Screen WM Supported Events
The following events have been supported by Screen WM.
Screen +
Join us to celebrate Adult Learners’ Week 2008 with screenings and events across the West Midlands region. Adult Learners' Week is the largest learning campaign in the UK co-ordinated by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) www.wmld.org
Quiet Storm + Discussion
An engrossing politically charged action thriller about four Black men who risk all to confront corrupt African leaders, their patrons in the West, and underworld rivals. Followed by a post screening discussion with the filmmakers. Tickets: £4 (£3)
The Drum, Thu 15 May, 7.30pm
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Happy-Go-Lucky + Talk
A screening of Mike Leigh’s acclaimed new film followed by a talk by film studies lecturer Ken Page. Tickets: £5.50 (£4.50)
Old Market Hall, Sun 18 May, 7pm
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Persepolis + Discussion
A screening of Persepolis a poignant animated story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution followed by a post discussion led by lecturer Julia Condon-Jones. Tickets: £6.25 (£5/£4.25)
Warwick Arts Centre, Mon 19 May, 6.30pm
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Annie Liebovitz - Life Through A Lens (12A) + Talk
A documentary tracing the evolution of photographer Anne Liebovitz followed by a talk and discussion on ‘Photography and Celebrity’ led by Richard Heatly. Tickets: £6 (conc)
The Courtyard, Fri 23 May, 5pm
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Ruby Blue (15) + Q & A
A special screening of this new British drama starring Bob Hoskins with an introduction and post screening discussion and Q & A with writer/director Jan Dann and producer Elaine Wickham. Tickets: £5.20 (£3.90)
Light House, Sat 24 May, 7.40pm
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Animation Workshops
Drop-in animation workshops for adults and young people will be taking place throughout the weekend as part of the Stoke Your Fires Animation Festival. Admission Free.
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, 17 & 18 May, 10.30am – 5pm
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Other Events Across the Region
A host of screenings, festivals and film related events take place across the West Midlands region catering to a diverse variety of audiences. The following events are just a few highlights of rich screen-based activity taking place:
An Afternoon with Jamil Dehlavi: The Blood of Hussain (15)
Award winning independent guerrilla filmmaker, lawyer, musician and artist, Jamil Dehlavi will present a double bill of his films
and take part in a post-screening discussion and audience Q & A session. Starting off with 1981's Blood of Hussain at 3pm, followed by 2005's Infinite Justice at 5.30pm.
Organised in Association with South Asian Alliance.
mac, Birmingham, Sun 30 March
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Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (PG)
Italian masters of silent film soundtracks Yo Yo Mundi with a special performance of their soundtrack to 'natural drama' Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927). Using instruments including; accordion, electric guitars, double bass, saxophone, melodica, keyboards and a mobile phone, music and images are tightly knitted together for a pleasant journey into a faraway time and space captured on film some seventy years ago.
The Electric, Birmingham, Wed 2 Apr, 8.30pm
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Screen Forum: BBC Film Network Presents...
New Music Shorts + Q & A with Filmmakers
In 2007 BBC Film Network, Electric Proms and New Talent challenged filmmakers to make original films inspired by new music tracks. Partnering with established record labels, who provided some of their latest release tracks, and Warp Films, who produced the selected films with the directors five filmmakers received a budget of up to £5,000 to create their innovative film. This Forum provides an opportunity to see the films and hear from some of the people involved in the productions.
Light House, Wolverhampton, Wed 2 & Wed 9 Apr
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Blade Runner: Final Cut (15)
A special screening of the final director's cut of Ridley Scott's visionary masterpiece, with an even darker ending and enhanced special effects. To be screened in sparkling new digital high definition format.
Light House,Wolverhampton, Fri 11 Apr 2.15pm & Sat 12 Apr, 8.10pm
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Film Club: The Maltese Falcon (PG)
Don’t miss your chance to see this 1941 debut by director John Huston which kick started the career of Humphrey Bogart and popularized, if not invented, the Hollywood film noir style. Organised by Light House Film Club.
Light House, Wolverhampton, Sat 12 Apr, 2pm
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The Exorcist (18)
A special screening of William Friedkin’s classic supernatural drama, widely considered to be one of the scariest and most unsettling films of all time.
Light House, Wolverhampton, Thurs 17 Apr, 6pm
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Scott of the Antartic (U)
A special screening as part of Bromsgrove Festival of music. A meticulous recreation of the ill fated 1912 expedition to the South Pole using location footage and based on Scott’s own diaries, with a score by Vaughan Williams which is now generally recognised as one of British film music's finest achievements.
Artix, Bromsgrove, Thurs 17 Apr, 7.30pm & Fri 18 Apr 1.30pm
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Notorious Choir presents... As Seen on TV
Channel-hopping through telly heaven Notorious Choir will be singing fun and fabulous music from some of televisions best loved shows.
The Electric, Birmingham Sun 20 Apr, 1pm
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7 Inch Cinema presents...I for India ()
A screening of Sandhya Suri's documentary about home and belonging created from the video diaries her father sent back to his family in India after he moved to Darlington in the 1960s.
Hare & Hounds, Birmingham Sun 27 Apr, 7pm
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O Thou Transcendent
A screening of the first ever full-length film biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams screening as part of the Bromsgrove Festival of music. Featuring archive performances by Boult and Barbirolli, newly discovered interviews with Vaughan Williams himself and specially recorded extracts from The Symphonies, Job, The Lark Ascending and The Tallis Fantasia. The screening will include an interval followed by an introduction to the second part of the film by the award-winning director, Tony Palmer.
Artix, Bromsgrove, Fri 2 May, 7.45pm
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Cipher presents Phantom of the Opera
A
screening of the 1925 silent horror The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian
with a dark ambient live jazz score
from Cipher (Dave Sturt and Theo Travis)
utilising contemporary digital sound-processing techniques, acoustic instruments, voices and natural sounds.
Programmed as part of Coventry Jazz Festival.
Warwick Arts Centre, Fri 23 May, 6.30pm
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