Transcript Global Gothic: A Festival of International Horror Films

Hallowe’en
2008
The University of Stirling and
macrobert
in association with the
AHRC Global Gothic Network
present
31 October - 2 November
With special guests
David Blyth
Sergio Casci
David Pirie
Louise Welsh
Friday October 31
VAMPIRE NIGHT
VAMPIRE NIGHT
VAMPIRE NIGHT
It’s Hallowe’en…
so
dress to kill
Three Vampire Feature Films
October 31. 6.00 pm
Feature One:
Valerie and her Week of Wonders
• (Valerie a tyden divu)
• 1970
•
dir. Jaromil Jires
• Czechoslovakia
Valerie and her Week of Wonders
Part fairy tale, part gothic horror
A young girl’s daydreams
A young girl’s sexual awakening
Valerie and her Week of Wonders
Valerie’s village is swarming with vampires…
even her own grandmother wants
to drink her blood
Valerie and her Week of Wonders
One of the outstanding achievements of Czech New Wave Cinema
Valerie and her Week of Wonders
‘one of those haunting,
dream-like films that
once seen is difficult to
forget. …a symbol
soaked gothic fairytale’
Kinoeye
October 31. 9.00 pm
Feature Two: Frostbite
• (Frostbiten)
• 2006
• Dir. Anders Banke
• Sweden
Frostbite
The arrival of two outsiders disturbs
some slumbering secret…
Something is dreadfully wrong in
Norbotten
Frostbite
Sweden’s
first
vampire film
Frostbite
When vampires run amok through the long
dark night of a Scandinavian winter,
it’s small comfort to know …
Dawn
is
just
a
month away
Frostbite
Anders Banke's feature debut blends the supernaturally exotic
and the mundanely parochial to dark comic effect (Film 4
Reviews)
October 31. 11.30 pm
Feature Three: Eternal Blood
• (Sangre Eterna)
• 2002
• Dir. Jorge Olguín
• Chile
Eternal Blood
What keeps you
up at night?
Eternal Blood
Carmilla has
some new
friends…
There’s M.
and Elizabeth
and Martin
and …
Eternal Blood
… and there’s Dahmer
Eternal Blood
Vampires on the streets of
Santiago?
Eternal Blood
Eternal Blood
Nuns with guns?
Eternal Blood
‘This is one
tough
neighborhood’
Eternal Blood
perhaps …
Eternal Blood
‘It’s only
a game…’
Eternal Blood
Where does fantasy end
and
reality begin?
Eternal Blood
Acclaimed soundtrack includes
Lucybell, ‘Ver el fin’
Joy Division, ‘She’s lost control’
Dorso, ‘Sangre Eterna’
Kanatrán, ‘Nueva Sangre’
Aldearoja, ‘Manto Negro’
Static X, ‘Permanence’
Lesbos in Love, ‘The end’
and more…
Saturday November 1
Afternoon
programme
November 1
1.30: Children’s matinee
Grampire
• (aka My Grandfather
is a Vampire)
• Dir. David Blyth
• 1992
• New Zealand
Grampire
with
Al Lewis,
Grandpa of
The Munsters
Grampire
What if you found out your grandfather
was a vampire?
Grampire
Lonnie is about
to have the
adventure of a
lifetime
‘This extremely original story is compulsive viewing from beginning to end…’
(Cinekid film and television)
Grampire
Introduction by, and subsequent question
period with director David Blyth (Death
Warmed Up; Red-Blooded American Girl)
‘One of the great mavericks of New Zealand Film’
(NZ Listener)
November 1
5.15 pm: Scottish Gothic Shorts
Scottish Screen Archive National Library of Scotland
November 1
5.15 pm: Scottish Gothic Shorts
Introduced by
Sarah Neely
Department
of
Film, Media and Journalism
University of Stirling
Scottish Gothic Shorts
Robot Three
(Enrico Cocozza, 1951)
Scottish Screen Archive National Library of Scotland
Petrol
(Enrico Cocozza, 1957)
Scottish Gothic Shorts
Joyride
(Jim Gillespie, 1995)
Scottish Gothic Shorts
Contorted Hazel (John Gorman, 2006)
Scottish Gothic Shorts
• Rose (Sergio Casci, 1998)
• The screenings of the Scottish Gothic Shorts
will be followed by a discussion with Sarah
Neely and screenwriter Sergio Casci.
Evening programme
November 1
Evening programme. 8.00 pm
The evening programme will be introduced by Ian Conrich,
Director of the Centre for New Zealand Studies,
Birkbeck, University of London
Short:Forklift Driver Klaus The First Day on the Job
• (Staplerfahrer
Klaus - Der erste
Arbeitstag)
• Dirs. Stefan Prehn
and Jorg Wagner
• 2000
• Germany
Forklift Driver Klaus The First Day on the Job
Klaus has just
passed his forklift
drivers test…
Feature film: Hair Extensions
• (Exte / Ekusute)
• 2007
• Dir. Sion Sono
• Japan
Hair Extensions
A corpse that produces a sea of hair…
A morgue attendant who decides to cash in…
A new look at hair extensions…
Hair Extensions
Horror Jury Prize for Best Film
Austin Fantastic Fest (2007)
Hair Extensions
‘Neatly balanced between genuine J-horror and J-horror pastiche…’
(Variety)
Sunday November 2
Afternoon
programme
November 2
4.00: Kiwi Gothic Shorts
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
Introduced by Ian Conrich,
Director of the Centre
for New Zealand Studies,
Birkbeck, University of London
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
Kitchen Sink
(1989, Alison Maclean)
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
The French Doors
(2001, Steve Ayson)
Larger Than Life
(1997, Ellory Elkayem)
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
The Hole
(1998, Brian Challis)
A Moment Passing
(1996, Charlie de Salis)
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
Possum
(1997, Brad McGann)
The Singing Trophy
(1993, Grant Lahood)
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
Nature's Way
(2006, Jane Shearer)
Kiwi Gothic Shorts
The screening of the
shorts will be followed
by a talk and discussion
with Ian Conrich
Evening programme
Panel Discussion. 6.00 pm
Contemporary Gothic Horror Film
followed by a wine and cheese
reception
Guest speakers:
David Blyth
Sergio Casci
David Pirie
Louise Welsh
November 2.
Evening programme. 8.00
The evening
programme will be
introduced by
Glennis Byron
Department of
English
University of Stirling
Short: To Have and To Hold
• To Have and To Hold
• 2000
• Dir. John Hardwick
• UK
To Have and To Hold
‘Filled with rich, fantastical imagery
and a penchant for the grotesque, To
Have And To Hold is a Grimm fairy tale
for the 21st century’ (BFI).
Feature Film: KM31
• (Kilómetro 31)
• 2007
• Dir. Rigoberto
Castañeda
• Mexico
KM31
The story of grief that never dies
KM31
Trapped between
reality and ancient
legend, the legend
of La Llorona …
KM31
‘There are
worse things
than death’
Presented by
macrobert in association with the
University of Stirling and the
AHRC Global Gothic Network
31 October - 2 November
Organisers:
macrobert
Glennis Byron, Department of English, University of Stirling
Ian Conrich, Director of the Centre for New Zealand Studies,
Birkbeck, University of London
Sarah Neely, Department of Film, Media and Journalism, University of Stirling