Ilkley Screenings for 2010

Screenings resume September 26
Venue: The Ilkely Moor Vaults (The Taps) pub, Stockeld Road
Off Skipton Road, opp All Saints Primary School, Ilkley
Parking available at and around pub
Please bring your own cushion if you'd like to be more comfortable
We request you to buy your drinks at the pub which does not charge for the venue

Past Screenings:
June 20:
The Yes Men Fix The World
Dir: Andy Bichlbauj; Mike Bonanno
Time: 87 mins
Impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Their targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else, and they pull off incredible stunts to do that. Political screwball comedy with a message.

May 23:
Burma VJ
Dir: Anders Østergaard
Time: 84 mns
Amidst marching monks, brutal police agents, and shooting military Burmese reporters with camcordersembark on their dangerous mission, working around the clock to keep the world informed of events inside the closed country. Their compulsive instinct to shoot what they witness, rather than any deliberate heroism, turns their lives into that of freedom fighters. Major awards for this film at many of the world's documentary festivals.

April 18:
The End of the Line
Dir: Rupert Murray
Time: 86 mins
The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing premiered at Sundance Film Festival. It follows investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.

March 21:
Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela
Dir:Pablo Navarrete
Time: 65 mins
Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Chavez's controversial presidency, this feature-length documentary takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela's revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward.

Feb 21:
Men of the City
Dir: Marc Isaacs
Time: 60 mins [2009]
A Bangladeshi man dashes through the streets burdened by the crossed shaped advertising signboard he carries on his back; a trader loses his family as a result of his addiction to the financial markets; a chain smoking insurance man tries desperately to escape the city’s daily grind; an aggressive metals trader lives for killing animals at the weekend; a street sweeper on a spiritual quest seeks a life in the wilderness. Marc Isaacs’ latest feature length film shot during the current financial crisis explores the human cost of life in the dog eat dog world of London’s Square Mile.

January 24:
The Time Of Their Lives
Dir: Jocelyn Cammack
Time: 70 mins
Produced for BBC Storyville in 2009 this is the story of Hetty, Rose and Alison and the Mary Feilding Guild, the residential home where they live. With a combined age of almost 300, they are among the Guild’s oldest residents. Yet they are still powerfully engaged in their individual brands of activism – from journalism to anti-war demonstrations – whilst quietly negotiating the final years of their lives