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Women Surrealist Filmmakers

From Wed 4 November to Thu 10 December 2009
Bady Minck La belle est la bête (2005) © Amour FouAs

During November and December we will present a specially selected series of films to complement Manchester Art Gallery’s exhibition Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism (Sat 26 September 2009 - Sun 10 January 2010).

Both screenings will be introduced by Dr Patricia Allmer, curator of Angels of Anarchy, author of René Magritte: Beyond Painting, and Research Fellow at MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University.

 

The series is sponsored by MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University.

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SHOWING AT CORNERHOUSE

Bady Minck Double Bill
Bady Minck La belle est la bête (2005) © Amour FouAs
Cert 18
Thu 26 Nov 2009 18:30
A rare opportunity to see two films by the contemporary artist and filmmaker Bady Minck. Im Anfang war der Blick creates a nightmarish dreamscape of Austria’s history, whilst in La belle est la bête, the beauty herself becomes the beast.
Seashell and the Clergyman
Still from Seashell and the Clergyman
Cert 18
Wed 4 Nov 2009 19:00
Dulac’s superb Seashell and the Clergyman lays claim to being the earliest Surrealist film and is a classic of French avant-garde cinema.


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Events

Talk/ Ursula Mayer (15)
Artist and filmmaker Ursula Mayer will present two of her seminal 16mm films: The Lunch in Fur and The Crystal Gaze, plus a post-screening discussion and opportunity for audience questions.