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Somerset House’s Film4 Summer Screen: BEHIND THE SCREEN

07 June 12

BAFTA join Somerset House for the fourth year running to present 2 events as part of their Behind the Screen talks at Film4 Summer Screen. Held before the main screening, these illuminating talks offer a glimpse into minds of the directors, actors and industry insiders behind this year’s Film4 Summer Screen films

Doors open at 18.30 for a complimentary drink in the Behind the Screen bar, reached through the Great Arch Hall. All talks start at 19.00 in the Screening Room and last one hour. The Great Arch Hall and the Screening Room are on Lower 2 of the South Building in Somerset House, ticketholders should arrive at the Embankment Entrance to attend the talks.
Behind the Screen tickets give access to Behind the Screen events only. Tickets for film screenings must be purchased separately. There is a reserved space in the courtyard for those who have purchased tickets for both the talk and the main screening.

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£10
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Nothing So Strange As Ordinary Folk
Tuesday 21 August 2012
£10
Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe (co-directors of Black Pond) will join host, Ian Hadyn Smith, Editor of The International Film Guide at our discussion on realism in British cinema, and how the approach has evolved in recent years, through genre mixing, formal devices and the demonstration of Britain’s other great historical talent, black humour.

Member offer: Somerset House

We have a very limited number of free tickets for BAFTA Members so have to limit them to one per member. There is also a limited number of £5 tickets to the full Behind the Screen programme (excluding The Genius of Hitchcock). Please email events@bafta.org to book.

Full BEHIND THE SCREEN programme

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Other talks in the BEHIND THE SCREEN programme include an interview with Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think director Adam Smith, a discussion about Hitchcock’s The Birds, and an examination of the magic of Paris, Texas.

To book tickets for Behind the Screen and for the main Film4 Summer Screen programme before they sell out visit:
www.somersethouse.org.uk/film/film4-summer-screen-2012

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