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A spine-tingling masterpiece based on
the true story of London serial killer John
Christie (Richard Attenborough) and his
hapless boarders, Timothy and Beryl Evans
(John Hurt, Judy Geeson). Fleischer’s
scrupulous sense of detail generates
overwhelming suspense, and Attenborough
and Hurt deliver brilliant performances in
one of the all-time great chillers.

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a small
group of German immigrants travel towards
the far north, hoping to strike it rich in the
goldfields of Dawson City. They’ve been
misled by their overly optimistic guide and
are unprepared for the dangers and rigours of
the journey. Beset by uncertainty, exhaustion,
and conflicts, the travellers plunge deeper
and deeper into the wilderness... A stark and
minimalist Western by one of Germany’s best
new filmmakers.

Animation shares many attributes with a
variety of art forms, but within these films
music is the forte. This concerto of short
animations take music as their cue; whether
as a starting point to embellish movement or
the theme of a short narrative tale related
to the power of performing music. The
wonderful variety of interpretations and
breathtaking visuals from around the world
leaves you wanting an encore.

When director Pary El-Qalqili was twelve
years old, her father left his family in Berlin
and returned to Palestine. Years later, he
turned up on the doorstep, and now lives in
the basement of the family home, lonely,
withdrawn and filled with rage. In this
tender and sorrowful film, the two travel to
meet family members spread all over the
Middle East, and the filmmaker strives to
understand her father.

Four shorts from the member institutions of
the Creative Skillset Film Academy Network,
noted as centres of excellence in film
education and training in the UK: Dinner and
a Movie (directed by Ben Aston, London Film
School), Wasted (Cathy Brady, National Film
and Television School), Charlie Says (Lewis
Arnold, National Film and Television School),
and Little Brother (Andrei Staruiala and
Raluca Oros, Screen Academy Scotland).

In a remote mountain village in Yunnan
province, the youngest members of a
multi-generational peasant farming family
— sisters aged ten, six, and four — grow up.
Their mother has abandoned them, their
father is away for long periods for work;
the little girls spend their days playing and
helping with chores. An intimate and quiet
masterpiece of observational filmmaking.

Portraits of three American gay men who are over 65. An African-American in Harlem
bonds with other gay men of colour, keeping under the radar in a traditionally homophobic
community. A Southerner, after the death of
his wife, starts wearing women’s clothes and moves to a senior facility on the West Coast,
where he is totally accepted. Finally, the owner of a gay bar in Galveston, Texas, leads
a giddy, partying, Tennessee Williams life. A
rich, dense, captivating film.

Not only betrayal, but sex, grief and a myriad
of other facets of human relationships are
explored in this gripping drama from Kirill
Serebrennikov. A man goes for a medical
check-up, and the female doctor recognises
him as the husband of her husband’s lover.
They attempt a revenge affair of their own,
but events conspire against them. The story
keeps twisting, but the shock revelations
never get in the way of the convincing and
profound characterisation. An elegant,
powerful and alluring piece of pure cinema.

Grémillon’s last feature film is a masterpiece
of romanticism and subtle anxiety. On an
island off the Brittany coast, a woman doctor
finds love with an engineer who wants her to
give up her profession.
Screening with: André Masson and the
Four Elements (André Masson et les quatre
éléments)
Jean Grémillon/France/1958/23 min

Canadian animator Richard Williams, famed
for the Pink Panther and Roger Rabbit, moved
to the UK during the 1950s, invigorating the
British industry by distilling knowledge from
veterans of the golden age of Hollywood
animation. In partnership with Encounters
Short Film and Animation Festival, these short
films, animated sequences and commercials
make evident Williams’ incalculable
contribution to the quality and reputation of
British animation. This wonderful programme
demonstrates his mastery of his craft.