Three-time Grammy award winner Megan Thee Stallion is returning to SNL and pulling double-duty as both host and musical guest. Megan made her SNL debut in October 2019, performing “Handsome” with host Chance the Rapper. The following year, she returned as the show’s musical guest and delivered a powerful performance of “Savage” along with “Don’t Stop” that advocated for the protection of Black women across the world. Most recently, Megan launched her new website Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too as a way to provide mental health resources for fans and followers seeking help and assistance, inspired by “Anxiety” an introspective track from her latest LP ‘Traumazine’. Follow Megan Thee Stallion on Twitter | Instagram
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UK release date for Asif Kapadia's 'Creature' is announced; world premiere at BFI LFF 15 Oct10/10/2022 Creature (Jeffrey Cirio) in Creature (photo by Moeez Ali) BFI Distribution is excited to announce that Creature, the new film from Academy Award winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy, Diego Maradona), based on Akram Khan’s original concept and choreography, will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 24 February 2023. Based on English National Ballet’s 2021 stage production, and produced by Uzma Hasan of Little House Productions, Creature is a genre-busting collaboration between Asif Kapadia and the Olivier Award winning choreographer Akram Khan. The film’s World Premiere takes place at the 66th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express on Saturday 15 October 2022 in NFT1, BFI Southbank at 3.30pm. In a dilapidated former Arctic research station, Creature (Jeffrey Cirio) is unknowingly enlisted by a military brigade into an experimental programme. He is tested and experimented on by a zealous Doctor (Stina Quagebeur), overseen by the sensitive Captain (Ken Saruhashi), for his mental and physical ability to adapt to extreme cold, isolation and homesickness; all vital qualities in mankind’s proposed colonisation of the ‘final frontiers’ on earth and beyond. Creature meets and falls in love with Marie (Erina Takahashi), a cleaner who shows him kindness and compassion; together they dream of escape. But the remorseless Military is led by the violent Major (Fabian Reimair) who becomes obsessed with Marie and offers her passage from the doomed planet. Marie finds herself caught between the two men and Creature begins to lose his grasp on reality with tragic consequences. Creature takes inspiration from Georg Büchner’s seminal play Woyzeck and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This vivid cinematic experience is a beautiful, tragic tale of an outsider’s search for belonging, the insatiable desires of the powerful, and the enduring hope found in human connection and compassion. Director Asif Kapadia said: “I wanted Creature to be cinema, for people who love films, who love world cinema, the arts, but who perhaps have never seen dance, as well as fans of Akram Khan and English National Ballet.” The British director is best known for his trilogy of films exploring the price of fame; the BAFTA-winning Senna (2010), Amy (2015) – which won both the Best Documentary Oscar and BAFTA – and BAFTA-nominated Diego Maradona (2019). His debut fiction feature, The Warrior (2001) won BAFTAs for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut. He directed episodes of the Netflix series Mindhunter and series directed the critically acclaimed music series 1971: The Year Music Changed Everything (Apple TV+). He also co-directed and exec produced the mental health series The Me You Can’t See (Apple TV+), starring Oprah, Prince Harry and Lady Gaga. In 2022 he will create a new four-part series about Camden’s musical history for Disney+. Creature is Akram Khan’s third work for English National Ballet, following Dust and his reimagined version of Giselle. It returns to the stage next spring, at Sadler’s Wells, London from Thursday 23 March – Saturday 1 April 2023. Creature is directed by Asif Kapadia; choreography and stage direction is by Akram Khan. An English National Ballet production, the producer is Uzma Hasan (FIRSTBORN, THE INFIDEL) of Little House Productions. Director of photography is Daniel Landin (UNDER THE SKIN, RAY & LIZ) and the editor is Sylvie Landra (LEON, THE FIFTH ELEMENT). The original music is by Vincent Lamagna and sound design is by Stephen Griffiths (SENNA, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY). Visual and costume design is by Tim Yip (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON). CREATURE / UK / 2022 / 87 mins / cert TBC www.bfi.org.uk/releases After presenting mostly digital editions for the past two years the UK Jewish Film Festival is pleased to be returning to cinemas in London and across the nation, with screenings running from 10 - 20 November 2022, and with a selection of films available online from 21 - 27 November 2022. Offering an outstanding crop of cinematic stories from around the world, the festival will highlight four fantastic titles at unique Gala screenings with special guests in attendance. In addition, the festival’s global outlook is represented by a full and diverse line-up across the European Film, Israeli Film, British Film and Americas Film programmes, along with additional in-depth programmes covering the Alan Howard International Documentary Strand, LGBTQ+ cinema and shorts. This year’s UK Jewish Film Festival will begin on 10 November with an exciting Opening Night Gala, director Moshe Rosenthal’s razor-sharp, funny and heartfelt Karaoke (Israel, 2022). The film follows Meir (Sasson Gabay) and Tova (Rita Shukrun), married for 40-years and stuck in a rut until a chance encounter with a hedonistic new neighbour (Lior Ashkenazi) leads them to a night of karaoke in his penthouse apartment. With Meir now coming out of his shell and Tova rediscovering her passion for life, the pair find their relationship, and the way they see themselves, drastically changing as they become increasingly enamoured by the life and opportunities offered by their new friend. Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival and winning the audience award at Jerusalem Film Festival, Karaoke will be introduced in London by actor Lior Ashkenazi (Big Bad Wolves, 2013; Footnote, 2011). The Closing Night Gala on 20 November is the UK Premiere of Where Life Begins (UK Premiere, Italy/France, 2022), the tender and quietly devastating feature debut of French actor and filmmaker Stéphane Freiss. Set on a bucolic farm in southern Italy where owner Elio (Riccardo Scamarcio, Romanzo Criminale 2005; John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017) hosts an ultra-Orthodox family as they perform their sacred, annual task of harvesting etrogim (ritual lemons). Striking up a friendship with the family’s daughter Esther, who is unhappily engaged to be married and having serious doubts about her calling in life, Elio encourages the young woman to follow her desires in this tender yet thought-provoking exploration of tradition, family and self-realisation. Director Stéphane Freiss (Call My Agent!, 2020; Munich, 2005) will be in attendance to present his film. For the festival’s Centrepiece Gala director Ady Walter and producer Jean-Charles Lévy will be present to discuss the outstanding Shttl (Ukraine/France, 2022). A film of astonishing beauty and technical achievement, shot in a village constructed for the production and filmed in one extraordinary long shot, it captures the lives of the inhabitants of a Yiddish-speaking village on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Soviet Ukraine. Starring Saul Rubinek (Hunters, 2020-2022; The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018), Shttl is a must-see entry in this year’s festival. Another unmissable event is the UK Premiere Animation Gala screening of Charlotte (UK Premiere, Canada/France/Belgium, 2022), with a voice-cast comprised of UK acting talent including Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, and the much-loved British screen favourite Jim Broadbent, who will be present to introduce the event. The film explores the war-time life of the exceptionally talented young artist Charlotte Salomon as she sets about painting over 1,000 autobiographical images, considered by many to be the first-ever graphic novel, before she was murdered in Auschwitz, aged-26 and pregnant. A further highlight from this year's festival is a Special Event UK premiere screening of the mesmerising and poignant documentary, Three Minutes: A Lengthening (UK, 2022), followed by a Q&A with the film’s narrator Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club, 1999; Alice in Wonderland, 2010). Composed entirely of a three-minute fragment of film from 1938, uncovered and tirelessly restored, this remarkable essay film captures the excitement of the people of a small Polish town prior to the war which would wipe most of them out. Co-produced by British filmmaker Steve McQueen, Three Minutes: A Lengthening offers a rare glimpse into a vanished world. Helena Bonham Carter narrates this film after speaking movingly about her little-known Jewish heritage and her grandfather’s role in saving many Jewish lives in the Channel 4 documentary series My Grandparents’ War. The UK Jewish Film Festival 2022 will include its annual awards to celebrate this year’s outstanding voices in filmmaking. The Best Film Award, headed by director Paul Weiland (Sixty Six, 2006; Made of Honour, 2008), recognises powerful and outstanding narrative filmmaking, and the Best Documentary Award, with a jury lead by Oscar-winning producer Teddy Leifer (All That Breathes, 2022; Icarus, 2017; The Invisible War, 2012), recognises originality and excellence in documentary filmmaking. The Young Jury Award for Best Film and the Audience Award will also be presented at the festival. ALAN HOWARD DOCUMENTARY STRAND The Alan Howard Documentary Strand showcases five exceptional new documentaries carefully chosen for their diversity, challenging topics and for the opportunity to hear from and debate with the filmmakers at panels and Q&As following the screenings. An incredibly moving debut work from Tel Aviv-based filmmaker Bobby Lax, Back in Berlin (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021) (Q&A with director and writer Bobby Lax in conversation with Gabriella Geisinger) follows Lax returning to his family home in London where he meets with his close friend, German-born Manuel Harlan, but the filmmaker is surprised to learn that Manuel’s great-uncle was Veit Harlan, the famous film director whose notorious propaganda film Jud Süss, was produced at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. Reckonings (UK Premiere, USA, 2022) (Q&A with director Roberta Grossman) marks the 70th anniversary of the ground-breaking Luxembourg Agreements of 1952, which paid reparations to Jews and the Israeli state for the crimes perpetrated by Nazi Germany. Award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman’s (Who Will Write Our History, 2018) riveting documentary sheds new light on one of the most controversially ethical and moral issues Jewish leaders ever had to grapple with, and the far-reaching implications their decision had on both Germans and Jews. The festival is proud to present the UK premiere of A Tree of Life (USA, 2021) a harrowing but immensely important documentary that shines a light on the deadliest attack on Jews in American history at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018. This screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Lord Mann, a member of the House of Lords and advisor to the Government on Antisemitism. From Hershel of Ostropol to Lenny Bruce, Ephraim Kishon to Mel Brooks, if there is one thing that unites all Jews, it is their self- deprecating, hilarious sense of humour, or so the myth goes. In Who's Afraid of Jewish Humour (UK Premiere, Germany, 2022) (Q&A with director Jascha Hannover) filmmakers Jascha Hannover (Hollywood’s Second World War, 2019) and Arkadij Kahet (Masel Tov Cocktail, 2020) set out to explore the origins of Jewish humour, tracing the use of irony and satire back to the Bible, with Hannover discussing her film at a post-screening Q&A. The Gala screening of Three Minutes: A Lengthening (And intro with the film’s narrator Helena Bonham Carter) will also play as part of the Alan Howard Documentary Strand. EUROPEAN FILM PROGRAMME The UK Jewish Film Festival’s European Film Programme sets out to present the finest and most-thought provoking films from across the continent. Director Yvan Ittal brings together his wife Charlotte Gainsbourg and son Ben Attal for the tense, timely and thought-provoking #MeToo drama, The Accusation (UK Premiere, France, 2021). Gainsbourg plays the mother of Alexandre (Attal), a boy who is accused of raping Mila, the daughter of his mother’s boyfriend. With Alexandre trying to prove his innocence and Mila fighting to be heard, the truth is difficult to discern. Stories from WWII continue to be uncovered and explored in cinema, shedding light on events that continue to have relevance and repercussions to this day with several such features explored in this programme. In 1939 in Stanislav, Poland, three families living together - Ukrainian, Polish and Jewish - overcome their initial prejudices to become close friends, but when war breaks out are their lives are changed forever in Olesya Morgunets-Isaenko’s testament to friendship Carol of the Bells (World Premiere, Ukraine/Poland, 2021). Director Matti Geschonneck sets his film The Conference (UK Premiere, Germany, 2022) in 1942 in the quiet suburbs of Berlin by lake Wannsee as high-ranking Nazi officials gather to discuss the Final Solution – the annihilation of Europe’s Jews. Based on the actual meeting minutes, workplace gossip and rivalries intertwine with the appalling task at hand in this chilling and disturbing illustration of the banality of evil. We’re back in Berlin for The Forger (UK Premiere, Germany/Luxembourg, 2022) as cavorting charmer Cioma Schönhaus lives life to the full in Hitler’s capital, however, in reality Schönhaus is a Jew hiding in plain site forging a new identity for himself and using his skills to help fellow Jews. This riveting story is based on Schönhaus’ 2004 memoir. Then, Farewell Mister Haffmann (UK Premiere, France, 2021) is a suspense-filled psychological thriller starring French screen-favourite Daniel Auteuil (Jean de Florette, 1986) as Polish-born Jewish jeweller Mister Haffmann, who is forced to hand his shop over to his assistant as he senses the tide turning against him when the Nazi’s occupy France. Leaving too late and unable to join his family in the south, Haffmann takes refuge in the basement of his former house and shop, but the attitude of his former assistant begins to change and the Nazi presence is never far away. Evolution (Germany/Hungary, 2021) is a decades-spanning tale from married filmmakers Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber, (Pieces of a Woman, 2020), which sensitively explores the intergenerational effects of the Holocaust and the legacy of trauma through the eyes of a small European Jewish family. The shadow of the war hangs over Philippe Le Guay’s exploration of modern anti-Semitism in suspenseful psychological thriller The Man in the Basement (UK Premiere, France, 2021), which sees a modern Parisian couple unsuspectingly rent their basement, where their relatives once hid from the Nazis, to a Holocaust denier who spreads his malicious views on the internet. Simone Veil survived the Holocaust to become President of the European Parliament, and biopic Simone Veil: A Woman of the Century (UK Premiere, France, 2022) charts the dramatic life of the principled, compassionate feminist icon with the aid of an incredible cast including Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose, 2001; Grace of Monaco, 2014). Natalia Sinelnikova’s biting social-political satire We Might As Well Be Dead (Germany/Romania, 2022) (Q&A with director Natalia Sinelnikova) sees the inhabitants of an idyllic ‘holistic living’ apartment complex turn on each other when a dog disappears and the daughter of a Jewish security guard begins to believe she is possessed by a demon. Set in the refined world of high-end fashion Haute Couture (UK Premiere, France, 2021) stars veteran actor Nathalie Baye (Catch Me If You Can, 2002) as a seamstress at Dior, who takes a young woman under her wing. With the elder Esther Jewish and her young protégé Muslim, bridges must be crossed to find connection in this luxurious drama. Finally renowned French Jewish author, philosopher and filmmaker Bernard Henri Lévy brings us his unique essay film The Will to See (UK Premiere, France, 2021) (Q&A with the director Bernard-Henri Lévy), a personal and political activist document in which he travels to areas which have been severely impacted by humanitarian crises including Lesbos, Somalia, Nigeria and Afghanistan, talking to locals and bringing to light issues many would rather not see. Charlotte from the Animation Gala, and Who's Afraid of Jewish Humour? from the Alan Howard Documentary Strand, will also screen as part of the European Film Programme. ISRAELI FILM PROGRAMME This year’s Israeli programme spans Israel past and present, with an eclectic line-up of thought-provoking and entertaining stories. Human relationships are a key theme this year with a selection of narrative features shining a light on contemporary Israeli society. Marco Carmel’s Paris Boutique (UK Premiere, Israel, 2022) (Q&A with lead actress Nelly Tagar) is a delightful romantic comedy about love, friendship and peace in the Middle East which stars Nelly Tagar (Zero Motivation, 2014), while One More Story (Israel, 2022), directed by and starring Guri Alfi, is a classic rom-com with a fresh take, as a newspaper journalist convinces her best friend to feature in a reality TV-inspired article to find a soul-mate and get married within a month. Relationships are also the focus of Perfect Strangers (Israel, 2021),(Q&A with director Lior Ashkenazi) Lior Ashkenazi’s deliciously toxic debut feature which asks how well we really know those closest to us? A big hit on Netflix in France and the Middle East, the festival is proud to present Perfect Strangers to a UK audience. Cinema Sabaya (Israel, 2021), from director Orit Fouks Rotem, tells the story of eight Arab and Jewish women who meet at a video production training course organised by their local municipality, and is a beautiful portrait of bridging the cultural divide and gathering in sisterhood. Following his critically acclaimed debut feature The Cakemaker (UKJFF 2017), Israeli filmmaker Ofir Raul Graizer returns with stunning new melodrama America (Israel/Germany/Czech Republic, 2022), a remarkable and heartrending exploration of human emotions as a swimming coach seeks to reconnect with a childhood friend. Heading into the past, Jake Paltrow’s stunning period drama June Zero (UK Premiere, Israel, 2022) captures a profound moment in the history, when on the eve of Adolf Eichmann’s execution in 1962, a 13-year-old boy, Eichmann’s guard, and an investigator for the prosecution do not only witness history, but take an active role in its making. Also delving into Israeli history is Blue Box (UK Premiere, Israel/Belgium, 2021) about Joseph Weits, a respected Zionist figure known for the Jewish National Fund’s afforestation project but who also staunchly believed in the idea of population transfer, uprooting Arab residents from their lands and giving them to Jews. Trying to square her famous relative’s actions and beliefs with her own diametrically opposed views, Weits’ great-granddaughter, filmmaker Michal Weits, investigates her famous relative’s legacy. From Israel’s leading documentarian Ran Tal (What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace, UKJFF 2021), 1341 Frames of Love and War (UK Premiere, Israel, 2022) (Q&A with Ran Tal and Sarig Peker) comprises hundreds of pictures from the archive of celebrated photojournalist Micha Bar-Am. Revisiting some of his most iconic photographs, Bar-Am and his family reflect on a life lived behind the lens of a camera, and the ever changing face of Israel that he documented. Back in Berlin from the Alan Howard Documentary Strand, and Concerned Citizen and The Therapy from the LGBTQ+ Film Programme are also screening as part of the Israeli Film Programme. AMERICAS FILM PROGRAMME Comprising both documentary and narrative features, the festival presents six films from across the Americas as part of the Americas Film Programme. From Jewish filmmaker Abner Benaim, Plaza Catedral (Panama, 2021) tells the story of an unlikely bond formed between an architect and a young boy she finds on the street with gunshot wounds. Panama’s 2022 Oscars entry, this is a gripping and heartrending portrayal of street violence in Latin America. From director Tom Weidlinger (who will be in attendance for a Q&A) is The Restless Hungarian (UK Premiere, USA, 2021) (Q&A with Tom Weidlinger), a deeply personal story that expresses the ongoing burden of our collective trauma, as the filmmaker traces four generations of his family history. Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen (UK Premiere, USA, 2022) is a delightful documentary charting the journey of hit stage musical Fiddler on the Roof to the big screen in 1971 and is a wonderful opportunity to experience the magic of Fiddler anew. The silver screen is also the backdrop for Tessa Louise-Salomé’s The Wild One (UK Premiere, France, 2022), a fascinating documentary narrated by Willem Dafoe that highlights the incredible story of Czech-born film director Jack Garfein, who survived Auschwitz to become one of Hollywood’s greats. A Tree of Life and Reckonings from the Alan Howard Documentary Strand, will also screen as part of the Americas Film Programme. BRITISH FILM PROGRAMME The British Film Programme for 2022 includes the powerful documentary Disgraced (UK Premiere, UK, 2022) (Q&A with Beth Alexander and Jane Mingay) from British filmmaker Jane Mingay. For seven years, Mingay followed Beth Alexander as she attempted to gain custody of her children from the son of a well-established family in Austria’s Haredi world. This important and powerful documentary about Alexander’s unbelievable plight and courage, sheds light on the intricate laws and social codes of the Chabad community. Fascinating short documentary We Left the Camp Singing (UK Premiere, UK, 2022) (Performance and Q&A with Sofia Tapinassi and James Joel Dann in conversation with UK Jewish Film Chief Executive Michael Etherton) looks at the sublime works of art created by Jewish inmates at Theresienstadt concentration camp, with this special event also including a live piano performance from director Sofia Tapinassi who will perform works composed at Theresienstadt. The festival is also proud to present the winner of the Pears Short Film Fund 2022, The Rabbi’s Son (UK, 2022) as well as the winning entries to the UK Jewish Film Short Doc Fund: 3 Jokes for £1 (UK, 2022), The Peacock that Passed Over (UK, 2022), “Shabbos Goy” (UK, 2022), Adam’s Tale (UK, 2022), and Lynn, Ruth and Me (UK, 2022). LGBTQ+ FILM PROGRAMME LGBTQ+ cinema is well represented with three films from Israel that tackle a diversity of issues. Concerned Citizen (Israel, 2022) is a sharp critique of an increasingly unequal society, which tells the story of a same-sex couple living in a migrant neighbourhood who begin to question their own liberal self-image after one of them witnesses an act of police brutality, while director Adam Kalderon’s The Swimmer (Israel, 2021) is a bold exploration of male competitiveness and sexual desire set in the gruelling and hypermasculine world of the Israeli national swimming team. The Therapy (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021) (Followed by a panel discussion) is a thought-provoking documentary from Zvi Landsman which is a rare glimpse into this highly controversial and scientifically dubious practice of gay conversion therapy, and the impact it has on those who subscribe to it. This screening will be followed by a panel discussion covering the issues raised in the film. The Rainbow Collection short film programme will also be screening as part of the LGBTQ+ Strand. SHORTS FILM PROGRAMME Our fantastic programme this year includes over 30 fragments of Jewish life from around the globe – from the UK, to Australia and the US. Their lengths range from 3 minutes to 35 minutes, and their styles – first-person filmmaking, documentaries, dramas and comedies – vary greatly. They all, however, pack a small but mighty punch. Israeli Shorts - new shorts from Israel's emerging film talent: The Elephant in the Mall (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021); The Artichoke Season (European Premiere, Israel, 2021); Black Slide (Israel, 2021); I think it's Enough, Isn't It? (UK Premiere, Israel,2021); What Has Changed (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021); Where Are You Running To? (UK Premiere, Israel, 2020); Rothschild 16 (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021); Holy Holocaust (Israel, 2021). Women’s Voice - a stunning collection of films that celebrate powerful, determined and inspiring women: Stagnant Water (Israel, 2021); Equilibrium (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021); Bracha (Israel, 2022); Where Are You Running To? (UK Premiere, Israel, 2020); Meadow (UK Premiere, Israel, 2021). The Rainbow Collection - inquisitive, funny and reflective LGBTQ+ voices from America and Israel: Bracha (Israel, 2022); Complicated (Israel, 2022); Half (UK Premiere, USA, 2020); Mazel Tov (Israel, 2021). Real to Reel - a collection of short documentary films that is as rich, surprising and diverse as life itself: Visiting Ben Shemen (UK Premiere, New Zealand, 2022); Dirndlschuld (UK Premiere, Austria, 2021); Family Photo (UK Premiere, Poland, 2022); I think it's Enough, Isn't It? (UK Premiere, 2021); Last Words (UK Premiere, Serbia, 2022); My Father’s War (UK Premiere, Germany, 2021); Rothschild 16 (UK Premiere, 2021); The Photographer (Canada, 2022); Do Not Resuscitate David Dix (UK Premiere, UK, 2022). Best of British – A showcase of the best of homegrown film talent, including specially commissioned shorts: Do Not Resuscitate David Dix (UK Premiere, UK, 2022), Funeral of a Marriage Counsellor (UK Premiere, UK, 2022); F**k Me in Yiddish (UK Premiere, UK, 2021); Honesty (UK Premiere, UK, 2022); Kafkas (UK Premiere, UK, 2021); Samovar (World Premiere, UK, 2022); The Silent Treatment (World Premiere, UK, 2022); It’s Not Perverse, It’s Mothers (UK, 2022). Life Less Ordinary - Seven remarkable life experiences, from war-time Europe to present-day Panama: Tuesco (UK Premiere, USA/Panama, 2022); Holy Holocaust (Israel, 2021); My Father’s War (UK Premiere, Germany, 2021); Samovar (World Premiere, UK, 2022); The Caretaker (UK Premiere, Germany, 2020); The Photographer (Canada, 2022); Visiting Ben Shemen (UK Premiere, New Zealand, 2022). The UK Jewish Film Festival 2022 takes place in cinemas nationwide from 10 - 20 November, and online from 21-27 November London venues: BFI Southbank, Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Soho, Everyman Belsize Park, Everyman Kings Cross, Everyman Muswell Hill, JW3 London, Phoenix, Picturehouse Central, Close Up Cinema National venues: Brighton Komedia, Bristol Scott, Cineworld Didsbury, Curzon Knutsford, Everyman Edinburgh, Everyman Leeds, Glasgow Film Theatre, HOME Manchester, Nottingham Broadway, Phoenix Picturehouse (Oxford) For further information and announcements: https://ukjewishfilm.org/festival/uk-jewish-film-festival-2022/ Facebook: @UKJewishFilm Twitter: @UKJewishFilm Instagram: @ukjewishfilm In the wake of the passing of HRM Queen Elizabeth II, the NTA have issued the following statement:- "We have taken the decision to postpone this year’s National Television Awards as a mark of respect following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The 2022 NTAs will now take place on Thursday, 13th October, live from The OVO Arena Wembley. All tickets remain valid for the new date. To reflect the period of national mourning, viewer voting is also being paused. The public vote will resume on 9am Tuesday 20th September and remain open until the day of the ceremony. Multi award-winning hit animation Hey Duggee will begin its new series on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer on 5 September as we learn all about the Squirrels’ first days at the Clubhouse. Five special episodes released daily on CBeebies will reveal what happened when each Squirrel visited Duggee for the very first time as children in England and Wales prepare for their first days at school. The First Day Badge episodes are included in 20 new episodes released on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer from the fourth series of the much-loved show, made by Studio AKA. New episodes will be released every Monday on BBC iPlayer and will air daily on CBeebies from 7.05am. New titles include:
Hey Duggee is a fun, inclusive and educational series devised by Grant Orchard, senior director of Studio AKA, and narrated by comedian Alexander Armstrong. Each episode features members of the Squirrel Club exploring, learning and overcoming challenges to earn a new Badge from Duggee – making new friends along the way. Since launching in 2014, Hey Duggee has become a six-time BAFTA and international Emmy award-winning hit on CBeebies and was the most-watched kids’ show on BBC iPlayer in 2021 and 2020. All episodes of Hey Duggee are available exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Additionally, Hey Duggee has over 1.2 million fans across its social channels and its official YouTube channel has over a billion lifetime views. Earlier this year, Hey Duggee teamed up with Sir David Attenborough for The Green Planet Badge a special episode to share the wonder of plants and even topped the bestseller list on World Book Day! Hey Duggee is also heading out on tour for the first time ever with Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show visiting 24 venues around the UK beginning in December, tickets are on sale now at: https://www.heyduggee.com/live-show/ 'Kuhle Wampe Or Who Owns The World?' (1932, the German drama film about homelessness and left-wing politics, is set to be released by the BFI on / via Blu-ray / DVD, iTunes and Amazon Prime release on 19 September 2022. See a clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt7TlLK5rsI&ab_channel=BFI Often described as the only communist film to come out of Weimar Germany, Kuhle Wampe (1932) was a creative collaboration between directors Bertolt Brecht and Ernst Ottwald, composer Hanns Eisler, Slatan Dudow and Georg Höllering. With the UK’s current cost of living crisis making it a topical film for rediscovery in 2022, it has been newly restored in 2K by ARRI Media on behalf of the Deutsche Kinemath and is presented on Blu-ray and DVD by the BFI for the first time in the UK. At the height of the Depression, Anni (Herta Thiele, Mädchen in Uniform) and her family are evicted from their Berlin apartment and forced to move in with her boyfriend, Fritz, at Kuhle Wampe, a lakeside camp on the outskirts of Berlin that now accommodates the ever-growing numbers of the dispossessed. Exquisitely photographed by Günther Krampf (Nosferatu), this semi-documentary combines inspired montage sequences with intimate realist and comic scenes of Anni’s family life, driven along by Hanns Eisler’s celebrated score. Conceived at the political and artistic watershed of the waning Weimar Republic, it was swiftly banned in 1933 as the Nazis took power and was rarely seen for many years. Special features:-
Product details RRP: £19.99 / Cat. no. BFIB1462 PG / Germany / 1932 / black and white / 75 mins / German, with optional English subtitles / original aspect ratio 1.19:1 // BD50: 1080p, 24fps, PCM 2.0 mono audio (48kHz/24-bit) / DVD9: PAL, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio (256kbps) Pre-order KUHLE WAMPE from the BFI Shop: https://shop.bfi.org.uk/kuhle-wampe-blu-ray.html Series two of the multi-award winning, global-hit animation Bluey is set to receive its UK free-to-air premiere on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer on Monday 1st of August. The first series proved a huge hit with UK fans, being streamed more than 97m times on BBC iPlayer since its launch on iPlayer in April last year. Widely lauded by parents and press alike for its heartfelt and funny portrayal of family life and celebration of play, the show follows Bluey, a 6-year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family – including younger sister Bingo and parents Bandit and Chilli – as well as friends and community into her world of fun and discovery. Bluey has won the hearts of kids and parents around the world since it first launched in Australia in October 2018 and has quickly become a global hit, becoming hugely popular with audiences in the UK – it was also the highest rating programme on CBeebies for Q1 20221. Bluey has also won multiple awards, such as the International Emmy Kids Award in the prestigious Preschool Category in 2020 and has picked up the AACTA Award for Best Children's Program for three years running (2019-21). Bluey won four Kidscreen Awards in February 2021 and recently won a Logie for Most Outstanding Children’s Programme at the Aussie equivalent of the BAFTAs, the second time Bluey has taken home the award. Bluey is produced by multi-Emmy award-winning Ludo Studio for ABC Kids Australia, co-commissioned by ABC Children’s and BBC Studios, and distributed internationally by BBC Studios outside of Australia. The secret of its success is its appeal to children and adults alike. Stuart Heritage called it “the best thing on TV” in The Guardian, Rolling Stone listed it as one of the Best Sitcoms of All Time, Vulture called it the best kids’ show of our time and The New York Times said it was the kids’ show every parent can love. It’s further cemented itself as a global cult hit with kids and parents and the third series (currently airing in Australia) has featured cameos from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eva Mendes and Natalie Portman. It’s broken viewing records and spawned a number one album in Australia, was named the #1 new toy property here in the UK last year and has scooped armfuls of awards (including International Emmys). The popularity of the show led to Airbnb building a real life replica of the house in Australia and the hugely popular stage show is set to launch at Madison Square Gardens in New York for its US run. As part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, CBeebies and BBC iPlayer are to make the Bluey episode ‘Queens’ available for the first time on free-to-air TV in the UK. The episode follows sisters Bluey and Bingo as they play a game of ‘Queens’ and discover that playing the butler is much more fun. ‘Queens’ will be available for the first time on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 5 June. Bluey has won the hearts of kids and parents around the world since it first launched in Australia in October 2018 and has quickly become a global hit, becoming hugely popular with audiences in the UK – it was also the most-watched programme on CBeebies for Q1 2022. Bluey has also won multiple awards, such as the International Emmy Kids Award in the prestigious Preschool Category in 2020 and has picked up the AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program for three years running (2019-21). Bluey recently won four Kidscreen Awards in February 2021. Widely lauded by parents and press alike for its heartfelt and funny portrayal of family life and celebration of play, the series follows Bluey, a 6-year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family – including younger sister Bingo and parents Bandit and Chilli – as well as friends and community into her world of fun and discovery. Bluey is produced by multi-Emmy award-winning Ludo Studio for ABC Kids Australia, co-commissioned by ABC Children’s and BBC Studios, and distributed internationally by BBC Studios outside of Australia. Ludo is a multi-Emmy and Logie award-winning Australian studio that creates and produces original scripted drama, animation and digital stories that are authored by incredible local talent, distributed globally and loved by audiences everywhere. Financed in association with Screen Australia, Bluey is proudly 100% created, written, animated, and post produced in Brisbane Queensland, Australia, with funding from the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland and the Australian Government. Since its first broadcast in 1922, the BBC has championed storytelling and built a reputation for innovation and quality. Across TV, radio and online, its output has had a significant impact on broadcasting and society, shaped social attitudes and demonstrated that the BBC has been a constant pioneer from its inception to the present day. As the BBC marks its centenary in 2022 it will mark the occasion with a series of special events and programmes to celebrate the unique role it plays in public life and reflecting its to inform, educate and entertain audiences in the UK and increasingly around the world. BBC Studios Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram Australian heavy music act In Hearts Wake is releasing the official trailer for their feature length documentary "Green Is The New Black" alongside the announcement of Australian and international screening dates across Earth Week 2022 this April. Conceived during the catastrophic bush fires of early 2020, filmed during the global pandemic and released as unprecedented floods have devastated the East coast of Australia, Green Is The New Black holds a mirror up to the music industry and its relationship to the environment. Green Is The New Black chronicles the making of In Hearts Wake’s 100% carbon offset 2020 album Kaliyuga and their journey to become a certified Carbon Neutral Organisation but it’s more than a film about one band and one album. As In Hearts Wake examine their processes and search for more environmentally sustainable options, inspiring new possibilities for an entire industry begin to emerge. Through conversations with creatives, experts and professionals including Damon Gameau (2040, That Sugar Film), Tamara Smith (Greens Member for Parliament), AY Young (United Nations Young Leader), Jessica Ducrou (Splendour in the Grass Festival Co-founder), Heidi Lennfer (FEAT Artists) and Luke Logemann (UNFD Records), In Hearts Wake uncover unsettling truths, face human adversity and discover inspiring solutions for a new earth-aligned way forward. Green Is The New Black will screen at Bangalow Film Festival on 12th April, with 100% of ticket sales to be donated to local charities directly assisting the Northern Rivers flood recovery. Kicking off in Earth Week, Green Is The New Black will then screen at Palace Cinemas around Australia as well as special screenings in Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Formed in Byron Bay in 2006, In Hearts Wake are one of Australia’s leading heavy music acts. Their fiercely loyal following has been forged from relentless world touring, passionate ecological advocacy and hard-hitting, melodic-driven music. The band have received four top-5 records, earned an ARIA nomination for Best Hard Rock album, 110 million digital streams and over 100,000 records sold worldwide. They are the only known band to be registered as a Carbon Neutral Organisation. “When we first started this band, we just wanted to tour the world and play music, but the further we travelled the more it hit home. We were unintentionally endangering our own future. The world we knew was changing fast and we realised we had to change with it.” Jake Taylor, vocalist In Hearts Wake / Producer and Co-Director Green Is The New Black. GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK SCREENINGS Presented by Heaps Normal, Afends, New World Artists & UNFD
Tickets for all screenings available at inheartswake.com / greenisthenewblack.film Novelist, poet and social critic, Thomas Hardy was a man of enormous depth and character with a distinctive darkness about him. Hardy’s life is now explored in an illuminating new documentary "Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion And Tragedy" by Odyssey Television and premiering on Sky Arts on Tuesday 14th September 2021. Author of classics such as Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, Hardy’s work reflects the human tragedy of his characters’ lives as they struggle with their passions, fate, and their position in society, always with the upmost compassion and in vivid detail. Hardy’s modest upbringing made him aware of the hypocrisies of Victorian class society. As his popularity rose, he became increasingly conscious of a feeling of being between classes, of loving London Society but never feeling part of it. This, matched with his love for nature, meant he preferred to spend much of his time in the rolling landscapes of his Dorset home, the land he called Wessex. Hardy focused his novels on the social specificities and suffering of the people that lived there with brooding vision. "Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion And Tragedy" explores Hardy’s complicated relationship with women, both in his works and life. Hardy married his first wife Emma in 1874. He fell genuinely and profoundly in love with her – but this intense love was to last for just two years. Love and respect turned to hostility and bitterness in the last years of Emma’s life. At the same time, Hardy fell in love with a young writer - 39 years his junior - Florence Dugdale. Following Emma’s sudden and unexpected death, Hardy married Florence. His profound experience of and reaction to Emma’s death affected him intensely. It produced a great explosion of what was to be his greatest poetic work. It also marked a pronounced shift in his character. Hardy regretted the way he had treated his wife and as he remembered the intensity of his love for her. "Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion And Tragedy" delves into his incredible abilities as a writer, a critic of the oppressive forces of society and looks at Hardy’s ability to eloquently chastise the values of the world he inhabited with an acute sense of compassion for human tragedy, as a man haunted by both rage and empathy. The programme also includes extracts from leading feature films based on Hardy novels, including Kate Winslet and Christopher Ecclestone in Jude, Eddie Redmayne and Gemma Arterton in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and Julie Christie in Far from the Madding Crowd. "Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion And Tragedy" Produced and directed by Adrian Munsey and Vance Goodwin. © Odyssey Television MMXXI. TX Date: Tuesday 14th September 2021 Running Time: 48 minutes Featuring: Professor Ralph Pite, Claire Tomalin, Professor Dinah Birch, Professor Angelique Richardson Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones. Music by: Adrian Munsey |
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