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8pm Friday 18 May SOLD OUT
8pm Sunday 20 May SOLD OUT
8pm Friday 25 May SOLD OUT
DIRECTOR Lasse Hallström
CAST Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked
Based on the best-selling novel, this romantic comedy directed by Lasse Hallström follows a sheikh's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert. Strong performances from Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt make this lighthearted, quirky and entertaining movie a delight. A guilty pleasure to divert you from the cares of life. (2012 UK 107 minutes)
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The two minute short film OPERATOR will be shown before this film. OPERATOR was a winner of the 2011 DepicT! short film competition.
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2pm Saturday 19 May BUY TICKETS
3pm Sunday 20 May BUY TICKETS
DIRECTORS Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
VOICES Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Lenny Henry, Salma Hayek
The new Aardman claymation adventure follows a Pirate Captain determined to beat his arch-rivals and win the ‘Pirate Of The Year’ award. His quest to become the most cut-throat of buccaneers means he must deal with sea monsters, scientists and Queen Victoria herself. A joyous animation, stuffed with wit, jokes and glorious details. (2012 UK / USA 88 minutes)
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3pm Sat 12 May screening to be introduced by Aardman model maker, Jim Parkyn.
An episode of SHAUN THE SHEEP will be shown before this film, except at the 3pm Sat 12 May screening.
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|  10am - 4.30pm Sunday 20 May SOLD OUT
Max 18 places*, tickets £35
Design and create your own movie monster during a one-day film make-up workshop for 8 - 13 year olds held at Saffron Screen. Develop the story, apply the special effects and shoot your own horror film with assistance from a professional filmmaker and special effects make-up artist. Not for the faint-hearted!
* Due to popular demand, an extra workshop leader has been hired to expand this workshop to 18 places.
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| Making Movies And The Creative Process
 5.30pm Sunday 20 May BUY TICKETS
All ages and experience welcome, tickets £2.
Join local filmmakers Pug and Mike for an informal and interactive 90 min discussion sharing the highs and lows of independent filmmaking and commercial video production. The journey from an idea scribbled on a napkin, to cold airport floors & draughty motorhomes; the art of begging and borrowing without breaking spirits. Come ready to get involved; it won't be a lecture. Session held at Saffron Screen.
Pug and Mike were joint winners of our first 90 second film competition in 2010 - entry forms now available for 2012 competition
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| Le gamin au vélo
8pm Monday 21 May BUY TICKETS
DIRECTORS Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
CAST Thomas Doret, Cécile de France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione
A big hit at Cannes, this film tells the wonderfully moving story of troubled 11-year old Cyril. Abandoned by his father, his life changes when a kind hairdresser steps in. An astonishing performance by Thomas Doret forms the core of this subtle but powerful drama from art-house favourites, the Dardenne brothers. (2011 Belgium / France / Italy 87 minutes Subtitled)
Screening followed by a hosted discussion.
The two minute short film WHAT'S VIRGIN MEAN? will be shown before this screening. WHAT'S VIRGIN MEAN? was a winner of the 2011 DepicT! short film competition.
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|  10am – 4.30pm Saturday 26 May TWO TICKETS REMAINING
Max 16 places, tickets £35
A one-day practical filmmaking workshop for 12 – 16 year olds led by professional filmmaker Peter Harmer. This fun, friendly and hands-on day at Saffron Screen will introduce you to everything you need to know to make brilliant short films. Take away the experience, skills and confidence to take your filmmaking to the next level. Once you know what to do, then the sky’s the limit!
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3pm Saturday 26 May BUY TICKETS
3pm Sunday 27 May BUY TICKETS
DIRECTORS Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol
VOICES Mark Irons, Sara Vertongen, Jerry Killick, Jasmine Avlonitis-Perrin
A delightful animated film noir for children. Dino leads a double life. By day, the cat lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a police officer. By night, he works with Nico, a burglar with a big heart. But one day the two worlds collide and it’s up to Dino to save the day.
(2011 France / Netherlands / Switzerland / Belgium 64 minutes Dubbed in English)
The short film PET CATASTROPHE will be shown before this screening.
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| The Talented Mr. Ripley
 
8pm Saturday 26 May BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Anthony Minghella
CAST Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett
Patricia Highsmith’s novel is brilliantly brought to the screen by Anthony Minghella. Young underachiever Tom Ripley (Damon) is sent to Europe to retrieve rich and spoiled millionaire playboy Dickie Greenleaf (Law). Ripley befriends Greenleaf but then shockingly takes his friendship a step too far. Compelling drama. (1999 USA 139 minutes)
Producer Tim Bricknell presents a film he worked on and shares his experiences of producing for both the big screen (Cold Mountain and Breaking and Entering) and small screen (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency).
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| An Archive Of Sport And Leisure In East Anglia In The 20th Century
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8pm Sunday 27 May BUY TICKETS
A fascinating collection of films from the East Anglian Film Archive. Made by amateur enthusiasts between 1910 and 1960, they show sporting and leisure activities in East Anglia and on the other side of the Channel. They include beach holidays, cricket on the green, football matches, holidays on the Broads, and Cambridge student life.
(1910-1960 UK/France 80 minutes inc introduction)
Presented by Jane Jarvis, Digital Heritage Project Manager at the Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust.
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| Bir zamanlar Anadolu’da
7.30pm Monday 28 May BUY TICKETS
(please note start time)
DIRECTOR Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CAST Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Firat Tanis
This hugely impressive piece of epic filmmaking from the Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan rewards the patient viewer. An engrossing account of a rambling, shambling murder investigation which unfolds over a night and a day, it is infused with insights into the banality of everyday life and meditations on human existence. (2011 Turkey / Bosnia & Herzegovina 158 minutes Subtitled)
The two minute short film ABOVE AS BELOW will be shown before this screening. ABOVE AS BELOW was a winner of the 2011 DepicT! short film competition.
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| The competition is now open for you to make a film of any sort lasting a maximum of 90 seconds. Whatever your age or experience, create a documentary, comedy, drama, action film or animation and submit it by 30 Sept 2012 for a chance to see it on the big screen! Top prize is £50, and two runner-up prizes of £25. Rules and entry form now available.
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8pm Friday 1 June SOLD OUT
8pm Saturday 2 June SOLD OUT
DIRECTOR John Madden
CAST Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson
This highly enjoyable and life-affirming comedy is back by popular demand. A group of pensioners (played by the aristocracy of British acting talent) are enticed to an exotic retirement in India at the newly restored Marigold Hotel. They find it a lot less luxurious than anticipated, but are gradually won over by the ever-optimistic young manager, Sonny. A gentle, highly enjoyable and life-affirming comedy. (2011 UK 124 minutes)
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3pm Saturday 2 June BUY TICKETS
3pm Sunday 3 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Jonathan Liebesman
CAST Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike
With the support of a stellar cast, this ‘sword-and-sandals’ epic (following on from Clash of the Titans) sees Perseus braving the underworld to rescue his father Zeus from the villainous Hades, who has unleashed the lethal Titans upon the world. Pure popcorn pleasure.
(2012 USA 99 minutes)
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| Hodejegerne
8pm Sunday 3 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Monday 4 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Morten Tyldum
CAST Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R Ølgaard
The popularity of Nordic crime thrillers continues with this action-packed adaptation of a Jo Nesbø novel. A respected corporate headhunter moonlights as an art thief. But when he meets an ex-mercenary with a valuable painting, things rapidly spiral out of control. Dark humour abounds in this fast-paced, stylish film.
(2011 Norway / Germany 100 minutes Subtitled) |
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3pm Tuesday 5 June BUY TICKETS
3pm Thursday 7 June BUY TICKETS
3pm Saturday 9 June BUY TICKETS
3pm Sunday 10 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Tarsem Singh
CAST Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane
A visually dazzling re-imagining of the Snow White fairy tale. When a wicked enchantress steals control of the kingdom, the exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright. An entertaining family comedy with an enjoyable over-the-top performance from Roberts as the Evil Queen.
(2012 USA 106 minutes)
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8pm Tuesday 5 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Thursday 7 June BUY TICKETS
To mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, we present a programme of classic newsreels and shorts from the BFI National Archive following Elizabeth II on royal duty at home and in more exotic locations abroad. (UK approx. 85 minutes) |
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8pm Friday 8 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Sunday 10 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Phyllida Lloyd
CAST Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E Grant, Olivia Colman
A physically and mentally declining Margaret Thatcher recalls her rise to power and the highs and lows of her extraordinary career. Neither glorification nor hatchet job, this compelling film tells the very human story of the woman who changed the face of Britain. Back in case you missed it; Streep’s performance deserves all the awards.
(2011 UK 105 minutes)
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8pm Saturday 9 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Monday 11 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Kevin Macdonald
A wonderfully detailed view of the life and times of reggae legend Bob Marley, from the hillside Jamaican shack where he grew up, to the Bavarian clinic where he spent his last weeks. Macdonald covers Marley’s philosophical and religious convictions, his politics, and of course his music. (2012 USA / UK 144 minutes)
Shown as part of the Saffron Walden Arts Festival
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8pm Friday 15 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR David Fincher
CAST Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer
Following the original Swedish films comes the much anticipated US adaptation by Fincher (Se7en, The Social Network) of the first novel in Larsson’s acclaimed Millennium trilogy. Early word suggests that Mara’s impressive performance in the central role of Elisabeth Salander and the authentic Swedish setting set this apart from most Hollywood remakes.
(2011 USA / Sweden / UK / Germany 158 minutes)
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3pm Saturday 16 June BUY TICKETS
3pm Sunday 17 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTORS Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
A wildlife documentary about a family of cheetahs and a pride of lions filmed over two-and-a-half years in Kenya's Masai Mara reserve. Stunningly shot, with the animals as protagonists, it is charming enough for a family film, but not too cute for an older audience. (2011 USA 89 minutes)
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7.50pm Saturday 16 June with Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein BUY TICKETS
7.50pm Friday 29 June with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein
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Encore screenings from the National Theatre
Danny Boyle's 2011 play, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller
Tickets: Full £15 Adult conc £13 18 & under £8
Doors open 7.15pm
Running time approx 2 hours with no interval
Please note: This production is suitable only for those 15+ years
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| La délicatesse
8pm Sunday 17 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Monday 18 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTORS David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
CAST Audrey Tautou, François Damiens, Bruno Todeschini, Mélanie Bernier
Nathalie is a happy and successful business executive who finds herself suddenly widowed. To cope with the loss, she buries herself in her work, until co-worker Markus catches her attention. The mischievous and impish Tautou makes this the perfect romantic evening out. (2011 France 109 minutes Subtitled) |
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8pm Friday 22 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Blake Edwards
CAST Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney
Hepburn wearing a black evening dress, nibbling a pastry and window shopping in New York is now part of our cultural iconography thanks to this beloved, bittersweet comedy which comes digitally restored in celebration of its fiftieth birthday. Come and swoon at Peppard’s dreamy looks, and Mancini’s rapturous score, and save a rain-soaked cat!
(1961 USA 115 minutes)
Enjoy a Little Black Dress soiree at Dish from 6.30pm - Audrey make-up demonstration (by Lizzie's Health and Beauty), hair lesson (by Riccio's Hair Design), bubbly and canapés. Fundraiser for audreyappeal.com. Tickets are £12.95 and include entry to the film. Contact Dish on 01799 513300 to buy soiree tickets or for more information.
At the cinema, Petrus Design will host a short Audrey-inspired fashion show before the film. The fashion show is included in the cinema ticket. |
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3pm Saturday 23 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Gary Ross
CAST Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
Lawrence excels as teenage Katniss who volunteers for the brutal Hunger Games to protect her sister and is pitted against 23 other youngsters in a televised fight to the death. An intelligent and thrilling adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ popular novel. (2012 USA 142 minutes)
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8pm Saturday 23 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Sunday 24 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Rodrigo García
CAST Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Janet McTeer, Pauline Collins
Glenn Close excels in this emotional and thought-provoking tale of a woman forced to live as a man in 19th century Ireland. After thirty years of keeping up the charade, a new love threatens to destroy everything she’s worked so hard to build. (2011 UK / Ireland 113 minutes) |
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 11am Sunday 24 June BUY TICKETS
Disney’s most famous fairy tale animation features fabulous music, great characters, a scary witch and a classic love story. Enjoy the cinema without worrying about noise or wriggling.
(1937 USA 83 minutes)
Cinema for Tinies – adults £3, children £2, under 2s free |
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3.50pm Sunday 24 June BUY TICKETS
LIVE BROADCAST from the Bolshoi Ballet
Tickets: Full £15 Adult conc £13 18 & under £5
Doors open 3.30pm
Running time approx 3 hours with two 20 min intervals
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8pm Monday 25 June BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Jean Renoir
CAST Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Frequently cited as one of the greatest films ever made, Renoir’s examination of the futility of war is often witty and poignant. Told through the inspiring story of French soldiers in a German POW camp, the film features masterful performances from Fresnay and Von Stroheim. A must-see. (1937 France 114 minutes Subtitled) |
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3pm Saturday 30 June BUY TICKETS
3pm Sunday 1 July BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Michael Ocelot
VOICES Julien Beramis, Marine Griset, Legrand Bemba-Debert, Michel Elias
A beautiful and gentle family film featuring six fables from around the world, presented in brilliant colour and stunning silhouette animation. A magical offering from master animator, Ocelot. (2011 France 84 minutes) |
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8pm Saturday 30 June BUY TICKETS
8pm Sunday 1 July BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Tim Burton
CAST Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonny Lee Miller
Burton and Depp have struck gold again with this camp-goth romp about Barnabas Collins, who breaks the heart of a beautiful witch. She turns him into a vampire and imprisons him for eternity, until he is discovered by his dysfunctional descendants in 1972. Boasting a terrific cast, Dark Shadows is a complete riot. (2012 USA length tbc) |
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8pm Monday 2 July BUY TICKETS
DIRECTOR Mia Hansen-Løve
CAST Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton
Intense, open-faced Camille falls head-over heels in love and lust with an older boy, Sullivan; he moves away but she can’t forget. An unashamedly personal story from Hansen-Løve (Father of My Children) of love, loss and the tender memories from youth that can never be erased.
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