Sa 12 September
WESTBOURNE STUDIOS




COMEDY & FREARS/KUREISHI


1pm


Identity - The True Story
Of Juan Piras Peron
Chiara Bellini 83 minutes UIn 1909 emigrant from
Sardinia Giovanni Piras leaves for Argentina. A few
years later he vanishes, but then his traces allegedly
overlap with those of Juan Domingo Peron. Among
concealed documents and coincidences bordering
absurd, an incredible travel between mystery and
international politics, from Sardinia up to Argentina,
throughout the 20th century. Documentary. Italy

The Karaoke Killers
Paul Bruce / Arthur Finlay 17 minutes 15
A black comedy set amid the jealous, narcissistic world
of Karaoke competition, where death awaits the
weak... but it ainit over till the fat man sings. Comedy.
Britain

Nemesis
Stian Hafstad 9 minutes 12
Nemesis is the story of Arne (TRond Gil), who is
convinced he has superpowers. He just hasn’t found
them yet. So he decides to put a wanted note for an
archenemy, hoping that it will help him discover his
true powers. Comedy. Norway

Shit
Juan Pablo Zuluaga 18 minutes 15
Juan sneaks to the kitchen at a party and eats a
rotten rice. After a while he desperately needs to go
the bathroom, but everywhere he goes there’s
someone or something obstructing his needs. What will
Juan do? Is he up to anything? Comedy. Argentina

Here Comes Funky Kazoo
Paul Fuller 17 minutes 15
When mark’s date gets off to a bad start he begins to
feel like a bit of a clown. Comedy. London

Revolution
Martin Rosete 7 minutes U
Tired of the monotonous life, a man decides to make a
revolution. Comedy. USA

One Minutes
Philip Pugh 75 minutes 12A
An epic exploration into the world of cinema guided
by some colourful characters. Comedy. Britain

Les Doigts De Pied
Laurent Denis 11 minutes 12
Arthur lives alone in a little room of an old people’s
home. His days are exclusively rhythm by the visit of
Julie, the nurse. No one else ever comes to visit him.
Therefore, when Julie tells him about the visit of
Bernard, Arthur gets dressed as for a wedding. But
who is the visitor? Comedy. Belgium

Tiger Danny
Radu Potdoava 25 minutes 15
Any Romanian’s journey abroad is paved with loads of
presents... Comedy. Romania

Swipe
Max Blustin 3 minutes 12A
A young man asks his girlfriend for some money.
When she refuses, he resorts to other means.
Comedy. Britain

Formal And Informal
Mechanisms, Vol. 5:a3
Marco Bowald & Claude Campell 3 mins 12A
Comedy. Switzerland

Lala
Esteban Crespo 19 minutes 12
Once upon a time there was a return, a village, a
dead body, a family and a fairy tale. Comedy. Spain


6pm


Zur Maloche
Roberto Anjari-Rossi 16 minutes 12A
The day starts for three illegal immigrants in
Germany. Three individuals with different cultures,
interests and goals that go together and oppose
themselves as they’ve got to keep on living and
survive while dealing with other people trying to live
and survive in this modern world of ours. Comedy.
Germany

Bride & Gloom
Ronak Singh 15 minutes U
A young bride battles against her strictly traditional
mother in law on her wedding day. Comedy. Britain

Clamp And Grind
Prasanna Puwanarajah 8 minutes 12
A homemade wheel clamp super hero attempts to cut
it in a cape. Comedy. London

Free Jolito
Marcos Bucay 10 minutes 12
Jolito is a Mexican symbol, a great bean. He engages
in a journey to the USA. He suffers an identity crisis
while being exposed to the temptations of the
‘American Dream”. Comedy. Mexico

Section 44
Daniel Wilson 5 minutes 12A
Who would you rat out? Comedy. London


7.30pm
Stephen Frears & Hanif

Stephen Frears & Hanif Kureishi in conversation
Stephen Frears, after being at the forefront of
several 'new waves' in British cinema, has carved
himself an international career in the past twenty
years. His output has proved extraordinarily wideranging
while rarely failing to highlight his ability
to obtain crowd-pleasing performances from his
principal players.
He had begun as an assistant to Karel Reisz and Lindsay
Anderson but, after extensive experience directing TV
series, had a cinema hit of his own with Gumshoe (1971),
featuring Albert Finney, whose assistant director he had been
on Charlie Bubbles (1967).
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) combined Frears'
traits of grittiness and scabrous humour in its
treatment of a script that is funny, sexy, violent
and perceptive by turns with in its observation of
the central gay love story: written by Hanif
Kureishi they followed it up with Sammie & Rosie
Get Laid (1987) that was largely filmed around
Portobello, which is being screened tonight.
The award winning Dangerous Liaisons (1988),
starring John Malkovich, set Frears up for his
international career from The Grifters (1990),
Accidental Hero (1992) and Mary Reilly (1996).
There were two Irish black comedy-dramas The
Snapper (1993) The Van (1996). After a
Hollywood hit with High Fidelity (2000), Frears
returned to the gritty realism of his indie past with
the urban thriller Dirty Pretty Things (2002) which
he followed with the multi award winning The
Queen (2005) with Helen Mirren, and Cheri (2008).

Hanif Kureishi's first play, Soaking the Heat, was
performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London
in 1976 and was followed in 1980 by The Mother
Country, for which he won the Thames TV
Playwright Award. In 1981 his play Outskirts won
the George Devine Award and in 1982 he became
Writer in Residence at the Royal Court Theatre.
His screenplay for the film My Beautiful
Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears, was
nominated for an Academy Award. He also wrote
the screenplays for Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
and London Kills Me (1991), which he also
directed. His film My Son the Fanatic was adapted
from his short story included in Love in a Blue Time (1997).
Kureishi's first novel, The Buddha of Suburbia,
published in 1990, describes Karim's struggle for
social and sexual identity, a comic coming-of-age
novel and a satirical portrait of race relations in
Britain during the 1970s. It won the Whitbread
First Novel Award and was produced by the BBC in
1993 as a four-part television series.
His second novel, The Black Album (1995),
explores some of the issues facing the Muslim
community living in Britain in the 1980s, and is
currently being performed as a play at the
National Theatre. Intimacy (1998), a novella, was
produced as a film in 2001 starring Mark Rylance
and Kerry Fox.
Gabriel's Gift (2001) tells the story of a 15-yearold
schoolboy whose artistic skills enable him to
survive the trauma of his parents' separation.
Dreaming and Scheming: Reflections on Writing
and Politics, a collection of Hanif Kureishi's nonfiction,
including essays and diary fragments, as
well as a new collection of short fiction, The Body
and Other Stories, were both published in 2002.
The Word and the Bomb (2005), is also a
collection of non-fictional writings.
Hanif Kureishi's latest works are the play, Venus
(2007), and the novel, Something to Tell You
(2008). He became a CBE in 2007, in recognition
of his services to literature and drama.


8.30pm


Sammie & Rosie Get Laid
(1987) 97 mins 18
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middleclass
London married couple. They live in the
midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves
with intellectual street people, and sleep with
everybody - except each other! Things become
interesting when Sammy's father, Raffi, who is a
former Indian government minister, comes to
London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Raffi try to
find meaning through their lives and loves. The
scenes at the travellers camp were filmed under
the Westway where Westbourne Studios is now!


Talkin’ Crap
John McMahon 11 minutes 15
Lambert and Steve two low level villains sit in a car
waiting to do a job. Steve seems apprehensive,
Lambert brash and arrogant thinks Steve is ‘bottling
It’. Lambasts philosophy is only animals crap
themselves. A black comedy with just a touch of
romance. Comedy. Britain
V For Revenge
Paul Ezzy 11 minutes 12
Parody of V For Vendetta. A man tries to take down
parking meters, meter maids, and the omv with brute
force. Fails to win the support of a young woman
along the way. Comedy. USA

Baby Love Or: How To Win
Friends And Influence People
Karl Madderom 7 minutes 12A
Peter meets his girlfriend Rachel at the Pub after
work. Rachel has some good news. Some really good
news! Comedy. Australia

Seared
James Nicholas Fuller 7 minutes 15
A butcher’s (Dominique Pimon) humdrum day seems
to like it is about to brighten up when a beautiful and
mysterious woman (Sophie WimEleman) arrives in his
shop as a customer, but when he recognises her as
part of an infamous bank robbing duo on the run
from the law he must decide what to do. Comedy.
Britain

True Beauty This Night
Peter Besson 10 minutes
Last night, Rhett Sumer, met the love of his life. Now
all he has to do is convince her she’s the one. Not an
easy feat considering how they met. Comedy. USA

I Need Another Drink...
Andy Day 1 minute U
Love and larger don’t mix. Comedy. London

Panopticon
Sten Rosendahl 5 minutes U
A woman who is sickly obsessed with her own
appearance goes to see a doctor who recommends an
unusual treatment. Comedy. Sweden


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