Women Without Men - Trailer
Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden where they find independence, solace and companionship.
A stunning debut feature from renowned photographer Shirin Neshat.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/49/52/women-without-men
Women With Cows - Trailer
79-year-old Britt has devoted her entire life to cows, while her younger sibling Ingrid can’t stand them.
Established photo-journalist Peter Gerdehag turns his hand to documentary to create a funny and touching portrait of the sisters’ squabbles as they work together to fight for the future of their farm.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/51/54/women-with-cows
What is This Film Called Love? - Trailer
With Sergei Eisenstein as his imaginary companion on a walking tour of Mexico City, filmmaker and critic Mark Cousins contemplates historical change, shot composition, and his own identity.
Having just completed C4’s The Story of Film, which took six years to make, 15 hours to watch and which spanned 100 years of cinema, Mark returns with a much more personal project, shot over three days and on a budget of just £10.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/58/61/what-is-this-film-called-love
Tales of the Night - Trailer
In a little cinema, three storytellers meet every night to act out various tales set in forests and cities of gold, populated with sorcerers, fairies, and powerful kings.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/54/57/tales-of-the-night
Play - Trailer
In central Gothenburg, a group of boys persistently rob other children through an elaborate scheme. Another hard hitting and hugely successful film on the festival circuit from the director of Involuntary, recreating real cases of bullying through a series of scenes, observed by a static camera.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/59/62/play
Mary & Max - Trailer
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely eight year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a 44 year-old severely obese man living in New York.
Dark comedy in stop-motion, featuring the voices of Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Barry Humphries.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/56/59/mary-and-max
Patience (After Sebald) - Trailer
Invoking W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn, this unique and contemplative film uses the book's text and images to recreate a haunting walk through Suffolk, reflecting on landscape, history and Sebald's own influence.
A beguiling journey of discovery featuring Andrew Motion, Tacita Dean and others.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/50/53/berwick-film-society-presents-patience-after-sebald
Here - Trailer
Described by LA weekly as “the road trip romance, reinvented, remapped.”
Here follows Will, a cartographer, who has been sent to work in Armenia, where he meets photographer Gadarine. Together they embark on a journey, mapping the landscape, and a relationship blossoms.
Shot by the North East’s Lol Crawley and with sequences by artist Ben Rivers.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/53/56/here
The Search for Emak Bakia - Trailer
Photographer and filmmaker Oskar Alegria sets off on a journey along the Basque Coast to find the origins of Emak Bakia – a film shot by Man Ray in the 1920s and possibly the name of the house where he lived to make the film.
An unusual road movie, led by chance and taking many diversions along the way.
For more information please visit: http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/52/55/the-search-for-emak-bakia
Mare Trailer
Commissioned by Northumberland County Council in partnership with the Festival, and featuring members of the Maltings’ Youth Drama and Dance Company, Mare was filmed on the Berwick coastline, while the title refers to the ‘sea’ and the folkloric meaning of the spirit in nightmares.
Rammatik - Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir
Mare
UK I 2011 I 5 min I Super-8 transferred to Digital Video
Moomins and the Midsummer Madness
A tranquil summer’s day is interrupted by a volcanic eruption, causing a flood in Moominvalley and forcing the Moomin family to take refuge in a theatre which has been set adrift. The Finnish fuzzy felt family are back for a new animated magical adventure based on Tove Jansson’s well-loved books, for young children and big kids alike.
Maria Lindberg
Location: The Maltings Theatre & Cinema
Finland / 2009 / 87 min / Cert. U
I Am Nasrine
An intimate coming-of-age story following Nasrine and her brother Ali, as they flee their home in Tehran and set out to make another in the North East of England. Swept along by a dynamic soundtrack and a captivating performance by newcomer Micsha Sadeghi as the title character, I Am Nasrine is a startlingly beautiful and profound telling of the modern day refugee experience. This regionally produced drama takes you on a journey you don’t want to miss.
Tina Gharavi
Location: The Maltings Theatre & Cinema
UK/Iran / 2011 / 88 min / Cert. Suggested 15
Mastering Bambi
A spectacular recreation of Disney’s ‘magic forest’, stripped of its harmonious inhabitants, the animals. What remains is another reality, a constructed and living wilderness where nature becomes a mirror for reflecting upon ourselves.
Persjin Broersenbe & Margit Lukács
Mastering Bambi
Netherlands I 2010 I 13 min I HD Video
The Blue Bird Trailer
A magical tale of two poor children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, who are led by the fairy Berylune into various fantastical lands in the search for the blue bird of happiness.
This stunning silent movie, preserved with original tinting, will be accompanied by Carl Heslop, whose Compton Organ was recently found abandoned in Berwickshire and restored to its former glory.
"The Blue Bird sets the standard for one of the most powerful narratives of children's cinema - a quest through a series of tableaux depicting adulthood as a fundamentally disorienting, alienating and, above all, frightening state." - Billy Stevenson - A Film Canon
Maurice Tourneur
Location: The Maltings Theatre & Cinema
USA / 1918 / 75 min / Cert. Suggested PG
Brief Exposures - Death of an Insect
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Feature Film Programme
