hello hello, below are the programme details of our 2007 festival; we have also now done Latitude and Brachange Jersey International Film Fest - info on which will be uploaded soon - promise!
Screenings:
MOODY’S CLUB FOLLIES & Opening Night Soirée
FRI 7 December 8.20pm till late, bar performances from 7pm
Films, dancing, live music, acts, interviews, and magic lantern displays plus a complimentary tipple for all guests, thanks to Tiger Beer!
A series of shorts including suggestively blossoming flora in The Birth of a Flower (1910) and footage from an original 1920’s London revue in the shape of Moody’s Club Follies (1923).
Marvel at delectable dance routines courtesy of Future Cinema and a fabulous performance from the unmissable Bourgeois & Maurice, plus an incisive interview with our patron Lisa Appignanesi on her book ‘The Cabaret’.
ELECTRIC WOMEN & Additional Oddities
SAT 8 December 6pm
Cinematic wonders abound in this series of magic tricks, acrobatics, performing animals and early erotica. Featuring Fred Evans, Adrian Brunel and Georges Méliès. Come join us for a sing a long to Yes We Have No- ! (1923), guffaw at the topsy-turvy world of Vice Versa (1910), the spine tingling beauty of Electric Women (1927) and additional oddities.
Followed by discussion
Burlesque & Cabaret on Film: Screening the Fantastical
with special guests including Vanessa Toulmin, Director of the National Fairground Archive, Simone Baird, Time Out and Fabien Riggall, Future Shorts
THE BLUE ANGEL
SUN 9 December 12 Noon
The definitive study of Weimar decay and decadence: Marlene Dietrich stars as the seedy stage starlet who corrupts and then devours an uptight teacher (Emil Jannings) in one of cinema and Europe’s most poignant periods.
(Josef Von Sternberg, 1930, Ger, 105 mins)
Followed by discussion
Women in Burlesque & Cabaret: Empowerment vs. Titillation
with Amy Lamé, host of the seminal club and cabaret night, Duckie, Bryony Dixon, Curator Silent Film, BFI and Marisa Carnesky.
TILLY LOSCH IN HER DANCE OF THE HANDS & Other Rarities & Closing Party
Sun 9 December 6pm
Join us for our last screening, live music, cakes and dancing as we wind down with ciné dance classic Annabelle’s Butterfly Dance (1895-1897), So this is Paris!(1926) and Tilly Losch in Her Dance of the Hands (1930-1933), and some riotous, rampant Dadaism in Ballet mécanique (1923-1924).
Discussions:
Burlesque & Cabaret on Film: Screening the Fantastical
Sat 8 December, 7pm after Electric Women …
Shorts programme with Vanessa Toulmin, Fabien Riggall and special guests. This talk will take a look at burlesque and cabaret traditions from the 1880s through to the 1930s, their portrayal on screen and the significance of their current revival. What exactly is burlesque? How does one qualify a cabaret? Does it help us to understand early cinema as a nascent form of multimedia exhibition?
Speakers include Vanessa Toulmin, Director of the National Fairground Archive, Simone Baird, Social Club Editor Time Out and Fabien Riggall, Founder and Director of Future Cinema and Future Shorts.
Women in Burlesque & Cabaret: Empowerment vs. Titillation
Sunday 9 December, 2pm after The Blue Angel …
with Amy Lamé and special guests.
Burlesque is back and women are up front both on stage and in the crowd; but how and why has a seemingly male-focused art-form become a popular form of expression for so many women, or was it always this way? Has exhibitionist / cabaret film as served as a political platform for female performers or hemmed them in?
Speakers include Amy Lamé, host of the seminal club and cabaret night Duckie, Bryony Dixon, Curator Silent Film, BFI and Marisa Carnesky.
Plus
The Smoking Cabinet at Volupté - screenings as part of the Afternoon Tease
Saturday 8 December, 2:30pm onwards
Enjoy a full afternoon tea, live burlesque performance and screenings of some early cinematic delights courtesy of The Smoking Cabinet as part of Voluptés weekly afternoon spectacle
Call Volupté on 020 7831 1622 to reserve your table and quote THE SMOKING CABINET when you book for £2 off the entry price.
With thanks to Westminster Arts // British Film Institute // Unseen Cinema // Future Cinema
We would also like to extend our gratitude to our 2007 supporters
Westminster Arts, Bruce Posner, Lisa Appignanesi, BFI, Film London, Alf Eaton, Ayesha Khan, Curzon Cinema Group, Vanessa Toulmin, Wallflower Press, Time for Tease, The International Workshop Festival, Amy Lame, Simone Baird, Bryony Dixon, Volupte, Time for Tease, Future Cinema, Tiger Beer, Marisa Carnesky, Vertigo Magazine and 10th Planet Digital Media.
2007 partners
