Archive for September, 2008

The Festival may be over but there’s still time to rate and review your favourite film. Due to popular demand, we’ve decided to give you a few more days to tell us what you think. The deadline for submitting reviews and ratings is now Wednesday 1 October at midnight (GMT). Don’t miss this chance to help select this year’s People’s Favourite Film Award!

The 28th Cambridge Film Festival ended last night on a high, with full houses in all three screens for CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER, ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD and NIGHTWATCHING, ending as Peter Greenaway closed the lid on his MacBook Pro in Screen 2 having shown a rapt audience his recent work with The Last Supper and Rembrandt’s Nightwatching.

Audience

As the audiences drained away the bar was cleared for the after-festival party.  It may still be going on…

and online producer Bill Thompson has a Nokia N95 with Qik on it…

Another Festival draws to a close, and we’re certainly ending on a high with some of our most anticipated films screening today.

We’re delighted that director Rajnesh Domalpalli has made a special stopover on his way back to India to join us for a Q&A following the screening of his film VANAJA at 3.15pm. This debut feature tells the story of a poor fisherman’s daughter and her battle against the odds towards her destiny to become a great dancer.

Don’t miss your chance to grab one of the last few tickets for our intriguing SURPRISE MOVIE at 5.30pm, or the 8.00pm screening of the new Peter Greenaway film NIGHTWATCHING. Peter is making his way to Cambridge as we write and we’re looking forward to a lively Q&A with him after the film – he has even promised to show us some of his work from his laptop.

If you couldn’t get into last night’s sell out screening of CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER, there’ll be a second chance to see this tender portrait of two men dealing with growing old at 8.15pm today.

Whatever you choose to see tonight and whatever you’ve seen over the last 10 days, we hope that you’ve enjoyed yet another successful Cambridge Film Festival. Thank you so much to anyone who saw a film, wrote a review, voted on the website, or even just had a drink in the bar. We hope to see you all again next year!

Film-maker Andrea Kreuzhage appeared live at the Cambridge Film Festival on Friday September 26, following the UK premiere of her film 1000 JOURNALS, despite being at home in California.

The quality of this recording is occasionally dodgy as it was grabbed from the live stream, but we think you’ll find it a fascinating insight into the project and the film.