Cinema Rediscovered 2018

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Join us for the third edition of Cinema Rediscovered, a chance to discover some of the finest new digital restorations, contemporary classics and film print rarities from across the globe where they were meant to be experienced - on the big screen.

The third edition celebrates Bristol's new status as UNESCO City of Film, a global recognition of the city's outstanding contribution to film culture and provides the perfect excuse for a cinematic city break.

Cinema Rediscovered 2018 programme

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Reframing Film Heritage Reframing the Archives

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Workshop

Some of the most distinctive voices in cinema curation open up a conversation on the importance of re-presenting and reframing archives, and in shifting our perspective on the past.

Right Here Right Now – Archiving For the Future

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Talk

Archive practitioners from around the world and closer to home to share the story behind a recent addition to their archive.

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Talk

Writer, broadcaster and Senior Curator of fiction film and television at BFI National Archive, Danny Leigh, gives his perspective on reframing the past, present and future of the archive.

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Film

A sumptuous restoration of James Ivory's 1987 adaptation of E M Forster's gay love story about two Cambridge students in 1911.

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Film

Billy Wilder's Oscar®-winning comedy stars Jack Lemmon as a New York insurance drone who lets his superiors use his apartment for their illicit affairs.

Come The Revolution Presents: Madeline Anderson

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Film

A shorts programme of the work of Madeline Anderson, the first African-American woman to executive-produce a nationally aired television series.

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Film

A year after they'd created one of the defining British gangster pictures with Get Carter, Bristol-born director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunite for this funny parody about private eyes...

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Film

An illustrated panel discussion to mark the 25th anniversary of the first Black Pyramid film festival.

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Film

Before the Seventh Seal there was the Phantom Carriage, a stone-cold classic of Swedish silent filmmaking that haunts the cinema of both Ingmar Bergman and the French new wave.

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Film

From Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul), this magical film spins a tale of twin girls who are born in 1880 Budapest on the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electrical lightbulb to the world.

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Film

The Final Girls present a deeply underrated horror that looks at the twisted dynamic that emerges between an astronomer and her psychotic sister.

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Event

In a first for Cinema Rediscovered, join us for a special free outdoor screening of the sci-fi cult classic Flash Gordon in Museum Square to celebrate Bristol's new status as UNESCO City of Film.

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Film

Join us for a 20th anniversary late night screening of arguably one of the greatest cult comedies of all time: the Coen Brothers' deconstructed film noir following slacker hero 'the Dude'. Virtual bowling in the Café/Bar before the film - prizes to be won!

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Event

Looking back at Bristol’s own cinematic history, join Dr Peter Walsh on a tour around the centre reflecting on our city’s rich film making and film going past.

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Film

A rare chance to see the entirety of Fassbinder's five-part, nearly eight-hour long 1973 television series about a working class German family, now stunningly restored.

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Film

Jean Renoir's delightful and savage satire, heavily influenced by the French political spirit of the 1930s, sees a group of exploited employees set up a glorious collective when their lecherous boss goes missing.

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Film

BeDevil is the stunning debut feature from Tracey Moffatt and the first feature directed by an Australian Aboriginal woman. Presented by writer/curator Karen Alexander.

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Talk

Join a panel to discuss André Bazin’s approach to cinema criticism and activism, what it tells us about contemporary film culture, and if he still has relevance today.

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Film

This striking modern romance tells the story of a transgender teen pushed to breaking point when love, life and labels collide.

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Film

Lynne Ramsay's (We Need To Talk About Kevin, Ratcatcher) brilliantly executed minimalist noir stars Joaquin Phoenix as a gun-for-hire who specialises in saving victims from child sex rings.

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Film

Fiction, documentary and performance art meet and mingle in this colourful portrait of gentrification in Brixton. Recently selected for preservation by the BFI, this film contributes to a growing wealth of British filmmaking.

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Film

One of the definitive British crime films of the 20th century - screening on 35mm and followed by a Q&A with its Bristol-born director Mike Hodges.

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Film

Leslie Harris' 1993 debut - a smart, attitude-packed coming-of-age story set in New York - holds an important place in film history as the first film written and directed by an African American woman to gain British distribution.

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Event

In a first for Cinema Rediscovered, travel to Wakanda for a special free outdoor screening of blockbuster Marvel adventure Black Panther in Museum Square to celebrate Bristol's new status as UNESCO City of Film.

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Film

Computer scientist Harry Benson has experimental brain surgery to end his potentially dangerous seizures. But as the experiment backfires, his seizures return… with vengeance! Bristol-born Mike Hodges directs this incredibly rare psychological thrill ride.

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Drop-in

The Cinema Rediscovered Film Fair returns for its third year by popular demand. Come and get your hands on some of the best DVDs/Blu-rays and film related merchandise the UK can offer!

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Film

Join us on a trip to Curzon Cinema and Arts in Clevedon, one of the oldest running cinemas in the UK, for a screening of Bill Douglas' epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s for forming a trade union.

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Film

Googie Withers stars as a young woman who flouts convention by choosing to run the farm she inherited, and rejecting the man she is expected to marry...

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Film

Scottish poet, artist and filmmaker Margaret Tait's (1918 - 1999) first feature film Blue, Black, Permanent - about a woman attempting to tell the story of the death of her mother in the Orkney sea.

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Event

Join Aardman archivist Tom Vincent on a tour of Watershed’s projection booth and discover how the films screening at the festival make it to the screen during a festival like Cinema Rediscovered.

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Film

Directed by women, each of these five short films playfully reflects upon notions of British sovereignty and identity.

Bazin 100: Qu'est ce que le cinema? Vol 2

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Event

Building on the cinema activism and criticism of André Bazin, join the 20th Century Flicks team for an illustrated journey through their extensive collection of films.

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Event

A special event including the UK Premiere of new 4k restorations of Aardman's earliest films.

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Event

Interested in film/celluloid and the machines and techniques used to project, print and shoot it? Join us for a tour of G.Hogg's (the founder of the Cube) Bedminster Studio, where he works with analogue film.

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Film

Ealing (and cinematographer Douglas Slocombe's) very first Technicolor feature film is a lavish costume drama set in the 1700s.

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Film

Gurinder Chadha's debut empowering classic comedy tells the story of a mini-bus full of women from the Asian Women's Centre on a trip to Blackpool.

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Film

Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he’s never been seen before - through his own eyes, sketched with his own hand, painted with his own brush.

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Film

A special preview of the much anticipated re-release of Agnes Varda’s iconic real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy.

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Event

Wind down and rediscover the movie trivia hidden in the recesses of your brain with this very special edition of the infamous 20th Century Flicks Film Quiz in the Café/Bar.

“ Personhood (un)Differed : Madeline Anderson and the Edit Underground ”

Posted on Thu 26 July 2018 by Liz Chege

Newly restored, Madeline Anderson’s essential historical records of activism and vital body of cinematic work convey a radical commitment to hope, Come the Revolution curator Liz Chege writes.

Posted on Wed 25 July 2018 by Tara Judah

On Cinema Rediscovered's focus on Women on the Periphery, Agnés Varda, Laura Mulvey, Spike Lee and more, Watershed Cinema Producer Tara Judah reflects on a history of critical conversations and curatorial choices that have left so many great filmmakers just outside of the spotlight.

Posted on Wed 25 July 2018 by Dr Peter Walsh

With unfettered access to Orson Welles' private drawings and paintings, held dear in the private archive of his youngest daughter, filmmaker Mark Cousins invites us into his Wellesian world, through the eyes of the great man himself, Dr Peter Walsh writes.

Posted on Tue 24 July 2018 by James Harrison

For this third year of Cinema Rediscovered we celebrate two rarities in Douglas Slocombe’s filmography, from his early years at Ealing Studios. The films are worlds apart when it comes to style, and yet, were filmed within the course of a few months, co-director and co-curator of South West Silents, James Harrison, writes.

Posted on Tue 24 July 2018 by Thea Berry

Defying gender norms and refusing labels, Something Must Break is an intimate and energetic picture of people looking for who they can be and are allowed to be, Watershed's MA Curation student Thea Berry writes.

Posted on Mon 23 July 2018 by Ian Sergeant

Twenty-five years on, Ian Sergeant, a founding member of Black Pyramid Film and Video Project, reflects on the history and legacy of black British cinema in the UK and the role Black Pyramid Film Festival played.

Posted on Mon 23 July 2018 by Tara Judah

In the wake of allegations against some of Hollywood's most powerful figures, Billy Wilder's The Apartment feels more timely than ever. Ripe for rediscovery, it reveals a savage critique of patriarchal capitalism, Cinema Producer Tara Judah writes.

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by Mark Cosgrove

Ahead of our Bazin 100 celebration screenings and discussions at Cinema Rediscovered, Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove reflects on the passion and curiosity of prototype cinephile activist, André Bazin.

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by James Harrison

Revisiting the films of Bristol-born Mike Hodges, South West Silents' co-founder and co-curator James Harrison reflects on the colour and design that set a look and defined a decade of filmmaking in the director's screen career.

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by Andy Willis

The ongoing work of the Fassbinder Foundation has ensured that the memory and legacy of one of West Germany’s greatest filmmakers has been preserved, including his turn to melodrama and television, Professor Andy Willis writes.

Posted on Wed 18 July 2018 by Thea Berry

A Moving Image is the commendably ambitious and partly crowd-funded feature debut by writer-director Shola Amoo. Hailed by The Observer’s Wendy Ide as “a distinctive and bold new voice in British cinema”, the docu-drama addresses the thorny subject of South London's gentrification, Watershed's MA Curation student Thea Berry writes.

An Introduction to Mike Hodges at Cinema Rediscovered

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BBC Archive Researcher James Harrison speaks about Bristol-born Mike Hodges’ iconic Get Carter and Pulp - screening in celebration of Bristol's new status as UNESCO City of Film.

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July 2018 Cinema Podcast

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This month's cinema podcast focusses on four highlights covering First Reformed, Apostasy, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library and Pin Cushion plus a quick round up some of the other picks of the month in a packed July programme

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“ André Bazin: Reflections from the video shop ”

Posted on Sun 17 June 2018

We asked David Taylor and Daisy Steinhardt from 20th Century Flicks video shop to share short reflections on the words of cinephile and activist André Bazin, ahead of their illustrated talk during Cinema Rediscovered.

Posted on Tue 5 June 2018

Vying with Julie Dash’s recently re-discovered and rightly celebrated Daughters of the Dust (1991) as the first film directed by an African American female to be commercially released, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T stands as a pivotal point in African American cinema.

Cinema Rediscovered 2018 programme

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Previous Screenings & Events in this programme

Reframing Film Heritage Reframing the Archives

Right Here Right Now – Archiving For the Future Reframing the Archives

Danny Leigh Keynote Reframing the Archives

Maurice 15 Restored and Rediscovered

The Apartment PG Restored and Rediscovered

Come The Revolution Presents: Madeline Anderson 18 Women on the Periphery

Pulp 12A Bristol UNESCO City of Film

Black Pyramid 25th Anniversary Reflections Bristol UNESCO City of Film

The Phantom Carriage U Bazin 100

My Twentieth Century 15 S Women on the Periphery

The Final Girls Present: The Mafu Cage 15 Women on the Periphery

Free Outdoor Screening: Flash Gordon PG Bristol UNESCO City of Film

The Big Lebowski 18 Restored and Rediscovered

Cinema Walk Bristol UNESCO City of Film

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day 15 S Workers Unite!

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange PG S Bazin 100

beDevil 18 Women on the Periphery

Bazin 100: Qu'est ce que le cinema? Vol.1 Bazin 100

Something Must Break 18 S Women on the Periphery

You Were Never Really Here 15 Bazin 100

A Moving Image 15 Reframing the Archives

Get Carter 18 Bristol UNESCO City of Film

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 15 Women on the Periphery

Free Outdoor Screening: Black Panther 12A Bristol UNESCO City of Film

The Terminal Man 15 Bristol UNESCO City of Film

Cinema Rediscovered Film Fair

Trip To Curzon: Comrades! 15 Workers Unite!

The Loves of Joanna Godden PG Slocombe at Ealing

Blue Black Permanent + Short PG Women on the Periphery

Projection Tour 2018

Women of the Periphery Shorts 18 Women on the Periphery

Bazin 100: Qu'est ce que le cinema? Vol 2 Bazin 100

Aardman Earliest Films Restored Bristol UNESCO City of Film

BV Studio Tour Bristol UNESCO City of Film

Saraband for Dead Lovers U Slocombe at Ealing

Bhaji on the Beach 15 Women on the Periphery

The Eyes of Orson Welles 12A Bazin 100

Cleo from 5 to 7 PG Women on the Periphery

Park Circus Presents: 20th Century Flicks Film Quiz

Explore Cinema Rediscovered 2018

“ Personhood (un)Differed : Madeline Anderson and the Edit Underground ”

“ Women on the Periphery: taking centre stage ”

“ The Eyes of Orson Welles: opening the archive ”

“ Slocombe at Ealing: the early years ”

“ Something Must Break: love beyond labels ”

“ Black Pyramid 25th Anniversary: which way forward? ”

“ Behind Closed Doors: inside The Apartment ”

“ Bazin 100: Celebrating a cinephile activist ”

“ The Look of Mike Hodges ”

“ A Melodramatic Turn: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Eight Hours Don't Make a Day ”

“ A Moving Image: Art and gentrification in flux ”

An Introduction to Mike Hodges at Cinema Rediscovered

July 2018 Cinema Podcast

“ André Bazin: Reflections from the video shop ”

“ The film Hollywood dared not make: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. ”

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My Twentieth Century 15 Women on the Periphery

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day 15 Workers Unite!

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange PG Bazin 100

Something Must Break 18 Women on the Periphery