02/09/2011
Showing Friday 02 September to Thursday 08 September
A loving tribute to the Paris painted by his father Pierre Auguste and the other Impressionists, Renoir’s digitally restored classic is one of the great colour films – and an entrancingly exquisite musical. Gabin is marvellous as the impresario Danglard, who plans to launch his latest club – the Moulin Rouge, as it happens – with an reinvigorated version of the cancan. That the dance would feature his new ‘discovery’ – lovely young Montmartre laundress Nini – only ignites the jealousy of his belly-dancer lover Lola…
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Showing Friday 02 September to Thursday 15 September
First-time writer/director Mona Achache’s charming and thoughtful film is the story of an unexpected encounter within an upper class Parisian apartment building. Paloma Josse is an exceptionally intelligent 11-year-old, who wants to end it all on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she documents her life and immediate circle, making astute and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in solitary concierge Renée Michel and enigmatic and elegant neighbour Mr Ozu.
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30/09/2011
Showing Friday 30 September to Thursday 06 October
The film that brought international recognition to Jacques Deray, and reunited former couple Alain Delon and Romy Schneider on screen with undeniably electric results, gloriously restored. Jean-Paul and Marianne spend lazy holidays at their borrowed villa in the idyllic South of France. However, when old friend Harry (Maurice Ronet) and his attractive teenage daughter Penelope (Jane Birkin) show up, the dreamy summer days are gradually filled with the unspoken tension of shifting desires and unresolved rivalries, unlikely to lead anywhere good…
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03/11/2011
3 November 2011 – 8:30pm – Part of the Africa in Motion 2011 Festival
Burkina Faso · Sarah Bouyain · France/Burkina Faso 2010 · 1h22m · Digibeta · Dioula and French with English subtitles · 15 · Fiction
Venue: Filmhouse Cinema 2
Watch on Ethical TV: Video 1
After the death of her father, Amy, a young mixed-raced woman, leaves Paris to go to Bobo in Burkina Faso to find her mother, from whom she was separated at the age of eight. When Amy gets there, she discovers only her aunt living in the compound of her childhood. Amy finds the rediscovery of one part of her identity comforting but also stifling. She encounters a city in which she no longer has a point of reference. Unbeknownst to Amy, her mother Miriam has been living for several years as an elusive shadow at the margins of society in France. Miriam meets Ester, the manager of a company in Paris where she is the office cleaner. Ester wants to learn Dioula, Miriam’s mother tongue, and gradually these two lonely women learn to appreciate each other.
The Place in Between is an award-winning feature from French/Burkinabe director Sarah Bouyain, poignantly grappling with issues such as belonging, identity and the relationship between a mother and a daughter.
This screening is kindly sponsored by the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Africa in Motion
3 November 2011 – 10.30am -Part of the African in Motion 2011 Festival
Burkina Faso · Cilia Sawadogo ·Burkina Faso 2005 · 45m · Digibeta · French with English subtitles (subtitles will be narrated) · U · Animation
Venue: Filmhouse Cinema 1
FREE as part of National Schools Film Week, for Secondary Schools only – To book visit www.nationalschoolsfilmweek.org
Teachers – download a pre-screening workpack to use with your class before the screening.
This wondrous story takes place between the ancient world of spirits and the modern world of environmental issues in Africa. In the savannas, Kodou and Tano meet Ayoka, the guardian of a beautiful ancient tree threatened by a ruthless businessman who intends to cut it down. The children know that without the magical baobab tree, the passage to the surface is forever closed and the spirit of rain will never be able to reappear. Kodou, guided by Ayoka, goes on a quest to find his ancestors who will help save the tree, while Tano stays hidden in the branches of the tree to guard it. Kodou and Akoya discover that the baobab is the passage between two worlds – the spiritual world and the world of humans. The liminal area between those two worlds is where the future of the land will be decided.
The screening will be followed by a 45-minute workshop led by AiM’s School Events Coordinator. Free teachers’ packs will be available as a follow-through for schools.
Africa in Motion Festival
16/11/2011
Part of: Introduction to European Cinema Autumn 2011.
Toni, an Italian immigrant in love with Spanish washerwoman Josefa, ends up marrying his landlady instead when Josefa is seduced by the local quarry foreman. Jean Renoir’s Toni is considered by many to be an early forerunner of Italian neo-realism. In addition to the use of many non-actors, most scenes are shot either outdoors in the southern French countryside or in local buildings, and the effect is palpable: one immediately gets the sense of being immersed in this particular niche of early 20th century French immigrant society.
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30/11/2011
Showing Wednesday 30 November only
As the ageing, broke, and broken gambler who decides to make one last bid for financial security by robbing a casino, Bob is the archetypal noir hero – a world-weary urban loner. Yet as soon as he’s established this character, Melville breaks with convention, showing us the soft underbelly of this hardboiled hero through his relationships with young sidekick Paolo, damsel in distress Ana, and police inspector Ledru.
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