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LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING
a film by Kavich Neang
UK Premiere:
Open City Docs Closing Night Film
10 September 2019
Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival
Aperture / London: part 2 & touring programme announced!
Aperture / London: part 2
11 – 15 September: Close-Up Cinema, DocHouse, Genesis Cinema, The Horse Hospital
On tour around the UK (July-October): Tyneside Cinema, HOME (Manchester), Filmhouse (Edinburgh), Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow)
journeys in moving image through Asia & the Pacific
We’re thrilled to be hosting Singaporean filmmaker Daniel Hui in London for the first complete show of his full body of work to date, including the UK premiere of his latest film Demons. We’re also delighted to welcome Yih Wen Chen to the UK for the world premiere of her moving documentary Eye on the Ball, with audio-description, on the Malaysian blind youth football team.
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Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival
Aperture screenings – September 2019:
4 Sep: THE END OF THE TRACK, HOME, Manchester
8 Sep: KABUL, CITY IN THE WIND, HOME, Manchester
9 Sep: THE GENTLE INDIFFERENCE OF THE WORLD, HOME, Manchester
11 Sep: ASIA THROUGH THE APERTURE WORKSHOP #3 + shorts programme, Close-Up Cinema, London
11 Sep: DEMONS +director Q&A, Genesis Cinema, London
12 Sep: EYE ON THE BALL +director Q&A, DocHouse, London
13 Sep: SNAKESKIN +director Q&A, Close-Up Cinema, London
14 Sep: ECLIPSES +director Q&A, The Horse Hospital, London
14 Sep: DANIEL HUI SHORTS +director Q&A, The Horse Hospital, London
14 Sep: EYE ON THE BALL +director Q&A, HOME, Manchester
15 Sep: DIE TOMORROW, Close-Up Cinema, London
16 Sep: AYKA, Filmhouse, Edinburgh
16 Sep: NERVOUS TRANSLATION, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
16-19 Sep: DIE TOMORROW, Glasgow Film Theatre
17 Sep: EYE ON THE BALL +director intro, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
Day for Night Screenings
(Kavich Neang, Cambodia/France 2019)
10 Sep: Regent Street Cinema, London
Open City Docs Closing Film
Day for Night Screenings
(Shireen Seno, Philippines 2018)
7 Sep: Cample Line, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire + intro
(Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand 2017)
15 Sep: Close-Up Cinema, London + intro
16-19 Sep: Glasgow Film Theatre
(Chaitanya Tamhane, India 2014)
Screening as part of On the Edge of the Fold, curated by Viknesh Kobinathan
On DVD
a film by Koji Fukada
winner of Un Certain Regard Grand Prix for his latest film, ‘Harmonium’, Cannes Film Festival 2016
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36 & MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY
a film by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Double DVD set + limited edition t-shirt:
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On VOD
