Programme
Since 2005 the Berwick Film Media Arts Festival has shown a range of exciting and cutting-edge work in a variety of unusual historical and architectural locations around the Town. Details of our Cinema Programme, Artists' Trail and other related events can be found below.
2007 programme - "Film on Film"
2007 Artists' Trail
12 Silver Street (former Blackburn & Price Showroom)
A group exhibition focusing on animation as a tool to manipulate and subvert film narrative.
Egill Sæbjörnsson (Iceland/Germany)The Box (2005, 26 min)
A box standing on the floor by a wall suddenly erupts with animations, using cinematic magic to bring the inanimate to life.
Elizabeth McAlpine (UK)
Light Reading: Californian Sunset (2007, 6 min)
A beautiful oscillating sunset composed of individual monochrome frames taken from 35mm film trailers. Courtesy: Laura Bartlett Gallery.
Light Reading: 1500 Cinematic Explosions (2005, 1 min)
The whitest frame taken from 1500 feature-film explosions and compiled into a minute-long film. Courtesy: Laura Bartlett Gallery.
Semiconductor (UK)
Brilliant Noise (2006, 5 min 56 sec)
Working with footage of the sun from NASA, the artists have created new time-lapse sequences with layers of audio manipulation and radio frequencies.
Suky Best and Rory Hamilton (UK)
Cowboy Series (2005, 6 min 23 sec)
Animation of scenes from classic cowboy movies reduced to the iconic, silhouetted image of the hero and his horse.
Spite Your Face Productions (UK)
One: A Space Odyssey (2000, 1 min)
Lego animation of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal space epic from beginning to end, condensed into exactly one minute.
Kelly Richardson (Canada)
Wagons Roll (The Remake) (2007, 15 min)
A car hangs portentously in mid-air, suggesting the final scene in an action movie whose story we do not know.
Ice House, Shoregate
Jordan Wolfson (USA)
Dreaming of the dream of the dream (2004/05, 1 min)
Over 100 excerpts of sea, rain, river and running-water scenes from animated films and cartoons, transferred to 16mm film. The film print will play until it deteriorates and will never be remade. Courtesy: Johann König, Berlin.
Black Hole, Main Guard
Isabell Heimerdinger (Germany)
The space between us fills my heart with intolerable grief and impossible joy (2002, 30 min)
An actor is invited to cry and to laugh in front of a running camera, illuminating the subtle differences between acted and authentic behaviour.
Courtesy: Medhi Chouakri, Berlin.
Coxon's tower, Town Walls
Janine Sack (Germany)
Virtual Fear (2002/06, 4 min 44 sec)
One continuous camera shot moves through a virtually constructed environment, exploring the spatial aspects of fear and suspense through the aesthetics of videogames and thriller films.
Magazine, Town Walls
Graham Dolphin (UK)
New commission (2007)
A new audio work: selections from horror-film soundtracks are used to build unrelenting suspense and tension in the darkened, secluded space of the Magazine.
Gymnasium Gallery, Town Walls
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy (USA)
Traffic (2004)
Recreated scenes from films and the moment the artists watched them. Courtesy: Collection Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, MUDAM, Luxembourg. See also main listings for Saturday 22.
The Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary, The Parade
Mark Dean (UK)
Scorpio Rising 2 (The Gospel according to St Matthew/Hells Angels on Wheels) (1997, 130 min) Daily 15.30 – 17.40
The joining of two feature films on the same screen creates a new narrative, bringing together Heaven and Hell.
William Hunt (UK)
Even as you see me now (2007, 8 min)
A new work by performance artist William Hunt. Commissioned by Picture This.
Ice House, Bank Hill
Julian Rosefeldt (Germany)
The Soundmaker (2004, 35 min)
Playing with behind-the-scenes cinematic magic, three projections show an actor and Foley artist engaged in an absurd and beguiling repetitive act. Courtesy: Max Wigram Gallery, London.
Prison Cells, Town Hall
A group exhibition focusing on the iconography of the screen star and the Hollywood myth
Andy Warhol (USA)
Screen Tests (1964-66, 40 min)
Visitors to Warhol’s Factory with potential star quality, including Lou Reed and Jonas Mekas, are filmed in front of the camera. Courtesy: The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Mark Dean (UK)
Goin’ Back (The Birds/The Byrds x 32 + 1) (1997, 9 min)
Tippi Hedren wakes to relive the horror of being attacked by the birds in Hitchcock’s classic film.
Choreographed to accompany 32 bars of music from The Byrds’ song, Goin’ Back
Isabell Heimerdinger (Germany)
Make-up (2007, 12 min)
Portrait of a young actress removing her make-up; cinematic illusion disappears and naked life is again reflected in the mirror. Courtesy: Krobath Wimmer, Vienna.
Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller (Germany)
Kristall (2006, 15 min)
A melodrama composed of appropriated footage of mirrors from Hollywood films, reflecting the lives of star-crossed lovers. Courtes: Timothy Taylor Gallery and the artists.
Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg (Australia/USA)
Lip (1999, 10 min)
A rapid montage of scenes from Hollywood films from the 1930s to the present day showing black servants talking back to their ‘bosses’.
Old Bridge and old Playhouse Cinema
Friday 21, Saturday 22, Sunday 23 20.00 – 23.30
The Changing Face
Outdoor projected installation viewed from Berwick’s historic bridges and on the façade of the disused Playhouse Cinema, providing a dramatic reflection on past and present. See also main listings for Friday 21.
A futuristic inflatable cinema showcasing short film and video, including works made as part of the At Home in Europe international media-arts programme, a one-year collaboration between ISIS Arts (UK), BEK (Norway), RIXC (Latvia) and Interspace (Bulgaria).
Fifteen European artists working around the theme of European identity ask the question: can we really be at home in Europe?
Artists: Sara Rajaei, Eleni Bagaki, Pete Hindle, Linda Saveholt, Theodore Tagholm, Borimir Ilkov Bilkov, Ioana Alexe-Ecker, Arnis Balcus, Christian Bermudez, Inaka Lopez Ordonez, Rick Niebe, Borislav Stoyanov, Kristin Briede, Corinna Schnitt, Mike Stubbs.
2007 Film Programme
Pink = UK Premiere
Green = Event
Blue = Standard programme
Brown = Retrospect
ALL-DAY EVENT Maltings 10.00 – 17.00
Developing Audiences and Curating Artists’ Moving Image Work
The Independent Cinema Office presents an essential one-day training event for cinemas, galleries and mixed-arts venues interested in developing an artists’ film and video programme. Advice, case studies and discussions with experienced curators. Cost: £35.25.
OPENING FILM UK PREMIERE Maltings cinema 19.30
The Big Bad Swim + director appearance
Ishai Setton (USA, 2006, 93 min)
Cast: Paget Brewster, Jeff Branson, Jess Weixler, Ricky Ullman
A deserving recipient of multiple audience awards, this engaging comedy-drama casts an affectionate look at the lives of strangers united by their fear of the water. An emotionally truthful script, gentle humour and terrific performances. Screening hosted in partnership with the BERWICK FILM SOCIETY. No official cert. Sugg: 15*
OPENING EVENT Old Bridge and old Playhouse Cinema 21.00 – 23:00
The Changing Face
A collaborative community-based project involving a large-scale outdoor projection of an animated sequence of the faces of the young people of Berwick and the surrounding region, providing a dramatic reflection on Berwick’s past and present. Part of the Welcome Project for Dott 07, delivered in partnership between the Design Council and One North East. See also Artist Trail.
Newcastle Central Station 11.30
- Free coach to Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival departs.
(Return coach departs Berwick 23.00)
To book a place contact genni@berwickfilm-artsfest.com
Maltings cinema 13.15
Artists & Icons
Joseph Cornell, Dara Birnbaum, Lewis Klahr, Keith Sanborn, Cecilia Barriga, Jonas Mekas (USA/Spain,105 min)
George Clark from the Independent Cinema Office introduces this international short film programme looking at the role artists and cinema have played in the creation of celebrity culture. Free admission – call Box Office to book.
EVENT The Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary 15.15
Artist Trail Guided Tour
A free guided tour of the Artist Trail open to all. Curators Iain Pate and Rebecca Shatwell are joined by artists including: Elizabeth McAlpine, Kelly Richardson, Graham Dolphin and Janine Sack. The tour starts with a talk by Mark Dean about his work Scorpio Rising 2.
EVENT Gymnasium Gallery 18.00
Traffic
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
Tabletop sets recreate scenes from films and the moment the artists watched them; Godard’s Weekend on a date, American Graffiti from hospital, Bonnie and Clyde in a bar, and Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express at home. Exhibition public launch, refreshments will be served. See also Artist Trail.
UK PREMIERE Maltings cinema 18.30
Rainbow Song (Niji no Megami)
Naoto Kumasawa (Japan, 2006, 115 min)
Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Juri Ueno, Yu Aoi
A moving portrait of two young college friends trying to work out what to make of their lives. Romantic yet never trite, it tackles big subjects – death, love, happiness and the mark we leave on the world – with sensitivity and lightness of touch. No official cert. Sugg: 12*
UK PREMIERE Maltings cinema 21.00
First on the Moon (Pyervye Na Lune)
Alexei Fedorchenko (Russia, 2005, 75 min)
Cast: Boris Vlasov, Victoria Ilyinskaya, Anatoly Otradnov
Slick Russian mockumentary mixing authentic archive footage with meticulously faked reportage to uncover the many secrets behind the first moon landing (clue: it didn’t involve the Stars and Stripes).
No official cert. Sugg: 15*
Return coach to Newcastle Central Station departs Berwick 23.00
Maltings cinema
Longer Shorts 14:00
City Scene, Zhao Liang (China, 2005), I Have Nothing Nice to Say to You, Goran Devic (Croatia, 2006) and Mic Jean-Louis, Kathy Sebbah (France, 2007) (total duration approx. 90 min)
A programme of three international short films that question, in contrasting ways, our perception of reality. No official cert. Sugg: 15*
Various directors (approx. 100 min)
A selection of award-winning short films picked from festivals around the world. No official cert. Sugg: 18*
RETROSPECT Maltings cinema 18.30
Sunset Blvd (PG)
Billy Wilder (USA, 1950, 115 min)
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim
Holding up a mirror to the vampiric face of Hollywood, this enduring classic offers an acerbic and knowing portrait of a town – and a business – that hoovers everything up (its history, its faded stars and its young hopefuls). A masterpiece of cinematic form, substance and self-reflection.
ENGLISH PREMIERE Maltings cinema 21.00
Comrades in Dreams (Leinwandfieber)
Uli Gaulke (Germany, 2006, 110 min)
A fascinating look at some very unusual movie theatres across the world, the passionate people who run them and those, no less passionate, for whom they provide a cinematic fix.
No official cert. Sugg: PG*
EUROPEAN PREMIERE Maltings cinema 18.30
My Grandmother (Chemi Bebia)
With accompanying score by the Beth Custer Ensemble
Kote Mikaberidze (USSR, 1929, 65 min)
Cast: Aleqsandre Takaishvili, Bella Chernova, E. Ovanov
A stunning example of eccentric and surreal silent cinema, this scathing satire on Soviet bureaucracy was banned for almost half a century. Features a live performance of an original musical score by the San Francisco-based, eight-piece Beth Custer Ensemble, on the opening date of their European tour. No official cert. Sugg: 15*
UK PREMIERE Maltings cinema 21.00
Armin
Ognjen Sviličić (Croatia/Germany/Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2007, 82 min)
Cast: Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Armin Omerovic, Marie Bäumer
‘One day my son, none of this will be yours…’. A bittersweet comedy portraying a pushy father’s fraught relationship with his withdrawn son, in a country recovering from the trauma of war.
No official cert. Sugg: 12*
RETROSPECT Maltings cinema 18.30
Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) (PG)
François Truffaut (France, 1973, 115 min)
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Ever wondered what actually goes on on a film set? This could provide you with one of the most truthful (not to mention entertaining) answers – warts, artistic idealism, egos, libido and all.
UK PREMIERE Maltings cinema 21.00
Making of
Nouri Bouzid (Tunisia, France, Germany, Morocco, 2007, 115 min)
Cast: Lotfi Ebdelli, Lotfi Dziri, Afef Ben Mahmoud
Focusing on the radicalisation of a young Muslim breakdancer by Islamist extremists, this politically charged drama also sheds light on the manipulative nature of the relationship between director and actor.
No official cert. Sugg: 18*
SCHOOLS SCREENINGS Maltings cinema
Wednesday 26
Educational screenings for school groups, followed by a filmmaking workshop. Morning or afternoon session available – schools should call the Festival Office for group bookings.
Maltings cinema 18.30
Archival screening
Highlights of films featuring the town from the Berwick Record Office, including a 1950s cinema travelogue by Richard Dimbleby, the home movies of Fred Stott, and Michael Canney’s The Battered Borderer, showing a dilapidated 1970s Berwick against the debate over the routing of the A1.
Maltings cinema 21.00
Hunt Angels
Alec Morgan (Australia, 2006, 85 min)
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Victoria Hill, Eloise Oxer
This brilliantly inventive film recounts the adventures of maverick 1930s Australian director Rupert Kathner and his muse Alma Brooks, a sort of Bonnie and Clyde with cameras, whose passion for film let nothing stand in their way. No official cert. Sugg: 15*
RETROSPECT Maltings cinema 18.30
The Purple Rose of Cairo (PG)
Woody Allen (USA, 1985, 84 min)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
A put-upon wife starved of love and excitement gorges herself on romantic movies until the lines between reality and fiction blur. One of Allen’s best and most beautiful films – and not just because he doesn’t appear in it. UK
EUROPEAN PREMIERE Maltings cinema 21.00
Snow in the Wind
The film Snow in the Wind could unfortunately not be confirmed in time for the Fest and we have had to replace it with a different title.
The film we will be screening instead, in the late slot on Thursday the 27th of September is:
Extras (Statyści)Poland, 2006 115min
Polish with English subtitles
Directed by Michał Kwieciński
Winner of 5 awards at the 2006 Polish Film Festival.
Synopsis:
A Chinese filmmaking crew in need of extras with gloomy faces decides to shoot a film in Poland, as they perceive the Poles as a nation of melancholy people. Cultural stereotypes and misconceptions abound in this charming ensemble comedy – but it seems the extras have as much to learn about themselves and one another as they do about China.
Barrels Ale House 23:00
Orquesta Tipica
Nicholas Entel (Argentina, 2007, 86 mins)
Reflecting the musical tradition of the Barrels basement, this engaging documentary tells the story of the Orquesta Tipica Fernández Fierro – the leading Tango orchestra in Argentina, which has stirred a revolution in the genre.
EVENT Maltings cinema 18.00
A Working History of Slapstick
A lecture with screening by performance artist Howard Matthew, in the form of an A-Z of slapstick with references to early American silent cinema (1910 to 1930).
Maltings cinema 19.15
Steamboat Bill Jr. (U)
Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton (USA, 1928, 71 min)
Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron
Keaton portrays an underdog protagonist, surprising himself (and his cantankerous father) by thwarting the efforts of a threatening business rival, overcoming a hurricane – and winning the girl.
We are delighted to welcome Jane Gardner back to the Festival for a new and exclusive live piano accompaniment. Screening sponsored by FRIENDS OF BERWICK AND DISTRICT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES.
UK PREMIERE Maltings cinema 21.00
Waiter (Ober)
Alex van Warmerdam (Netherlands, 2006, 97 min)
Cast: Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Jaap Spikers
There’s only so much bad luck a man can take before confronting his maker… Fictional or not, restaurant waiter Edgar has had enough – and he’s about to take it out on the smug screenwriter who’s making his life a misery. Unfortunately for Edgar, this plunging into meta-fiction only seems to pave the way for more comedy of the dark, sardonic kind.
No official cert. Sugg: 18*
Maltings cinema 12.30
Kids’ Club Film
Komaneco the curious cat
EVENT Maltings cinema 16.00
The Chris Anderson Award for Young Filmmakers
Young Filmmakers from both sides of the Border compete for this inaugural award. Winning films and runners-up will be premiered and a prize awarded to the most promising filmmaker of the year. (Competition details can be downloaded from www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com)
Maltings cinema 18.30
UK Shorts
A chance to catch some of the best short films made in the UK over the last year. Hot new talent – all in bite-size pieces.
No official cert. Sugg: 18*
CLOSING EVENT Maltings Cinema 21.00
Berwick Loves Film! A special screening of Berwick’s favourite love story, as voted for by YOU. Go on, treat yourself.
2006 programme - Minifest
Minifest 2006
Friday 01 December
The Maltings Arts Centre
Opening Film Bobby
Director: Emilio Estevez / USA / 2006 / 120 mins (Suggested cert. 18)
Saturday 02 December
The Maltings Arts Centre
Desperate Optimists - Civic Life Series
A series of seven short films by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
The Navigator
Director: Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp / USA / 1924 / 60 mins (No cert.)
Little White Lies
Director: Caradog W James / UK / 2006 / 86 mins (Cert. 18)
Berwick Gymnasium Gallery
Berwick Gymnasium Gallery Showcase
Launch: 12:00 - 14:00
Sunday 03 December
The Maltings Arts Centre
Stop! Look! Listen!
90 mins approx (No cert.)
Black Sun
Director: Gary Tarn / UK / 2005 / 70 mins (No cert.)
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep
Director: Ben Hopkins/ UK / 2006 / 87 mins (Suggested cert. PG)
Berwick Gymnasium Gallery
Berwick Gymnasium Gallery Showcase
2005 programme - "Crossing Borders"
Festival 2005
Film programme
Maltings Cinema
Longer Shorts various (approx. 90 min).
Short films including:
July The Twelfth 1984, Jordan Baseman (2002/2003),
Hit, Stuart Croft (2003),
Fuglinne (birdess), Anne Lise Stenseth (2001),
99 Years Of My Life, Marja Mikkonen (Finland) 2003.
No official cert. Sugg: 18*
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood UK Premiere + Personal Appearance
dir: Vadim Jean (Canada/USA, 2004, 90 min)
No official cert. Sugg: 18*
Artist trail
Artist TrailPrison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Maltings Cinema
The Lark Ascending
Special Screening
dir: Mark Wallinger (UK, 33 min)
One More Kiss (12)
Special Screening
dir: Vadim Jean (UK, 1999, 97 min)
Tickets
dir: E Olmi, A Kiarostami, K Loach (Italy/UK, 2004, 115 min)
Welcome Home
UK Premiere
dir: Andreas Gruber (Austria/Germany, 2004, 98 min)
Maltings Hall
a-n conversation. A chaired discussion with an artist, filmmaker and critic. Speakers include: Mike Sperlinger, Tony Hill, Sarah Tripp and Rebecca Shatwell. Bookings 0191 241 8000 / events@a-n.co.uk. An event organised by Artist Newsletter magazine.
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Big M
A futuristic Inflatable cinema screening short film and video selected from an international open call. The first location on its 2005 UK tour.
Artists include: Francesca Steele, Yu-Chen Wang, Rob Kennedy, Jaygo Bloom, Nadja Schrade, Kelly Richardson, Nisha Duggal, Martin Hamblen, Tanya Axford, Richard Mosse, Alan Smith, Erica Scourti, Jose Pedro Cortes, Meera George, Neil Bromwich - Walker & Bromwich Projects, Semi-Conductor, Electronic Performers
Film programme
Maltings Cinema
Kids Club Film
with Martin The Magician 14.00
UK Shorts
various (approx 90 min)
A selection of some of the best UK short films picked from festivals around the world.
No official cert. Sugg: 18* 16:00
Calais: The Last Border
dir: Marc Isaacs (UK, 2004, 50 min)
No official cert. Sugg: PG* 18:00
A Room with a View (PG) Special Screening + Personal Appearance
dir: James Ivory (UK, 1987, 117 min) 21:30
Yasmin (15)
dir: Kenny Glenaan (UK, 2004, 87 min)
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Big M
A futuristic Inflatable cinema screening short film and video selected from an international open call. The first location on its 2005 UK tour.
Artists include: Francesca Steele, Yu-Chen Wang, Rob Kennedy, Jaygo Bloom, Nadja Schrade, Kelly Richardson, Nisha Duggal, Martin Hamblen, Tanya Axford, Richard Mosse, Alan Smith, Erica Scourti, Jose Pedro Cortes, Meera George, Neil Bromwich - Walker & Bromwich Projects, Semi-Conductor, Electronic Performers
Film Programme
Maltings Cinema
RETROSPECT DOUBLE BILL
Across the Bridge (PG)
Ken Annakin (UK, 1957, 93 min) 21:00
The Lady Vanishes (U)
Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1938, 97 min)
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Big M
A futuristic Inflatable cinema screening short film and video selected from an international open call. The first location on its 2005 UK tour.
Artists include: Francesca Steele, Yu-Chen Wang, Rob Kennedy, Jaygo Bloom, Nadja Schrade, Kelly Richardson, Nisha Duggal, Martin Hamblen, Tanya Axford, Richard Mosse, Alan Smith, Erica Scourti, Jose Pedro Cortes, Meera George, Neil Bromwich - Walker & Bromwich Projects, Semi-Conductor, Electronic Performers
Film programme
Maltings Cinema
International Shorts various (approx. 90 min) No official cert. Sugg: 18*
Channel Swimmers (Kanalschwimmer)
UK PREMIERE
Jörg Adolph (Germany/UK/Argentina, 2004, 92 min)
No official cert. Sugg: PG*
The Guildhall 18:30
JJ Films - Rev John Jackson Part 1
Highlights from an extraordinary family film archive spanning 70 years
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Big M
A futuristic Inflatable cinema screening short film and video selected from an international open call. The first location on its 2005 UK tour.
Artists include: Francesca Steele, Yu-Chen Wang, Rob Kennedy, Jaygo Bloom, Nadja Schrade, Kelly Richardson, Nisha Duggal, Martin Hamblen, Tanya Axford, Richard Mosse, Alan Smith, Erica Scourti, Jose Pedro Cortes, Meera George, Neil Bromwich - Walker & Bromwich Projects, Semi-Conductor, Electronic Performers
Film Programme
Maltings Cinema
The General (U)
RETROSPECT
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman (USA, 1927, 76 min)
Le Grand Voyage
Ismaël Ferroukhi (Morocco/France, 2004, 108 min)
No official cert. Sugg: 15*
Barrels Ale House
Extreme Animation (18)
Phil Mulloy (UK, 153 min)
Seafield Restaurant, Seahouses
One More Kiss (12)
Special Screening
dir: Vadim Jean (UK, 1999, 97 min)
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Film programme
Maltings Cinema
Earth and Ashes (Khakestar-o-khak)
UK PREMIERE
Atiq Rahimi (Afghanistan/France, 2004, 110 min)
No official cert. Sugg: 12*
The Guildhall
JJ Films - Rev John Jackson Part 2
Highlights from an extraordinary family film archive spanning 70 years and featuring the local landscape, architecture, geography and history.
Rare footage from Eyemouth from 1948-1955.
Village Hall,
Coldingham
One More Kiss (12)
Special Screening
dir: Vadim Jean (UK, 1999, 97 min)
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Maltings Cinema
Europa (15)
RETROSPECT
Lars von Trier (Dk/Sw/Fr/Ger/Switz, 1991, 112 min)
Suburbs (Predmestje)
UK PREMIERE
Vinko Möderndorfer (Slovenia, 2004, 90 min)
No official cert. Sugg: 18*
Cheviot Centre,
Wooler
One More Kiss (12)
Special Screening
dir: Vadim Jean (UK, 1999, 97 min)
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Film programme
Maltings CinemaBitter Dream (Khab-é Talkh)
ENGLISH PREMIERE
Mohsen Amiryoussefi (Iran, 2004, 87 min)
No official cert. Sugg: PG*
It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra, (USA, 1964 130 min)
Berwick's Favourite Film, as voted for by the residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
War Memorial Dusk
Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies (UK) Reconfiguration. A film / video installation constructed around the Berwick Angel War Memorial
Film Programme
Maltings Cinema
Education Screening
Films made by local young people at and for this year's festival.
Artist Trail
Prison Cells Townhall
Laila Pakalnina (Latvia) Papa Gena 2001
Josef Dabernig (Austria) Wisla 1996 8 min
Hu Jie Ming (China) One Minute Soulful Touch / From Architectural Immanence
Jayne Parker (UK) Foxfire Eins 2000 10 min
Ice House Bank Hill
Adrian Paci (Albania) Turn On 2003
Gymnasium Town Walls
Anri Sala (Albania) Intervista 1998 26 min
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria) The Visual Operative 2005 25 min / Crawling Carpets 2005 7 min
Zoë Irvine (UK) Illiers - Combray 2005
Black Hole Main Guard
Richard Fenwick (UK) RND#91: 51st State 2000 5 min
Coxon's Tower Town Walls
Semi-Conductor (UK) Inaudible Cities 2004 4.30 min
Maltings Bar
Mare Tralla (Estonia/UK) Europa 2005
Maltings Hall
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie (UK) Living With Tudors 2004/5 10 min
Zoë Walker - Walker & Bromwich projects (UK)Love Cannon 2005 9 min
Sue Giovanni (UK) Immortal Muse 2005 26 min
Marcus Coates (UK) Finfolk 2003 7 min
43 Bridge Street
Calum Stirling (UK) 100psi 2002 4 min
John Wood & Paul Harrison (UK) Board 1993 3 min / 3-legged 1996 3,39 min
Simon Faithful (UK) Escape Vehicle no. 6 2004 10 min
Heath Bunting & Kayle Brandon (UK) Borderxing Slide Show 2004
Susanne Christensen (Norway) Strip Off 1999 4 min
Shop Window
Matthew Walmsley (UK) Popcornertrontastic 2005 Installation
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