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Programme 2010-2011

Download a pdf of the printed programme of this season's films.

List of Films

Friday 17th September 2010 8pm The Band's Visit IMDB

Israel/France/USA Colour 12A 89 min 2007

Director: Eran Kolirin

When an Egyptian police brass band travels to Israel to play at an Arab arts centre, the group ends up abandoned in a remote desert town. A comedy about the bridge-making capacities of hospitality and the way music serves as a universal language.

Friday 24th September 2010 8pm Tapped IMDB

USA Colour NR 76 min 2009

Director: Stephanie Soechtig

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

Friday 1st October 2010 10pm When You're Strange: A Film about the Doors IMDB

USA Colour 15 90 min 2009

Director: Tom DiCillo

Narrated by Johnny Depp and including much previously unseen footage, When You're Strange is a riveting account of the history of The Doors and American counter-culture, from 1965 to Jim Morrison's death in 1971.

Saturday 2nd October 2010 11am-4pm Animation Workshop

Sign up for a stop motion animation workshop on Foresters Green with animators Joseph Brett, Leila Watts and Glenn Zimmatore. Get a time slot early on the day. Places limited.

£3 per child

Saturday 2nd October 2010 1pm Seven Chances IMDB

USA B&W U 56 min 1925

Director: Buster Keaton

If he can be married by 7 o'clock Buster stands to inherit $7 million. Unfortunately, his long-standing sweetheart refuses, which triggers desperate measures and a final, hilarious chase. With live music from Terry Davies.

All seats £3

Sunday 3rd October 2010 1pm Local Shorts

UK Colour NR c. 60 min

A short programme of films made by local film-makers, mostly about people and places near Forest Row. Kicking off with the short animation from Saturday's workshop, the programme will also include Poppy Futures by Nikki Williams/Edmund Saunders, Tor Bridges' A Hundred Years of Food and A Life of Bees, and more. Donations.

Other Films

Full details of all films will be added here shortly, together with trailers and further reading.