Following selected screenings we have special guests in attendance who will be on hand to answer your burning questions regarding their films…

Friday 10 November

BLACK GOLD - 18:00, Chapter       
Black gold is a moving and eye-opening look into the 80-billion-dollar global coffee industry, where the spoils of overpriced lattes and cappuccinos are sparsely shared with the farmers who make it all possible.

Special Guests: Marc Francis and Nick Francis discuss their feature-length debut, Black Gold following the screening… a real eye-opener.


LONDON TO BRIGHTON - 18:30, Cineworld
It’s 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped.  Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell.  Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive…          

Special Guests: ‘Skillset New Director’ award winner, Paul Andrew Williams in conversation with Gary Slaymaker to discuss his provocative first feature film.


EXPIRY DATE - 20:30, Chapter
Rhys Jones is fed-up, his parents hate him, his friends are losers and the girl of his dreams doesn't know he exists! When he inherits a no-limits credit card he thinks his luck has changed and it has, it's just got worse! What Rhys doesn't know is that the card is cursed and any money spent on it has to be paid back, in blood!

Special Guests: Karen Bird (Director) with principal cast members will explain what happens if you use a cursed credit card….

                       

Saturday 11 November

TRUE TRUE LIE - 18:30, Cineworld
Released after 12 years in an psychiatric hospital, a young woman is reunited with her friends but soon begins to realize that the strange and gruesome events that led to her committal may not have been imaginary after all'    

Special Guests: Director, Eric Styles (Relative Values, House! and Tempo) chats to Gary Slaymaker about his new feature film and future projects.


SHUT UP AND SHOOT ME - 20:30, Cineworld
When Colin Framption's wife is accidentally killed on holiday in Prague, he decides that life isn't worth living. Using only the remaining balance on his credit card he hires a long-suffering Czech odd-job man, Pavel, to kill him. An unlikely friendship develops as Pavel's plans spin out of control.

Special Guests: Gary Slaymaker in conversation with Steen Agro (Director) and Andy Nyman (lead actor)… this will be hilarious!

Sunday 12 November

HANG UP YOUR BRIGHTEST COLOURS - 18:00, Chapter         
A passionate, riveting defence of IRA icon Michael Collins, in a programme banned from TV for more than 20 years.  Griffith’s at his bullish best, almost incandescent with rage as he denounces the British government for their alleged double-dealing and role in the troubles.

Special Guests: Dave Berry, Colin Thomas, John Hefin and Michel Pearce discuss the controversy surrounding this film.


ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE? - 18:30, Cineworld
‘Are you ready for Love?’ is an exciting and original British comedy which takes us on a roller-coaster ride through the vibrant London dating scene. In this beautiful city, we witness the hilarious consequences which result from Luke, Barry and Melanie’s quest for love following Candy and Randy’s dubious ‘fail-safe guide to instant romance’.

Special Guests: Director of the film, Helen Grace (former ITN News executive and Director of several short films) and Andy Nyman (Shut up and Shoot me, Severance) will talk us through the highlights of making this exciting and original British comedy.

SHUT UP AND SHOOT ME - 20:30, Chapter
When Colin Framption's wife is accidentally killed on holiday in Prague, he decides that life isn't worth living. Using only the remaining balance on his credit card he hires a long-suffering Czech odd-job man, Pavel, to kill him. An unlikely friendship develops as Pavel's plans spin out of control.

Special Guests: A chance for the Chapter audience to hear Gary Slaymaker in conversation with Steen Agro (Director) and Andy Nyman (lead actor)… not to be missed!

Monday 13 November

HIGH TREASON - 14:30, Chapter
Cold War paranoia casts its shadow over High Treason, one of those post-war films prompted by concerns about the Communist threat after the Soviet Union entered the Nuclear Arms race in 1949.

It was made a little too soon after the Manhattan project, Hiroshima and Nagasaki for comfort, and at its heart is Jimmy Ellis (Griffith) as a craven delinquent, misfit son of a war hero. His longsuffering mum is played by Joan Hickson, later a memorable TV Miss Marple.

Special Guests: Dave Berry in conversation with Iwan Lloyd


THE CHRISTIES - 20:30, Chapter 
The life, loves, trials and tribulations of a typical English family. Why did Mr Christie cut his own penis off? Did Terry really murder the baby? Will Mrs Christie have sex with Hitler? All these questions answered and more....           

Special Guests: Controversial film-maker, Phil Mulloy (Director) in conversation with Dave Berry

Tuesday 14 November

THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS - 19:00, Cineworld
'The Lives of the Saints’ is a dark morality tale whereby fantastical events take place in the ordinary surroundings of modern-day London.

The story unfolds in the cafes, clubs and shops of Green Lanes where Mr Karva is the boss; a ridiculous yet dangerous man who is known and feared by all. Othello, his stepson, is the young pretender, palling around with his girlfriend Tina and his weak-willed lackey Emilio. Life revolves around socialising, gambling and trying to scrape together a modest living.

Special Guests: Celebrity Photographer and Publisher, Rankin and Co-Director Chris Cottam discuss their transition into film.


LITTLE WHITE LIES - 20:30, Chapter
‘Little White Lies’ is a comedy about racism set in Wales, where the mother, Karen, tries to hold it all together as her layabout husband, Tony, makes a joke about everything, her daughter, Serena, falls in love with an Indian from Neath and her son, Steve, becomes a racist thug.      

Special Guests: Award Winning lead actors, Helen Griffin (Twin Town, Human Traffic) , Brian Hibbard (Flying Pickets, Coronation Street) with Director, Caradog James and Peter Edwards.

Wednesday 15 November

GOD'S FORGOTTEN HOUSE - 19:00, Cineworld 
God’s Forgotten House is about the difficulty of what to do with innocence once it is lost. It is the story of a confused and struggling young man, John Phillips, who is court mandated to work in a home for troubled children in Harlem. Each child presents a unique set of emotional challenges, and the house is full of violent outbursts and emotional scars where only the strongest survive.

Special Guests: Welsh-born Director Justin Golding comes back to his roots to discuss his debut feature.

                

                         

Thursday 16 November

FREE JIMMY - 19:00, Cineworld
Four stoners, three gangsters, five vegans and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant…

We follow the story of four low life anti-heroes Roy Arnie, Odd, Gaz and Flea who are uprooted from their mean city streets to work with ringmaster Stromowski in a touring Russian circus.

Special Guests: Christopher Nielson (Writer/Director, renowned underground comic book author) and Co-Producer, Sarah Radclyffe (Wish You Were Here, My Beautiful Laundrette, Second Best and The War Zone) give you the low-down on the ‘first CGI feature film ever made strictly for adults…’

HEROES AND VILLAINS - 20:30, Cineworld  
Do you trust your partner? Do you really trust them? What if you could make sure? Jack and his mates can arrange for some certainty in your life. For a small fee they will test your partner and let you see the results. They’re really good at what they do. They’ve turned their lives around with this business. Jack’s got money and the girl he always dreamed of… and only a few people’s lives are destroyed by what they are doing. Who are the real Heroes and Villains·  

Special Guests: Selwyn Roberts (BAFTA Award Winner) will introduce his directorial debut feature with Producer, Mark Pegg (Producer)


PURE HEARTS / RENE HJERTER - 20:30, Chapter   
To the mentally ill Kriss, the world is divided up into 'good and evil', just like in the old B&W melodrama, 'Pure Hearts', which Kriss and his fellow patient, Willy, spend their days repeatedly watching at the psychiatric ward. To Kriss this film is the bible… and this bible leads Kriss down an unexpected path…

Special Guests: Danish Director Kenneth Kainz in conversation with Greg Mothersdale about this unique debut feature film.

Friday 17 November  

DADDY'S GIRL - 18:00, Chapter
A special sneak preview of Dave Evans' feature debut, Daddy's Girl starring Richard Harrington and Jaime Winstone.

Special Guests: Join us for a chat and the first screening of work in progress with Dave Evans, Will Machin, Owen Powell and special guests.


CALON GAETH / SMALL COUNTRY - 20:30, Cineworld
Adapted from the novel by Sian James

Spring 1914 - Tom Evans invites best friend Edward Turncliffe to leave his fiancée behind in oxford and visit his parents estate farm in Carmarthenshire.  Little does he know that his father has left his mother for the local teacher, who is pregnant with his child.

Special Guests:
A special line-up of leading Welsh actors and stars of the film will be in attendance for this World Premiere...

Mark Lewis Jones (Troy, Master and Commander),
Nia Roberts (Daddy’s Girl, Solomon and Gaenor),
Rhian Morgan (Black Dog, A Mind to Kill)
Catrin Morgan (Debut),
Gareth Bale (Debut),
Tom Ellis (Vera Drake, East Enders),
Sharon Morgan (Mind to Kill, Pleasure Pill),
Richard Elfyn (Y Mabinogi, Otherworld, A Mind to Kill),
Rhian Grundy (Very Annie Mary, Two Dragons)
and Gaynor Morgan Rees (Off to Philadelphia in the Morning)

 

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