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Film fans take a trip inside Somerset House for Behind the Screen and bring the world of cinema into sharp focus with special events and guests providing unique insights into the Film4 Summer Screen programme.
This year’s events include talks from Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, the director of our closing Premiere Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Helen Trompeteler, curator from the National Portrait Gallery presenting Audrey Hepburn as the gamine style icon, and 45 Yearsdirector Andrew Haigh discussing his film inspirations. Plus a new collaboration withFrightFest, who have handpicked a selection of cutting-edge short horror films drawn from the festival's past and future.
Somerset House Film Tours are back by popular demand, exploring the historic site which has provided the location for many special cinematic scenes. Daytime events include an Anime Studio Day giving young creatives the chance to discover all things Japanese animation, and family activities comprising Dances with Werewolves and free screenings of Where the Wild Things Are.
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Family Drop-in Workshop: Dances with Werewolves
Saturday 8 August 2015 Free To accompany the free family matinee screening ofWhere the Wild Things Are, this workshop celebrates all things hairy and scary, where attendees can learn the werewolf dance and create a monster spectacular with storyteller Rosie Tell Tales. If you’ve come without a special costume, join our making workshop to whip something up to fool even Little Red Riding Hood. > more |
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Family Screening: Where the Wild Things Are
Saturday 8 August 2015 Free
“Let the wild rumpus start!” Nine-year old Max runs away from home and sails across the sea to become king of a wondrous realm of gigantic fuzzy monsters. Filmmaker Spike Jonze directs a magical, visually astonishing film version of Maurice Sendak’s celebrated children’s classic, ahead of the evenings screening of An American Werewolf in London.
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Shot on Site: The Somerset House Film Tour
Sunday 9 and 16 August 2015 £6.00 Somerset House is not only an impressive building, it’s also a versatile film set. Over the years, it's stood in as a stately home, a Victorian prison, and even St. Petersburg Square on film shoots, while occasionally starring as itself. Discover the cinematic history of the site, and the stories behind those movies on our guided film tour. > book now for 9 August > book now for 16 August |
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Young Creatives: Anime Studio Day
Sunday 9 August 2015
Free
Join illustrator and animator Kat Koall and digital media students from Ravensbourne University to discover more about the process and themes of Japanese Anime films, their influences, and unique cinematic style. The day will also explore practically how to build your own anime-inspired creation together.
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Film4 FrightFest Presents:
SHORT SHARP SHOCKS! Monday 10 August 2015 £10.00
The team behind Film4 FrightFest will handpick a selection of cutting-edge short films drawn from the infamous horror festival's past and future. This exclusive programme includes mini-marvels from James Moran, Sean Hogan, Alice Lowe, Lee Hardcastle, and Ben Wheatley, some of who will be on hand to introduce their work.
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BFI Presents: The Heart of the Rom-com
Tuesday 11 August 2015
£10.00
Part of BFI’s Love season, this talk explores the world of romantic-comedy in unique fashion, taking a long, hard and humorous look at a genre that’s rarely treated with respect. More details to come, but this love letter to emotion pictures will have you swooning, giggling and eager to re-visit your favourites.
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Audrey: The Girl That Launched the Gamine Style
Sunday 16 August 2015
£10.00
To tie-in with the screening of romantic classicRoman Holiday, Helen Trompeteler, co-curator of the forthcoming exhibition Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon at the National Portrait Gallery, talks about the enduring appeal of the original doe-eyed waif who became a style icon and legend of the screen.
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Andrew Haigh: Films of My Life
Monday 17 August 2015
£10.00
Films of My Life returns with Andrew Haigh, director of the forthcoming award-winning marital drama 45 Years starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. Haigh’s previous film Weekendestablished him as one-to-watch, and this on-stage conversation will chart the course that led to his new film, touching on influences, inspirations and his filmmaking experiences to date.
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Director's Talk: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon in Conversation
Wednesday 19 August 2015
£10.00
The imaginative and inventive young director of our Closing Premiere Me and Earl and the Dying Girlshares with us the story behind the making of his crowd-pleasing hit, and discusses the love of movies that plays such an important part in the film itself.
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Doors open for evening events at 18.30 for a complimentary drink in the Behind the Screen bar, accessed from the River Terrace entrance via Waterloo Bridge. Talks start at 19.00 and last approximately one hour.
Behind the Screen tickets give access to Behind the Screen events only. Tickets for film screenings must be purchased separately. In conjunction with a purchased ticket to Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House, Behind the Screen tickets give access to a reserved space in the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court for the main film.
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Princess Mononoke (PG)
Sunday 9 August 2015
£16.00 + booking fees
Leave reality behind and be transported by this sweeping and spiritual fantasy. A colourful cast of characters and creatures inhabit the detailed magical landscape of this environmentally-themed adventure, in which humans and mythical beings engage in a battle for the soul of their world.
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Summer Screen Spotlight:
The Second Mother (Cert TBC)
Wednesday 12 August 2015
£16.00 + booking fees
You may not have heard of it yet but we just couldn’t resist showing this wonderful new film from Brazil – winner of awards at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals. There are high stakes at the dramatic heart of director Anna Muylaert’s film premiering at Summer Screen.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Cert TBC)
Wednesday 19 August 2015
£24.00 + booking fees
Greg and Earl are best buddies and amateur filmmakers who, almost by accident, become friends with Rachel, a classmate diagnosed with leukaemia. With its endearing performances, film-buff references and creative grace notes, this is a youthful experience to treasure and a Closing Night to remember.
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