Festival Events
Whatever your taste in film, you’ll find something to whet your appetite here, from the most challenging international cinema to the cosy delights of the Family Film Festival. There are guest filmmakers and other live special events, too. From the comfy seats of the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse to the wide open spaces of Grantchester Meadows and Rendlesham Forest, the 31st Cambrtidge Film Festival boasts a range of venues more diverse than ever before.
The open-air screenings are brought to the forest by the Trust’s Screen Team – a project to take the Festival experience across the Eastern region, with spectacular on-location cinematic treats in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
Special Events
Using film clips and interviews, fellow composer, acclaimed silent film accompanist and Festival favourite Neil Brand reveals some of the techniques employed by Herrmann in crafting his scores (Tuesday 20 September, 3.30pm). Find out more
Join leading UK film critic, broadcaster and award-winning purveyor of wittertainment, Mark Kermode for a Q&A session and signing of his latest book The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex (Tuesday 20 September, 7.00pm). Find out more
Published writer and tutor, Dr Jane Monson, will lead creative writing workshops after selected screenings at the Arts Picturehouse throughout the Festival (Tuesday 20 September, 12.00pm). Find out more
The Price of Storytelling, a vital and timely event on new models of film funding, online distribution and the ethical issues that surround film making (Wednesday 21 September, 2.00 pm). Find out more
Hamish McAlpine in conversation with Peter Bradshaw (Thursday 22 September, 8.00pm). Find out more
List of Open-Air Screenings
The first London 2012 Olympic venue open to the public, the Lee Valley White Water Centre will host not only the Canoe Slalom events at the 2012 Olympic Games, but also a special one-off, family-friendly screenings of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (9 Sept) and FINDING NEMO (10 Sept) – offering audiences the chance to combine a great cinematic experience with a glimpse of the thrills and spills available at this state-of-the-art white water course. Find out more >>
A woodland glade in the heart of the atmospheric Rendlesham Forest plays host to a rare showing of Douglas Fairbanks’ 1922 version of ROBIN HOOD, featuring the world premiere of a new live score by Neil Brand (‘the doyen of silent film accompanists’ – BBC Radio 4) and his ‘Merry Men’ with the following night drawing on Rendlesham’s special place in UFO lore for a rare screening of Spielberg’s classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Find out more >>
Cambridge’s hottest picnic spot just got hotter… This August Bank Holiday weekend (27-28 August) delivers an exclusive early treat for film fans at Grantchester Meadows when festival goers are invited to have the time of their lives and enjoy the sweet end of the lollipop with special screenings of DIRTY DANCING and SOME LIKE IT HOT. Find out more >>
