Talks

Saturday 21st April screening of MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (15) followed by a Q&A with director Simon Curtis, hosted by Heidi Thomas.  Friday 30th March screening of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12A) followed by Q&A with the scriptwriter Ol Parker. Q&A will be hosted by film editor of Heat magazine and Guardian columnist Charles Gant.
Monday 12th March director Grant Gee to introduce his film PATIENCE (AFTER SEBALD) (12A). Shown as part of Words in Walden festival.
Sunday 28th August JIG (PG)  followed by Q&A with producer Grant McKee.
Tuesday 23rd August THE FULL MONTEVERDI (no cert - treat as 12A) followed by a Q&A with director John La Bouchardiére.  Promoted by Saffron Walden Early Music as part of the Saffron Walden Maze Festival.
Monday 22nd August PAN'S LABYRINTH (15)  Shown as part of the Saffron Walden Maze Festival.
Monday 1st August  DONOR UNKNOWN (12A) followed by a Q&A with producer Al Morrow and director Jerry Rothwell.
Sunday 17th July  THE GREAT WHITE SILENCE (U) introduced by Dr Peter Clarkson MBE, Emeritus Associate, from the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.  Dr. Clarkson is a geologist who has been on many field trips to the Antarctic and was awarded an MBE in 2010 "for services to Antarctic science".
Director Tony Palmer will be introducing his film HOLST: IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER, Friday 15th April 8pm
An Evening With Michael Winner – My Life In Film, Friday 3rd December 8pm
Round Ireland With A Fridge, Friday 19th November 8pm, Introduced by Tony Hawks and followed by a Q&A and book signing
Cameraman – The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Monday 12 July 2010, introduced by Ian Christie, film critic and historian
The Scouting Book for Boys, Monday 21st June 2010, Q&A with director, Tom Harper
The Search for Shangri-La - Tibet on film 1922-1950, Monday 17th May 2010, Introduced by Jan Faull from the BFI National Archive
Julie & Julia, Saturday 14 November 2009, Introduced by Meryl Streep's biographer and Sunday Times film critic, Iain Johnstone, who will talk about his book and sign copies afterwards
Burma VJ Monday, Monday 9 November 2009, Amnesty International screening with speaker 
Shifty, Friday 10 July 2009, Followed by a Q&A with director Eran Creevy
Ballet Shoes, Sunday 17 May 2009, Followed by a Q&A with screenwriter and executive producer, Heidi Thomas, as part of the Young People’s Film Festival 
Millions, Saturday 16 May 2009, Followed by a Q&A and book-signing with screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce, as part of the Young People’s Film Festival
In The Hands of the Gods, Friday 15 May 2009, Followed by a Q&A with directors Gabe and Benjamin Turner as part of the Young People’s Film Festival
The Age of Stupid, Monday 27 April 2009, Introduced by Dr Stephen Willoughby of Walden In Transition, which is running a series of related events     
Housewives' Choice, Monday 30 March 2009, Introduced by Catherine McGahan from the BFI National Archive. 
Hero, Monday 8 Dec 2008, Introduced by David Sin, BFI and ICO programmer and expert in Chinese film
Heavy Load,  Monday 24 November 2008, Q&A with director Jerry Rothwell and producer Al Morrow 
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 26 September 2008, Introduced by critic David Thomson who introduced his book, Have You Seen…? as part of the Saffron Walden Literary Festival
Bombs At Teatime, 17 March 2008, Introduced by Catherine McGahan from the BFI National Archive
Overlord, 16 March 2008, Intro by Toby Haggith from the Imperial War Museum’s Film and Video Archive
Sparkle, 10 November 2007, Followed by a Q&A with Neil Hunter, one of the writer-directors
Breaking And Entering, 29 October 2007, Followed by a Q&A with Tim Bricknell, produce
Deep Water, 10 June 2007, Followed by a Q&A with Al Morrow, producer and Jerry Rothwell, director with Simon Crowhurst, son of Donald Crowhurst, competitor in the 1968 race.  9 June 2007
Followed by a Q&A with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, winner of the 1968 Golden Globe round the world yacht race.
Black Sun, 26 March 2007, Followed by a Q&A with Gary Tarn, director
An Inconvenient Truth, 27 November 2006, Followed by a talk by Dr Stephen Peake, Lecturer in Environmental Technology at the Open University
2046, 25 September 2006, With an introduction to the films of Wong Kar Wai by Rob Loe, Film Lecturer 
Zulu, 17 July 2006, Introduced by Paul Stuart-Turner and Rob Loe, Film Lecturer 
I Capture The Castle, 26 June 2006, Followed by a Q&A with Tim Fywell, director and Heidi Thomas, screenwriter
A Matter of Life & Death, Monday 22nd May 2006, Q&A with Jack Cardiff, cinematographer
 
 
Courses
 
SHADOW PUPPET WORKSHOP, January 2010, with Gemma Price
FICTION INTO FILM, January – March 2009, In collaboration with the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, Tutor  Dr Ken Ireland
INTRO FILM 1, February / March 2008 and May / June 2008, An introduction to understanding film, Tutor Trish Sheil, Film Education Officer for the Cambridge Film Consortium
 

Hosted Discussions

THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12A) Sunday 15th January 2012
Incendies (15) Monday 5th Sept 2011 at 8pm
The Skin I Live In (15) Monday 24th Oct 2011 at 8pm
ARCHIPELAGO (15) at 8pm on Monday, 23 May 
DAY FOR NIGHT (12A)  Monday, 9 May
Never Let Me Go 23rd April 2011
Blue Valentine 21st March 2011 8pm
Made In Dagenham 26th November 2010 8pm
Winter’s Bone  15th November 2010 8pm
The Killer Inside Me 30 July 2010
Samson & Delilah 26 July 2010
Vincere 19 July 2010
I Am Love 7 June 2010
The Hurt Locker 3 May 2010
Disgrace  15 February 2010
Glorious 39  30 Jan 2010
An Education 12 December 2009
Fish Tank 23 November 2009
Mesrine:  Killer Instinct  12 October 2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 12 September 2009
Katyn 10 August 2009
The 400 Blows 13 July 2009
Il Divo 15 June 2009
Three Monkeys  11 May 2009
Notorious  13 April 2009
Slumdog Millionaire  20 March 2009
Frost / Nixon  27 February 2009
Waltz with Bashir  9 February 2009
Changeling  28 January 2009
Burn After Reading  17 December 2008
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas  26 November 2008
Man On Wire  15 October 2008
Married Life  24 September 2008
The Kite Runner 23 February 2008
Great Expectations 1 October 2007
Infamous 30 April 2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 26 February 2007
Breakfast At Tiffany’s 30 October 2006