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Bradford International Film Festival · 2009

Bradford International Film Festival 2009

CineFile

A concise but eclectic documentary strand, CineFile is a kaleidoscopic selection of films that documents the world of movies and the people that make them. Now in its 12th year.

Programme

5 films

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The Brothers Warner

Story of the studio siblings.

(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Cass Warner; Writer: Cass Warner; Stars: Dr. Michael Birdwell, Johanna Blakley, Eddie Bockser, Leo Braudy, Angie Dickinson, Roy Edward Disney, Stephen Farber, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Robert Greenwald, Lita Heller)

Mardik: Baghdad To Hollywood

Story of Mean Streets co-writer Mardik Martin and his lasting legacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Ramy Katrib, Evan York; Writer: Mardik Martin; Stars: Peter Biskind, Ted Braun, Francine Dejosa, Brandon DeSica, Joe France, John Furia, Joseph Guerrieri, Mark Jonathan Harris, Amy Heckerling, Andre Kousnov)

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life Of Errol Flynn

Documentary about the swashbuckling star.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2007; Director: Simon Nasht; Writer: Robert de Young; Stars: Christopher Lee, Beverly Aadland, Deirdre Flynn, Errol Flynn, Rory Flynn, Lincoln Hurst, Jack Marino, Jeffrey Meyers, John Hammond Moore, Vincent Sherman)

Trumbo

Story of Dalton Trumbo, who was black-listed during America's communist witch-hunts.

(Country: USA; Year: 2007; Director: Peter Askin; Writer: Christopher Trumbo, Christopher Trumbo; Stars: Dalton Trumbo, Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Peter Hanson, Dustin Hoffman, Lee Irwin, Nathan Lane)

Yakuza Eiga: A Story Of Yakuza Cinema (Une Histoire Du Cinéma Yakuza)

Lifting the lid on the Japanese blood-soaked phenomenon.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Yves Montmayeur; Stars: Noboru Ando, Kinji Fukasaku, Shunichi Kajima, Fumio Konami, Takashi Miike, Manabu Miyazaki, Hitoshi Ozawa, David Peace, Tan Takaiwa, Ryuzo Ueno)