Film Trust Blog

As part of Lucy Cavendish College Women’s Word Festival (13-28 June 2009), the Trust has programmed a special cinematic tribute to women’s love, image and vision called Women’s View.

Over three weekends in June, we’ll be screening the following films at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge:

Sunday 14 June, 2.30
MAIDENS IN UNIFORM (MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM) (PG)
Director: Leontine Sagan. Starring: Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda. Germany 1931. 84 mins. German with English subtitles.
An innovative and bold plea for freedom and one of the earliest narrative films to portray homosexuality explicitly, this iconic film tells the story of a teenager at a strict boarding school who develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.

The film will be introduced by writer Ali Smith.

Saturday 20 June, 2.30
RED ROAD (18)
Director: Andrea Arnold. Starring: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Natalie Press. UK 2006. 114 mins.
A female CCTV operator becomes obsessed with following one particular man through the cameras that span the city, for seemingly mysterious reasons. The tension builds as her quest takes her beyond the safety of her viewing room.

We hope to welcome director Andrea Arnold to the screening.

Sunday 28 June, 2.30
THE WOMEN (U)
Director: George Cukor. Starring: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. USA 1939. 133 mins.
Focusing on a privileged Park Avenue set intruded upon by a bitchy, gold-digging perfume counter salesgirl, this classic all-female comedy shows women dealing with the curveballs thrown at them by both the men in their lives and each other.

The film will be introduced by Isabelle McNeill of the Cambridge Film Trust.

Visit the Lucy Cavendish website to find out more about Women’s Word

To book for any of the screenings, call the Arts Picturehouse box office on 0871 704 2050 or visit the Picturehouse website