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Day 1 • Rocks • Official Secrets • Portrait of a Lady on Fire • Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound • The Chambermaid • Musicals for Kids with Neil Brand |
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From the director of Suffragette and Brick Lane comes a story about sisterhood, resilience and the intensity of teenage friendships. Set in East London, the film follows a group of year-11 girls, amongst them Nigerian-British girl Rocks. When Rocks' mother leaves, she and her brother do their utmost to avoid going in to care. As surviving – and keeping their situation secret – becomes increasingly difficult, Rocks has only one group of people she can turn to: her friends.
We are thrilled to be welcoming director Sarah Gavron and writers Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson to the screening!
Thursday 17th • 8.30pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
Friday 18th • 4.00pm • The Light Tickets
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We are delighted to be opening the festival at The Light with Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets, starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, and Rhys Ifans. In 2003, as politicians in Britain and the US angle to invade Iraq, GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that urges spying on members of the UN Security Council to force through the resolution to go to war. Charged with breaking the Official Secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and her lawyers set out to defend her actions. With her life, liberty and marriage threatened, she must stand up for what she believes in…
We are delighted to welcome journalist Martin Bright – the real-life Observer editor played by Matt Smith in the film – for a Q&A with the audience.
Thursday 17th • 8.00pm • The Light Tickets
Friday 18th • 12.45pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
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Céline Sciamma tells the story of a female painter who, after being sent to an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. The painting must be done in secret. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women but their freedom is short-lived. Sciamma's follow up to the wonderful Girlhood was well worth the wait.
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"It's so good you'll want to watch again in slow-motion immediately afterwards just to see how she does it." – The Hollywood Reporter
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Winner of Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at Cannes 2019. Friday 18th • 7.30pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
Sunday 20th • 6.00pm • The Light Tickets
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema through the personal histories, experiences and expertise of sound pioneers who became award-winning artists in sound design. The film features interviews with premier sound designers like Walter Murch, Gary Rydstrom, and Ben Burtt, as well as great film directors known for working so closely with their sound designers, like George Lucas, Robert Redford, Peter Weir, Christopher Nolan, Sofia Coppola and David Lynch.
Friday 18th • 3.00pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
Saturday 19th • 1.00pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
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Rocks, from the director of Suffragette and Brick Lane, is a story about sisterhood, resilience and the intensity of teenage friendships. Set in East London, the film follows a group of year-11 girls, amongst them Nigerian-British girl Rocks. When Rocks' mother leaves, she and her brother do their utmost to avoid going in to care. As surviving – and keeping their situation secret – becomes increasingly difficult, Rocks has only one group of people she can turn to: her friends.
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"A terrifically assured feature debut." – Peter Bradshaw's Film of the Week, The Guardian
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Friday 18th • 1.30pm • The Light Tickets
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How do you introduce kids to the Musical? You know what? You don’t need to. They already know about them - they just don’t know they know! So join Neil Brand as he unlocks some key musical sequences at the piano, celebrates iconic moments from Pixar and Dreamworks and flags up some of the Golden Age musicals which will grab kids, sending them home dancing with a song in their hearts.
Saturday 19th • 10.30am • Emmanuel College Tickets
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Explore this year's treasure trove of 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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