[Frameworks] Slow Cinema

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I have to chuckle as I curated a concert recently called Fast, Faster, FAST! 
http://www.music.neu.edu/fast/ 

;-) 
Dennis 


3. AV Festival 12 - Slow Cinema (Rebecca Shatwell) 
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Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:13:39 +0000 
From: Rebecca Shatwell <rebecca at avfestival.co.uk> 
Subject: [Frameworks] AV Festival 12 - Slow Cinema 
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Dear All 

Please find info about the forthcoming AV Festival, with its thematic 
focus on slowness. I hope some of you can make it. Half the screenings 
take place at Star and Shadow Cinema which some of you may also know - 
its the best cinema in Newcastle and has film lab too. 

Best, Rebecca 

AV FESTIVAL 12: AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE 
1 – 31 MARCH 2012 
AV Festival, the biennial international festival of art, film and 
music, returns this March, for a full month. Taking the theme of 
slowness, the Festival explores how artists and filmmakers have 
stretched, measured and marked the passage of time. Visit www.avfestival.co.uk 
for more information. 

SLOW CINEMA is the focus of the film programme celebrating filmmaking 
devoted to stillness and contemplation, including over 70 hours of 
film, and a Slow Cinema Weekend. Providing a retreat from cinematic 
speed, these films create a more relaxed rhythm making us aware of 
every minute and second spent watching. Across the month we present 
regional previews, cult classics and undistributed debut features, 
plus unmissable guest filmmaker appearances. 

SLOW CINEMA WEEKEND: 8 – 11 MARCH 
Welcoming some of the world’s leading filmmakers to Newcastle to 
screen and discuss their rarely seen work. Representing the most 
exciting cinema across Europe, Latin America, South-East Asia and the 
UK by directors: Fred Kelemen, Lav Diaz, Lisando Alonso and Ben 
Rivers. Highlights include the regional premiere of Bela Tarr’s last 
film The Turin Horse, the UK premiere of Lav Diaz’s epic 8-hour 
feature Melancholia and rare screenings of Fred Kelemen’s meditations 
on late-capitalist Berlin. A Weekend Pass is available from http://tickets.avfestival.co.uk/category/film 

FESTIVAL OPENING WEEKEND: 2 – 4 MARCH 
The Festival Opening Weekend includes special guest appearances by two 
of America’s most influential and critically acclaimed independent 
filmmakers: James Benning and Sharon Lockhart. Both films show light 
changing to reveal the hidden beauty of the American landscape - from 
the mudflats of Maine to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The screening of 
Nightfall by James Benning is a UK premiere. http://tickets.avfestival.co.uk/ 

WEEKLY FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: 1 – 31 MARCH 
The film programme runs throughout the Festival with weekday 
screenings, providing an introduction to slowness and cinema from 
across the world. Including special preview screenings of new releases 
such as: Hors Satan by Bruno Dumont, Aurora by Cristi Puiu and Once 
Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Plus unmissable classics 
like Russian Ark by Alexander Sokurov and Silent Light by Carlos 
Reygadas. With our special Film Loyalty Card buy tickets for 4 films 
and the 5th film is FREE. 

FESTIVAL FILM INSTALLATIONS: 1 – 31 MARCH 
Alongside our cinema programme, the Festival includes 12 exhibitions 
by filmmakers and moving image artists, including: the world premiere 
of One Way Boogie Woogie 2012 by James Benning; the UK premiere of 
Milwaukee/Duisburg also by James Benning; and solo exhibitions of work 
by Cyprien Gaillard, Torsten Lauschmann, Benedict Drew, Julien Maire, 
Bob Levene and Elizabeth McAlpine plus week long screenings by John 
Smith, Martin Arnold, Manon de Boer and Ben Russell. 

KEEP IN TOUCH 
If you need any help please contact us directly on +44 (0)191 227 5512 
or email visit at avfestival.co.uk and see www.avfestival.co.uk. To 
receive more regular news about the Festival please sign up to our e- 
bulletin online. 



Rebecca Shatwell 
Director 
AV Festival 
10 Pilgrim Street 
Newcastle upon Tyne 
NE1 6QG 
Email: rebecca at avfestival.co.uk 





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