SEPTEMBER 2014

@ MAREEL & ISLESBURGH COMMUNITY CENTREwww.shetlandboxoffice.org

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MATINEES:before 5pm Price per ticket

Monday to Friday £4.50 / £3.50

Saturday, Sunday, £7 / £5Holidays*

EVENINGS:from 5pm onwards

Monday £6 / £4

Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday £7 / £5

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

Senior Screening (includes refreshment ) £5

*Holidays include Bank Holidays, Christmas’ Eve, Boxing Day, & New Year’s Eve.

• 3D screenings cost an extra £1 on top of ticket prices.

• 3D glasses cost an additional £1 and are reusable.

WELCOME TO MAREEL CINEMA

This leaflet contains details of most of the films you can expect to see at Mareel this month.

Please be aware that, due to the flexible nature of cinema programming, some details may be subject to change.

CINEMA TICKETS

Our prices vary depending on the day and time of the performance, and the type of screening. When booking you will be asked to choose between two different ticket types: adult or concession. Concessions include children aged up to 15 years old (those aged 16 and above must buy adult tickets), students (must produce valid ID), seniors (aged 60+), and people with disabilities.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded once purchased. Customers are responsible for checking that they have booked the correct tickets at time of purchase as mistakes cannot be rectified at a later date. Only in the event of a screening being cancelled will your ticket be refunded.

MAREEL OPENING HOURSSun - Thu: 10am - 11pmFri - Sat: 10am - 1am

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Mareel, the Garrison Theatre & Bonhoga Gallery. We also develop and promote a year round programme of film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, & dance events.

We do this because we want to see Shetland celebrated as a place where inspiration & innovation are valued; where people want to live, work & study; and we want the full social & economic potential of the islands to be achieved.

Shetland Arts is supported by Creative Scotland and core funded by theShetland Charitable Trust. Shetland Arts is a registered charity (SCO37082).

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SCREENPLAY 23

BELIEVE CERT: PG

135 MINS INC Q&A 2013

DIR: DAVID SCHEINMANN UK

BRIAN COX, NATASHA MCELHONE,

JACK SMITH

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with

Brian Cox

Sun 7 Sept @ 15:30

Screen 1, Mareel

£8.00/£6.00

Set in 1984 and inspired by true events,

Believe is a funny and touching fictional tale

about the legendary Manchester United football

manager Sir Matt Busby, who helps a wayward

boy fulfill his dream. An act of petty crime

by 11 year old Georgie becomes a collision

of fate as Sir Matt tracks him down, only to

discover that the boy is an extraordinarily

gifted footballer and captain of a team of unruly

talents. Having lived with football all his life and

survived the tragic 1958 Munich plane disaster,

in which eight of his young players were killed,

Sir Matt is still committed to continue his

work of 'training lads for life' and so begins a

thrilling adventure as Sir Matt Busby comes out

of retirement to transform a young group of

scallywags into a dream team.

MANHUNTER CERT: 18 140 MINS INC INTRO 1986

DIR: MICHAEL MANN USA

WILLIAM PETERSEN, BRIAN COX, KIM GREIST

The screening will be introduced by Brian Cox

Sun 7 Sept @ 20:30

Screen 1, Mareel

£9.00/£7.00

Will Graham (Petersen) is a former FBI agent who has retired

to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham

was a ‘profiler’; one who profiles criminal’s behavior and tries

to put himself into the minds of criminals to examine their

thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of his

self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss

Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer,

known to the press as the ‘Tooth Fairy’, who randomly kills

whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon

and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for

clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has to meet with

Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Cox), a charismatic but very dangerous

imprisoned serial killer whom Will captured years earlier, an

episode which nearly drove him insane and that nearly cost

him his life.

William Petersen has become synonymous with his television

character Gil Grissom in ‘CSI’, but is exceptional here as the

haunted agent, whilst Brian Cox plays Lecktor with a chill

that is deeply disturbing.

The film is based on Thomas Harris’ novel, Red Dragon.

BRIAN COXBrian Cox was born in Dundee, and joined the Dundee Rep at the age

of fourteen. From there he went to the London Academy of Music

and Dramatic Art, after which he joined The Lyceum in Edinburgh, the

Birmingham Rep and the Royal Shakespeare Company. A long and

varied career in theatre, film, television and radio followed, his most

famous film appearances including those in Rob Roy, Braveheart, The

Ring, Manhunter, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, X2, Red, The Escapist

and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. He has recently been in the

islands, appearing in the television crime series, Shetland.

Brian is a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre and Rector of the

University of Dundee.

He is married, has two grown-up children, and lives with his wife and

youngest children in New York City.

SCREENPLAY 21

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WORLD CERT: U 80 MINS 1937

DIR: MICHAEL POWELL UK

NIALL MACGINNISS, JOHN LAURIE,

BELLE CHRYSTALL, KITTY KIRWAN

Sat 6 Sept @ 17:30

Screen 2, Mareel

£7.00/£5.00

Sun 7 Sept @ 18:30

Screen 1, Mareel

£7.00/£5.00

Michael Powell based this, his first really personal

film on the true story of the evacuation of thirty-six

people from St. Kilda, an island one hundred miles

off the west coast of Scotland, on 29 August 1930.

The film was made over four months during the

summer of 1936 on the island of Foula in Shetland.

Powell was adamant that local people be in the film,

and that it all be shot on location (which, except for

some pick-up shots back at the studio, turned out

to be the case). Powell himself told the story of the

filming in his first book, 200,000 Feet on Foula.

The film is a mixture of documentary and drama,

location footage and studio filming, and has both

professional and non-professional actors. Despite

its simple and rather melodramatic story, The Edge

of the World still stands up today, particularly for

its stunning location cinematography, as well as

the film’s opening scenes in which we see various

ghostly apparitions on the now deserted island. Also

notable is John Laurie’s brooding, yet sympathetic

performance as Peter Manson, the film’s most

complex role, one which is shown to be inextricably

linked with the fate of the island itself. Powell’s script

and direction also give the first real indication of the

love of nature and his mystical use of landscape

to shape and comment upon human stories, which

would be developed further in his celebrated

collaborations with Emeric Pressburger.

WINDFALL

CERT: SUITABLE FOR GENERAL VIEWING

45 MINS INC INTRODUCTION 2013

DIR: PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, RESEARCH, CAMERA

AND EDIT BY FREDERIK SUBEI SCOTLAND

The film will be introduced by Frederik Subei

Sun 7 Sept @ 14:00

Screen 1, Mareel

Free

With the controversy about the proposed windfarm for

Shetland still ongoing and likely to be for some time,

here is a chance to see some of the main movers and

shakers talking to film maker Frederik Subei.

“Windfall is a documentary about a controversial

windfarm to be built on Shetland. While it is supposed

to be the most productive windfarm in the world,

some local residents fight fiercely against the project.

Shetland is the windiest place in the UK and therefore

a real asset for the Scottish Government to reach

its ambitious climate change targets. But as the

issue has largely divided the local community, the

opposition group Sustainable Shetland challenged the

project with a judicial review.” Frederik Subei 2013

In this, his graduation film, Subei explores the

potential environmental and community impacts of the

proposed windfarm.

FREDERIK SUBEIFrederik Subei is a 33 year old

documentary filmmaker. Originally

from Germany he lives and works

in Glasgow. He studied Journalism

and Broadcast Production in

Scotland and graduated last year

with a first class honours degree.

His graduation film ‘Windfall’ has

been nominated for 4 awards and

won the Creative Scotland Student Media

Award in the category Best Factual Film & TV. He is also

the chairman of a charity called ‘Earthmovies’ whose aim is

to raise awareness about environmental isses and related

subjects by showing and producing documentary films.

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SCREENPLAY 19

AMERICAN INTERIOR CERT: 12A 120 MINS INC Q&A 2014

DIR: DYLAN GOCH UK GRUFF RHYS

Includes Q&A with Gruff Rhys

Thu 4 Sept @ 18:00

Screen 1, Mareel

£8.00/£6.00

Welsh cult musician Gruff Rhys documents his latest musical

odyssey, retracing the fantastical American journey of his 18th

Century relative, the explorer John Evans.

In 1792, John Evans, a twenty-two-year-old farmhand from

Snowdonia, Wales, travelled to America to discover whether there

was, as widely believed, a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe –

The Madogwys – still walking the Great Plains.

During the course of an extraordinary adventure, Evans wrestled the

largest river reptiles ever seen in the Mississippi, hunted bison with

the Omaha tribe, defected to the Spanish in St Louis, discovered

imaginary volcanoes in Missouri, annexed North Dakota from the

British, and created the map that guided Lewis and Clark on their

legendary expedition.

In the summer of 2012, over two hundred years later, Gruff

retraced his (extremely) great uncle’s route through the heart of the

continent by means of an “Investigative Concert Tour ™” – a series

of solo gigs that saw him accompanied by little more than acoustic

guitar, PowerPoint presentation and a three-foot high felt avatar of

John Evans.

Starting at Yale University’s Beinecke Library where Evans’ famous

map is said to reside, Rhys fully immerses himself in concerts,

recording sessions, and conversations with journalists, academics,

psychiatrists, and locals on Evans’ route.

From Baltimore to St. Louis, up to the Mandan Reservation of North

Dakota and down the Mississippi basin to the Old Governor’s house

in New Orleans. Rhys investigates Evans’s significance in American

history, the true circumstances of his death, and the lost location of

his final resting place.

American Interior is an exploration of how wild fantasies interact with

hard history and how myth-making can inspire humans to partake

in crazy, vain pursuits of glory, including exploration, war and the

creative arts.

GRUFF RHYSGruff has played in numerous bands, but is

probably best known for his work with Super

Furry Animals. Alumni of the Welsh-language

music scene of the 1980s, Super Furry

Animals (SFA) came together in 1993. The

band members – Gruff Rhys, Dafydd Ieuan,

Cian Ciaran, Huw Bunford and Guto Pryce

– often swap roles in the studio, chopping

and changing musical styles with the same

cheerful abandon, and often within the

context of a single song.

Signing to Creation Records, the home of

Oasis, in 1995, SFA managed to swerve

every dull Britpop cliché to which their

label-mates fell victim. Over the rest of the

decade and on throughout the next they

delivered a string of critically acclaimed

albums, mixing classic songwriting with a

healthy disregard for the conventions of the

industry. Along the way they outlasted their

label (Creation went under at the turn of

the millennium), scored the biggest-selling

Welsh language album of all time (until Bryn

Terfel brought out his Christmas album later

that year), turned down a seven-figure offer

for the use of their song “Hello Sunshine”

in a Coca-Cola commercial (citing alleged

malpractice and suppression of workers’

rights on the part of the drinks firm), and

bought an Army surplus armoured vehicle,

which they painted blue and refitted with

speakers for use as a “techno tank” at

festivals.

Alongside his SFA commitments, Gruff

has released a series of well-received solo

albums. He has collaborated with, amongst

others, Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz project,

Mogwai, Sparklehorse and Manic Street

Preachers. Gruff certainly flies the flag for

Wales, its language and its culture, however

far it takes him. He set out in search of one

of his distant relations to South America

in his first film, ‘Separado’. An even more

remote ancestor, the eighteenth-century

cartographer John Evans of Waunfawr, was

the inspiration for Gruff’s latest project,

American Interior.

GRUFF RHYS IN CONCERT:

AMERICAN INTERIOR Doors 8.00pm. Start 8.30pm

Thu 4 Sept @ 20:30

Auditorium, Mareel

£16.00/£14.00

SCREENPLAY 17

DANGEROUS ACTS STARRING THE UNSTABLE ELEMENTS OF BELARUS CERT: 15

76 MINS (120 MINS WITH Q&A) 2013

DIR: MADELEINE SACKLER USA

THE BELARUS FREE THEATRE COMPANY

Some subtitling

Shetland Arts is grateful to

Amnesty International Shetland

for their support of this film.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dr Pasquale Iannone

Tue 2 Sept @ 19:15

Screen 1, Mareel

£8.00/£6.00

Wed 3 Sept @ 21:30 Thu 4 Sept @ 21:45

Screen 1, Mareel Screen 2, Mareel

£7.00/£5.00 £7.00/£5.00

Creating provocative theatre carries great personal

risks: emotional, financial and artistic. For the

members of the Belarus Free Theatre, there are

additional risks: censorship, imprisonment, and

worse. Director Madeleine Sackler goes behind the

scenes with the acclaimed troupe of imaginative and

subversive performers who, in a desolate country

choked by censorship and repression, defy Europe’s

last remaining dictatorship. When authorities forbid

critical examinations of such topics as sexual

orientation, alcoholism, suicide and politics, the Free

Theatre responds by injecting these taboos into

performances that are staged 'underground'. And yet,

because of the power of their message, they receive

critical acclaim overseas.

This documentary picks up the story in 2010 when

the KGB is cracking down on dissenters, sixteen years

after Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko takes

power during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Now,

as a dubious new presidential election looms, the KGB

targets the Free Theatre's founders Nicolai Khalezin,

Natalia Koliada and Vladimir Shcherban, who, along

with their colleagues, find themselves torn between

fighting for their art and for their and their families’

safety.Comprised of smuggled footage and uncensored

interviews, Dangerous Acts gives audiences a front

row seat to a resistance movement as it unfolds both

on the stage and in the streets. As the members

of the Free Theatre confront the choice of either

repression at home or exile in the US and the UK,

Dangerous Acts reconfirms our belief that the power

of art and hope can indeed change the world.

DR PASQUALE IANNONE

Dr. Pasquale Iannone is a film

academic and critic based in

Edinburgh. He is a regular

contributor to Sight & Sound

as well as various BBC Radio

programmes. His film curation

work includes seasons at BFI

Southbank, Glasgow Film Theatre

and Edinburgh’s Filmhouse.

SCREENPLAY 15

LOUDER THAN A BOMB CERT: REC 12A 99 MINS 2010

DIR: GREG JACOBS AND JON SISKEL USA

Sun 31 Aug @ 21:00

Screen 2, Mareel

£7.00/£5.00

Tue 2 Sept @ 14:00

Screen 2, Mareel

£4.50/£3.50

Wed 3 Sept @ 17:00

Screen 2, Mareel

£4.50/£3.50

This is a film about passion, competition, teamwork,

and trust. It’s about the joy of being young, and the

pain of growing up. It’s about speaking out, making

noise, and finding your voice. It also just happens to

be about poetry.

Every year, more than six hundred teenagers from

over sixty Chicago area schools gather for the world’s

largest youth poetry slam, a competition known as

“Louder Than a Bomb”. Founded in 2001, Louder

Than a Bomb is a youth poetry slam built from the

beginning around teams. Rather than emphasize

individual poets and performances, the structure

of Louder Than a Bomb demands that kids work

collaboratively with their peers, presenting, critiquing,

and rewriting their pieces. To succeed, teams have to

create an environment of mutual trust and support.

For many kids, being a part of such an environment –

in an academic context – is life-changing.

The film chronicles the stereotype-confounding stories

of four teams as they prepare for and compete in the

2008 event. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, it

captures the tempestuous lives of these unforgettable

kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world,

and vice versa. This is not “high school poetry” as we

often think of it. This is language as a joyful release,

irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making

words dance. How and why they do it – and the

community they create along the way -is the story at

the heart of this wonderful film.

We guarantee that you will leave the cinema inspired.

THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES CERT: 15 97 MINS 2013

DIR: MIKKEL NØRGAARD DENMARK

NIKOLAJ LIE KAAS, FARES FARES, SONJA RICHTER

Subtitled

Sun 31 Aug @ 20:15

Screen 1, Mareel

£7.00/£5.00

Tue 2 Sept @ 14:15

Screen 1, Mareel

£4.50/£3.50

Senior Screening

Wed 3 Sept @ 14:30

Screen 1, Mareel

£5 (inc tea or coffee)

Thu 4 Sept @ 21:00

Screen 1, Mareel

£7.00/£5.00

Sat 6 Sept @ 21:45

Screen 2, Mareel

£8.00/£6.00

Following a shootout that left his two partners

respectively dead and paralyzed, chief detective

Carl Mørck is assigned to the newly established

Department Q, a department for old, terminated

cases. The department consists only of himself and

his new assistant Assad. Although they get explicit

orders to simply read and sort through the cases,

only a single day passes before Carl's stubborn

nature throws them headfirst into the mystery of

Merete Lynggaard's disappearance; a well-known

female politician who vanished five years ago from

a passenger ferry. The only witness is her brain-

damaged brother who was found on the car deck,

screaming at the top of his lungs. The case was put

to rest as an apparent suicide. Unconvinced by this

explanation Carl and Assad venture on a journey that

will take them deep into the undercurrent of abuse

and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface

of Scandinavia. A fine addition to the current raft of

Scandinavian noir cinema.

WRITING YOUR SHORT FILM - PARAMETERS AND LIMITATIONSLed by Norina MackeySuitable for all budding film makers This workshop addresses the difficulties of creating the script for a short film. From the initial concept through to production, the journey of the short script can be altered by complications such as a low budget, limited resources and often limited time. In this workshop we will take a look at these issues and identify ways of using them to your advantage to create a strong short film script. Beneficial for anyone interesting in making a successful short film.

Sun 31 Aug @ 11:00

120 mins Green Room, Mareel £10.00

SCREENWRITING SEMINAR Led by Norina MackeySuitable for beginners to advanced. Whether you have extensive screenwriting experience and want some new tips or you are a complete novice with a curiosity about the craft, this seminar will give you an insight into the process of screenwriting along with some fundamental guidance on the professional techniques of writing your screenplay.

Mon 1 Sept @ 19:00

60 mins Green Room, Mareel £7.00

Unreserved Seating During the festival all seating is unreserved

NORINA MACKEYNorina is an Irish writer who graduated with a Masters

Degree in Screenwriting from Central Saint Martin’s College

of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, in 2011. She has worked on several feature films and short films both as the main writer and as a script editor. Her first produced feature film, “The Floating Man”, screened at the Genesis cinema in London and London’s 15th Rainbow Film Festival as well as being aired on Sky TV. Her short film, “Killer Heels”, which was directed by and starred the high profile stunt actress Amanda Foster, was screened at both Cannes and the Marbella International Film festival and won the Best Newcomer Award at the Portobello Film Festival in 2013. Norina was the assistant producer on the feature length documentary film, “1 Way Up”, which was produced by Jet Set Films and the Oscar winning production company Shine Global.

SHELLEY COBB

LINDA RUTH WILLIAMS

Professor Linda Ruth Williams and Dr Shelley Cobb are

leading an exciting new AHRC-funded project, Calling the

Shots: Women in Contemporary Film Culture, 2000-2015.

Linda is Professor of Film at Southampton University and

author of many books and articles on contemporary cinema,

gender and culture. In June 2014 she was chair of the

Short Films Jury at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Shelley is a lecturer at Southampton University and recently

finished her book, Authorship, Adaptation and Contemporary

Women’s Film-Making which will be published by Palgrave

MacMillan in November. She also writes about celebrity

culture and the representation of women in Hollywood.

CALLING THE SHOTSWHERE (AND WHO) ARE THE WOMEN?

Shelley Cobb and Linda Ruth Williams are heading up

a new four year research project investigating women

filmmakers in the UK from 2000-2015, asking why

there are so few women in key filmmaking roles,

as well as celebrating the fact that women have

helmed some of the most successful and innovative

British films of recent times. Famous names include

Phyllida Lloyd (director of Mamma Mia! and The Iron

Lady), Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin

and Ratcatcher) and Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like

Beckham and Bride and Prejudice), but less well-

known women also directed hugely popular recent

titles such as Nativity! (Debbie Isitt) and StreetDance

3D (co-directed by Dania Pasquini). This lively

presentation will be illustrated by clips and examples

(including the fabulous work of our guests Clio Barnard

and Joanna Hogg), and will conclude with a panel

discussion and questions.

Sat 6 Sept @ 12:00 90 mins

Auditorium, Mareel FreeSCREENPLAY 13

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WORKSHOPS & LECTURES

SCREENPLAY 11

JOYEUX NOËL CERT: 12A

116 MINS 2005

DIR: CHRISTIAN CARION FRANCE

STEVEN ROBERTSON, DIANE KRUGER,

BENNO FÜRMANN

Subtitled Thu 4 Sept @ 19:00 Screen 2, Mareel £7.00/£5.00

When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake. Christmas arrives, with its snow and multitude of family and army presents. But the surprise won't come from inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish, and German trenches. That night, a momentous event will turn the destinies of four characters: an Anglican priest, a French lieutenant, an exceptional German tenor and the woman he loves, who is his singing partner. During this Christmas Eve, the unthinkable happens: soldiers come out of their trenches, leaving their rifles behind to shake hands with the enemy.

INSIDE I'M DANCING CERT: 15

135 MINS INC Q&A 2004

DIR: DAMIEN O'DONNELL UK/FRANCE/IRELAND

STEVEN ROBERTSON, JAMES MCAVOY

AND ROMOLA GARAI

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Steven Robertson Sat 30 Aug @ 20:15 Screen 1, Mareel £9.00/£7.00

Michael Connolly (Steven Robertson) is a 24-year-old with cerebral palsy who is a long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled run by the formidable Eileen (Brenda Fricker). His life, mundane and schedule-driven by the institution's authorities, is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea (James McAvoy), who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, suddenly moves in. Michael is stunned to discover that fast talking Rory, prone to lewd and/or overt jokes at unpredictable intervals, and who can move only his right hand, can understand his almost unintelligible speech. Rory's dynamic and rebellious nature soon sparks a flame in Michael, introducing him to the wider world outside of Carrigmore.

STEVEN ROBERTSONShetland Arts is delighted to welcome Steven Robertson to the festival this year.Steven Robertson is from Lunnasting on the north east of mainland Shetland. He attended the Vidlin primary school, Brae Junior High and the Anderson High School. After working locally and then attending college in Fife he was then accepted to train for three years on the BA (Honours) Acting course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since graduating in 2002, Steven has played many roles in theatre, television, radio and film. He has many stage credits and his television credits include Mullet in The Race, The Millbury Twins in Luther, Mr Rook in Being Human, and most recently Sandy Wilson in Shetland.His film credits include, Survivor, The Comedian, The Tourist, Neds, Brighton Rock, Five Days of War, The Boys Are Back, Red Riding, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Sugarhouse, Straightheads, True North, The Kingdom of Heaven, The Libertine, Inside I’m Dancing – which won awards at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, British Independent Film Awards, IFTA Awards, and London Critics Circle Film Awards – and Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas), which was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and seven César Awards.

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SCREENPLAY 9

DIS QUIET CERT: SUITABLE FOR GENERAL VIEWING 90 MINS INC Q&A 2014 DIR: BRUCE EUNSON, ANDREW LOWES SHETLAND BRUCE EUNSON, RIA MONCRIEFF

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film makers Sat 30 Aug @ 18:00 Screen 1, Mareel Free

The film is set on the croft where Samuel Laurence lived and the voe to which he walked. Samuel Laurence is an unpublished Shetland-born, dialect-writing poet, whose diaries and literary output has only now been available to anyone beyond himself. His writing is constantly stepping into Shetland’s landscape, with every word seeking to both describe and catch the beauty available to someone living in Shetland and seeing the seasons pass.The film is a visual poem: always attempting to fully embrace its cinematic potential, as well as being a filmed-version of a literary text. All the narration in the film is taken from the writings of Samuel Laurence, and all of Samuel Laurence’s writings were taken from looking at Shetland. The film asks “What did Samuel Laurence say about Shetland, and how well can we as filmmakers display this on screen?”

EBB TIDE CERT: SUITABLE FOR GENERAL VIEWING 90 MINS INC Q&A 2014 DIR: VARIOUS SHETLAND

There will be a Q&A with the film makers after the screening

Sat 30 Aug @ 15:45 Screen 1, Mareel £5.00/£4.00

Eight Shetland based film-makers and artists produced six short films inspired by an artefact or story with a link to a Commonwealth country and Shetland. The films were shown in Glasgow on board the Tall Ship “Glenlea” as part of the cultural programme surrounding the Commonwealth Games during July, and on large screens throughout the city.The filmmakers worked alongside the Shetland Heritage Association to choose which story or artefact they would portray. The Ebb Tide project, a partnership between the Shetland Moving Image Archive, Shetland Arts, the Shetland Heritage Association and Creative Scotland, enabled these artists and film-makers to explore new ways of working and give them the opportunity to have their work shown to a national and international audience in Glasgow. Screenplay is delighted to host the first screenings of the films to a local audience.

A PORTRAIT – IN LANDSCAPE 05.10 Ria Bruce & Simon Thompson OLD ROCK 13.55 Bobby Gear

BUTTERFLY EFFECT 06.52 Tirval Scott

FIERCE WORK 14.44 Harry Whitham & Floortje Robertson

FLOTSAM 05.06 Clint Watt

ELYSIA 06.16 Greg McCarron

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ERNEST & CELESTINE CERT: U 80 MINS 2012 DIR: VINCENT PATAR, STÉPHANE AUBIER, BENJAMIN RENNER FRANCE FOREST WHITAKER, LAMBERT WILSON, PAULINE BRUNNER, LAUREN BACALL Family Friendly

Sat 30 Aug @ 11:00 Screen 1, Mareel £7.00/£5.00

Sun 31 Aug @ 11:30 Screen 1, Mareel £7.00/£5.00

Babes in Arms Screening Mon 1 Sept @ 11:00 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.50

Tue 2 Sept @ 16:30 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.50

Thu 4 Sept @ 16:45 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.50

Sat 6 Sept @ 13:15 Screen 1, Mareel £7.00/£5.00

Sun 7 Sept @ 13:30 Screen 2, Mareel £7.00/£5.00

Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer – and when she nearly ends up as breakfast for ursine troubadour Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond. But it isn’t long before their friendship is put on trial by their respective bear-fearing and mice-eating communities.Ernest & Celestine joyfully captures the limitless possibilities of animated storytelling. Like a gorgeous watercolour painting brought to life, a constantly shifting pastel colour palette bursts and drips across the screen, while wonderful storytelling and brilliant comic timing draw up influences as varied as Buster Keaton and Bugs Bunny.Ernest & Celestine was a 2014 Oscar nominee for best animated feature, was awarded 2013 Best Animated Feature by LA Film Critics Association, won the Cesar Award in France, and has played Cannes, Sundance, Toronto and other prestigious film festivals.

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GREGORY'S GIRL CERT: 12A 91 MINS 1981 DIR: BILL FORSYTH UK JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR, DEE HEPBURN, JAKE D'ARCY

Sat 30 Aug @ 17:30 Screen 2, Mareel £8.00/£6.00 Sun 31 Aug @ 11:15 Screen 2, Mareel £7.00/£5.00 Wed 3 Sept @ 14:00 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.50

Scottish director Bill Forsyth's first international hit, a typically quirky comedy set amongst the teenagers of a Scottish 'new town'. Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is a normal, gangly, hormonally-challenged student who, like his pals, has begun to discover the charms of the opposite sex, particularly those of Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), the new girl in school and a talented football player. Dorothy joins the team, and Gregory instantly becomes smitten with her. Gregory's affections are a given in spite of the fact that Dorothy is a better player than most of the boys on the hapless team, and her presence inspires a great deal of angst and embarrassment. Gregory is prepared to go to humiliating lengths in order to win Dorothy's attention, but it doesn't quite work out as he anticipates. Someone else has eyes for Gregory. Who will be Gregory's girl?Lovely, feel-good family film that is sure to have you grinning as you leave the cinema.

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EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION CERT: SUITABLE FOR GENERAL VIEWING, 10 YEARS AND OVER 60 MINUTES 2010 DIR: VARIOUS UK

Shetland Arts is grateful to Paul Bruce and the ESFF for enabling this screening. Fri 29 Aug @ 22:00 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.00 Sat 30 Aug @ 13:30 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.00 Sun 31 Aug @ 19:15 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.00

Mon 1 Sept @ 18:15 Screen 2, Mareel £4.50/£3.00 Fri 5 Sept @ 16:00 Screen 1, Mareel £4.50/£3.00

A selection of short films from the Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2014.“The Edinburgh Short Film Festival began in 2011 – evolving from the Leith Short Film Festival – and has built up a reputation for screening the best contemporary British and International short films, with an eclectic, offbeat and and entertaining programme that has included the first film made in Somalia for twenty years as well as shorts screened in city basements and pavement cafes. The ESFF has often held film exchanges with Italian and other overseas festivals and we’re delighted to be able to present the best films from our 2014 edition for the Screenplay Festival. We hope you enjoy the selection, which includes films from the Caribbean, Italy, and Russia amongst others! ” Paul Bruce, ESFF Director

WE ARE THE BEST! CERT: 15 102 MINS 2013 DIR: LUKAS MOODYSSON SWEDEN

LIV LEMOYNE, MIRA BARKHAMMAR, MIRA GROSIN Subtitled

Fri 29 Aug @ 21:30 Screen 1, Mareel £8.00/£6.00 Mon 1 Sept @ 21:15 Screen 2, Mareel £7.00/£5.00 Sat 6 Sept @ 19:30 Screen 2, Mareel £8.00/£6.00

Lukas Moodysson's adaptation of his wife Coco's graphic novel about three young misfits growing up in early '80s Stockholm. Pixieish, mohawk-sporting Klara (Mira Grosin) and her best friend Bobo (Mira Barkhammar) are 13-year-old rebels looking for a cause. Despite having no instruments or discernible musical talent, the two put all their energy into forming an all-girl punk band, recruiting their shy, classical guitar-playing schoolmate Hedvig (Liv LeMoyne) as the third wheel. With tender affection for his young characters and the period in which his film is set, Moodysson paints an ebullient and sharply observant portrait of DIY spirit and growing up different.  Sweet, empathetic, and shot through with a palpable joy, We Are the Best! offers a tender tribute to the bittersweet tumult of adolescence.

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A WORD FROM THE CURATORS...So much cinema – so little time! Once again we have been presented with the highly daunting - and very enjoyable – challenge of putting together a programme that will entertain, inspire and inform you, our esteemed audience. We hope you will think our efforts have been worthwhile.Looking north, we have films from Iceland, Denmark and Sweden, from wry, often dark comedies (Of Horses And Men, Either Way) to the latest in Scandinavian noir (Keeper of Lost Causes) to stirring tales of childhood and adolescence (We Are The Best!, We Shall Overcome, Eskil and Trinidad). We have films from award-winning contemporary British directors Clio Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant) and Joanna Hogg (Exhibition, Archipelago); films about the art of protest (The Bridge Rising, Windfall, Dangerous Acts); animated films (Box of Delights, Wrinkles) and films that can’t fail to inspire you, like the fabulous documentary about teenage poetry slamming, Louder Than A Bomb.This year, thanks to the generosity of sponsors, we are able to offer education screenings at Mareel, introducing children and young people to the best in world cinema. We are also delighted to welcome two visiting youth groups to the festival for the first time – Kirkwall Grammar School Film Club and SKAMM (Scottish Kids Are Making Movies) from Edinburgh.Last year in the audience feedback you asked for lectures and workshops as well as screenings, so this year we are happy to provide both. Screenwriter Norina Mackey will be giving two public seminars on writing and making short films, and there will be an illustrated lecture from Linda Ruth Williams and Shelley Cobb, who will be ‘Calling the Shots’.No Screenplay would be complete without local input, and this year we have films made about Shetland and films made by Shetlanders. Alongside the ever popular Home Made event, we are proud to be screening short films made by Shetlanders for the Glasgow 2014 Festival of the Commonwealth Games (Ebb Tide), a debut film by Bruce Eunson (Dis Quiet), a film about the proposed windfarm in Shetland (Windfall), a short horror film from the peat-hill (Trou), and a film made about one of our best Shetland poets (Nort Atlantik Drift – A Portrait of Robert Alan Jamieson).There will be family favourites, our first ever Young Film Quiz (for 10 – 16 year olds), a come-in-costume screening of Flash Gordon followed by a DJ Mixology event in the cafe bar, and a whole evening in the company of fabulous Welsh singer-songwriter, composer and film maker Gruff Rhys.We are looking forward to seeing you. Even if it’s in the dark.Mark Kermode, Linda Ruth Williams and Kathy HubbardThe Curators

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KATHY HUBBARDKathy has recently retired as Head of Development from Shetland Arts, where she worked for almost 15 years. Prior to that she worked in the criminal justice systems of England and Scotland as a probation officer, and as Criminal Justice Social Work Manager in Shetland. Born in Manchester, brought up in Wales, she has lived in Shetland for the past twenty-four years. She is now looking forward to spending more time at the cinema, looking after her small flock of ageing sheep, and starting an MLitt at the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands.Kathy has been involved in Screenplay for the last seven years, and it is rumoured that she has developed rectangular eyes due to excessive exposure to the cinema screen.

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LINDA RUTH WILLIAMSMark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams have been curating Screenplay since it started in 2007. Mark has been resident film critic for BBC Radio 5 for twelve years, and also presents on BBC News and The Culture Show, and is chief film critic of The Observer. His ‘cinematic autobiography’, It’s Only A Movie, was published in 2010, followed in 2011 by The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex: What’s wrong with Modern Movies? and Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics in 2013. He has just finished a book about Silent Running, one of his favourite movies. Linda Ruth Williams is Professor of Film in the English Department at Southampton University, and researches into contemporary cinema, censorship and children in film. With Shelley Cobb she is now running an AHRC-funded research project entitled Calling The Shots: Women and contemporary Film Culture in the UK 2000-2015. She also completing a book on Steven Spielberg, childhood and child performers.

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BELLEShowing from: Sun 24 AugTickets on sale: NOW

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Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mabatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.

LUCYShowing from: Fri 22 AugTickets on sale: NOW

Tricked into delivering a briefcase by her devious boyfriend, a student (Scarlett Johansson) is then kidnapped and surgically implanted with a vial containing a mysterious substance. Although the substance is designed to dramatically increase the brain’s processing power, it may kill her if it leaks into her body – which it does. Aided by a sympathetic police captain, she rushes desperately to seek help from renowned psychologist Professor Samuel Norman, even as her cerebral skills are multiplying exponentially.

THEEXPENDABLES 3Showing from: Fri 22 AugTickets on sale: NOW

Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team come face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill... or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables - but Barney has other plans.

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INTO THE STORMShowing from: Mon 8 SepTickets on sale: Wed 27 Aug

The latest addition to the extreme-weather disaster movie canon stands out for its cutting-edge CGI courtesy of Avatar second-unit director Steven Quale. Down-on-his-luck professional storm chaser Pete and his near-mutinous crew headed by data-nerd Allison set off to film the eye of a humungous tornado on course to striking Silvertown. But they haven’t accounted for divorced schoolteacher Gary whose two sons are caught in its path, or some Jackass-style wannabes who aren’t taking the lethal consequences at all seriously. The real star of the film is obviously the storm itself, which wreaks havoc on an industrial scale, although the various characters and their heart-rending plotlines do their damnedest to stop it.

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HECTOR & THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESSShowing from: Mon 8 SepTickets on sale: Wed 27 Aug

Hector (Simon Pegg) is an eccentric yet loveable psychiatrist who finds himself at a crossroads in life; his patients just aren’t getting any happier and his life is going nowhere. Feeling trapped between his mundane daily routine and his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), Hector decides to break away from his sheltered London life and go on a global quest to find out whether happiness truly exists - and more importantly, whether it exists for Hector. Along the way he meets friends old and new, learning some valuable lessons on his journey of self discovery that proves equal parts colourful, dangerous, exotic and hilarious.

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THE CONGRESSShowing from: Mon 8 SepTickets on sale: Wed 27 Aug

From Ari Folman, visionary director of Waltz With Bashir, comes a journey beyond imagination. An ageing actress (Robin Wright, playing a version of herself) decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent (Harvey Keitel) and the head of Miramount Studios (Danny Huston), her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son, and her digitised character will stay forever young. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio’s head animator (Jon Hamm), Wright’s digital double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to take part in “The Congress” convention as she makes her comeback straight into the world of future fantasy cinema.

THE FAULTIN OUR STARSShowing from: Mon 8 SepTickets on sale: Wed 27 Aug

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Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them - and us - on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group. Based upon the number-one bestselling novel by John Green, explores the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.

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SENIOR SCREENINGSWednesdays at 2pmWeekly screenings for our mature guests (60+), offered at a discounted rate with refreshments included in the ticket price. (Please retain your ticket to claim your refreshments)

10 Sep HECTOR & the SEARCH for HAPPINESS p617 Sep TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT p1024 Sep PRIDE p121 Oct THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY p14

BABES IN ARMSMondays at 11amFor parents/guardians with babies up to 18 months old.

8 Sep THE FAULT IN OUR STARS p715 Sep THE BOXTROLLS 2D p1022 Sep INTO THE STORM p529 Sep THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY p14

We are also happy for parents/guardians with babies up to 18 months old to attend any morning or afternoon screening with a U, PG or 12A certification.

FILM WEDNESDAYSWednesdays at 8pm + additional Sunday screeningsThe best of independent & world cinema, classic films & documentaries, for film lovers.

10 Sep THE CONGRESS p717 Sep TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT p1024 Sep LILTING p121 Oct 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO... p15

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TWO DAYS,ONE NIGHTShowing from: Fri 12 SepTickets on sale: Wed 3 Sep

French language film with English subtitles. Sandra returns to work after a bout of depression to find that her co-workers have voted her out of a job in favour of a €1,000 bonus. Her boss gives her a weekend to convince them all to change their minds, prompting a series of confrontations and a gamut of emotions – and excuses – that test both Sandra’s ingenuity and her colleagues’ scruples. Fabrizio Rongione is Sandra’s supportive husband, and Catherine Salée is her confidante. But it’s Marion Cotillard as Sandra who tugs hardest at our consciences in this affecting parable for harsh economic times.

THE BOXTROLLS(3D & 2D)Showing from: Fri 12 SepTickets on sale: Wed 3 Sep

The Boxtrolls is a comedic fable that unfolds in Cheesebridge, a posh Victorian-era town obsessed with wealth, class and the stinkiest of fine cheeses. Beneath its charming cobblestone streets dwell the Boxtrolls, foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. At least that’s the legend residents have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are an underground cavern-dwelling community of quirky and lovable oddballs who wear recycled cardboard boxes the way turtles wear their shells. The Boxtrolls have raised an orphaned human boy, Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright), since infancy as one of their dumpster-diving and mechanical junk-collecting own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher (Acadamy Award winner Ben Kingsley) who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kind-hearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and an adventurous rich girl Winnie (Elle Fanning) to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change - and cheese.

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THE INBETWEENERS 2Showing from: Fri 12 SepTickets on sale: Wed 3 Sep

After The Inbetweeners Movie became the biggest-grossing (in every sense) UK comedy film ever, the temptation to make a sequel proved too much for the young actors who play TV’s ultimate bad lads. Once again Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison travel abroad for their misadventures, although this time they’re letting Europe off lightly and opting instead to descend Down Under. Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, who created the original sitcom, also handle both writing and directing duties for this second big screen outing, tantalisingly claiming: “We can’t say too much as we don’t want to spoil the jokes. But we can exclusively reveal that there’ll be kangaroos. And Australians. And possibly koalas. Oh and obviously Jay, Will, Neil and Simon, providing they’re let into the country.”

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PRIDEShowing from: Fri 19 Sep Tickets on sale: Wed 10 Sep

It’s 1984 and the Miners’ Strike is causing great hardship, especially in one remote Welsh pit village. Despite some misgivings, a group of young gay activists led by bolshy Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer) decide to raise money for the community, but when they travel down to deliver the funds they’re unprepared for the homophobia that greets them. However, it transpires that a taciturn village elder (Bill Nighy) has long been in the closet, and the strikers’ wives, headed by Imelda Staunton’s no-nonsense Helfina, are both grateful and curious. In only his second film, noted theatre director Matthew Warchus (Matilda the Musical) expertly finesses knowing humour, indignation and sexual politics, while the performances are uniformly pitch-perfect.

LILTINGShowing from: Fri 19 SepTickets on sale: Wed 10 Sep

Lilting is a touching, intimate film about finding the things which bring us together. Set in contemporary London, it tells the story of a Cambodian-Chinese mother mourning the untimely death of her son. Her world is suddenly disrupted by the presence of a stranger. We observe their difficulties in trying to connect with one another without a common language. Through a translator they piece together memories of a man they both loved dearly, and realise that whilst they may not share a language, they are connected in their grief.

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Nine years after the box-office smash Sin City, the stories of the notorious city dwellers resume in

the hugely anticipated sequel. Boasting an all-star cast led by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Juno

Temple, Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, and Josh Brolin, this next instalment promises to take audiences

on a visceral ride into the twisted minds of Frank Miller’s unforgettable characters.

Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller weave together two

of Miller’s classic stories with new tales, the town’s most hard boiled citizens cross

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3D & 2DShowing from: Fri 26 Sep

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BEFORE I GOTO SLEEPShowing from: Fri 26 SepTickets on sale: Wed 17 Sep

Following a dreadful accident in her 20s, Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) wakes up every morning unable to remember a thing about her past or her identity. She relies on her loving husband Ben (Colin Firth) to make the decisions that enable her to get through the day in their neat suburban home. But when she secretly begins seeing a sympathetic doctor (Mark Strong, playing squarely against his hard-man image) who encourages her to take down her thoughts on a digital recorder, she discovers that her situation – and especially her marriage – is not what it seems. Based on the hit novel by S. J. Watson, and directed from his own screenplay by Rowan Joffe, this is a riveting psychological thriller with a terrific cast who expertly exploit its many unsettling twists.

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEYShowing from: Fri 26 SepTickets on sale: Wed 17 Sep

Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. When Hassan and his family, led by Papa (Om Puri), move to a quaint village in the South of France with the grand plan of opening an Indian restaurant in the picturesque countryside, they are undeterred by the fact that only 100 feet opposite stands a Michelin starred classical French eatery. However upon encountering the icy proprietress, Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), the Kadam family realise they may have bitten off more than they can chew. Outraged by the new arrivals, Madame Mallory is determined to have their business shut down. As cultures clash and food flies, an all-out war escalates between the two establishments - until, that is, Hassan’s passion and talent for French cuisine begin to enchant Madame Mallory and even she can’t deny this young chef could have what it takes to garner even more acclaim for her beloved restaurant.

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DOLPHIN TALEShowing from: Fri 26 SepTickets on sale: Wed 17 Sep

SHOWING IN ADVANCE OF DOLPHINTALE 2, COMING OUT NEXT MONTH.

Inspired by the incredible true story of Winter, a dolphin who was rescued off the Florida coast after her tail became caught in a crab trap, this uplifting family-oriented adventure from director/co-screenwriter Charles Martin Smith details the unique bond between an injured dolphin and a young boy. When Winter loses her tail in a tragic accident, her young friend convinces the locals to build her a prosthetic replacement, inspiring hope and courage in handicapped people across the globe. Nathan Gamble, Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, and Kris Kristofferson star.

THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHOCLIMBED OUTTHE WINDOW & DISAPPEAREDShowing from: Fri 26 SepTickets on sale: Wed 17 Sep

The story follows Allan Karlsson who, on his 100th birthday, decides there is more to life than waiting for death in a retirement home, climbs out of his window and disappears. What follows is an extraordinary journey, involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash, some unpleasant criminals, a friendly hot-dog stand operator, and an elephant. For anyone else it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but as the story progresses it transpires that Allan has a larger-than-life backstory: From Stalin to Reagan, not only has he witnessed some of the most important events of the Twentieth Century, but he has actually played a key role in them, albeit an accidental one.

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A STREETCARNAMED DESIRE

Showing on: Sunday 28 SeptemberTickets on sale: Wednesday 27 August

The fastest-selling production in the Young Vic’s history, Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece stars Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois,

Ben Foster as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby as Stella. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her

downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. Visionary director Benedict Andrews returns to the Young Vic

following his Critics’ Circle Award-winning Three Sisters.

Tickets: £16 / £13