DocHouse

BITTER SEEDS + Q&A(TBC)

Screening Thursday 28^th June | 8pm | Rich Mix

Indian cotton farmers duped by the promise of new GM seeds

find themselves in a desperate spiral of debt and often suicide in this compelling and tender film.

SEE THE TRAILER

Every 30 minutes an Indian farmer kills himself as a consequence of overwhelming debt. In India many farmers switched to genetically modified seeds produced by the American company Monsanto, and the drawbacks proved to be manifold. In contrast to the supposed benefits, the costs for fertilizer and pesticides turned out to be far higher than before. What's more, the seeds require more water, and the farmers are rain-dependent in an arid area but the low cost of the GM seeds priced traditional methods out of the market and the farmers find themselves trapped in a spiral of debt. The film follows a young female journalist trying to uncover India’s tragic suicide statistics.

‘The documentary is among the most subtle and artful condemnations of the food industry…. wrapped within a gripping character-based narrative.’ Filmmaker Magazine

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DocHouse is a year-round festival of weekly showcase documentary screenings in UK cinemas. Established for over ten years through events, masterclasses, festivals and education outreach, DocHouse has achieved a high profile within the documentary community and beyond, raising public awareness of documentary across the UK.

We work in close collaboration with leading international filmmakers, distributors, festivals, social networks and broadcast organisations, encouraging audience interest in the best international documentary.

www.dochouse.org | www.facebook.com/inthedochouse | www.twitter.com/inthedochouse

DocHouse

DocHouse and Open City Docs Fest present…

5 BROKEN CAMERAS London Premiere

+ Q&A with both directors, Emad Burnat coming especially from the West Bank

Screening Thursday 21^st June | 7.30pm | Riverside Studios | £7/5 concs

Palestinian farm laborer Emad has five video cameras - each tells a different part of the story of resistance

Using the first camera Emad recorded how the bulldozers came to rip the olive trees out of the ground in 2005 but was prevented from filming further as his camera was broken in the protest. Yet, Emad keeps on filming with new cameras despite pleas from his wife, who fears reprisals. It makes for an intensely powerful personal document about one village's struggle against violence and oppression. ‘We made this film with sincere initiative, trying to avoid all the clichés’ and traps as much as we could, and to challenge our own prejudgments’.

‘Eloquence, spare cinematic metaphor and intimate personal vision create a visceral, first-person story of non-violent resistance in Bil’in’ (Hotdocs)

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Guy David and Emad Burnat who is visiting from the West Bank for this London Premiere.

BOOK TICKETS .

DocHouse is a year-round festival of weekly showcase documentary screenings in UK cinemas. Established for over ten years through events, masterclasses, festivals and education outreach, DocHouse has achieved a high profile within the documentary community and beyond, raising public awareness of documentary across the UK.

We work in close collaboration with leading international filmmakers, distributors, festivals, social networks and broadcast organisations, encouraging audience interest in the best international documentary.

www.dochouse.org | www.facebook.com/inthedochouse | www.twitter.com/inthedochouse

DocHouse

Join us to mark World Day Against Child Labour

DESERT RIDERS + Q&A

with Anti-Slavery International

Screening Thursday 14^th June | Tricycle Cinema | £7/5 concs

Camel racing is big business in the UAE, but the jockeys are children

brutally mistreated, removed from their families and forced into races where accidents can be lethal.

Desert Riders gives us a shocking look behind the scenes of camel racing in the wealthy United Arab Emirates – a sport that grew from local to international prominence in the 1980s. Suspicious accidents, undernourishment, sleep deprivation, rape, growth-retarding injections; the stories of young veteran jockeys Rafiq, Nasir, Ronnie, Amirul, Lokmon, Mobarak and Hasan are truly appalling. SEE THE TRAILER

‘Vic Sarin’s hot-button expose documentary Desert Riders peels back the curtain on thousands of boys trafficked to the Middle East’ (Playback)

DocHouse will be joined by Catherine Turner from Anti-Slavery International for a panel discussion on campaigning for the end of child labour. Catherine is the Child Labour Programme Coordinator at Anti-Slavery International, researching and advocating on child slavery issues there since 2002. Previously, she was Deputy Representative to the UN in Geneva for Amnesty International and worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Anti-Slavery International worked closely with director Victor Sarin on the production of DESERT RIDERS and were instrumental in the campaign to end camel racing in the United Arab Emirates.

BOOK TICKETS .

DocHouse is a year-round festival of weekly showcase documentary screenings in UK cinemas. Established for over ten years through events, masterclasses, festivals and education outreach, DocHouse has achieved a high profile within the documentary community and beyond, raising public awareness of documentary across the UK.

We work in close collaboration with leading international filmmakers, distributors, festivals, social networks and broadcast organisations, encouraging audience interest in the best international documentary.

www.dochouse.org | www.facebook.com/inthedochouse | www.twitter.com/inthedochouse

It’s the end of an era in…

 

ONE TREE HILL: THE COMPLETE NINTH AND FINAL SEASON

Don’t miss the final chapter of their story on DVD and UltraViolet™ Digital Copy from 11^th June 2012

Plus catch up on all the action right from the start with

One Tree Hill: The Complete Seasons 1-9, available from 11^th June 2012

After nine years of sensational drama, excitement and romance, the emotional rollercoaster finally comes to an end as One Tree Hill: The Complete Ninth and Final Season is released on DVD and UltraViolet™ Digital Copy on 11^th June. Relieve the highs, lows, love and laughter right from the start in One Tree Hill: The Complete Seasons 1-9 also available on DVD from 11^thJune.

As the hit US drama reaches its conclusion, the final season sees the group facing new challenges and opportunities as the stakes are raised higher than ever before. With Tree Hill favourite Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) making a guest appearance, the season promises not to disappoint.

After welcoming baby Lydia at the end of the last season, Nathan (James Lafferty) and Hayley (Bethany Joy Galeotti) find their world turned upside down when they are faced with their greatest threat yet. With the return of Dan Scott (Paul Johansson) to Tree Hill, the question is will they be able to keep their family intact?

Following the birth of their twin boys, Brooke (Sophia Bush) and Julian (Austin Nichols) are excited for the future, but will Julian be able to balance fatherhood with his new business venture? Meanwhile Brooke finds her life hanging in the balance as her worst fears are realised.

Season nine also sees Clay (Robert Buckley) and Quinn (Shantel VanSanten) facing new demons that will change their lives forever.

Don’t miss the final chapter of their story in One Tree Hill: The Complete Final Season on DVD from 11^th June and available to download on iTunes now. Plus, follow their journey right from the start with One Tree Hill: The Complete Seasons 1-9 also available on DVD from 11^th June.

DVD Extra Content Includes:

• An Evening With One Tree Hill
• The Story of OTH
• The Fans of OTH
• Commentary
• Gag Reel
• Unaired Scenes

One Tree Hill: The Complete Ninth and Final Season will include an UltraViolet™ Digital Copy, which allows consumers to download and stream via Wi-Fi all 13 episodes to their computers and compatible iOS and Android devices.

Brave

OFFICIAL GAMEPLAY TRAILER RELEASED FOR DISNEY•PIXAR BRAVE: THE VIDEO GAME

Action-Adventure Video Game Inspired by Upcoming Disney•Pixar Film BRAVE to Launch This Summer

Inspired by Brave,  the upcoming Disney•Pixar animated fantasy adventure movie, Brave: The Video Game invites players to run, jump and battle their way through the rugged landscape of mythical and mysterious Scotland. By using their wits and bravery, gamers will also be able to wield a sword and bow and arrow to defeat fierce enemies, break a magical curse and save a kingdom.

Play as Merida, Pixar’s first female hero and an expert archer, or in the console versions players can also play as other entertaining characters from the film.  In addition, they will be able to go on quests through a magical world and solve puzzles to uncover secrets.  Gameplay features include single-player, co-op for family and friends and a special Bear mode.

Brave: The Video Game will launch Summer 2012, in conjunction with the film, for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and Windows PC/MAC.

The Lost Weekend

Directed and co-written by two-time Academy Award winner Billy Wilder, THE LOST WEEKEND is to be released in the UK as part of Eureka’s MASTERS OF CINEMA Series on Blu-ray (Standard and SteelBook editions) on 25 June 2012

    

• Released the same month as Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity – also on Blu-ray for the first time.

• Starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman (All That Heaven Allows, Magnificent Obsession)

• Directed and co-written by two-time Academy Award winner Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot)

• Won the Grand Prix and Best Actor (Ray Milland) at the first ever Cannes Film Festival

• Won four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor, and was nominated for Best Editing, Best Cinematography (Black & White), and Best Score

• Features new and exclusive video introduction by cult director Alex Cox

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SYNOPSIS:

Directed by Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot), this gut-wrenching adaptation of Charles Jackson's The Lost Weekend horrified its studio, was rejected by test audiences, and was lobbied by temperance groups, yet went on to huge success and became the awards sensation of its year.

Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam, a New York author struggling with years of alcoholism and writer's block. Trying to keep him on the path to rehabilitation are his straight-laced brother Wick (Philip Terry) and devoted long-time girlfriend Helen (Jane Wyman). When Don absconds from a country excursion, he embarks on a four-day binge, spiralling towards rock bottom.

Winner of the Grand Prix at the first ever Cannes Film Festival, as well as Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Screenplay, this brutal noir provided one of cinema's first in-depth studies of addiction. Crackling with rapier dialogue, vivid performances, and Wilder's superlative direction, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Lost Weekend for the first time anywhere in the world on Blu-ray. Released in the UK in a standard edition & limited edition SteelBook on 25 June 2012.

Available to pre-order from:

Amazon (Blu-ray) http://amzn.to/K2pt21  (SteelBook) http://amzn.to/ylWmCH

HMV (Blu-ray)  http://tidd.ly/998572fe  (SteelBook) http://tidd.ly/eae00b19

Play (Blu-ray) http://tidd.ly/a0af04ca  (SteelBook) http://tidd.ly/31a4b14c

Hut (Blu-ray)  http://tidd.ly/e7a741a8  (SteelBook) http://tidd.ly/9cf2040a

  

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TRAILER:

Original Theatrical Trailer http://bit.ly/Lbh2CT

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SPECIAL BLU-RAY FEATURES

• New high-definition master, officially licensed from Universal Pictures

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

• Exclusive new video introduction by director Alex Cox

• The three-part 1992 BBC Arena programme Billy, How Did You Do It? directed by Gisela Grischow and Volker Schlöndorff, featuring Schlöndorff in conversation with Billy Wilder

• The 1946 Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of The Lost Weekend – starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, and Frankie Faylen

• The original theatrical trailer

• PLUS: A 36-page booklet featuring rare archival imagery, and more!

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REVIEWS:

"A scarifyingly grim and grimy account… Gripping." - Tom Milne, Time Out

"…ranks with the best and most disturbing character studies ever put on the screen. The Lost Weekend is truly a chef d'oeuvre of motion-picture art." - The New York Times

"Painfully sincere and uncompromising look at alcoholism … with a superb central performance. ★★★★★" - Kim Newman, Empire

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DETAILS:

Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Cat. No: EKA70073

Barcode: 5060000700732

RRP: £20.42

Steelbook Cat. No: EKA70075

Steelbook Barcode: 5060000700756

Steelbook RRP: £30.63

Release Date: 25 June 2012

Certificate: PG

Run Time: 102 min.

Format:  1.37:1 OAR/ B&W

Genre: Movie Classic

Director: Billy WILDER

Year: 1945

Country:  USA

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH (Optional)

Eureka Presents...

The classic, quintessential film noir, which set the standard for all future noirs, DOUBLE INDEMNITY  is to be released in the UK as part of Eureka’s MASTERS OF CINEMA Series on Blu-ray (Standard and SteelBook editions) on 25 June 2012

    

• First-ever Blu-ray release anywhere in the world, exclusively restored

• #29 on the American Film Institute's 2007 list of the best American films of all time

• Directed and co-written by legendary, multiple-Academy Award winner Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment)

• Co-written by master hardboiled novelist Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, The Long Goodbye)

• The very first screen coupling of Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck (There's Always Tomorrow)

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SYNOPSIS:

"That's a honey of an anklet you're wearing, Mrs. Dietrichson." 

Double Indemnity is the dazzling, quintessential film noir whose enormous popular success and seven Oscar nominations catapulted Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) into the very top tier of Hollywood's writer-directors. Adapted from a novella by James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye), Double Indemnity remains the hardest-boiled of delectations.

Insurance hawker Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) gets seduced by some other man's wife: a bored, sex-starved Barbara Stanwyck done up in lorry-grille wig and a pair of lips like wine grapes smashed in candle-wax. She wants to off her better half and collect on his policy, but spitfire claims-adjuster Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) smells a rat – or at least the cheap perfume all over that Dietrichson file.

Neff himself ties up the twisting plot in a neat bow: "We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet."

Nominated for seven Oscars at the 1945 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Billy Wilder), Best Actress (Barbara Stanwyck), Best Screenplay (Wilder and Raymond Chandler), Best Cinematography (John F. Seitz), Best Score (Miklós Rózsa), Best Sound Recording (Loren Ryder). The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity for the first time anywhere in the world on Blu-ray, in a standard edition and a limited edition steelbook on 25 June 2012. 

Available to pre-order from:

Amazon (Blu-ray)  http://amzn.to/ICbFuU  (SteelBook) http://amzn.to/wnpuRn

HMV (Blu-ray) http://tidd.ly/71f15e1a  (SteelBook) http://tidd.ly/a1f42a85

Play (Blu-ray) http://tidd.ly/32a8adce  (SteelBook) http://tidd.ly/8430e6ff

Hut (Blu-ray)   http://tidd.ly/1b6c0442  (SteelBook) http://tidd.ly/9677b5ad

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TRAILER:

Original Theatrical Trailer http://bit.ly/KER5z7

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SPECIAL BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• Exclusive new high-definition restoration, officially licensed from Universal Pictures

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired

• Shadows of Suspense — a 2006 documentary featuring film historians, directors, and authors discussing the making of Double Indemnity

• 1945 Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of Double Indemnity, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

• The original theatrical trailer

• 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a 1976 interview by John Allyn with Billy Wilder; an extract from a 1976 interview with James M. Cain comparing his original serial with Wilder’s film adaptation; documentation of novelist and Double Indemnity co-screenwriter Raymond Chandler’s attitude toward working within the Hollywood studio system; an extract from the original screenplay depicting the excised “death chamber” ending; a note on the restoration; and rare archival imagery

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REVIEWS:

"Since Double Indemnity, the two most important words in motion pictures are 'Billy' and 'Wilder'." —Alfred Hitchcock

"Double Indemnity is the finest picture of its kind ever made, and I make that flat statement without any fear of getting indigestion later from eating my words." -  Louella Parsons

“Film noir at its finest, a template of the genre. Billy Wilder in full swing, Barbara Stanwyck's finest hour, and Fred MacMurray makes a great chump.” – Empire Magazine

“This is the gold standard of '40s noir, straight down the line.” – Time Out

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DETAILS:

Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Cat. No: EKA70071

Barcode: 5060000700718

RRP: £20.42

SteelBook Cat. No: EKA70072

SteelBook Barcode: 5060000700725

SteelBook RRP: £30.63

Release Date: 25 June 2012

Certificate: PG

Run Time: 107 min.

Format:  1.37:1 OAR/ B&W

Genre: Movie Classic

Director: Billy WILDER

Year: 1944

Country:  USA

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH (Optional) 

Seret

ISRAELI FILM & TELEVISION TO BE SHOWCASED AT FIRST LONDON FESTIVALSERET 2012 WILL RUN FROM 14-18 JUNE

SERET (‘movie’ in Hebrew) is the name of the new London Israeli Film & Television Festival, which is holding its inaugural event from 14 to 18 June 2012. Fourteen screenings will be held, showcasing the largest, most diverse and most exciting array of Israeli film and television ever seen in the UK. Alongside the screenings, SERET will also be holding a conference for those in the film and television industries.

In the last ten years, a growing number of Israeli films have been nominated and won awards in major film festivals around the world including Footnote, Strangers No More, Lebanon, Ajami and Waltz with Bashir. Israeli television is also making an impact internationally with programmes such as Hatufim(‘Prisoners of War’ remade into Homeland) and BiTipul (‘Treatment’) currently being screened on SkyArts.

SERET seeks to showcase the outstanding contribution that Israeli film and television make to the arts, as well as promoting the richness and diversity of Israeli life and culture through these media. With a programme designed to appeal to a wide range of film lovers, there will also be opportunities to hear from some of the directors of the films featured.

Confirmed films for this year’s festival include Off White Lies (2011, Director: Maya Kenig), Invisible (2011, Director: Michal Aviad), In the Fifth Heaven (2011, Director: Dina Tzvi-Riklis), I shot my love (2010, Director: Tomer Heymann), Footnote (2011, Director: Joseph Cedar), Sharaqiya (2012, Director: Ami Livne), 2 Night (2011, Director: Roi Werner) and Lipstikka (2011, Director: Yonathan Segal). There will also be screenings of episodes from hit television programmes including Pilpelim Tsehubim (‘Yellow Peppers’) and Ramzor (‘Traffic Light‘). Several of the screenings will be followed by Q&As with the directors and those so far confirmed include: Michal Aviad, Tomer Heymann, Dina Tzvi-Riklis and Roi Werner.

During the festival SERET will also provide support to the objectives of the Anglo-Israel Co- Production Treaty (2011), through the staging of a conference for those in the film and television industries.

Tickets for screenings can be booked through the festival website www.seret.org.uk, where there is also more information on each film.

SERET is very grateful for the support of its sponsors who include Adot, the Embassy of Israel, Israel Film Fund, Dialogue of Cultures, Bank Discount, Bank Hapoalim, Bank HaMizrachi, Bank Leumi, Lionsgate Films, Alondon, Eden Springs, Park Plaza Millennium Hotel, Danubius Hotels and the Marriot Hotel Swiss Cottage.

NEW HORIZONS FOR UK FILM

INCREASED INVESTMENT FOR 3 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: EDUCATION & AUDIENCES, FILMMAKING, FILM HERITAGE

8.5 million children to have film education

1000 community centres to be equipped to show films digitally

Production and development funds for British films set to increase by 30% over next 5 years

10,000 British films digitised

A four week consultation opens today around the BFI’s proposals outlined in its five-year Future Plan for Film 2012-17 New Horizons for UK Film. With Lottery funding for film increasing, the draft plan outlines how the BFI proposes to invest an expected total of £273m with an average yearly Lottery investment of £57m a year in film for the next five years. This equates to an average annual investment of £17m for Education and Audiences; £28.2m for supporting British film; £3m for Film Heritage and £1m for Research and Statistics, a £3m contingency and an 8% cost of delivery. The BFI has sets its sights on a new horizon for UK film with bold new proposals that will help the film industry outride the recession and give audiences across the country a better deal and more choice. Underpinning the BFI’s vision is a renewed commitment to the future – future generations of audiences, future generations of filmmaking, new ideas and future opportunities the digital revolution can bring.  A year on from becoming the UK’s lead organisation for film, and in response to Lord Smith’s independent Review of Film Policy in January, the BFI has indentified its future strategic priorities:

Education and Audiences - includes:

• Ensuring every child in the UK aged 5-19 (a potential 8.5million in 23,000 schools) has film and filmmaking as part of their education.
• A UK-wide film academy to spot and nurture the talent of the future giving 16-19-year-olds, regardless of their background or where they live, a unique experience to work with and learn from film professionals.
• A UK wide network of virtual and physical film hubs, probably based at independent cinemas, with links to schools, film societies, film archives, rural and community cinemas.
• Digital equipment installed in up to 1,000 community centres, village halls and other non-theatrical locations across the UK.

Supporting the future success of British film – includes:

• Production and development funds for British films set to increase by 30% over 5 years.
• Launching new talent development centres across the UK for writers, directors and producers in association with our partners
• Helping the UK retain its competitive edge in the industry by equipping up to 5,000 a year of the UK’s work force with new skills via a new film training scheme that includes next generation skills such as special effects and digital production.

Film heritage – includes:

• Working in partnership to unlock the UK’s film heritage for everyone to enjoy by digitising 10,000 British film titles that will transform our understanding of British cinema.

Greg Dyke, Chairman BFI said ‘We have set out a bold, long term vision for film that will genuinely make a difference to education, audiences and filmmakers and support the UK’s growth agenda by boosting jobs and the economy and stimulating inward investment and export. I would like to thank Lord Smith for his thorough Film Policy Review which has spring-boarded the BFI’s own Future Plan for Film.’

Amanda Nevill, Chief BFI said: ‘British creativity and talent is world class and our plan capitalises on that to help drive economic growth in the UK, support jobs and skills and incentivise new thinking and new ideas. But this plan is also about creating a new deal for audiences. This isn’t just about the next five years; long term the BFI wants people to have a lifelong relationship with film, both the next generation of audiences and filmmakers.’  

The BFI will be hosting a series of public consultation events on the proposals set out in New Horizons for Film across the UK at the following locations:

Sheffield - Wednesday 23 May, 13:30-16:00 Showroom, Cinema 2, 15 Paternoster Row, S1 2BX 

Bristol - Thursday 24 May, 13:30-16:00 Watershed, Cinema 1, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, BS1 5TX

Newcastle - Friday 25 May, 13:00-15:30 Tyneside Cinema, The Roxy, Pilgrim Street, NE1 6QG 

Cardiff - Friday 25 May, 13:30-16:00 Chapter, Cinema 2, Market Road, Canton, CF5 1QE,

Birmingham - Monday 28 May, 13:30-16:00 mac, Cinema, Cannon Hill Park, B12 9QH,

Glasgow - Tuesday 29 May, 13:00-15:30, Glasgow Film Theatre, Cinema 2, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

London - Wednesday 30 May, 10:30-12:30, BFI Southbank, NFT3, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT

Manchester - Thursday 31 May, 13:30-16:00 Cornerhouse, Annex, 70 Oxford Street, M1 5NH

Belfast - Friday 1 June, 13:00-15:30 Queen's Film Theatre, Cinema 1, 20 University Square, BT7 1PA

A consultation event aimed at the international film industry will be held at the Cannes Film Festival at the UK Film Centre on Monday 21^st May at 11am -12.30pm.