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Welcome to the 6th Holmfirth Film Festival
Welcome to the 6th Film Festival. We have an exciting programme of
popular films, hidden gems, great classics, the best documentaries,
children’s favourites and new releases from the past year from the UK
and around the world. The evening with Oscar-winning screenwriter,
Simon Beaufoy, is sure to be a delight, and the special live soundtrack
night with Saint Etienne is a must-see event.
The Festival Film Hub:
Holmfirth Adult
Education
Centre
This year we have a new venue, Holmfirth’s Adult Education Centre,
which we are - with the co-operation of Kirklees College - bringing
back into use as the Festival Hub with two screens, exhibition space
and a pop-up bar with food.
Cinema is still a major cultural activity and there is something special
about going out to see a film in the company of others. We hope you
find a film that delights, surprises and reveals something about the
community and world in which we live.
Stephen Dorril
Director Holmfirth Film Festival
Our supporters
and sponsors
Thanks to Holmfirth Events for their co-operation
and support of the Festival. For further details, visit:
holmfirthevents.co.uk
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Booking Information
General enquiries
§§ Tel: 01484 684094 or 01484 681388.
§§ Email: info@holmfirthfilmfestival.com
Where to buy your tickets
§§ In Person: Holmfirth Tourist Information Centre,
49-51 Huddersfield Road. Tel: 01484 222444
§§ Online: www.holmfirthfilmfestival.co.uk
Ladies Who Lunch
§§ The £15 ticket includes light lunch (but not drinks)
plus entry to Testament of Youth. The lunch deal is at
Mezze, Aldea and Wrinkled Stocking in Holmfirth and
is available from 12 noon. Remember the film starts
at 2.30pm so leave plenty of time. Available from:
§§ Mezze: Huddersfield Road 01484 681311
www.mezze-bar-restaurant.com
§§ Aldea: Victoria Square 01484 689003
www.aldeaholmfirth.co.uk
§§ The Wrinkled Stocking: Huddersfield Road 01484 681408
www.holmfirthtearoom.co.uk
§§ Film only tickets £5 from Holmfirth Tourist Information
Centre or online at www.holmfirthfilmfestival.co.uk
Picturedrome Events
§§ www.picturedrome.net
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Ticket deals
§§ Golden Ticket £40: Allows entry to all the films in the
festival apart from the events such as – St Etienne,
Ladies Who Lunch, Curry & Film Nights, Film in the
Barn, Marsden Film & Food events and LBT films.
§§ Special Triple Film Deal: Buy three different film
tickets for £10.50 (from TIC only) and save £3.
(Same exceptions apply as for Golden Ticket)
Become a Friend of Holmfirth Film Festival
§§ Lend your support to the Festival by becoming a Friend with
a chance to socialise and meet like-minded people, and avail
yourself of our newsletter updates, offers and discounts on film
screenings, and a new film loan scheme. Please contact Clem
Bacon: Tel: 01484 684094 or Email holmfirthfilm@gmail.com
§§ £15 Single annual membership
§§ £25 Joint annual membership (two people at same address)
Sunday Night Films
§§ The Festival continues to run films at the Picturedrome
and at Southgate Theatre (Honley) on Sunday
nights on a monthly basis. Check for details on
the Festival and Picturedrome websites.
Disabled access
§§ We are keen to ensure that everyone who wants to attend
our events can do so. However, the Festival uses a number
of different venues, some of which do not have full disabled
access. Please contact us in advance to discuss accessibility
– we will do whatever we can to assist you – 01484 681388.
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Festival Map
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The Picturedrome, Market Walk, Holmfirth
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Choppards Mission, Choppards Bank Road, Holmfirth
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Southgate Theatre, Southgate, Honley
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Massala Lounge, Huddersfield Rd, Holmfirth
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Adult Education Centre, Huddersfield Rd, Holmfirth
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Holmfirth Parish Church, Towngate, Holmfirth
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Marsden Bandroom, Marsden Lane, Marsden
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The Barn, Malkinhouse, Brow Lane, Holmfirth
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Hepworth Village Hall, Towngate, Hepworth
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Saturday 16th May
Big Hero 6
The Picturedrome - Holmfirth
Saturday 16 May 2pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley
Children: £3.50 Adults: £4.50
Paddington
The Imitation Game
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley | £4.50
Saturday 16 May 4.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth
Children: £3.50 Adults: £4.50
Dir. Morten Tyldum (UK
2014, 112mins 12A)
An award-winning biopic of
Alan Turing and a favourite of
2014. Benedict Cumberbatch
gives a brilliant portrayal of the
mathematician and codebreaker,
with Keira Knightley heading up a
fine support cast. It follows Turing’s
life from childhood, via his breaking
of the German codes during World
War Two, his controversial private
life, to his untimely death.
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Dir. Ava Du Verney (US
2014, 127mins 12)
A great film based on the 1965
Selma to Montgomery Civil
Rights march for voting rights
with a gripping performance
from British actor, David
Oyelowo, who brilliantly brings
to life Martin Luther King, both
the private and the public man.
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Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50
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The Princess Bride
Dir. Rob Reiner
(US 1987, 94mins PG)
Fantasy romance adventure
(adapted from his own novel
by William Goldman), which
breathes new life into the
damsel-in-distress fairy story.
Funny and smart, the film has developed into a major cult classic.
Swallows And Amazons
Saturday 16 May 2pm | Hepworth Village Hall
Children: £3.50, Adults: £4.50
St Vincent
Leviathan
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Marsden Bandroom, Marsden
Food & Film: £15, Film only: £4.50
from www.gingerbreadhousepresents.co.uk
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Hepworth Village Hall | £4.50
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Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
(RU 2014, 140mins 15)
Many critics regard this Cannes
winner as the best film of the
year. A beautifully shot film from
Zvyagintsev (The Return) about
a fisherman who fights back
against the endemic political
abuse and corruption in Russia.
Obviously hated by the Putin regime it also has universal appeal.
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Food and Film
Dir. Claude Whatham
(UK 1973, 90mins U)
Remastered, Arthur Ransome’s
classic tale of a group of children
playing pirates the Lake District in
their school holidays is beautifully
innocent and well portrayed by
the child cast. Happy memories
of adventure for nostalgic adults
and parents.
Dir. Theordore Melfi
(US 2014, 102mins 12)
Bill Murray, back in top form in
this funny and heart-warming
drama, is a curmudgeonly old
man who likes to drink a lot,
hang around bars and go to
racetracks, but is persuaded to look after a neighbours’ son.
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Dir. Paul King
(UK, 2014, 95mins. PG)
A magical family film that is a
joy for both children and film
critics. The books of Michael
Bond have been brought to
the screen with real charm
and pleasure.
Dirs. Dona Hall & Chris Williams
(US 2014, 108mins PG)
This Disney/Marvel collaboration
is a hugely entertaining action
and brilliantly animated comedy
adventure about the special bond
between a young boy and a robot
who find themselves thrown into
a dangerous plot…
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Saturday 16 May 12pm & 2.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth
Children: £3.50 Adults: £4.50
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Saturday 16th May
Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth
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Dr Simpo’s Animation Workshop
Saturday 16 May 11am - 4pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £5
Learn how to experiment and play with imagery in this 2D animation workshop, under the supervision of
an experienced cartoonist and film-maker. Each session ideal for 6-16 year olds – Very limited numbers.
Booking required – Holmfirth Tourist Information Office.
Saturday 16 May 12.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Huddersfield resident Melanie Lenihan has worked all over the world designing and doing make-up for
film and television, including Game of Thrones, the Harry Potter films and Pride. Melanie has worked on
Holby City and Silent Witness and will be demonstrating the new techniques she has developed for casualty
make-up and talking (with film clips) about her experiences.
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Designer And Make-Up Artist Melanie Lenihan
Saturday 16 May 5pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Robert Freeman
(UK 1968, 90mins 15)
Ultra rare cult film, written
by Ian La Frenais and Donald
Cammell (Performance), of the
swinging sixties features hippy
girls, wrestlers(!), LSD, Pink Floyd and Nirvana, and an amazing
geodesic dome in which they live at Frenchman Pond, Surrey. Is it
any good? Who knows – but it is brilliant.
With talk about the actor Sir Stanley Baker: Yorkshire Post film
critic and writer, Tony Earnshaw, will be talking about the life of one of
Britain’s leading actors in the late 1950s and early 1960s, (Sir) Stanley
Baker. Illustrated with clips from his films, he will also introduce one of
Baker’s neglected classics from this popular and charismatic Welsh
actor who also produced some of the big films of the era such as Zulu.
Django, Prepare A Coffin
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Introduced by Lee Broughton of the University of Leeds as part of a
season of post-Civil War westerns. The screening has been supported
by the Leverhulme Trust.
International Short Films
Saturday 16 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
An incredible selection of the best
INTERNATIONAL
short films from every corner of the
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globe -familiar names, emerging
HOLMFIRTH
local talent and International
OFFICIAL SELECTION
prize winners. An amazing mix of
styles, genre and theme... but be
prepared to be shocked, startled, amused, confused and entertained.
Tony Benn – Will And Testament
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Skip Kite
(UK 2014, 93mins 12A)
Tribute to the irreplaceable Tony
Benn. Shot over the last 2 years of
his life, the film provides us with his
distinctive viewpoint on the political
and historical events of his long and active career. Informative and
moving, this is essential viewing, whatever your political point of view.
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Saturday 16 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Dir. Fernando Baldi
(Italy 1968, 88mins 18)
An enjoyable classic re-mastered
and re-released 60s spaghetti
western – a mysterious gunfighter
(Terence Hill) is employed as an
executioner by a corrupt political
boss, who wants to steal the
farmer’s land. But Django has other ideas…
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The Touchables
Saturday 16 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Joseph Losey
(UK 1960, 97mins 12)
Very fine Losey film with the ever
impressive Baker – basing his
performance on his gangster friend
Albert Dimes – as the mastermind
of a racetrack robbery who is
double-crossed over the loot.
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Saturday 16 May 10pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Jennifer Kent (Australia 2014, 92mins 15)
One of the most critically-acclaimed horrors of recent years. Mr Babadook is a children’s book which a
single mother reads to her troubled son. Afterwards, strange things starts to happen. Is Mr Babadook
having an effect on real life?
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Sunday 17th May
How To Train Your Dragon 2
The Picturedrome - Holmfirth
Sunday 17 May 2pm | Marsden Bandroom, Marsden | FREE
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Cobain: Montage Of Heck
Sunday 17 May 2pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Dir. Dean DuBlois (US 2014, 102mins PG)
Winner of the Golden Globe for the year’s best animated feature. A
great and thrilling sequel of the fantastical adventures of the Viking,
Hiccup, and his dragons.
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Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Marsden Bandroom, Marsden | £4.50
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Dir. Brett Morgan (US 2015, 132mins 15)
An in-depth and authorised biography based on the personal
archives and home movies of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, who killed
himself in 1994. The band’s many followers will love this intimate
portrait of the music anti-hero who spoke to a generation of
grunge lovers.
Faust – Barry Russell
Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £5.00
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Dir. Yann Demange (UK 2014, 97mins 15)
1971: The Troubles. A young soldier is deployed to the increasing
‘security situation’ in Belfast. Accidentally separated from his unit,
he is left to face the aftermath of a riot on the dangerous streets of
the city. Terrific British thriller from debut director..
The Book Of Life
Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Hepworth Village Hall | £4.50
Dir. Jorge R. Gutierrez
(US 2014, 95mins U)
A bedazzling and joyous
animated fantasy adventure
– better than Disney - with a
unique visual style. A young
man has to choose between
his family’s expectation and
following his heart. One of the
best children’s films of the year.
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Mr Turner
Sunday 17 May 2pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley
Children: £3.50, Adults £4.50
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Dir. F. W. Murnau (Germany 1926, 116mins PG)
Silent cinema classic recently re-mastered and restored. Based
on the dramatic poem by Goethe of Mephisto, who bets he can
corrupt a good man. Accompanied by a specially commissioned
new live soundtrack by the internationally renowned local
composer, Barry Russell and his group inspired muscians.
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The Theory Of Everything
Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley | £4.50
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Dir. Mike Leigh (UK/France/Germany 2014, 147mins 12A)
A critically-acclaimed and beautifully filmed biopic that traces the
later life of artist J.M.W. Turner and tells the story behind his great
works. Timothy Spall plays the eccentric painter, learning to paint
in preparation for the role, and rightly received the Cannes Best
Actor award.
Dir. James Marsh (UK
2014, 123mins 12)
Based on the memoir of his wife,
the romantic and uplifting story
of Cambridge student and future
astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking,
proved to be an audience
pleaser with an Oscar winning
performance from British actor,
Eddie Redmayne, in the title role.
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Sunday 17th May
Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth
Saturday 16 May 11am - 4pm & Sunday 17 May 11am - 4pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £5
Create and sculpt 3D abstract animated imagery under the supervision of an experienced cartoonist and
film-maker. Each session ideal for 6-16 year olds – Very limited numbers. Booking required – Holmfirth
Tourist Information Office
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Sunday 17 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Dir. Andy Wicks (UK 2015, 46mins U)
Introduced by Director Andy Wicks with a Q&A with Champion John Hill
Beautifully filmed account by local film-makers of charismatic Penistone farmer, John Hill – a three times
World Champion ploughman. Filmed in England and at the World Ploughing Championships in Canada,
John leads the English team into battle against rivals from 27 countries with some very interesting results.
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Ploughing And The Stars
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Sunday 17 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
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Dir. Claude Green (US/UK 2015 92mins PG)
Director Claude Green Presents The Premier of his very fine, warm-hearted independent film with excellent
performances set In 1980, in which a college student decides to hitch across America. Along the way
he is picked up by a con artist, recently out of jail. Along the back roads of Texas, they begin to bond.
Sunday 17 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
(US 2014, 149mins 15)
Talented director Paul Anderson
(Magnolia, There Will Be Blood)
creates just the right atmosphere
for this stoner detective story set
in a drug-fuelled 1970s’ Los Angeles. Based on the novel by the
brilliant Thomas Pynchon, audiences either adore it or just can’t
get their head round it.
T.Dan Smith + Paul Salveson
Sunday 17 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Dir. Amber (UK 1987, 85mins)
Experimental mixture of thriller
and documentary, featuring
T.Dan Smith himself and
revealing the true complexity
behind the infamous scandal of
bribery and corruption in local
government during the 1960s
which resulted in him being
sentenced to five years in jail. In
a mixture of interviews and political drama, the film reveals the
informal power structures tying together businessmen, consultancy
companies and politicians and argues that these remain as strong
and questionable as they ever were.
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Sunday 17 May 5pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Lucio Fulci
(Italy 1971, 103mins 18)
Bizarre and brilliant visual example
of Italian Giallo cinema. Stars the
cult actress Florinda Bolkan and,
strangely, Stanley Baker (see talk
on Baker) in tale of psychedelic orgies, hallucinogenic fantasies and
bloody murder. Wonderful.
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Dir. Volker Schlöndorff (France/Germany 2014, 82mins 12)
Absorbing drama set in 1945, as allied forces are advancing
towards Paris. The Swedish consul-general meets with the German
military governor of occupied France, in order to try to convince him
not to destroy the city and all its historical landmarks. Winner of the
Palme D’or in Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign film.
Wakolda
Dir. Lucía Puenzo (Argentina 2013, 94mins 12)
Macabre drama- thriller, based on a true story. Set in Patagonia in
1960, it tells the story of a mysterious German doctor who befriends
and takes an interest in a family who are setting up a lodging house.
An intriguing story, adapted by Lucia Puenzo from her own novel.
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Sunday 17 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £6.00
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Followed by a discussion with Visiting Professor of the University of
Huddersfield, Paul Salveson, who campaigns with the Yorkshire
First party for northern regional government.
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Monday 18th May
The Picturedrome - Holmfirth
Local Film Night
Monday 18 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £5
Always a popular night, this year we present a cornucopia of new, old and historic film and photographs
chronicling life in the Holme Valley and surrounding areas.
A special event will be the unveiling of a recently discovered 100 year old 35mm film of Holmfirth in the
archives of Helen J Bray Studios, which the Festival, with Helen’s collaboration, has had restored.
World premier of a short film about the multi-talented Wylbert Kemp; A Valley Man, artist, actor, author, photographer, filmmaker,
dramatist, barber and umbrella maker. By Tim Copsey and Heather Norris Nicolson. Celebrating its 75th Anniversary (1940-2015),
the Holmfirth Camera Club present images of Holmfirth, a history of the Club and the best from its photographers. Plus Marion at
Bamforth (John Murray, 1980); Mike Wade and the Tour de France; The 1953 Coronation; old Holmfirth; Victor Grayson and more.
Far From The Madding Crowd
Monday 18 May 7.30pm | Choppards Mission | £4.50
Dir. John Schlesinger (UK 1967 170mins 12)
With a new version just out, here is a chance to see the original classic film starring Julie Christie and Terence
Stamp, now restored and remastered in shimmering Dorset sunlight by its brilliant cinematographer, Nick Roeg.
Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth
Monday 18 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Jonathan Glazer
(UK 2013, 106mins 15)
Critically acclaimed science
fiction adaptation. An extra
terrestial being adopts a disguise
of a human female (a superb
Scarlett Johansson), and drives around Glasgow streets attempting
to lure men into her van. Visually absorbing, sensual, and a more
than a bit scary.
The Knife That Killed Me
Monday 18 May 6.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Holme Valley resident Michael
Groom has worked in film for
10 years, including with Director
Michael Winterbottom. Currently
developing his new short film,
The Merciless Beauty, based
on a John Keats poem and set
in the modern day, and his first feature. Michael will talk about
his experiences, the mechanics of funding, and will screen his
acclaimed short film, The Selkie’s Lover (2013).
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Monday 18 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Young film-maker Alex Hopley has taken historian Eric Hobsbawm’s phrase to describe the Swing Riots of
the early 1800s to produce a really interesting film on the Luddities which shows that there was much more to
them than merely smashing machines. Based on interviews with historians and neo-Luddites, the attempt to
preserve community, values and ideas in the face of technology and corporate greed is totally relevant to today.
Local photographer Richard Littlewood talks about and exhibits his photographs of the remaining textile
mills involved in the Luddite battle. Local historian and neo-Luddite Alan Brook will provide an overview.
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Monday 18 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dirs. Kit Monkman & Marcus
Romer (UK 2014, 97mins 15)
Great independent Yorkshire
film, based on the book by Leeds
author Anthony McGowan. A highly
compelling film of a familiar subject
- bullying in school - told in an unusual way. Great soundtrack by former
University of Huddersfield Music student, Tom Adams.
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Under The Skin
Monday 18 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Dir. Jan Sverak (Czech.
2002, 108mins 12)
An authentic and effecting film
about the Czech airmen who
served as fighter-pilots with the
RAF during World War Two – the
director’s father was one of them, with superb aerial photography,
which has been a big hit with audiences. Talk By Professor Wendy
Webster of the University of Huddersfield about her research into the
key role played by these airmen and their experiences of life in Britain
and on their return to Czechoslovakia in 1948.
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Tuesday 19th May
The Picturedrome - Holmfirth
An Evening With Simon Beaufoy
Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Born in Keighley in 1967, the
Oscar winning Simon Beaufoy
is one of Britain’s most
successful screenwriters with
major awards (BAFTAs/Golden
Globes) for The Full Monty and
Slumdog Millionaire, and a
string of hits, including 127
Hours and The Hunger Games.
He will be talking about his career and creating successful films,
and his new projects, including the film, Everest.
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Dir. Orson Welles (Spain
1965 119mins 12)
Welles didn’t direct just two
classics, Citizen Kane and The
Magnificent Ambersons; he
produced a magnificent third.
Against the odds, over time
Welles produced this truly great film, set during the War of the Roses
and based on Shakespeare’s loveable rogue, Falstaff. It stars Welles,
John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau and Margaret Rutherford.
Ida
Tuesday 19 May 8.00pm | Holmfirth Parish Church | £4.50
Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
(Poland 2014, 82mins 12A)
This deeply moving film is many
critics’ best of the year. Anna, an
orphan, is training to be a nun
and before taking her vows visits
her only living relative. As they
talk a tragic story of the family history emerges, leading the two
women to find more about where they come from.
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Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm | Choppards Mission | £4.50
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Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
(UK 2012, 106mins 12)
Screening of the quirky and
inspirational romantic comedydrama - an adaption of Paul
Torday’s book, starring Ewan
McGregor as a fisheries
scientist who is asked by businesswoman (Emily Blunt) to set
up the sport of fly-fishing in the desert.
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Tuesday 19 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Val Guest (UK 1962, 107mins 12)
An undiscovered British gem. Jack Warner is very good as the detective investigating a chilling murder
on the Brighton coast. An atmospheric and engaging murder mystery which is helped by the modern
and brilliant cinematography by Arthur Grant. A big fan of the film, Reel Solutions’ Bill Lawrence
will introduce the film.
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Tuesday 19 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Hans Petter Moldan (Norway 2014, 114mins 15 - subtitled)
Really enjoyable Nordic Noir thriller, in which snowplough driver Nils Dickman (the ever brilliant Stellan
Skarsgård) decides to take revenge against those he holds responsible for his son’s death. He’s
outnumbered, but on his own terrain, and revenge is a dish served very cold.
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Tuesday 19 May 6.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
The Huddersfield Society of Architects present as part of Love Architecture 2015 a special screening
of a true classic in which an angel becomes fascinated with a beautiful trapeze artist and decides to
become mortal. It poses timeless questions of ‘what it means to be’ into the urban stage-set of preunification Berlin. Ultimately, all human concerns, including the sense of architectural permanence,
are just ephemera.
The night, including a short film by the architect and designer, Charles and Roy Eames, Powers of
Ten (US 1977, 9mins), is introduced by architect Carl Meddings of the University of Huddersfield.
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Dir. John Maloof & Charlie Siskel (US 2014, 84 mins U)
One of the very best documentaries of the year, it tells the strange and fascinating story of the discovery
of an amazing archive of photographs of an unknown photographer, whose work is now recognised as
one of the finest of the 1950s and 1960s. So just exactly who was Vivian Maier?
Documentary and Talk
Curry & Film Night
The Strange Case Of Victor Grayson MP
Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm | Marsden Bandroom, Marsden | FREE
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BBC drama-documentary about
the firebrand MP. Grayson was a
superb orator who won the Colne
Valley seat in 1907, standing as
a socialist. After a short but
controversial parliamentary
career, he lost the seat at the
1910 General Election. After
World War One, Grayson lived a
flamboyant lifestyle in London,
but in 1920 he was observed leaving his flat with two men and was
apparently never seen again.
Chef
Tuesday 19 May 7pm | Massala Lounge, Holmfirth | £12.50
Dir. Jon Favreau (US 2014, 114mins 15)
Sharp, funny and spicy, a simple joy from Actor/Director Jon
Favreau with a great cast, including Dustin Hoffman, Robert
Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, about a chef who gets
hammered with online reviews and decides to rediscover his
love of cooking by buying a food truck.
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Wednesday 20th May
The Picturedrome - Holmfirth
Curry & Film Night
Saint Etienne Playing Live To
How We Used To Live
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Wednesday 20 May 7pm | Massala Lounge, Holmfirth | £12.50
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Plus a set of the band’s hits (He’s On The Phone, You’re In
A Bad Way, Only Love Can Break Your Heart).
Film in a Barn
Belle
Wednesday 20 May 7pm | The Barn at Malkin House, Holmfirth
£12.50 with Wine & Cheese
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Dir. Paul Kelly (UK 2013 70mins U)
One of the highlights of the Festival will be the much loved
Saint Etienne playing live to Paul Kelly’s brilliant and acclaimed
cinematic portrait of London, created from archive colour footage
from 1950 to 1980. The band’s cool, swinging 60s’ electro pop
soundtrack written by Paul Wiggs with the vocals of Sarah
Cracknell is a perfect match for this elegant and evocative film.
Dir. Lasse Hallstrom (US 1014 124mins PG)
A real crowd pleasing comedy-drama bursting with flavour in
which an Indian family with a talented chef moves to rural France
and opens an curry house opposite a not-so pleased and icy
Helen Mirren (who is in great form).
Dir. Amma Asante (UK 2013, 99mins 12)
Period drama set in 18th century England, in which the mixed
race illegitimate daughter of a British admiral is brought up by her
aristocratic great uncle and his wife, and plays a part in the movement
to abolish slavery. Visually impressive, with very strong performances
from the cast.
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Wednesday 20th May
Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth
Mike Wade – Tour De France
A Most Violent Year
Wednesday 20 May 1pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Wednesday 20 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Dir. Mike Wade (UK 2015, 45 mins)
Screening of experienced local film-maker’s excellent documentary
on last year’s Tour de France; its impact on Holmfirth and the
local community during the build-up to and the race itself. Includes
missing footage of the tour going through the town and surrounding
villages.
Dir. J.C. Chandor (US 125mins 15)
A murkily brilliant, cool and effective crime drama from one of the
best new US directors (Margin Call, All is Lost). In this character-led
story in the manner of Sidney Lumet, a legitimate businessman tries
to keep his truck company afloat in the most violent year (1981)
of New York’s history.
Odd Man Out
Amour Fou
Wednesday 20 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Wednesday 20 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Dir. Carol Reed (UK 1947, 111mins PG)
In the shady back streets of Belfast, an IRA leader goes into hiding
and is the subject of a large-scale manhunt after being wounded
in a heist gone wrong. As good as The Third Man, this is another
great Carol Reed film. James Mason considered this to be his
best performance.
Dir. Jessica Hausner (Austria 2015 96mins 12)
Set in Berlin 1810 and of Germanys’ greatest romantic poet,
Heinrich von Kleist, and the historical events surrounding his famed
suicide. Hausner is one of the most interesting directors around (her
previous Lourdes was wonderful). Beautifully composed, this is an
oddly affecting bone dry tragic-comedy of manners.
Film and Talk
Wednesday 20 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
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To celebrate the 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra, University of
Huddersfield music lecturer, Dave Calvert, will present a talk,
On Stage, On Screen and in the Steam Room: A History of
the Rat Pack, along with the screening of The Frank Sinatra
Spectacular (US 1965, 90mins), a rare recoding of the iconic
singer and actor performing live with Rat Pack associates, Sammy
Davis jnr. and Dean Martin.
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Thursday 21st May
The Picturedrome - Holmfirth
Schools Animation
Birdman
Thursday 21 May 6.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | FREE
Thursday 21 May 8pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Premier of the animated delight,
Calamity Cow, made by local
schools, including Hepworth
and Hade Edge, in conjunction
with Friend to Friend, and
sponsored by Longley Farm.
The Golden Cowpat Award will
be presented to the best CowCapers film conjured up by the
in the Moo Mooovie section.
Calamity is by nature very clumsy in this mad-cap adventure about
where milk, ice-cream, butter and yoghurts come from (particularly
her favourite - strawberry).
Barry Russell’s Day Workshop
Turn up at the Picturedrome (11.00am) to perform a new film score
that night. Bring your instruments of all kinds: Barry will bring loads
more. All Adults and Children welcome.
Friend to Friend is a registered charity in rural South Kirklees,
which aims to work with older people to enable them to improve
their quality of life and to reduce isolation.
Winners of the design a cow and design a cow’s jersey competition
will receive vouchers for ice cream kindly sponsored by Longley
Farm, the funding body for the project.
Next Goal Wins
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Dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu (US 2014, 116mins 15)
One of the films of the year. In the multi-award-winning film, former
Batman actor Michael Keaton gives a career best performance as
the former superhero actor, trying to make a comeback by writing,
directing and starring in his Broadway debut. During his comeback,
his demons, in the form of his Birdman character’s voice, haunt him.
Thursday 21 May 7pm | Massala Lounge, Holmfirth | £12.50
Dirs. Steve Jamison & Mike Brett (UK 2014 97mins U)
A classic but original underdog story that is a true crowd-pleaser.
You don’t need to like football to enjoy this documentary about the
‘world’s worst football team’ as a new coach attempts to turn the
American Samoan team into winners.
The Artist And Making Art
Thursday 21 May 7.00pm | The Barn at Malkin House, Holmfirth
£12.50 with Wine and Cheese
Holmfirth is home to numerous creative people. A programme of
beautiful and highly creative short films looking at the sometimes
mysterious, sometimes pragmatic but always fascinating subject of
making art - with films about Ivon Hitchens, Ken Matsuzaki, JeanNicolas Gérard, Sid Burnard, Lee Kang-hyo and others - making
pots, paintings and photographs. Thanks to Goldmark Art Gallery,
Rutland, for the use of these fantastic films.
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Thursday 21st May
Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth
The Films Of Robert Hamer - Talk By Alistair Billem
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Thursday 21 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Hamer’s career was as marked by its swift decline as it was by his
rise within the ranks of Ealing Studios’ golden period of the 1940s
and early 50s. After directing the classic Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949), he fell out with the Studio which resulted in him directing a
number of less well known films. Alistair Billem of the University
of Huddersfield presents The Long Memory (1952), one of Hamer’s
best non-Ealing productions with its themes of isolation and betrayal
visited in previous films such as It Always Rains on Sunday (1947).
Mystery Film
The Tales Of Hoffman
Thursday 21 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Thursday 21 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Dir. Farida Pasha (Switzerland 2013, 92mins U)
Just on released in the UK, this award-winning documentary is
perfectly composed and an extraordinary sensory experience. Lyrical
and beautiful to watch, it tells the story of an Indian family’s efforts
over eight months to make the ‘whitest salt on Earth’.
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This mystery sci-fi film is one of the year’s very best action thrillers.
Take a chance – if you don’t like it, you get your money back.
Dirs. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell (UK 1951, 138mins U)
Now restored and re-released, this is a brilliant and gloriously
filmed adaption of Offenbach in what is regarded as the finest
screen version of an opera. Starring Moira Shearer, the direction
and cinematography of this classic has been an inspiration to many
film-makers.
Plus the Fairtrade Foundation’s film, Fairtrade Matters.
Holme Valley Fairtrade works to promote
fairtrade and encourage people to “shop
local, think global”, with decent working
conditions, sustainability and fair terms
for farmers in developing countries.
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Testament Of Youth
Friday 22 May | Lunches start at 12pm at participating restaurants
in Holmfirth (Mezze, Aldea, Wrinkled Stocking) | Film 2.30pm
Picturedrome, Holmfirth | Lunch and film: £15, Film only: £5.00
Dir. James Kent (UK, 129mins)
An unabashed romantic epic, beautifully realised, it has a wonderful
central performance from Alicia Vikander as Vera Brittain, on whose
memoir of love, the First World War and remembrance, this is based.
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Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £5.00
Dir. Robert Wise (US 1965, 174mins U)
Bring out the lederhosen and sing along with Julie Andrews in this
enduring classic. Certain to be a riotous night.
Plus the first screening of Cosmic Onion’s Yorkshire Yodellers
The hills of Holmfirth are alive with the sound of yodelling!
Two Days One Night
Interstellar
Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Hepworth Village Hall | £4.50
Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield | £6
Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc
Dardenne (Belgium/France/
Italy 2014, 95mins 15)
Brilliant performance from
Marion Cottilard, playing a
woman suffering from depression
who has one weekend to
convince her fellow workers to
give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Tense, emotionally
engaging and highly relevant to contemporary life – today’s Cathy
Come Home.
Dir. Christopher Nolan
(US/UK 2014, 169mins 12)
Special 35mm Screening In
collaboration with the LBT
A thrilling, thought-provoking and
visually stunning story of a brilliant
NASA physicist who plans to save mankind by transporting
Earth’s population to a new home in the universe via a
wormhole. A must see on the big, big screen.
Tickets available on 01484 430528 or
www.thelbt.co.uk/contact-lawrence-batley.
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Friday 22nd May
Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth
Friday 22 May 1pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
Yorkshire-born Nicci Topping, who has for many years been working with UK and International clients,
such as Vidal Sassoon, Pepsi, Vodafone, casting actors for major feature films, pop promos, adverts,
videos and the theatre. She will be talking about her experiences in the industry and featuring clips
from her varied work, including The Rise of the Krays, Black Prince and Northern Soul.
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Lefty Caligari Launch ‘Thorns In
The Ideas Of Bland Society’
Friday 22 May 1pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE
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Friday 22 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
Dir. Owen Gower (UK 2014, 113mins 15)
Award winning documentary presenting a unique insight into the
Miners’ Strike of 1984-5. Full of contributions from miners, their
wives and supporters, and featuring much unseen archive footage,
this is the emotionally raw and inspiring story of those who lived
through these momentous political events. Followed by a discussion
on the 30th anniversary of the end of the strike.
Friday 22 May 10pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50
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Local poet and film-maker, Lefty Caligari, presents his debut
collection of illuminatographs – a unique assortment of short
films that illuminate, amuse an acute and enduring sensitivity. A
programme of short films and a Q&A with this talented artist, poet
Sal Murray and founder of Artists in Mind, John Holt.
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Dir. Ridley Scott (US/UK 1982/2007 117mins 12)
Middlesborough has never looked so good as in this neo-noir
dystopian classic. Re-released in this Final Cut, Scott’s version
of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep, is till best
sci-fi film of the last thirty years.
Dir. George Sluizer (Netherlands/France 1988, 106mins 15)
Considered to be one of the best true horror films ever made
(ignore the US remake with Jeff Bridges). Rex is a young man
whose girlfriend mysteriously vanishes from a petrol station during
a holiday: he then starts the long and twisting search to find her – it
ends in a truly stunning climax.
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20-23 May 2015,
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October Production:
7-10 October 2015,
Holmfirth Civic Hall
The Lion, The Witch
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January Production:
27-30 January 2016,
Holmfirth Civic Hall
The Little Mermaid
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