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Look out for these great films coming up at the Festival...
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The incredibly moving BEAUTIFUL BOY
Based on the critically acclaimed 2008 memoir Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff, Beautiful Boy is a harrowing film about a father’s torment at witnessing his son’s downward spiral, succumbing to the effects of crystal meth and heroin. Actors Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet excel in the roles of David and his son Nic, delivering a marvellously sensitive, largely quiet tour de force, as they take us on a journey of love, pain and hope, navigating through moments of happiness and of utter despair, moments of rehab and relapse. A truly inspiring story of survival and recovery as a family copes with addiction over many years.
"Passionately acted and masterfully told".
Screening on Monday and Wednesday. Book here.
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| The utterly gripping MALCOLM IS A LITTLE UNWELL
‘Unwell’ chronicles the descent into madness of award-winning BBC foreign correspondent Malcolm Brabant after he receives a routine yellow fever vaccine required for an assignment in Africa. He begins hallucinating and starts to believe he is the new Messiah, being directed by the ghosts of dead friends who, like him, covered the siege of Sarajevo. Brabant suffers several relapses, psychotic episodes and bouts of treatment in psychiatric hospital. He captures one episode on camera himself, while his wife Trine Villemann keeps video diaries in order to document his transformation…
"A paean to love and family, as well as a unique window onto mental illness"
We are delighted that directors Malcolm Brabant and Trine Villemann will attend the screening on Wednesday 31st October for a Q&A with the audience. Also screening on Thursday. Book here.
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| | The momentous film THE SILENCE OF OTHERS
Awarded the top prize at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest, this is a courageous examination of Spain’s ongoing failure to confront the crimes of the Franco dictatorship. Filmed over six years, it combines archive footage with recent interviews to reveal a country where streets and squares are still named after fascist generals and historical amnesia has been encouraged by law. A devastating indictment of a culture of repression and a moving portrayal of the victims who still continue to fight for justice.
"The Silence of Others must be seen on the big screen where we can appreciate its beautiful imagery and sound, and give our complete concentration to its momentous story about a country that should not forget its history."
Screening on Tuesday and Wednesday. Book here.
We are delighted to welcome specialists in Spanish history to host a debate with the audience after both screenings. The post-screening debate on Tuesday October 30th will be hosted by Prof. Paul Preston and Dr Bryan Cameron.
Prof. Paul Preston is an English historian and Hispanist, biographer of Franco, specialist in Spanish history, in particular the Spanish Civil War, which he has studied for more than 30 years. He is the winner of multiple awards for his books on the Spanish Civil War.
Dr Bryan Cameron is University Lecturer in Modern Spanish Literature and Culture at Selwyn College (Cambridge University). Cameron's research centers on modern Spanish culture with a focus on literary, filmic, and ideological production from the eighteenth century to the present. He has also worked on cultural output from (post-) crisis Spain, examining protest movements, narrative and documentary cinema, and visual print media from 2008 to the present. |
| | The astonishing FROM CAIRO TO THE CLOUD
The most extraordinary saga of Jewish history you’ve never heard of. In 1896, Solomon Schechter entered the sacred storeroom of an ancient synagogue in Cairo and discovered a vast treasure trove of manuscripts that revolutionised our understanding of Jewish history and illuminated a thousand years of vibrant Jewish life in the heart of the Islamic world. An accidental archive of more than half a million documents, the Cairo Geniza reveals the richness of Judeo-Arabic culture and reflects periods of relative religious co-existence unimaginable today.
"Brilliantly conceived and executed"
Screening on Wednesday and Thursday. We are delighted to welcome director Michelle Paymar to the screenings for a Q&A with the audience. Book here.
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| | The suspenseful FELINE
David, a somewhat naive young man, has found what appears to be the perfect summer job as a grounds keeper on a lavish country estate. He has the summer to himself and the opportunity to contemplate the next stage of his life. Only David isn’t alone and when he meets James, a charismatic manipulator, and Grace, the beautiful, enigmatic but complex daughter of the homeowners, David’s solitary summer begins to darken.
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THE ARCHIVE
DIRECTOR: Peter Spence.
Set in McCarthy era America, this incredible story of lawyer David Drucker who was pursued for decades by the FBI is compiled entirely from archive materials.
We are delighted to welcome Feline's producer Jona Thompson to the screening on Tuesday for a Q&A with the audience and director Peter Spence will do a special introduction to the short film The Archive. Book here.
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| | Explore the treasure trove of all our Festival films on our website.
The Cambridge Film Festival is presented by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity with a mission to foster film culture and education for the benefit of the public, in Cambridge and the Eastern region but also throughout the UK.
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