PREVIOUS EVENTS: 2015
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
SAT 12 DEC
ST JOHN’S CHURCH, N13
CHRISTMAS FAMILY SPECIAL
The Grinch hates happiness, hates merriment and, most of all, hates Christmas. So one year, as the festive season approaches, he decides that enough is enough and draws up plans to steal all the decorations and all the presents from the poor, unsuspecting citizens below. Will he get his own way?
CHRISTMAS FILM QUIZ
FRIDAY 11 DEC
BOUNDS GREEN BOWLS & TENNIS CLUB
A great time had by all with a glut of Christmas film references, including clips from movies, songs, posters, general knowledge, anagrams and quotes with an observation round from a mad take on what happened to Santa on Christmas Eve…all hosted by funmaster general Tony Fran!
Brilliant efforts from a group of Bowes and Bounds volunteers to make the night a great social success!
WAKOLDA (THE GERMAN DOCTOR)
THURS 3 DEC
DUGDALE CENTRE
Dir. Lucía Puenzo (2013) Cert 12A
The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.
SCOTTISH NIGHT: THE ANGEL’S SHARE
WED 25 NOV, 7PM
THE FOX, N13
Celebrating all things Scottish for St Andrew’s day(ish) with live Music from Big Al’s Disclaimers, a Scottish quiz AND a whisky tasting – brilliant!
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
FRI 13 NOV, 7PM
BOUNDS GREEN CLUB
Screenwriter Barrie Keefe introduced the event and transfixed the audience at a Q&A after the film led by Time Out film critic Trevor Johnston.
In The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren are magnificent as the lord and lady of their underworld manor, attempting to develop London Docklands in a pre-Canary Wharf world, caught between American investors and IRA bombs. Sheer brilliance.
HONEYDRIPPER
SAT 7 NOV, 7PM
BUSH HILL PARK CLUB
LIVE MUSIC BEFORE THE FILM
From Oscar- nominated director, John Sayles, comes an electrifying and vivid rock ‘n’ roll fable. When Tyrone, owner of the Honeydripper lounge, is faced with having to shut down his juke joint, his hopes rest on one man — the famous Guitar Sam. It’s a make or break weekend for the Honeydripper, this had better be some Saturday night!
THE GOLDEN DREAM
THURS 5 NOV, 6PM
DUGDALE CENTRE, ENFIELD
Introduced by Dr. Francisco Domínguez, Head of Brazilian and Latin American Studies, Middlesex University.
Juan, Samuel and Sara leave Guatemala hoping for a better life in the US. On their way, they are joined by a Tzotzil Indian boy, Chauk. Together, their journey to America will be a dangerous one, joining many others who travel on this infamous route in search of the American Dream.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
FRI 30 OCT
ST JOHN’S CHURCH HALL
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND SPECIAL
CERT 15. Our first screening in St John’s Hall for Mel Brooks’ Oscar-nominated horror spoof. Gene Wilder plays Frederick Frankenstein, a teacher who inherits his grandfather’s Transylvanian estate; Marty Feldman plays Igor, his hunchback assistant; and Peter Boyle, the tap-dancing monster he brings to life in his laboratory. Part of Palmers Scream weekend celebrations.
WHO NIGHT: LAMBERT AND STAMP
WED 14 OCT
THE FOX, N13
LIVE MUSIC BEFORE THE FILM
In an evening launched by a great live set of WHO music from local musicians, LAMBERT & STAMP told the remarkable story of Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, aspiring filmmakers from opposite sides of the tracks, who set out to find a subject for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor and manage the iconic band that would become known as The Who.
METROPOLIS w/ LIVE ORGAN SCORE
SAT 10 OCT
Christ Church, Southgate
A GREAT FILM MADE EVEN GREATER!
Featuring live church organ music from Dave Hinnit and Adam Dickson.
IRIS
FRI 9 OCT
BOUNDS GREEN CLUB
IRIS pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. Ther Talkies crowd entered into the spirit of the film!
WILD TALES
THURS 1 OCT, 19.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Damián Szifron (2014) Cert 15
Launching our Dugdale Latin American season, six stories of inequality, injustice and the demands of the world we live. Wickedly hilarious and delightfully deranged, Wild Tales is a subversive satire that doubles as a uniformly entertaining anthology film.
CUBAN FURY
FRI 11 SEPT
BOUNDS GREEN BOWLS & TENNIS CLUB
SELL-OUT NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TALKIES BOWES AND BOUNDS EVENT
A full house to the first event organised and run by the Bowes and Bounds chapter of Talkies! With a dance demo before the event and an audience participation dance aftereards, the event was a great success. SOLD OUT
FILL THE VOID
THURS AUG 6
DUGDALE, ENFIELD
We had to add extra seats to fit in the capacity crowd who came to see Rama Burshtein’s amazing exploration of life within an ultra-orthodox Jewish community, in which a young Hasidic woman is pressurised by her family to marry the widower of her recently deceased sister. The foyer wine bar was buzzing afterwards with a big crowd that stayed on and had a lively chat about the film.
HER
WED JULY 15
THE FOX N13
Introduced by Mike Burton, Professor of Psychology at York University. Sweet, soulful, and smart, Spike Jonze’s Her uses its just-barely-sci-fi scenario to impart wryly funny wisdom about the state of modern human relationships.
DIE WAND (THE WALL)
THURS JULY 2
DUGDALE, ENFIELD
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. She becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.
SO YOU THINK YOU DON’T LIKE SCI-FI?
HOSTED BY GRAHAM AINSLEY FROM SCI-FI THEATRE
FRI JUNE 19
BASKERVILLES, N13
It’s not all about aliens…Palmers Greenie Graham Ainsley drew on a sample of classics that show how a good story is central to the genre and how the best sci-fi films capture our imagination, attention and emotions.
POTICHE
THURS JUNE 4
DUGDALE, ENFIELD
When her husband is taken hostage by his striking employees, a trophy wife (Deneuve) takes the reins of the family business and proves to be a remarkably effective leader. Business and personal complications arrive in the form of her ex-lover (Depardieu), a former union leader.
1000 LONDONERS & PALMERS GREEN TALES
FRIDAY 15 MAY, 7.30 & 9.15
BASKERVILLES TEA SHOP, PALMERS GREEN
HERE FILM FESTIVAL FINALE!
INTRODUCED BY DANIEL ONYIA, from Chocolate Films, 1000 Londoners is a unique digital portrait of our city. It offers an insight into the lives of people who consider themselves to be Londoners, taking in all ages, religions, race, income, interests and opinions.
INTRODUCED BY JENNY BOURKE, Palmers Green Tales focuses on the fascinating stories of people that live in and around our area.
LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON
ELECTION EVE SPECIAL
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY
THE FOX, PALMERS GREEN
On the eve of the election we examine through Julien Temple’s masterpiece the way that London has changed and continues to change.
This brilliant, exhaustive collage, a visually throbbing cine-quilt which proves the Sex Pistols got their most famous title wrong. It’s Anarchy in London, not Anarchy in the UK. London is where the dense swirl of change, creativity, energy and passion is to be found. sold out
GREEK NIGHT – PAPADOPOULOS & SONS
SATURDAY 2 MAY
Waterhouse Hall, Winchmore Hill URC
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER MARCUS MARKOU INTRODUCED HIS FILM, which is a feel-good British independent comedy about a self-made millionaire who loses his fortune after the banking crisis. He reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth. This was a brilliant fun evening of Greek food and live music before the main feature and a great insight into film making from Marcus afterwards. SOLD OUT
MARC ISAACS – THE ROAD & OTHER WORKS
FRIDAY 24 APRIL
Bounds Green Bowls & Tennis Club
AN EVENING WITH MARC ISAACS, pre-eminent and award winning documentary maker whose work captures the rich tapestry of life in London.
The Road: A Story of Life and Death offers a fascinating and intimate insight into the lives of people who have come to London from afar and struggled to make the city their home. The film highlights the isolation and hardships that many are forced to contend with. SOLD OUT
LILTING
Thursday 16 APRIL 7.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Hong Khaou (2014) Cert 15
Ben Whishaw and local actor Andrew Leung star in this delicate low-budget British feature. Directed by Hong Khaou, Lilting explores how grief can pull people from very different backgrounds together.
Introduced and Q&A by Andrew Leung. SOLD OUT
HERE PREMIERE NIGHT
WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL
THE FOX, N13
More info coming soon. SOLD OUT
HOUSE!
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
Bush Hill Park Bowls,Tennis & Social Club
“Bingo just got sexy” House! with screenplay by local writer Jason Sutton is a hidden gem of British comedy. The film stars Kelly Macdonald in a knockout performance in this quirky feel-good film about a community coming together to support a local business and beat off the big bully. Jason’s script provides the perfect canvas on which MacDonald and a host of other familiar faces from British film and TV paint entertainment magic.
PRIDE
WED 18 MARCH
THE FOX, N13
‘Pride’ is one of the most celebrated British gay films in recent years. It tells the real life inspiring tale of how a group of gay activists in London decided to fundraise for a mining community in South Wales during the miners’ strike of 1984-85. SOLD OUT
IDA
Thurs 5 MARCH, 7.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski (2013) Cert 12A
Polish cinema at its best, Ida is an empathetically written, splendidly acted, and beautifully photographed masterwork which was a big hit at the 2013 London Film Festival. SOLD OUT
WINTER TALES
SATURDAY 28 FEB
THE WALKER HALL, SOUTHGATE
Phil Davies, our local animation aficienado hosted another great night of animated shorts at a new venue for us in Southgate. A packed hall was taken on a gothic journey past Betty Boop and Cab Callaway, a cat with hands and a surreal vision of Haedes. Phil’s wide knowledge of the animation industry and the techniques used gace insights into the animator’s art and science. SOLD OUT
THE LUNCHBOX
Thurs 5 FEB 7.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Ritesh Batra (2013) Cert PG
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. SOLD OUT
HA! COMEDY SHORTS
22 JANUARY
THE FOX N13
Another sell-out at The Fox! One year on from our first comedy short film night we once again teamed up with LOCO film festival and brought you THE LATEST COMEDY SHORT FILMS from the glittering talent of the UK’s young film makers.
PREVIOUS EVENTS: 2015
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
SAT 12 DEC
ST JOHN’S CHURCH, N13
CHRISTMAS FAMILY SPECIAL
The Grinch hates happiness, hates merriment and, most of all, hates Christmas. So one year, as the festive season approaches, he decides that enough is enough and draws up plans to steal all the decorations and all the presents from the poor, unsuspecting citizens below. Will he get his own way?
CHRISTMAS FILM QUIZ
FRIDAY 11 DEC
BOUNDS GREEN BOWLS & TENNIS CLUB
A great time had by all with a glut of Christmas film references, including clips from movies, songs, posters, general knowledge, anagrams and quotes with an observation round from a mad take on what happened to Santa on Christmas Eve…all hosted by funmaster general Tony Fran!
Brilliant efforts from a group of Bowes and Bounds volunteers to make the night a great social success!
WAKOLDA (THE GERMAN DOCTOR)
THURS 3 DEC
DUGDALE CENTRE
Dir. Lucía Puenzo (2013) Cert 12A
The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.
SCOTTISH NIGHT: THE ANGEL’S SHARE
WED 25 NOV, 7PM
THE FOX, N13
Celebrating all things Scottish for St Andrew’s day(ish) with live Music from Big Al’s Disclaimers, a Scottish quiz AND a whisky tasting – brilliant!
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
FRI 13 NOV, 7PM
BOUNDS GREEN CLUB
Screenwriter Barrie Keefe introduced the event and transfixed the audience at a Q&A after the film led by Time Out film critic Trevor Johnston.
In The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren are magnificent as the lord and lady of their underworld manor, attempting to develop London Docklands in a pre-Canary Wharf world, caught between American investors and IRA bombs. Sheer brilliance.
HONEYDRIPPER
SAT 7 NOV, 7PM
BUSH HILL PARK CLUB
LIVE MUSIC BEFORE THE FILM
From Oscar- nominated director, John Sayles, comes an electrifying and vivid rock ‘n’ roll fable. When Tyrone, owner of the Honeydripper lounge, is faced with having to shut down his juke joint, his hopes rest on one man — the famous Guitar Sam. It’s a make or break weekend for the Honeydripper, this had better be some Saturday night!
THE GOLDEN DREAM
THURS 5 NOV, 6PM
DUGDALE CENTRE, ENFIELD
Introduced by Dr. Francisco Domínguez, Head of Brazilian and Latin American Studies, Middlesex University.
Juan, Samuel and Sara leave Guatemala hoping for a better life in the US. On their way, they are joined by a Tzotzil Indian boy, Chauk. Together, their journey to America will be a dangerous one, joining many others who travel on this infamous route in search of the American Dream.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
FRI 30 OCT
ST JOHN’S CHURCH HALL
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND SPECIAL
CERT 15. Our first screening in St John’s Hall for Mel Brooks’ Oscar-nominated horror spoof. Gene Wilder plays Frederick Frankenstein, a teacher who inherits his grandfather’s Transylvanian estate; Marty Feldman plays Igor, his hunchback assistant; and Peter Boyle, the tap-dancing monster he brings to life in his laboratory. Part of Palmers Scream weekend celebrations.
WHO NIGHT: LAMBERT AND STAMP
WED 14 OCT
THE FOX, N13
LIVE MUSIC BEFORE THE FILM
In an evening launched by a great live set of WHO music from local musicians, LAMBERT & STAMP told the remarkable story of Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, aspiring filmmakers from opposite sides of the tracks, who set out to find a subject for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor and manage the iconic band that would become known as The Who.
METROPOLIS w/ LIVE ORGAN SCORE
SAT 10 OCT
Christ Church, Southgate
A GREAT FILM MADE EVEN GREATER!
Featuring live church organ music from Dave Hinnit and Adam Dickson.
IRIS
FRI 9 OCT
BOUNDS GREEN CLUB
IRIS pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. Ther Talkies crowd entered into the spirit of the film!
WILD TALES
THURS 1 OCT, 19.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Damián Szifron (2014) Cert 15
Launching our Dugdale Latin American season, six stories of inequality, injustice and the demands of the world we live. Wickedly hilarious and delightfully deranged, Wild Tales is a subversive satire that doubles as a uniformly entertaining anthology film.
CUBAN FURY
FRI 11 SEPT
BOUNDS GREEN BOWLS & TENNIS CLUB
SELL-OUT NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TALKIES BOWES AND BOUNDS EVENT
A full house to the first event organised and run by the Bowes and Bounds chapter of Talkies! With a dance demo before the event and an audience participation dance aftereards, the event was a great success. SOLD OUT
FILL THE VOID
THURS AUG 6
DUGDALE, ENFIELD
We had to add extra seats to fit in the capacity crowd who came to see Rama Burshtein’s amazing exploration of life within an ultra-orthodox Jewish community, in which a young Hasidic woman is pressurised by her family to marry the widower of her recently deceased sister. The foyer wine bar was buzzing afterwards with a big crowd that stayed on and had a lively chat about the film.
HER
WED JULY 15
THE FOX N13
Introduced by Mike Burton, Professor of Psychology at York University. Sweet, soulful, and smart, Spike Jonze’s Her uses its just-barely-sci-fi scenario to impart wryly funny wisdom about the state of modern human relationships.
DIE WAND (THE WALL)
THURS JULY 2
DUGDALE, ENFIELD
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. She becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.
SO YOU THINK YOU DON’T LIKE SCI-FI?
HOSTED BY GRAHAM AINSLEY FROM SCI-FI THEATRE
FRI JUNE 19
BASKERVILLES, N13
It’s not all about aliens…Palmers Greenie Graham Ainsley drew on a sample of classics that show how a good story is central to the genre and how the best sci-fi films capture our imagination, attention and emotions.
POTICHE
THURS JUNE 4
DUGDALE, ENFIELD
When her husband is taken hostage by his striking employees, a trophy wife (Deneuve) takes the reins of the family business and proves to be a remarkably effective leader. Business and personal complications arrive in the form of her ex-lover (Depardieu), a former union leader.
1000 LONDONERS & PALMERS GREEN TALES
FRIDAY 15 MAY, 7.30 & 9.15
BASKERVILLES TEA SHOP, PALMERS GREEN
HERE FILM FESTIVAL FINALE!
INTRODUCED BY DANIEL ONYIA, from Chocolate Films, 1000 Londoners is a unique digital portrait of our city. It offers an insight into the lives of people who consider themselves to be Londoners, taking in all ages, religions, race, income, interests and opinions.
INTRODUCED BY JENNY BOURKE, Palmers Green Tales focuses on the fascinating stories of people that live in and around our area.
LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON
ELECTION EVE SPECIAL
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY
THE FOX, PALMERS GREEN
On the eve of the election we examine through Julien Temple’s masterpiece the way that London has changed and continues to change.
This brilliant, exhaustive collage, a visually throbbing cine-quilt which proves the Sex Pistols got their most famous title wrong. It’s Anarchy in London, not Anarchy in the UK. London is where the dense swirl of change, creativity, energy and passion is to be found. sold out
GREEK NIGHT – PAPADOPOULOS & SONS
SATURDAY 2 MAY
Waterhouse Hall, Winchmore Hill URC
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER MARCUS MARKOU INTRODUCED HIS FILM, which is a feel-good British independent comedy about a self-made millionaire who loses his fortune after the banking crisis. He reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth. This was a brilliant fun evening of Greek food and live music before the main feature and a great insight into film making from Marcus afterwards. SOLD OUT
MARC ISAACS – THE ROAD & OTHER WORKS
FRIDAY 24 APRIL
Bounds Green Bowls & Tennis Club
AN EVENING WITH MARC ISAACS, pre-eminent and award winning documentary maker whose work captures the rich tapestry of life in London.
The Road: A Story of Life and Death offers a fascinating and intimate insight into the lives of people who have come to London from afar and struggled to make the city their home. The film highlights the isolation and hardships that many are forced to contend with. SOLD OUT
LILTING
Thursday 16 APRIL 7.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Hong Khaou (2014) Cert 15
Ben Whishaw and local actor Andrew Leung star in this delicate low-budget British feature. Directed by Hong Khaou, Lilting explores how grief can pull people from very different backgrounds together.
Introduced and Q&A by Andrew Leung. SOLD OUT
HERE PREMIERE NIGHT
WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL
THE FOX, N13
More info coming soon. SOLD OUT
HOUSE!
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
Bush Hill Park Bowls,Tennis & Social Club
“Bingo just got sexy” House! with screenplay by local writer Jason Sutton is a hidden gem of British comedy. The film stars Kelly Macdonald in a knockout performance in this quirky feel-good film about a community coming together to support a local business and beat off the big bully. Jason’s script provides the perfect canvas on which MacDonald and a host of other familiar faces from British film and TV paint entertainment magic.
PRIDE
WED 18 MARCH
THE FOX, N13
‘Pride’ is one of the most celebrated British gay films in recent years. It tells the real life inspiring tale of how a group of gay activists in London decided to fundraise for a mining community in South Wales during the miners’ strike of 1984-85. SOLD OUT
IDA
Thurs 5 MARCH, 7.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski (2013) Cert 12A
Polish cinema at its best, Ida is an empathetically written, splendidly acted, and beautifully photographed masterwork which was a big hit at the 2013 London Film Festival. SOLD OUT
WINTER TALES
SATURDAY 28 FEB
THE WALKER HALL, SOUTHGATE
Phil Davies, our local animation aficienado hosted another great night of animated shorts at a new venue for us in Southgate. A packed hall was taken on a gothic journey past Betty Boop and Cab Callaway, a cat with hands and a surreal vision of Haedes. Phil’s wide knowledge of the animation industry and the techniques used gace insights into the animator’s art and science. SOLD OUT
THE LUNCHBOX
Thurs 5 FEB 7.45
Dugdale Centre
Dir. Ritesh Batra (2013) Cert PG
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. SOLD OUT
HA! COMEDY SHORTS
22 JANUARY
THE FOX N13
Another sell-out at The Fox! One year on from our first comedy short film night we once again teamed up with LOCO film festival and brought you THE LATEST COMEDY SHORT FILMS from the glittering talent of the UK’s young film makers.