Wednesday 30 March 2016

ROME OPEN CITY & ADUA E LE COMPAGNE

NEO-REALIST DOUBLE BILL 



This Sunday we are off to Italy with ROME OPEN CITY (1946) directed by the great Robert Rossellini and his ephemeral groundbreaking experiment in social-realist filmmaking with a cast of none actors and handheld 16mm film cameras and light predominately with natural light. Based on real events that took place in Nazi-occupied Italy in 1944, Rossellini sort to examine the choices people had been forced to take during wartime situations, as a piece of filmmaking it is a prime example of neo-realist filmmaking which was executed late on by socio-realist filmmaker Peter Watkins in his now Iconic film THE WAR GAME. Next up is ADUA E LE COMPAGNE (ADUA AND COMPANY) by little known Italian director Antonio Pietrangeli. Staying within the neo-realism genera we go from war to prostitution and how four women attempt to rebuild their lives from the ashes of the past. And how it wasn’t going to be an easy transition from street to respectability.    



Sunday 27 March 2016

CULTIVATE FILM ART: THE TENANT & HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER

CULTIVATE FILM ART: THE TENANT & HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER: CULT FILM CLASSICS NIGHT  This Sunday we start a short season of classics, starting with Roman Polanskis’ THE TENANT. A set in an apart...

THE TENANT & HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER

CULT FILM CLASSICS NIGHT 


This Sunday we start a short season of classics, starting with Roman Polanskis’ THE TENANT. A set in an apartment in an imposing building filled with sinister residents Trelkovsky moves into an apartment saturate in an unseemly past, the story plays on the main protagonists neurosis and his disintegrating mental state leaving view not quite knowing what is real and what is imagined. Next up is HENERY PORTRAIT OF A SEIREAL KILLER another film that plays on the views perceptions of what’s real and what’s imagined but from a realist perspective. With the usual free popcorn and rum.













Tuesday 15 March 2016

CULTIVATE & CIRCUIT SPRING ART PARTY


CULTIVATE and CIRCUIT have teamed up to produce The Whithworth Young Contemporaries Spring Art Party.

Cultivate collaborates with home grown talent and stars of the future to showcase film, photography, animation and illustration in the grand hall and within the grounds of The Whitworth, Keanu Robson, Leo Macdonald and Sarcus Nervarc make art that reflects the modern urban landscape of Manchester with special screenings by PROJEKTS MCR, come and be inspired.

There will also be live performances from Cave Man and Jason Singh with music from DJ Ruddy and The Music Curators and with Create 'n' Skate work shops it will be a night packed full of creative energy.
PHOTOGRAPHY from Leo Macdonald and Sarcus Nervarc.
ANIMATION + ILLUSTRATION: Sarcus Nervarc
Film screenings in the Grand hall:
A special screening of DOG TOWN AND Z-BOYS
followed by films from PROJEKTS MCR and Keanu Robson
With the photography, illustration and animation exhibited in the grounds of The Whitworth the life size projections will be projected onto the extenal .

DATE: THURSDAY 17th MARCH

TIME: 6pm TILL 9pm

FREE EVENT