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Pop Up Cinema Day 1
‘Underground Cinema’ has been used to describe film-makers’ exploration of the political, transgressive and poetic possibilities of the moving image. More recently a grass roots movement of clandestine cinema has been wrestling the movie-going experience back from the multiplex. With Brighton Festival, CINECITY and the Duke of York’s have created an underground cinema – literally – in The Basement, a pop-up picturehouse with a festival programme of previews and special events.
£ 7 / £6 Duke of York’s members and concessions
Please note tickets available at Brighton Dome & Festival Box Office in advance or on door only.
HONEY (Bal)
5pm, Sunday 15 May
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu. Turkey 2010. 103 mins. Turkish with English subtitles.
Winner of Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival and further evidence of the quality of recent Turkish cinema. The tender relationship between six-year-old Yusuf and his father is the final installment of an autobiographical trilogy after EGG (2007) and MILK (2008).
Price £7 / £6 Duke of York’s members and concessions.
Book via the Dome or Brighton Festival website. (Tickets will also be available on the door)
WHEN CHINA MET AFRICA
7pm, Sunday 15 May
Directors: Marc & Nick Francis Africa. UK/France 2010. 75mins. English subtitles.
The Brighton-based Francis brothers’ latest film took them on a journey to the former British colony of Zambia, a country that now receives attention from the Chinese. Why? Zambia has copper. Through the intimate portrayal of the lives of three characters the expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare. Marc and Nick Francis’ last documentary was the acclaimed BLACK GOLD about the global coffee trade.
Price £7 / £6 Duke of York’s members and concessions.
Book via the Dome or Brighton Festival website. (Tickets will also be available on the door)
FLEURS DU MAL (cert 15)
9pm, Sunday 15 May
Director: David Dusa. Starring: Rachid Youcef, Alice Belaidi. France 2010. 100 mins. French & Persian with English subtitles.
An imaginative and original drama exploring the powerful voice the internet provided in Iran after the 2009 presidential elections, the pre-cursor to the recent Middle East ‘facebook revolutions.’ Outraged at the rigging of the vote Iranians took to the streets and revealed the reality of state violence with mobile phone footage. Anahita, sent to Paris from Tehran anxiously awaits news from friends, whilst Rachid’s comparative freedom is expressed through his fluid parkour leaps around the rooftops of Paris.
Price £7 / £6 Duke of York’s members and concessions.
Book via the Dome or Brighton Festival website. (Tickets will also be available on the door)
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