12 -14 MARCH 2010, ISLE OF WIGHT
01983 822490
Opening night film premiere and launch party
Our opening night double bill features two debut films from British directors: the first, a short produced by Anthony himself with Caroline Harvey (attending) that launched the film career of close friend Sam Taylor-Wood and the second, a feature by island resident Bruce Webb. Both films celebrate the exuberance of youth and take a refreshingly honest look at sexual discovery and the loss of innocence.
Love You More
2008. Starring Harry Treadaway, Andrea Risebourough.Directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. 18 min. Warning! Contains scenes of a graphic sexual nature.
A short story about adolescent passions, from boys to The Buzzcocks. Love You More is directed by award-winning artist Sam Taylor-Wood and written by Oscar nominee Patrick Marber (Closer, Notes on a Scandal). The film received nominations for a BAFTA as well as the Palme d'Or, and went on to be awarded Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards and Short Filmmaking Award - Honourable Mention at Sundance Film Festival 2009
Courtesy of Mirage Enterprises
The Be All and End All
2008. Starring Eugene Byrne, Josh Bolt, Connor McIntyre, Neve McIntosh, Liza Tarbuck.Directed by Bruce Webb. 100 min.
A heart-warming and surprisingly funny film about the hardships of teenage life - and death - with great performances by its two young leads, Eugene Byrne and Josh Bolt (in their acting debuts). The film was made over a four-year period with a modest £110k budget and is now touring the international film festival circuit, where it is in the official selection for Chicago, Rome and Seville.
Ticket: £15.00 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490For parents and guardians with under-5s in tow.
Living with Dinosaurs
1989. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Michael Maloney.Directed by Paul Weiland. Digital. 47 min.
Anthony's spirit and sense of humour shine through in this Emmy Award-winning film for television. The story centres on Dom, a troubled ten-year old boy, whose best friend is a stuffed toy dinosaur called Dog. In contrast to Dom, Dog is outgoing, confident and lively, and Dom relies on his friend heavily for support as he struggles with worries about his asthma, his dad's lack of work, and the arrival of The Bulge...
Courtesy of Jim Henson Productions
Ticket: £2 (Under 5s go free) | Tickets available now: 01983 822490Maybury: Ten Green Bottles
1981. Starring Patrick Stewart, guest starring Juliet Stevenson.Directed by Richard Stroud. Digital. 60 min.
BBC drama series starring Patrick Stewart as a psychiatric consultant in a general hospital. Co-created by Anthony and Jim Hawkins, the series shows that psychiatric wards are not always places of gloom and despair but hope and humour. Episode 3, to be show, also provided the vehicle for an early collaboration with Juliet Stevenson.
Courtesy of the BBC
Ticket: £3 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490WHAT IF IT'S RAINING?
1986. Starring Michael Maloney, Deborah Findlay.Directed by Stephen Whittaker. Digital. 3 x 50 min.
You can trace Anthony's preoccupation with the challenges of contemporary urban life and splintered relationships in this three-part drama for Channel 4, which in some ways anticipates many of the themes developed in Breaking and Entering, 20 years later. The story, told with Anthony's hallmark compassion and humour, follows the emotional and sometimes harrowing journey of a young father coming to terms with the pain of divorce and separation from his child.
Courtesy of Limehouse Productions
Ticket: £5 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490Living with Dinosaurs
1989. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Michael Maloney.Directed by Paul Weiland. Digital. 47 min.
Anthony's spirit and sense of humour shine through in this Emmy Award-winning film for television, which he wrote. The story centres on Dom, a troubled ten-year old boy, whose best friend is a stuffed toy dinosaur called Dog. In contrast to Dom, Dog is outgoing, confident and lively, and Dom relies on his friend heavily for support as he struggles with worries about his asthma, his dad's lack of work, and the arrival of The Bulge...
Courtesy of Jim Henson Productions
Ticket: £3 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490Screen South Digital Shorts + Q&A
Brand new digital shorts made with the support of the UK Film Council New Cinema Fund followed by Q&A's from featured filmmakers. Please note, this event is preceded by a Production Masterclass with insights into how these films came to be made and financed.
Lobster Club
Written and directed by Milo Waterfield. 6 min.Exposed
Written by Judy Upton and directed by Sue Dunderdale. 14 min.Stranded
Tina Walker and Martin Malone. 10 min.Dead Hungry
Written and directed by Will Bridges. 19 min.To find out more about the regional film agency go to www.screensouth.org
Ticket: Free | Reserve your place now: 01983 822490Isle of Wight Short Film Festival: Director's Cut
An eclectic mix of the festival director's personal favourites
Picked
Jim Willis 4.30 minDifference
Nicola Mills 3 minBooze Hogs
Andy Jones 13 minsJulia Margaret Cameron
Tracy Jean Shields 3.30 minI Wish You Enough
Noel Stimson 9.45 minLiverpool Death Match
John Cattle 3 minAlmost
Jim Willis 3.30 minWhat a Day
Mandy Toyne 1 minSeven Ages of Mine
Edward and Carol Lyon 3 minChips the Ball Dog
Artur Martins 4 minToughest Girl in the World
Nicola Mills 20 minTicket: Free | Reserve your place now: 01983 822490
Inspector Morse: The Dead of Jericho
1987. Starring John Thaw, Kevin Whateley.Directed by Alistair Reid. Digital. 120 min.
Anthony's influence over this landmark television series, is obvious from the very first episode which we are screening here. From the ingenious idea behind the title music, to the ground-breaking two-hour format which allowed proper development of the character, Anthony's uncompromising approach to story-telling is evident throughout.
Ticket: £3 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490Schools' Shorts: A Great Day for the Isle of Wight
IOW schools' screenings, and awards ceremony. Come and join young filmmakers from the Island as they compete for an award for the best film under the title of 'A great day for the Isle of Wight'.
Ticket: Free | Reserve your place now: 01983 822490For parents and guardians with under-5s in tow.
The Storyteller (1)
1988. Starring John Hurt, Brian Henson. Digital. 2 x 25 min."I am a teller of stories, a weaver of dreams. I can dance, sing, and in the right weather I can stand on my head..."
A stunning re-telling of classic European fairytales brought to life by Anthony's beguiling screenplays with the help of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop and an always-stellar cast. This was Anthony's first experience of working in post-production as much as in pre-production (alongside his dear friend, producer Duncan Kenworthy) - something he later claimed prepared him for the role of film director.
The Luck Child
Guest starring Steven Mackintosh, Cathryn Bradshaw.Directed by Jon Amiel
From an early Russian folk tale. An evil king sets out to kill a 'luck child', the seventh son of a seventh son, whom it is prophesied will one day be king. But luck is with the child and against the king, and he ends up becoming his son in law and heir to the throne instead. Now the king has just one more card to play: in order for 'Lucky' to earn the hand of the princess in marriage, he must bring back the golden feather from the Griffin's back and venture to the creature's island - a place from where no one has yet returned…
Sapsorrow
Guest starring Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Alison Doody, James Wilby.Directed by Steve Barron
There is a king, his dead wife, and his three daughters. Two are as ugly and as bad as can be, but the third, Sapsorrow, is as kind and as beautiful as her sisters are not. There is a ring belonging to the dead Queen, and a royal tradition that states that the girl whose finger fits the ring will become Queen. When Princess Sapsorrow slips on her dead mother's ring for safekeeping, the King finds out and must marry her according to the law. The princess goes into hiding, disguised as a dirty, ragged thing, and sets to work in another castle where she falls for a handsome prince. Now if only he can see her beauty beneath her Scraggletag appearance…
Ticket: £2 (Under 5s go free) | Tickets available now: 01983 822490The Storyteller (2) + Conversation with John Hurt and Duncan Kenworthy
1988. Starring John Hurt, Brian Henson. Digital. 2 x 25 min.A stunning re-telling of classic European fairytales brought to life by Anthony's beguiling screenplays with the help of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop and an always-stellar cast. This was Anthony's first experience of working in post-production as much as in pre-production (alongside his dear friend, producer Duncan Kenworthy), which he later claimed prepared him for the role of film director.
Courtesy of Jim Henson Productions
The Soldier and Death
Guest starring Bob Peck.Directed by Jim Henson
From an early Russian folk tale. Returning from war, an honest soldier trades his last biscuit for a magical sack, into which anything summoned will enter! Trapping devils and even death itself, the soldier brings peace to his country. But death soon proves a greater enemy captured than free…
A Story Short
Guest starring Brenda Blethyn, John Kavanagh.Directed by Charles Sturridge
From an early Celtic folk tale. This time, the story is about The Storyteller himself. He recalls his days of servitude to the king for bamboozling the royal cook out of a free meal. A story a day was his punishment - or else he'll boil in the cook's cauldron of oil. All goes well until the final day... when he can't think of a story to save his life!
Ticket: £6 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490The Storyteller (3)
1988. Starring John Hurt, Brian Henson. Digital. 2 X 25 min."When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire was kept for the storyteller..."
A stunning re-telling of classic European fairytales brought to life by Anthony's beguiling screenplays with the help of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop and an always-stellar cast. This was Anthony's first experience of working in post-production as much as in pre-production (alongside his dear friend, producer Duncan Kenworthy), which he later claimed prepared him for the role of film director.
The True Bride
Guest starring Jane Horrocks, Sean Bean.Directed by Peter Smith
From an early German folk tale. A troll had a daughter, but she left straight off. So the troll took another to replace her, to wait on him hand and foot. Her name is Anja and she has no father and she has no mother, so the troll is her other… Set impossible tasks by the troll, and then beaten when she fails them, Anja starts to wish… Her wish is heard by the Thought Lion, a wondrous beast, who completes the tasks for her. Then she finds her true love and he disappears, so Anja sets out to find him...bewitched in the arms of the Troll's evil daughter, the Trollop...
The Three Ravens
Guest starring Joely Richardson, Miranda Richardson, Jonathan Pryce.Directed by Paul Weiland
From an early German folk tale. After the Queen dies, an evil witch ensnares the King, and turns his three sons into ravens to rid herself of her rivals. The King's daughter runs for her life and her brothers, the ravens, tell her that she must not speak for 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days to break the curse. But after she meets a handsome prince, the task becomes more difficult, for her stepmother has re-married, and to the prince's father...
Ticket: £3 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490Whale Music
1983. Starring Leonie Mellinger. Susan Littler. Janet Rawson.Directed by Pedr James. Digital. 120 min.
One of Anthony's most-performed pieces for stage, Whale Music (which was also adapted for radio), showcases some wonderful writing for strong female characters, as well as Anthony's talent for song-writing. Set on the Isle of Wight, the story deals with the emotional issues Caroline confronts during her pregnancy as a young, single woman, and her relationships with the friends who support her.
Courtesy of Granada Television
Ticket: £3 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490Minghella on Beckett
A double bill showcasing Anthony's passion for Samuel Beckett and it's influence on his own writing.
Play
2000. Starring Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, Kristin Scott-Thomas.Directed by Anthony Minghella. 8 min repeated.
Beckett on Film was a unique project, through which some of the world's most talented directors and actors were invited to film all 19 of Samuel Beckett's plays. Anthony, who had always loved the work of Beckett, chose Play - one of the earliest pieces of theatre he'd directed as a drama student at Hull University
Eyes Down Looking
Live reading with by Dexter Fletcher and David Threlfall.This original radio play by Anthony from 2006 is another homage to Beckett, of whom he once said: "The sense of language and poetry in his writing has been the single biggest influence on me as a writer." Similarly influential were his life-long collaborations with the actors he loved, including Juliet Stevenson and David Threlfall who featured in the original recording. David Threlfall joins us now to lead a live reading of the play.
Ticket: £10 | Tickets available now: 01983 822490
