Here’s Gorilla’s pick of the best film events happening in the UK over the next 7 days. If you would like to suggest an event for us to include then email daveprice@gorillafilmmagazine.com
WEDNESDAY 16TH
FUTURE SHORTS – The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 24 Church St, Falmouth, TR11 3EG – 7:30pm – £6.50 / £5 conc.
Future Shorts are still running their spring programme featuring short films from big name directors Spike Jonze and Sam Taylor-Wood, as well as several other high quality short flicks to satiate you. This week they’re in Cornwall. Nice.
THURSDAY 17TH
PUTIN’S KISS – Picturehouse Stratford East, Salway Road, London, E15 1BX – 8:30pm – £6.50
As part of the Dogwoof Docs season, the Picture House in Stratford is showing Putin’s Kiss. Not so much about Russia’s totally legit elected president and all-round rough tough not-at-all-gay macho man, Vladimir Putin, the film focuses more on the political machine that operates around him. In it we follow Masha, a 19-year old girl who works for the doggedly pro-Putin Nashi organization, which aims to stifle opposition views and voices. But when Masha herself is up for election, she starts to question her role in politics.
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Stratford_London/film/Putins_Kiss/
SURVIVING PROGRESS + Q&A – The Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7JR – 8:30pm – £7 / £5 Conc.
This Martin Scorsese produced documentary looks at the big questions; how do we deal with our advancements? With countries becoming ever richer and consuming ever more, is it possible for supply to keep on meeting demand? Can the inventiveness and resourcefulness of humanity once again kick us on to a new age of growth? Whatever happened to Kevin Costner? The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Dr. Marius Kwint, co-curator of the Wellcome Collection, and Dr. Jonathan Aldred, an economics lecturer from Oxford University.
http://www.tricycle.co.uk/current-programme-pages/cinema-program/cinema/surviving-progress/
FRIDAY 18TH
GORILLA FILM MAGAZINE ISSUE 4 LAUNCH PARTY – Platform Cafe Bar, 2nd Floor Netil House, 1-7 Westgate St, E8 3RL – 6pm – FREE
Perhaps the biggest social event of the season, Gorilla is having a little knees up this Friday to celebrate the release of our newest issue and our triumphant return to hard-copy print. Huzzah! It’ll be quite a laid back affair at Platform Cafe Bar, but some of the Gorilla staff will be there (the one’s that are let out of their cages at least), plus magazines for you to buy!
http://www.facebook.com/events/309608002453201/
0117 FILM CHALLENGE – Bristol – 11am – FREE
Had enough of all the Olympics hype? Think it’s largely a vainglorious spunking of £12 billion for the benefit of people better connected than you? Want to escape into film and create your own reality, unaffected by the Olympics? Well fuck you, this is Britain, so everything is Olympics until further notice. The Encounters Festival is hosting a challenge, inspired by the arrival of the Olympic fart flame in Bristol, where filmmakers will have 117 hours to make a film inspired by sport, games and play. If that doesn’t tickle your pickle, then maybe the fact that it’s FREE TO ENTER and there’s a £1000 PRIZE FOR THE WINNER will. Register by 12pm today to take part, the challenge itself starts Saturday.
http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk/0117-film-challenge.html
SATURDAY 19TH
NOPE!
SUNDAY 20TH
TOWN OF RUNNERS + Q&A W/JERRY ROTHWELL – Gate Picturehouse, 87 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3JZ – 10pm – £10.10
A disproportionate amount of great long-distance runners have come from Ethiopia, specifically from the Arsi region, and really specifically from the town of Bekoji. Runners from his small town, with a population of just 16,000, won more gold medals (4) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics than Canada! Town Of Runners is a documentary that focuses on the next generation of athletes from this place, and their desires to emulate their hometown heroes. The screening is followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Jerry Rothwell.
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Gate_Picturehouse/film/Town_Of_Runners/
MONDAY 21ST
NOPE!
TUESDAY 22ND
RITZY PICTUREHOUSE – Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, London, SW2 1JG – 6pm – £3.50
Know what the only film to feature two future U.S. Senators is1? Know what the “All work no play…” line was changed to for the German version of the shining2? Know how many Oscars Titanic won3? Like drinking? Then this is the night for you. Film quiz in Brixton.
1. Predator. Featured future governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jessie Ventura, an ex-Mr. Universe and an ex-wrestler. I love you American politics, never change. 2. “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today” 3. Who gives a shit
