Sunderland Film Festival

The 1st ever Sunderland Film Festival

At the Manor Quay, Bonded Warehouse and the Stadium of Light
November 27th to November 30th 2003

PROGRAME OF EVENTS

Thursday November 27th

Evening
Selected showing of ‘The Monocled Mutineer’ with guest speaker Julian Putkowski, researcher for the series and author of ‘Shot at Dawn’ on British soldiers executed in the First World War

Venue – The Bonded Warehouse

Friday November 28th

3.00pm to 6.00pm Cinema Paradiso
Venue – Bonded Warehouse

Evening – Gala [i.e a film yet to be released]

Saturday November 29th

10 – 12.30pm – a cult film to be selected

10 – 1.00pm Films by local children
Venue – Manor Quay

Plus documentary of the work of UNITY

1.30pm – 4.00pm
KES [Barry Hines invited but yet to confirm]

4.00pm – 6.00
Betty Blue [Manor Quay – main hall]

5.30 – 7.00pm
Sweet FA – documentary on football corruption, followed by question and answer session with the Producer Gary Horne
Venue – Manor Quay [upstairs room]

7.00 – 10.00pm
Gala Film [to be arranged]

Sunday November 30th

10 – 12.30pm Shawshank Redemption
Venue – Manor Quay [main hall]

1.00pm – 4.00pm City of God
Venue – Manor Quay [main hall]

12 – 4.00pm Short films by local people
Venue – Upstairs in Manor Quay

4.00 – 6.00pm
Manor Quay TBA

4.00pm – 10.30pm
3 – 4 of the latest films from Bollywood plus a Live Show
Venue – Stadium of Light

Still to incorporate into the programme are workshops on the work by the KOOCH Project, and making your own short film, plus potentially a couple of others.

The GALA films will probably be Battle Royale 2: Requiem, One for the Road [Hywel Bennett, Film Council] and the Singing Detective. [Mel Gibson]