuesday to Tuesday from Argentina.
Continuing Raindance’s fondness of all things continental, this years European strand focuses on, but is by no means limited to, Eastern Europe with films from Serbia, The Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying and Croatia Vegetarian Cannibal hotly tipped to impress and appal in equal measure.
Away from the subtitled films this years Raindance supports a wide range of UK and US cinema as well as shining a spotlight on (largely French speaking) Quebec with the Canadian province contributing 4 features and 1 documentary to this years line-up. Festival goers will be able to assess the acting chops of Daisy Lowe in her big screen debut alongside fellow young Brit from the gossip pages, Alfie Allen, in Confine. If that sounds all a bit too young and fresh, other UK films even things out with Tom Conti starring in romantic comedy City Slacker and Derek Jacobi bringing Caesar into the 21st century, complete with real life prisoners, in String Caesar.
Documentaries continue to be supported by the festival with everything from alien cover-ups (Hidden Hand) to Jeremy Irons’ environmental concerns (Trashed) being covered in the healthy looking Documentary strand of Raindance. Zero Killed blurs the lines of documentary and feature films in a dark look at murder fantasies while Banaz – A Love Story chronicles the brutal honour killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British woman in London killed by her own family for choosing a life for herself.
There is also an international selection making up the shorts programme featuring the intriguing prospect of the Chuck Palahniuk short film Romance, based on his own story. The Fight Club author will be a guest at Raindance introducing his film as well as hosting a fund-raising dinner for the Independent Film Trust (IFT), the UK charity which works to promote the cause of independent film-making.
Retrospectives celebrating the work of Trent Harris and late French auteur Chris Marker complete what promises to be an exciting line-up.
- Matthew Walsh
Below is the official press release and trailer from the festival. We do hope to attend the festival and will bring you coverge at Cinehouse and The People's Movies.
The Raindance Film Festival announces its 20th festival programme at today’s press launch at London’s APARTMENT 58. This year’s lineup includes 105 features and over 138 shorts and 64 UK Premieres, 13 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres, 20 World Premieres and 24 Directorial Debuts
from 38 countries with another exceptional year of internationally
acclaimed films, special live events, exclusive Q&As and
masterclasses. The festival will take place from 26th September to 7th
October at its home of Apollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus SW1Y 4LR.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the
International Premiere of HERE COMES THE DEVIL – a powerful fantasy
horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their
children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids
eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they
are not who they used to be and that something terrifying has changed
them. The Opening Night afterparty will feature band The Real Tuesday
Weld which The Sunday Times calls: “beautiful...giddily recalls
Gainsbourg, Pulp, Cole Porter, early Disney soundtracks and seedy
postwar revue bars” and received their Album of the Week.
Closing the festival on Sunday 7th October is the UK
Premiere of 7 CRATES – from Paraguay and fresh from its screening in
Toronto Film Festival’s vanguard section. The film focusses on Victor,
17, who lives in Asunción and dreams of having a TV set. He agrees to
deliver seven boxes in exchange for 100 dollars. It sounds like nothing
could be easier, but the boxes contain something everyone
wants.Raindance is thrilled this year to celebrate a stellar LATIN
AMERICAN STRAND featuring some exceptional films from Latin America and
Mexico, including this year’s opening night film from Mexico Here Comes
the Devil. Also from the region we have Die Standing Up (Winner of Best
Mexican Documentary at the Guadalajara Film Festival) and My Universe
in Lower Case (Winner of Best Mexican debut feature at the Guadalajara
Film Festival) both from Mexico, Sal – a Sergio Leone, Tarantino
influenced feature from Argentina/Chile and Tuesday to Tuesday from
Argentina/Spain.
The UK HOMEGROWN STRAND will showcase the best in
British filmmaking talent, including three World Premieres: Love
Tomorrow written and directed by Christopher Payne, Produced by
Stephanie Moon and co-produced by Emmy Award-winning dance
producers/filmmakers The Ballet Boyz, Love Tomorrow is about a tentative
friendship that grows into something more when two dancers meet by
chance on the streets of London; City Slacker, comedy starring Tom Conti
from the writer of Dummy which previously screened at Raindance and
Confine starring Daisy Lowe and Alfie Allen and Directed by Tobias
Tobbell about a heist which goes wrong. Also in this year’s UK strand is
String Caesar, featuring Derek Jacobi as Caesar alongside real life
prisoners bringing Julius Caesar into the 21st Century.
Exciting films emerge from the AMERICAN INDIE STRAND
this year, including the World Premiere of Dark Hearts directed by Rudol
Buitendach, former prize winner at Raindance and starring Sonja Kinski,
daughter of Nastassja Kinski; The Grief Tourist Directed by Suri
Krishnama (also a former Raindance prize winner) starring Melanie
Griffith and Michael Cudlitz; Mon Ami which recently screened to much
acclaim at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival is Fargo meets Dumb and
Dumber in a horror movie disguised as a buddy comedy; Me and You At the
Zoo which screened at Sundance and provides a cautionary tale as it
chronicles several years in the endlessly self-recorded life of Chris
Crocker, who won fame with his 207 “Leave Britney Alone!” YouTube rant.
From the EUROPEAN STRAND comes Heavy Girls – an
ultra-low budget feature from Germany about love and dementia; The
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying is a contemporary
romantic comedy from Serbia and Vegetarian Cannibal - a multiple
award-winner at the Pula Film Festival where it took both Best Director
and Best Actor amongst others and Directed by Branko Schmidt from
Croatia.
An extraordinary DOCUMENTARY STRAND kicks off with the
legendary Jeremy Irons and composer Vangelis who will be in attendance
for the excellent green documentary Trashed. Also featuring is EBE
award-winning feature documentary Hidden Hand which examines the
phenomena surrounding UFOs, Extra Terrestrials, alien abduction and the
US secret military cover-up of supposed E.T. contact; the multi-award
winning Zero Killed the documentary/feature hybrid directed by Michal
Kosakowski who has been asking people with different backgrounds about
their murder fantasies; the World Premiere of Orania which examines a
community of Whites Only which exists in the heart of South Africa and
Banaz – A Love Story, which chronicles the brutal honour killing of
Banaz Mahmod, a young British woman in London, killed by her own family
for choosing a life for herself.
A unique spotlight on QUEBEC this year includes 4
Features and 1 Documentary – including Over My Dead Body, a documentary
on enfant terrible of the dance world, Dave St. Pierre who also suffers
from cystic fibrosis and The Salesman about the perennial car salesman
of the month starring Gilbert Sicotte.
There are three films focusing on dance. The feature, Love Tomorrow from
the Ballet Boyz, the documentary on Dave St Pierre, Over My Dead Body
and Ballroom Dancer from Denmark.
Continuing the festival's longstanding affiliation with music, the RAINDANCE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRAND
is dedicated to music and alternative culture and this year features My
Father and the Man in Black - presenting the untold story of ‘bad boy’
Johnny Cash and his talented but troubled manager Saul Holiff and
Soundbreaker about Finland’s most daring contemporary musician Kimmo
Pohjonen.
An exciting selection of international shorts makes it to the final SHORTS PROGRAMME
at Raindance this year with some of the biggest names in Hollywood –
including: Charlotte Rampling in The End; Charles Dance and Jenny
Agutter in Mapmaker, Malcolm McDowell for No Rest For The Wicked,
Jennifer Lopez in Life & Freaky Times Of Uncle Luke, Nick Moran in
82, Phil Jupitus and Josie Lawrence star in No Prisoner and Wonder
starring Diana Hardcastle (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Henry
Goodman (Notting Hill), directed and scored by Johnny Daukes. One of the
programmed shorts will win Film Of The Festival Award - which will
automatically go into the Oscars™ shortlist for best short film.
Raindance Film Festival is one of only two British film festivals with
this honour.
In addition, Raindance will welcome American novelist and journalist Chuck Palahniuk
to the festival, best known for writing Fight Club. Palahniuk will
introduce his short film Romance which is based on one of his stories as
well as host a fund-raising dinner for the Independent Film Trust (IFT), the UK charity which works to promote the cause of independent film-making.
Raindance is also extremely pleased to announce two very diverse retrospectives. One celebrating the life and work of the French auteur Chris Marker represented by three films never seen in the UK, including Sunless and Level 5, and a very special Trent Harris Retrospective,
who is best known for Plan 10 from Outer Space, which debuted at
Raindance in 1996. Rubin and Ed and The Beaver Trilogy starring Sean
Penn and Crispin Glover are both screening at this year’s festival.
Trent Harris will also be in attendance to launch the retrospective.
Raindance Film Festival Founder Elliot Grove said:
“Raindance: 20 years on and the independent film spirit is stronger than
ever. This year’s collection of outstanding films proves that despite
the difficult international economic climate, independent filmmakers
continue to amaze, impress and entertain.”
Raindance Film Festival Award winners will be announced on Saturday 6 October, 6pm at the Apollo Cinema West End.
The Raindance Film Festival runs from Wednesday 26th September to Sunday
7th October 2012 at the APOLLO CINEMA: West End, 19 Lower Regent St,
SW1Y 4LR. For tickets please log onto the Apollo website.
Tickets can be booked online at www.raindance.org or by telephone on: 08712 240242 from September 10th
Studiocanal have released the stunning new UK trailer for Rust & Bone. A new romantic drama from the director of A ProphetJacques Audiard and starring Oscar award winning actress Marion Cotillard(The Dark Knight Rises).The film also stars Matthias Schoenaerts and tells the story of an unlikely relationship between a couple whose relationship blossom thanks to an unlikely accident.
Jacques
Audiard, acclaimed director of A Prophet and The Beat That My Heart
Skipped, returns with this powerful, tender romantic drama about two
people from very different worlds seeking redemption in each other.
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose, Inception) stars as Stephanie, a
killer whale trainer who late one night meets Alain (Matthias
Schoenaerts, Bullhead) in a fracas at the nightclub where he works as a
bouncer. Put in charge of his young son, Alain has come from Belgium to
Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain’s
bond with Stephanie grows deeper after she suffers a horrible accident,
bringing the two together once more.
Since winning her Oscar for La Vie en Rose, Marion Cotillard
has certainly excelled herself in Hollywood with some fantastic and at
times challenging roles.So it's always refreshing to see and actor
return to their homeland and act in their native tongue, Rust & Bone looks potentially another strong film which could see her possibly challenge for Oscar glory once more.Since Rust & Bone
opened away back at Cannes(Audiard missing out on Michael Haneke for
the Palme d'Or) it has been lapping up critical praise where ever the
film has been been shown and this trailer highlights the beautiful
cinematography, heartfelt powerful performances from it's lead pair. If
there's one reason to finally check out foreign language films for first
time, Rust & Bone may just be that film when it arrives in UK&Ireland November 2nd.
There seems to be something that's been added to the French water supply the past couple of years as they seem create some extra ordinary feel good films. Last year it was The Artist and later this month we might just have the second one, Untouchable and tonight we've been sent the film's UK trailer. Starring François Cluzet (Little White Lies), Omar Sy (Micmacs) a film that's boasting worldwide box office sales, out grossing the likes of Harry Potter, Titanic, Marvel’s The Avengers in certain parts of the world making it France's second biggest box office hit of all time.Surprise surprise Bob and Harvey Weinstein just happen to be the films executive producers just like The Artist!
The film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a disabled millionaire (François Cluzet) and his street smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy). The pair who, on the surface, seem to have nothing in common find a camaraderie rooted in honesty and humour in one of the must-see films of 2012.
Directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache and also starring Audrey Fleurot (‘Spiral’), the film was nominated for a total of nine 2012 César Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, including Best Picture, and won Best Actor for breakout star Omar Sy. The film also won the Grand Prix award at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival. UNTOUCHABLE has received Audience Awards from U.S film festivals including San Francisco Film Festival, COL COA and the Nashville Film Festival.
With massive box office sales I would not at all be surprise if this one picks up even more awards, maybe Oscars? Who knows! No one expected The Artist to do so well until the awards season kicked off and we know the rest is history. The biggest winner from this film could be its star Omar Sy which could see him get some bigger roles not just in his homeland of France possibly Hollywood!
Untouchable will get a limited release on September 21st in London, with the film going on general release on 28th September.Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny and Clotilde Mollet also star
To celebrate the release of The Aggression Scale (Anchor Bay) on
Blu-ray and DVD on 3rd September, we've got three Blu-rays to give away!
“Home Alone” meets “First Blood” as two teen siblings take on a group
of vicious hitmen in this tense and brutal home invasion thriller from
up-and-coming genre director Steven C. Miller.
Released from prison on bail for 48 hours after being charged with
murder, ruthless crime boss Reg Bellavance is planning on avoiding a
life behind bars by skipping the country with his young son. But first
he needs to lay his hands on the illegally gained stash of cash he had
put aside to fund his departure. Bellavance places the task of finding
the money in the hands of hitman Lloyd and his accomplices, instructing
them to hunt down and kill anybody who could possibly have been involved
in the money’s disappearance. Their bloody trail of murder and
destruction eventually leads to the new home of Bill and Maggie Rutledge
and their kids, Lauren and Owen. On paper, this particular hit should
be the easiest and most rewarding of the lot. What Lloyd and his goons
don’t know – but are soon to find out – is emotionally disturbed Owen
has a secret history of violent behaviour that makes their exploits look
like child’s play in comparison.
To win the The Agression Scale on Blu-Ray please answer the Following Question:
Q.Director Steven C.Miller film he directed After The Aggression Scale premièred at last week's Film4 Frightfest in London, name that film?
Send Your Answer, Name, Address & Postcode to winatcinehouseuk@gmail.com Deadline for this comp Sunday 23rd September 2012(2359hrs), Must be Aged 18 or over to enter.
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Orson Welles’ The Trial was his penultimate feature length film. His last proved to be Falstaff : Chimes at Midnight but there are fragments of unfinished films such Don Quixote floating about.The Trial is a radical adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novel which itself was a radical novel, he changes the book’s already fragmented order up and changes the ending. Welles was offered the chance to make any film from a public domain source by the producer Alexander Salkindso and Welles eventually picked The Trial partly due his son’s insistence and after he re-read it. However he later found it wasn’t in public domain at that time (it now is) but the producer and Welles decided to continue with the project.
The plot is relatively simple Josef K. (played brilliantly by Anthony Perkins) is woken in his apartment by some police officers who arrest him for a crime he is accused of committing, however he is never told of his offence. This starts a increasing downward spiral for Josef K. and increasing surreal events.
Anthony Perkins gives a brilliant nervous wreck of a performance at Josef K. It also really shows his really underused acting talent that sadly few films showed Psycho and On The Beach are the only others that come to mind. The film has a extra level of surrealism by the fact Orson Welles dubbed a lot of characters himself (which he also did in some other films) and the blu-ray makes it a lot more obvious with some dubbing noticeably out of synch at times. Orson himself has a supporting role as a strange law advocate and it seems like Welles redubbed his lines in adr. It also stars French star Jeanne Moreau as Josef’s neighbour.
The film’s cinematography and sets’ are best Welles did since Citizen Kane with the exception of THAT tracking shot in Touch of Evil and that’s saying something! The film was mostly shot in Croatia (not Kafka’s native Czech Republic) and a lot of the sets weren’t sets at all but strange surreal futuristic buildings in the city of Zagreb.
The film’s structure is fragmented which is partly due to the novel’s structure. The film’s pacing is slightly off which is annoying at times but the film’s quality overcomes this. However it could probably loose about 15 minutes off it’s running time.
Overall it’s one of the most flawed masterpieces to be made, which was partly because it’s financial limitations. However Welles’ inventiveness makes a it’s one of his most fascinating films in a career of fascination. It also boosts a stunning performance from Anthony Perkins who deserved a lot more juicy parts in his career. It is also worth noting that Welles believed Josef was guilty but you can make your own mind u[.
A musical icon, an incredible story. His masterpiece will live forever, that legend is Claude Francois better known to his fans as CloClo. Tomorrow 3rd September, Studiocanal will release CloClo on DVD, Bluray and to celebrate the release we have 3 copies of the film on DVD to be won!
While England was rocked by The Beatles, France was going crazy for Claude François, aka CLOCLO. Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri (Hostage) and written by Julien Rappeneau (Burma Conspiracy, 36) CLOCLO is, in the vein of La Vie en Rose, a powerful biopic of one of the most famous French singers.
Starring Jérémie Renier (In Bruges, Potiche) CLOCLO
draws the portrait of a complex character who became a legend in his
country and reached international fame with his famous song Comme
D’Habitude adapted as My Way by Frank Sinatra.
The destiny of
Claude François, who died at the age of 39, continues to fascinate fans
more than 30 years later. He was a much-loved star and shrewd
businessman, great showman and marketing magician, hit machine and
magazine publisher, but also family man and ladies’ man.
CLOCLO is the fascinating story of a man whose ambition drove him straight to the top, but ultimately led him to a tragic end.
To win this film on DVD we have 3 copies to give away and to win a copy all you have to do is 3 things:
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Answer to 5+6 (include in email too)
Deadline for contest isSunday 23rd September 2012 (2359hrs)
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The Prize is to win Cloclo on 3 DVDs
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