Cinema of Childhood (2014)

Acclaimed director, presenter and critic Mark Cousins curated an international film season focusing on the depiction of children. A life-affirming and thought-provoking feast of cinema.

Screenings

THE WHITE BALLOON (U) Dir: Jafar Panahi. 1995. Iran.
+ 10 Minutes Older (PG) Dir: Herz Frank. 10 mins. 1978, Latvia.
Saturday 3 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse

LITTLE FUGITIVE (U) Dir: Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Raymond Abrashkin. 1953. US.
Monday 5th May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse 

HUGO AND JOSEPHINE (U) Dir: Kjell Grede. 1967. Sweden.
Saturday 10 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse 

A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM (PG) Dir: Mark Cousins. 2013. UK.
Sunday 11 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse

CHILDREN IN THE WIND (U) Dir: Hiroshi Shimizu 1937. Japan
Monday 12 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse

CROWS (Wrona) (12A) Dir: Dorota Kędzierzawska 1995. Poland / Denmark.
+ PALLE ALONE IN THE WORLD  (Palle alene i verden) (12A)
Dir: Astrid Henning-Jensen. 1949. Denmark.
Saturday 17 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse

WILLOW AND WIND (PG) Dir: Abbas Kiarostami. 1999. Iran.
Monday 19 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse  

TOMKA AND HIS FRIENDS (PG) Dir: Xhanfize Keko. 1997. Albania.
Saturday 24 May / Duke of York’s Picturehouse