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BRANCHAGE LOVES LIVE SOUNDTRACKS
EUROS CHILDS & RICHARD JAMES (EX-GORKY’S ZYGOTIC MYNCI) PERFORM COMMISSIONED SCORE TO CLASSIC RUSSIAN FAIRYTALE ANIMATION + YURI NORSTEIN SCREENING / BO NINGEN PERFORM TO ANIME CAT SOUP / SCANNER VICTORIAN MAGIC LANTERN SHOW / ZOMBIE ZOMBIE PERFORM TO BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN ON A TUG BOAT

BRANCHAGE LOVES CINEMA
OPENING NIGHT: TAMARA DREWE (STEPHEN FREARS) STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON & DOMINIC COOPER
CLOSING NIGHT: AFGHAN CRICKET DOCUMENTARY OUT OF THE ASHES
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES: AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY, SEPERADO! + GRUFF RHYS Q&A / OUT ON HIS OWN + GILBERT O’SULLIVAN Q&A / WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE + THE DOORS TRIBUTE BANDS LIVE / SHED YOUR TEARS & WALK AWAY + Q&A / COWBOYS IN INDIA + Q&A
UNUSUAL LOCATIONS: LOURDES IN A CHURCH / WENT THE DAY WELL? IN A RURAL BARN / HORSES IN A HORSE BOX / VANISHING OF THE BEES IN A POLY-TUNNEL
MORE FILMS: GAINSBOURG / A TOWN CALLED PANIC / LONDON RIVER / BREATHLESS / SKELETONS + OVER 100 SHORT FILMS, INCLUDING GUEST PROGRAMMES FROM PECADILLO PICTURES, LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, RUSHES SOHO SHORTS & RICH PICKINGS

BRANCHAGE LOVES PARTIES
CHROME HOOF / FILTHY DUKES / CASPAR C / BAKED BEATS (LOCK TAVERN) / PHIL ADAMS (ROUGH TRADE) / PLASTER OF PARIS / A NIGHT OF VICTORIAN SEASIDE BURLESQUE, WITH AERIAL ARTISTS! / KLUB KAMIKAZE FEAT. DJ MEN IN MASKS

BRANCHAGE LOVES COMEDY AND PERFORMANCE
IAN SVENONIUS (THE MAKE-UP, WEIRD WAR, NATION OF ULYSSES) TALES FROM THE PSYCHIC SOVIET / YARN FESTIVAL PRESENTS FOUR STORIES HIGH STORYTELLING / JEFF LEACH AFTERNOON OF COMEDY / WFMU NEW JERSEY RADIO / THE FABULOUS FLUTTERBY’S PUPPET SHOW

BRANCHAGE LOVES LEARNING AND NETWORKING
LUCY COOKE TALKS VIRAL CAMPAIGNING / ED LAWRENSON WRITING FOR FILM / IMMERSIVE SOUND WALK / THE QUIETUS JOURNALIST MENTOR SCHEME / FILMMAKER BEACH BRUNCH / SPIEGELTENT HAPPY HOURS