Reframing Film
Image: Lynda Myles Presents: Illustrious Corpses

Reframing Film

Cinema Rediscovered 2024

Season

Please note : this season finished in July 2024

Reframing Film invites you to delve deeper into the themes of the programme and join in conversations with creatives involved in film programming, making, writing, archiving and more.

Award-winning freelance writer, broadcaster, and journalist on film and culture Christina Newland opens the festival with an Opening Keynote.

Then, from Lunchtime Talks to projection tours and cinema walks, there are plenty of ways for you to get involved; whether you want to get insights into the highs and lows of Margarita Cansino’s (aka Rita Hayworth) journey to stardom or explore the ethical and moral questions opened up by the inclusion of Chinatown in this year’s festival.

We are joined by some inspiring guests including influential film festival programmer, producer and author Lynda Myles for a special presentation of Mark Cousin’s documentary of her cinematic adventures. Ehsan Khoshbakht (whose Filmfarsi had its world premiere at Cinema Rediscovered in 2019) is also back with his latest essay Celluloid Underground, a moving account of preserving banned 35mm films in post-Revolutionary Iran.

We've teamed up with the Women’s Preservation Fund to present a trio of shorts by one of the first American indie women filmmakers to emerge from the Women's Movement Liane Brandon. We are also showing a rare 35mm film screening of The Student Nurses (1970) by Stephanie Rothman (the first woman to direct a Roger Corman production) which the Women’s Film Preservation Fund supported.

Our homage to Roger Corman doesn’t end there: look out for the special showing of his classic B movie Piranha (1978) the debut feature from Joe Dante from a script by John Sayles at 20th Century Flicks.

And, of course, there’s our famous closing night Film Quiz co-hosted this year by Watershed's Gavin Sunderland and Tom Besley.

For those of you that are hoping to get into film curation (and who knows perhaps pitch an idea for next year’s festival), join in the Other Ways of Seeing Lunchtime Talk.


Previous screenings & events in this season

Quiz
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Event

Drawing on movie trivia from every decade of film history and executed with a dash of joy and wit, the Cinema Rediscovered Film Quiz is designed to reward film knowledge while encouraging good times.

Piranha

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Piranha
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

Mutated piranhas terrorise a summer resort in this classic B movie from legendary producer Roger Corman.

Projection Tour

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Projection Tour
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Talk

Join BFI National Archive Curator Rosie Taylor 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.

The Chinatown Dilemma

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The Chinatown Dilemma
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Talk

A panel exploring the ethical and moral questions opened up by the inclusion of Roman Polanski's Chinatown in this year's festival.

Celluloid Underground

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Celluloid Underground
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

Cinephilia itself becomes an act of resistance in Ehsan Khoshbakht’s moving account of preserving banned 35mm films in post-Revolutionary Iran.

Lunchtime Talk: Other Ways of Seeing
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Talk

Find out how a festival like Cinema Rediscovered is programmed by joining a discussion with some of the festival curators who will share their insight, thinking and journey and discuss how to get involved.

Women’s Film Preservation Fund: Get Together
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Event

Take part in a free get together, an opportunity to connect with each other and record your stories and responses to Liane Brandon's films.

Women’s Film Preservation Fundpresents: Liane Brandon
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Shorts package

We team up with the Women’s Film Preservation Fund to present a trio of shorts by one of the first American indie women filmmakers to emerge from the Second Wave Feminist Film Women's Movement, Liane Brandon.

The Student Nurses (35mm)

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The Student Nurses (35mm)
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

Four nursing students navigate the political and social turmoil of 1970s LA in this ensemble drama by Stephanie Rothman, the first woman to direct a Roger Corman production.

Lynda Myles Presents: Illustrious Corpses

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Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti)
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

Festival programmer, producer and author Lynda Myles presents this special screening of Francesco Rosi’s gripping exploration of the enigmas of power and corruption.

Lunchtime Talk: Becoming Rita
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Talk

Join author, critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson and film critic and journalist Christina Newland for insights into the highs and lows of the journey of Rita Hayworth.

My True Love is Cinema
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

Join influential film festival programmer, producer and author Lynda Myles for this special screening of Mark Cousins' insight into her cinematic adventures.

Opening Keynote: Christina Newland
Please note: This event ended on 24 July 2024
Talk (In venue + Live Stream)

In her keynote speech for this year’s Cinema Rediscovered, film writer and critic Christina Newland will explore the questions around the thorny films we might love, and way the films which touch on moral grey areas are sometimes most interesting to discuss.

Reframing Film Sessions
Please note: This event took place in July 2024
Workshop

Join some of the most inspiring voices in repertory and archive film exhibition and distribution to explore ways of connecting with a new wave of cinema goers.

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