PORTOBELLO
MAGIC FILM FESTIVAL 2007
Highlights
(1– 21 August)
Entry is FREE to all events.
Festival venues - map
art programme 2007
1
WEDNESDAY
wed 1 august/Westbourne
Church
7-9pm
Looking For Tomorrow
Premiere of Award Winning Director Barney Platts-Mills’
new Moroccan romantic comedy Looking For Tomorrow.
2
THURSDAY
Thu 2 Aug/ Westbourne
Studios
6-11pm
Grand Opening Ceremony
Glastonbury's Year Off
Official Launch Party at Westbourne Studios open to
all featuring top magicians Richard McDougall and Paul
Kieve (who does the magic for the Harry Potter films)
and a special screening at 8 of Julien Temple’s
Joe Strummer biography The Future Is Unwritten.
Thu 2 aug/Inn On The Green
6-11pm
Films Outside
6-8pm
Video Cafe
8-11pm (video cafe
menu - choose a film)
Ken Campbell appears with an exclusive preview of his
Edinburgh solo show.
3
FRIDAY
fri
3 aug/Westbourne Studios
6-11pm
Spanish Films
fri 3 August/Inn On the Green:
6-11pm
Films Outside
Video Cafe 8-11pm
(video cafe menu - choose a film)
4
SATURDAY
Sat
4 Aug/Westbourne Studios
2-11pm
Video Cafe
including the World Premiere of Intervention featuring
Ian Hart and Andy McDowall.
sat 4 aug/Inn On The Green
4pm-1am
Roughler night
Whatever Happened To Mr Saucy? Roughler TV All-Dayer
An all day event of film, music and reminiscence that
will transport in time but not place. Starting with
film, moving on to debate; 'What's So Great About Portobello
Rd? and ending in an orgy of music and self-indulgence.
With specially commissioned contributions from Jake
Arnott, Don Letts, Pete Docherty, Peter Richardson and
Keith Allen curated by legendary Roughler editor Ray
Jones.
5
SUNDAY
Sun 5 Aug/Westbourne
Studios
12noon-11pm Early start!
Documentary Day
features Molly Parkin and John Maybury recalling Boozing
With Bacon plus a screening of John Maybury’s
Love Is The Devil featuring Daniel Craig and Derek Jacobi.
Sun
5/Inn On The Green
8-11pm
Cameron Pierre on guitar
and Ray Carless on sax
from Courtney Pine's backing band. Expect very special
guests. The very best in contemporary funky urban local
jazz.
6
MONDAY
mon
6 August/Westbourne Studios
6-11pm
Film London: Art Film/talk
Film London Artists' Moving Image Network (FLAMIN)
The London Artists' Film and Video Awards (LAFVA) is
an open submission awards scheme for artists' living
and working in the London region. Awards up to a maximum
of £20,000 are available to artists' working in
the context of contemporary fine art moving image practice
for the production of new work.
Rose Cupit, Manager FLAMIN, will discuss the LAFVA scheme
and other opportunities for funding for artist film-makers,
and will screen some films supported by the scheme,
including recent work by Andrew Kötting, Esther
Johnson, Roz Mortimer and Tim Shore .
8–11pm
Aladin "The World's
Greatest Magicians: Part1"
Curator, ringmaster and magical interventions: aladin.
Mon
6 august/Inn On The Green
6-11pm
Documentary
7
TUESDAY
Tue 7 August/Westbourne
Studios
6-11pm
Aladin "The World's
Greatest Magicians: Part 2"
Curator, ringmaster and magical interventions: aladin.
Indian magician Aladin presents two evenings of the
World Greatest Magicians including contributions from
Marcus Tomlinson, Rice N Peas and the UK premiere of
controversial Indian Film Parzania
tue 7 august/inn on the green
6–11pm
Alchemy/Anachron Film Night
hosted by Hank from Alchemy
Anachron cordially welcomes you to an evening of cult
orientated, weird and wonderful film celebrating the
work of cult director Richard Stanley, who will hopefully
appear, featuring his rare early shorts and largely
locally inspired feature Hardware.
tue 7 august/Westbourne Grove
Church
6.30pm
Ideas in Motion
Martin Robertson brings his International Ecology Film
Festival – Ideas In Motion – over from Canada.
8
WEDNESDAY
wed 8 August/ Westbourne
Studios
6-11pm
7pm
Nicki Kentish Barnes,
Woody Allen’s producer in UK, talks about working
with the great man and screens the first UK showing
of Allen’s UK comedy Scoop.
9.15–11.15pm
FourDocs presents...
Take your Short and Shove
it
An hour (ish) of screening
from FourDocs and then an hour (ish) panel discussion
and heated debate on the future of short docs, especially
via the internet. The participants will be Charlie Phillips
(FourDocs), plus representatives from Shooting People,
BBC Film Network, MySpace and Current TV.
Wed 8 august/Inn on the Green
6–11pm
Horror & Extreme Cinema
wed 8 august/Westbourne Grove
Church
6.30pm
Ideas in Motion
Martin Robertson brings his International Ecology Film
Festival – Ideas In Motion – over from Canada.
9
THURSDAY
Thu 9 August/Westbourne
Studios
6–11pm
Poetry, Dance, & Film-making
7-8pm
NO BUDGET FILM SCHOOL MASTERCLASS
Writer/director Greg Hall
Thu 9 august/Inn on the green
6–11pm
Films Outside
6–8pm
Video Cafe
8–11pm (video
cafe menu - choose a film)
thu 9 august/Pelican
Pub
6–11pm
Drama
10
FRIDAY
fri 10 august/INN ON THE
GREEN
6–11pm
Films Outside
6–8pm
Video Cafe
8–11pm (video
cafe menu - choose a film)
fri 10 august/Pelican
Pub
6–11pm
Spanish Films
11
SATURDAY
sat 11 August/Pelican
Pub
2–11pm
Drama / Comedy / Animation
12
SUNDAY
sun 12 Aug/INN ON THE GREEN
8–11pm
Punky Reggae Party: DJ
Lepke DBC
JC The Members – a set from London’s first
reggae station and The Members
Punky Reggae Party: A live set from Europe’s first
reggae station DBC and eighties Punk band The Members
(Sunday 12th August IOTG) – need to get DBC image
from google images
sun 12 august/ Pelican
Pub
2–11pm
Programme
13
MONDAY
mon 13 August/Westbourne
Studios
6–11pm
Filmmakers Against War:
Films & Discussions
Another lively evening of film and discussion from FAW.
This years line-up includes a film by Spearhead’s
Michael Franti plus a music doc about a group of Palestinian
rappers. Get there early for a seat!
Mon 13 August/Inn On The
Green
6–11pm
Art Night
14
TUESDAY
tue 14 Aug/Westbourne
Studios
6–11pm
Drama
7-8pm
Halloween Film Fest
A top hit at the 4th Halloween Short Film Festival 2007,
the VX Auteur Theory programme is a platform for new
directors with strong visions and a personal hands-on
approach to filmmaking.
tue 14 august/Inn On The
Green
6–11pm
Programme
15
WEDNESDAY
wed 15 Aug/Westbourne
Studios
6–11pm
Art Night
8-9pm
Michael Horovitz
Michael Horovitz will read, sing and perform jazz poems,
sound-poems, songs and chants from various New Departures
anthologies and his books 'Wordsounds & Sightlines'
and 'Midsummer Morning Jog Log', and also from his latest
and most political book, 'A New Waste Land: Timeship
Earth at Nillennium'.
He will also play some music, and be open to Q &
A, and haggling.
wed 15 August/Inn On The
Green
6–11pm
USA Independents Day
16
THURSDAY
Thu 16 Aug/Westbourne
Studios
6–11pm
Drama/ American/Canadian
thu 16 August/Inn On The
Green
8pm
Comedy from Ted Chippington,
Earl Okin and friends
Ted Chippington recently featured on The Culture Show
as the comedians comedian of choice. The word genius
is rarely heard in connection with living comics but
Stewart Lee, R. Gervais, and Mark E Smith from The Fall
queued up to call Ted "a genius". Come along
tonite at 9 to see "the funniest man on earth".
thu 16 august/Pelican
Pub
6–11pm
Drama
17
FRIDAY
fri
17 Aug/Westbourne Studios
6–11pm
Animation
fri 17 august/Inn On The
Green
8–11pm
Courttia Newland &
Co.
The Sarungano Sessions...
fri
17 august/Pelican Pub
6–11pm
Comedy
18
SATURDAY
sat 18 August/Westbourne
Studios
2–11pm
Johnny Oddball:
24 Hour Film Challenge
cinema 12–1pm discussion for filmmakers
Music Films
Sat 18 August/Inn On The
Green
2–11pm
Films Outside
2–8pm
Richard McDougall:
Magic Circle live performance
8–11pm
19
SUNDAY
sun 19 August/Westbourne
Studios
2–11pm
Grand Closing Ceremony
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