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Thu 16 May, 8.15pm: Four Parts of a Folding Screen
Shot in Berlin, Four Parts of a Folding Screen explores exclusion, statelessness and the legalised theft and sale of everyday family possessions by the National Socialist regime. In part, centred around objects, this programme also includes two short films: Peter Todd's a spoon and Anthea Kennedy & Ian Wiblin’s Fenster. The filmmakers will be in conversation with Gareth Evans after the screening.
Fri 17 May, 8.15pm: Close-Up on Maya Deren Programme 2
Films include: The Very Eye of Night (1955); Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1977)
Sat 18 May, 6.15pm: Close-Up on Maya Deren Programme 1
Films include: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); At Land (1944); A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946); Private Life of a Cat (1946); Meditation on Violence (1948)
Sat 18 May, 8pm: Evil Does Not Exist
Urban ambitions clash with nature in a quiet village near Tokyo in this eco-fable from the director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.
Sun 19 May, 5.30pm The Gospel According to Matthew
Pasolini’s disarmingly straightforward version of the life of Christ secured his reputation as a filmmaker, rather than simply a poet dabbling in cinema. Aiming to strip away the sanctimony typical of screen adaptations of the Gospels, Pasolini sought to recover the rough poetry of the original texts, pointedly omitting the “Saint” from his title to secularize Matthew.
Sun 19 May, 8pm: Close-Up on Maya Deren Programme 2
Films include: The Very Eye of Night (1955); Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1977)
Calendar
Thu 16 May 8:15pm
Four Parts of a Folding Screen
Four Parts of a Folding Screen
Fri 17 May 8:15pm
Programme 2
Programme 2
Sat 18 May 6:15pm
Programme 1
Programme 1
Sat 18 May 8:00pm
Evil Does Not Exist
Evil Does Not Exist
Sun 19 May 5:30pm
The Gospel According to Matthew
The Gospel According to Matthew
Sun 19 May 8:15pm
Programme 2
Programme 2
Fri 24 May 8:15pm
Film Talks Programme 1
Film Talks Programme 1
