Compass of Mystery Programme

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSSEPTEMBER

PRE-FEST CREATIVE ART WORKSHOPSSaturday 13, 13.00Sunday 14, 13.00

LAUNCHSaturday 27, 19.00

OCTOBER

POETRYThursday 2, 19.00 Youth Poetry Slam

Friday 3, 19.00 Rhymes: Community Poetry Event

SHORT FILMSaturday 4, 19.00Five Minutes of Mystery: Short Film Competition

PERFORMANCE & MAGICFriday 10, 19.00 Theatre Slam

Saturday 11, 18.30Magicianship: The Art Explored & Screening of The Prestige

Sunday 1217.00 Tango Alchemy Workshop 19.00 Illusions of Grandeur

COMPASS FILM WEEKENDThursday 16, 19.00 SOUTH: SOMALIAEaston, Easton (short), Road in My Life (short) & Araweelo (feature)

Friday 17, 19.00 WEST: ARGENTINA Bristol Has Changed My Life (short) & Death and the Compass (feature)

Saturday 18, 19.00 EAST: PAKISTANMr. Amir Ahamed’s Story (short) & Hell’s Ground (feature)

Sunday 19, 18.00 NORTH: POLANDThe Story (short), Survivors (short) & The Saragossa Manuscript (feature)

All events at Mivart St StudiosVenue open an hour before performance start time; food & drink served See back page for ticket prices & directionsCheck out our website – www.compass-film.co.uk – for updates!

Brace yourselves for The Compass of Mystery: a journey across the parameters of mysticism and magic, down passages of intrigue and suspense, through curtains of uncertainty and illusion, to half-glimpsed truths, unveilings and revelation!

Compass Film takes this year’s festival of cinema and Arts in a new and mysterious direction… Inhabiting an unused space, a hidden gem in an urban landscape, the Compass crew will transform their venue into a magical world to house this year’s festival.

In a month of film, poetry, visual art and performance, the festival will explore the depths and dusty cobwebbed corners of the theme of mystery, inviting you, the explorer, to throw down your backseat viewing apparatus and shake off the shackles of spoon-fed culture, to walk hand-in-hand with us through a glistening gateway and experience the world beyond!

Amongst the labyrinthine halls and corridors of Mivart St Studios you will discover art and beauty aplenty. From within this world we invite you to partake of a multitude of films, of theatre, circus, magic and poetry, music, dance, fine foods, drinks, and all in such excellent company! From within this new physical and intellectual framework we bring a plethora of viewpoints around our theme, with seminars and talks from magicians, psychologists, academics and thinkers.

The programme will culminate in Compass’s trademark programme of international cinema. This year’s compass directs us to an exciting selection of films from Poland (North), Pakistan (East), Somalia (South) & Argentina (West), showcasing the creative wealth of these communities sampled from our own and more distant shores. Framed by the insights of local migrant community members, as well as the discussions of audience and panellists, each screening will offer illumination into far-flung worlds and our Bristol home, assimilating the new and the old through the eyes and ideas of our own communities and other more remote ones.

Mivart St StudioS, EaSton, BriStol27 SEptEMBEr – 19 octoBEr 2008

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THE SPACEMIVART ST STUDIOS

In a time in which urban organisation can represent control, and the prioritisation of money and agenda over community and creativity, the spaces and places we choose to practice, present and perpetuate art and community become vital.

In a move to try and reach new audiences, involve diverse and marginal communities, and to promote a less city-centric approach to the enjoyment of quality Arts & Culture, we have moved our festival to Easton, one of the most ethnically diverse and creatively vibrant communities in the South West.

Through a city-wide collaboration of individuals, organisations, creative bods and volunteers we aim to

create a vital artistic, dynamic and community-led space, freed from the constraints of more established venues, and offering a unique audience experience: a world into which the viewers invest as soon as they enter the venue, and not just at the moment the lights go down.

Community members are invited to author this space and contribute to the world being created within. As a blank canvas, the festival venue and the events within it are waiting for you to make you mark. Free of assumptions, the month’s activity – and the two weeks ‘creation time’ that precede it – will represent an organic chain of contribution, reaction and response. At the end of the festival the world will disintegrate… until next year!

Mivart St Studios occupy a former Victorian factory squeezed into a residential street off St. Marks Road in Easton. The large, red brick building has housed various industries over the last hundred years including aircraft construction and clothing manufacture. Today it is home to an eclectic mix of artists, makers, designers, performers, musicians, furniture makers and small businesses, some of whom will be contributing to, and exhibiting as part of, The Compass of Mystery Festival.

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MIVARTARTISTS’ EXHIBITION

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Mivart Artists are diverse and sometimes elusive, due to the labyrinthine building they inhabit and their passion for the hard work of making art. They will respond to the festival with both mystery and imagination. Exhibiting artists will include Jon Bentley, Brandon Chambers, Marilyn Marshall, Niamh Collins-Jackman, Tristram Tyler and Ruth Piper. Although very different in their approach Jon and Brandon are both figurative painters. Their work contains a strong narrative quality that, like dreams, are open to interpretation. Marilyn’s dreamily remembered places

or events are realised through a skilled use of paint. Niamh’s abstract oil paintings are often a response to an emotional situation. They incorporate unusual printing techniques and sometimes make reference to land and sea. Tristram’s strange atmospheric landscapes are a contemporary take on a traditional genre. Ruth constructs bright acrylic paintings in a diagrammatic format that explore the delicate balance between freedom and control.

Contact Mivart ArtistsRuth Piper07711541852www.mivartartists.co.uk

POETRYPoetry: a communicative conjuring trick; a riddle with millions of meanings; a glimpse into the mystery that is humanity; similes for reality; an attempt to answer the questions that lurk at the fringes of our vision at every moment; an escape from mundanity.

Join some of the South West and London’s best and bravest wordsmiths, let them take you on their journeys, carry you away on magic-carpets of metaphor, as they draw back the curtain with the promise of a peek into hidden universes…

Poets to include Excentral Tempest, Poet Malusi, Steven (Blessed) Duncan, Katie Kerr, and many, many more…

Now over to you: rapper, dub-poet, sonneteer, MC, lyricist: we wanna hear it!

Youth poEtrY SlaMthursday 2 october 19.00£4 / £3

First half: Poet PerformancesSecond half: Youth Poetry Slam (open to Under 25s)Want to enter? Email [email protected], or register at least half an hour before the event start time. Please provide name, age and any info on your material.

rhYMESFriday 3 october 19.00£4 / £3

First half: Poet PerformancesSecond half: Open Mic (entry open to all)Want to register? Email [email protected], or register at least half an hour before the event start time.

FIVE MINUTESOF MYSTERY

Lose yourself in a world of intrigue, wonder and confusion where meaning is left suspended and reason unexplained. Have your judgement clouded and your perception challenged as you attempt to decipher the meaning behind these mysterious mini movies. This year the Compass Festival has tuned to the theme of mystery and all that is enveloped by it. Five Minutes of Mystery delivers some of the best pieces of mysterious filmmaking both home grown and internationally hand picked. Join us in an evening of filmic delight that tests your very comprehension of what

is played out on screen as the films‘ creators take on the concept of mystery in its broadest sense.

Awards are available for Best Film, Audience Award, Local Filmmaker and Youth Award. The films will be judged by a panel of experts in the field who will offer their insight into the mysterious world that is the cinema. Enjoy an evening of film cloaked in ambiguity, with a side of musical mystique taking place in the Lounge. Here you can also meet the filmmakers and attempt to uncloak their cinematic mysteries.

Short FilM coMpEtition and ExhiBitionSaturdaY 4 octoBEr, 19.00

£4 / £3

PerformancE

illuSionS oF grandEurSunday 12 october, 19.00 £4 / £3A night of dance, magic, circus and burlesque! Feast your eyes on Eduardo Bozzo’s sensual Argentine dance performance, Tango Alchemy. Gasp at amazing feats of circus silliness and sense defying sorcery as you are entertained by magicians, circus folk and burlesque beauties! A tantalising triumph in tomfoolery!

As the velvet curtain rises on the Compass run of performance, we invite you to enter this delightful world of theatre and illusion. As thespians swoop down from magical worlds to invite you, the audience, to step inside their dramas, we challenge you to suspend your disbelief and enter into the magic! From theatre to circus, from magic to dance, the gate-keepers of this enchanting world will not fail to enrapture!

thEatrE SlaMFriday 10 october, 19.00 £4 / £3A night of performance shorts and tantalising theatrical trinkets presented by your fabulous host & compère, Miss Evie Manning. Vocal duo experimentàle Iain Morrison and Leiza McLeod are The Glamorous, literally dividing audiences wherever they perform. Check out also our mysterious installation shed for A Very Private View, led by Luci Gorell Barnes. Enter into a secret chamber for a unique interactive experience where you choose the view!

tango alchEMY: dancE WorkShopSunday 12 october, 17.00 £4 / £3Eduardo Bozzo has been dancing the Tango Argentino since he learnt it in his native Buenos Aires fifteen years ago. Learning the passion for the dance from some of the old maestros, he has met such tango legends as Elvira Virulazo, Mayoral & Elsa Maria, and Rodolfo & Maria Cieri. With a decade’s worth of experience performing and teaching in Argentina and worldwide, allow Mr Bozzo and his dance partner Ms Caroline Pope to whisk you away on this most mysterious and sensuous of dances! www.tangoalchemy.co.uk

If you buy a ticket for Tango Alchemy plus the evening performance, Illusions of Grandeur, you can claim £2 back, plus a free drink, on the door.

See our website for full performance listings

Magic& Illusion

SaturdaY 11 octoBEr, 18.30 £4 / £3

With a cry of ‘Abracadabra’ we invite you to step inside the enigmatic world of Magic & Illusion, and allow you a peek into the underworld of the uncanny, into the far-reaches of the realms of magicianship, and rarely-allowed glimpses into the hidden histories and the subconscious secrets of the Art… Enter if you dare!

pSYchoanalYSiS & illuSionDr Graeme McGrath is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist from Manchester. He is also a lifelong movie enthusiast. This workshop offers an opportunity to discuss the relationship between the aesthetic of illusion, magic and enthusiasm using psychoanalytic theory illuminated by movie references, including of course The Prestige.

FilM ScrEEning: thE prEStigE (12)(nolan, 2006, 130m)A dark drama about two rival magicians (Christian Bale & Hugh Jackman), so committed to their art that they will fight for supremacy to the death, or so it seems... This adaptation of Christopher Priest‘s novel is a murky and mysterious tale that twists and meanders through the dark streets of late-19th Century London, skirting stranger horizons before winding back to its perplexing, terrifying finale. The film will be introduced by Prof. Mick Mangan (Exeter University), author of Performing Dark Arts (Intellect: 2007).

Magician: kiEron thE MightYIn this evening dedicated to magicianship & conjury prepare to be shocked, amazed and appalled, as reason is cheated, sanity makes way for sorcery and normality surrenders to necromancy! What better way to immerse yourself in the shifting world of magic than under the auspices of this night dedicated to the Art, and under the spell of this wizard performer, this alchemical creator, Kieron the Mighty!

Between Heaven and Hell: the Films of Ulrich SeidlTue 23 – Sun 28 SeptTo mark the October release of Ulrich Seidl’s second feature film

development of Seidl’s dispassionate, often shocking but always deeply humanistic concern with the dark corners and

crevices of society which has earned him the reputation as one of Europe’s most distinctive and provocative filmmakers.

In addition to screening his six previous films, we are delighted to welcome Seidl to Bristol to present a preview of

Import Export

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Between Heaven and Hell: the Films of Ulrich SeidlTue 23 – Sun 28 SeptTo mark the October release of Ulrich Seidl’s second feature film Import Export, this retrospective showcases theImport Export, this retrospective showcases theImport Export

development of Seidl’s dispassionate, often shocking but always deeply humanistic concern with the dark corners and

crevices of society which has earned him the reputation as one of Europe’s most distinctive and provocative filmmakers.

In addition to screening his six previous films, we are delighted to welcome Seidl to Bristol to present a preview of

Import Export followed by a Q&A.

Import Export opens at Watershed on Fri 3 Oct / FFI: watershed.co.uk/seidlAll titles in the season are certificate 18Ticket prices: All Tickets £6.00 full and £4.50 concessions.

Season Deal: Buy tickets for any three titles for the price of two (excluding Import Export preview).

Loss Is to be Expected

Tue 23 Sept, 1800hrs

Animal LoveWed 24 Sept, 1800hrs

Import Export preview + director Q&A

Thu 25 Sept, time TBC

The Bosom FriendFri 26 Sept, 1800hrs

Dog DaysSat 27 Sept, 1800hrs

Jesus, You KnowSun 28 Sept, 1800hrs

ModelsSat 27 Sept, 1500hrs

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Mystery is a chameleonic breed of film… shifting, elusive, and ever changing its form. Exclusively at the Mivart St. Studios this autumn, it can be spotted in the shadow of gallows, the dancing diamonds of the harlequin’s costume, the velvet folds of a conjurer’s cape, the unsung and undiscovered magicians of the camera…

The Compass film weekend (16–19 October) gathers together the elusive cinematic treasures of four physically disparate countries from the corners of the globe. This year the Compass eye fixes its stare upon Poland in the North, Pakistan in the East, Somalia in the South and Argentina in the

West, framing each screening with a critical introduction. This is a festival for the people of Bristol. The focus countries form a substantial part of the multi-ethnic DNA of this diverse city. We aim to promote international and homegrown cinema and uncover the talent that courses through Bristol’s creative veins.

Compass looks to stretch the cinema experience beyond its primary focus, catapulting you into a world of your own making. Experience the arena of cinema beyond the screen, and lose yourself in the labyrinthine passages of Easton’s very own magical mystery tour…

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thursday 16 october, 19.00 £4 / £3

Suspicion and intrigue lie at the heart of this rollercoaster tale of romantic harmony thrown into chaos. The film’s iron grip squeezes an Achilles Heel of loyalty, fidelity and trust. What happens if your new wife is a serial killer? Or maybe that’s just what your best friend thinks? Newly weds Jama and Samira are in marital bliss but their happiness is blighted by Yonis, Jama’s untrusting best friend. Yonis muses suspiciously over the situation, believing the new wife to be a brutal nymphomaniac. The feverish mystery at the film’s core reaches a climax when a sudden turn of events changes their lives forever, and all three are flung into a deadly race for the truth.

Shaki iyo shirqool waxa uu dhexyaalaa wadnaha sheeka-xariirtaan taas oo ah heshiis qiyaali ah oo lagu dhex-tuuray jahawareer. Filinkan fahmadiisa birta’ahu waxa eey majuujineysaa maskiinimada iyo jilacsanaanta. Maxaa dhaca haddii xaaskada cusubi eey tahay dilaa weyn? Ama saxiibkaada kowaad uu ku fekeraaya sidaas? Arooska cusub ee Samira iyo Jama waa guur farxad-leh laakiin waxa hortaagan Yonis kaas oo saaxiibka kowaad ee Jama laakiin aan aamin gelin. Yonis fekradiisu waa mid xeel-dheer oo ku saleysan xaalad shaki ah asigoo aaminsan in xaaska cusubu tahay mid galmada ku waalan. Dahsoonida kulul oo uu filinkan salka ku haayo mid gaareysaa xaraarada ugu sareysa marka xaalada noloshoodu eey si kedis ah isubedesho ayadoo sedexdoodu wada gelayaan loolan adag oo eey ku tiigsanayaan runta.

araWEElo (18)(Soo-Saarida olol, 2006, 97daqiiqo)

araWEElo (18)(olol productions, 2006, 97m)

EaSton, EaSton (15)

(Sharif/Bristol, 2007, 2m)

Abdullah Sharif tells us why the colours, smells and sights of Easton make it his favourite part of Bristol. This story was made at a workshop for students studying English as a Foreign Language at City of Bristol College. It was led by Harriet Brennan, Aikaterini Gegisian and Paddy Uglow and was supported by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.Abdullah Sharif waxa uu noo sheegay in Easton ka mid tahay meelaha uu ugu jecel-yahay magaalada Bristol sababtuna tahay midabka, urka iyo muuqaalka. Sheekadan waxaa sameeyey arday ajnebi oo baranaayey luuqada Ingriiska ayagoo tababar ku qaadanaayey maxadka Magaalada Bristol (City of Bristol College). Waxaana hogaaminaayey Harriet Brennan, Aikaterini Gegisian, Paddy Uglow taageerayeena Matxafka Bristol, Bandhiga Farshaxanka iyo Xasuus Dhowrka.

Mohammed Ali si mala ah ayuu u bartay sida loo naqshadeyo sheeko kus saabsan socdaal nin ka-yimid somaliya. Filinkaanu waa curintii ugu horeysay oo uu soo saaro filin qaadahu. Curintaanu waa mid loogu tala galay in lagu dhiiri geliyo wada-shaqeyn dhexmarta curiyayaasha ka kala socda Afrika iyo Cariibiyaanka ee Koonfurta Galbeed kuwoos oo jeclaan-lahaa in eey sii baaxiyaan xirfadooda farshaxnimada.

Mohammed Ali imaginatively explores how a painting holds the story of one man’s journey from Somalia. The film was produced by Firstborn Creatives for Screen Shift. Screen Shift is designed to encourage collaborations between Afrikan Caribbean and Asian artists in the South West wishing to explore cross artform practice.

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Friday 17 october, 19.00 £4 / £3

Death and the Compass, one of Cox’s most ambitious, inspired and visually stunning films, is a deliciously dark adaptation of the short story by acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. In a totalitarian metropolis of the future, Erik Lönnrot is a gifted detective investigating a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate the insane crime lord Red Scarlach. Enlisting the help of Alonso Zunz, a principled journalist, Lönnrot believes that he has uncovered a labyrinthine occult conspiracy. However, has the investigator’s brilliance merely precipitated his own destruction?

La Muerte y el Compás, una de las películas más ambiciosas, inspiradas y visualmente brillante de Cox, es una adaptación de un relato corto del famoso escritor argentino Jorge Luis Borges. En una metrópolis dictatorial en el futuro Erik Lönnrot es un perspi-caz detective investigando una serie de extraños asesinatos y desapariciones que parecen estar vinculados al crimi-nal Red Scarlach. Con la ayuda de Alonso Zunz, un periodista con altos principios, Lönnrot cree haber descubi-erto una compleja conspiración oculta. Sin embargo, ¿Puede su propia bril-lantez precipitar al investigador a su propia destrucción?

dEath and thE coMpaSS (15)(cox, 1996, 96m)

MuErtE Y El Brújula, la (15)(cox, 1996, 96m)

BriStol haS changEd MY liFE (15)(rumeo/Bristol Stories, 2007, 2m)

Ariel Rumeo’s father thought he was crazy to come to Britain, but he came anyway! This is a film about personal growth and falling in love. This story was made at a workshop for students studying English as a Foreign Language at City of Bristol College. It was led by Harriet Brennan, Aikaterini Gegisian and Paddy Uglow and was supported by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

El padre de Ariel Rumeo pensó que su hijo estaba loco por querer venir a Inglaterra, pero él vino de todos modos. Este es un corto sobre como desarrollarse como persona y sobre como enamorarse. La historia se creó en un taller para estudiantes extranjeros de ingles en el City of Bristol College dirigido por Harriet Brennan, Aikaterini Gegistan y Paddy Liglow y contó con el apoyo de Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

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Saturday 18 october, 19.00 £4 / £3

The very first modern horror film to be shot in Pakistan – a groundbreaking display of contemporary Pakistani film talent, breaking all the rules of local productions and made entirely independently with no film industry or government assistance. In the spirit of the E.C. horror comics of old, the film tells the story of five teenagers who, after losing their way to a rock concert, are menaced by flesh eating mutations and then fall into the clutches of a family of backwoods killers. The film gorges itself on copious helpings of gore alongside a splattering of social commentary and several slices of dark humour. It is best seen as a tribute to the cinema of Lucio Fulci and George Romero, but viewed from a distinctly Pakistani perspective. The film is directed and co-written by former film critic Omar Ali Khan. Its cast combines some of the country’s most exciting new talent alongside Pakistani film veterans such as Rehan and Najma Malik.

hEll’S ground (18)(khan, 2007, 78m)

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Mr. aMir ahaMEd’S StorY (15)(ahamed/Bristol Stories, 2007, 2m)

Mr Ahmed reflects on the two major migrations in his life, first as an eleven year-old Muslim – a passage from India to the newly formed Pakistan – followed by a migration to the UK. This story is part of Independence Stories and was made in a five day workshop at Easton Community Centre with members of the Asian Day Centre. The workshop focused on the personal ‘Independence’ stories of Bristol-based people from South Asian backgrounds, reflecting life in India and Pakistan, and the legacies of partition. The workshop was led by Bristol-based digital animation artist Tajinder Dhami, Aikaterini Gegisian and Paddy Uglow from the Bristol Stories team, with extra support by Nathan Hughes.

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Sunday 19 october, 18.00 £4 / £3

This film has been dubbed the darling of Bunuel, Scorsese and Francis Ford-Coppola, who have all described The Saragossa Manuscript as their favourite film. The film unveils a heady world of mystic eroticism and unnerving supernatural antics as we see young army captain, Alfons, in Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. He discovers an old book telling the story of how his grandfather, Alfons van Worden, sought the shortest route through the Sierra Morena mountains. Inevitably, the shortest route reveals itself as a wild, unruly path and leaves the audience tumbling, like Alice in Wonderland, down some unknown chasm. Dream-like worlds and unearthly characters – ghost princesses, demon possessions and blinded crazies – leap out of the storyline and wreak havoc over the screen. David Lynch described this magical cinematic concoction as ‘simulateously horrific, erotic and funny… this is one mother of a film’. Sit back and watch the madness play forth!

Ten film znany jako ulubiony film Bunuella, Scorsese i Francisa Forda Coppoli, opisywany jest przez nich jako ich faworyzowane dzielo filmowe. Film odkrywa oszalamiajacy swiat mistycznego erotyzmu i nadnaturalnych dziwow. Mlody kapitan – Alfons, przebywajacy w Hiszpanii podczas Wojen Napoleonskich, znajduje stara ksiege opisujaca historie poszukiwania przez jego dziadka Alfonsa van Wordena najkrotszej drogi przez gory Sierra Morena.Ta najkrotsza droga okazuje sie byc dzika, nieobliczalna sciezka i powoduje, ze widzowie, jak Alicja w Krainie Czarow, wpadaja w nieznana odchlan. Swiat jak ze snu, nieziemskie zjawy – duchy ksiezniczek, demony i oslepiajace szalenstwo – zachodzace na siebie opowiesci sieja spustoszenie na ekranie. David Lynch opisal te magiczna kinowa mieszanine jako ‘rownoczesnie straszna, erotyczna i zabawna... jedyna recepta na film’ Siadzcie wygodnie i patrzcie jak toczy sie to szlenstwo.

thE SaragoSSa ManuScript (15)(has, 1965, 180m)

rkopiS ZnalEZionY W SaragoSiE (15)(has, 1965, 180m)

thE StorY (15)(gladysz/Bristol Stories, 2007, 2m)

Polish bus driver Pawel takes a philosophical look at the world from the seat of the Number 77 bus. This workshop was based around the Number 77 First Bus service which runs between Henbury and Hartcliffe. Three passengers and two drivers came together to share their stories and experiences, with the help of Aikaterini Gegisian and Paddy Uglow and support from Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

Polski kierowca autobusu Pawel spoglada filizoficznie na swiat z siedzenia autobusu numer 77. Ta forma oparta zostala na kusujacej pomiedzy Henbury i Hartcliffe linii 77 First Bus. Wystepuje tam troje pasazerow i dwoch kierowcow opowiadajacych swoje historie i dzielacych sie doswiadczeniami, z pomoca Aicaterini Gegisian, Paddy Uglow oraz z poparciem Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

SurvivorS (15)(Zaba, 1998, 35m)

A hidden generation of 250,000 Polish people, forgotten by history, have lived in Britain since an Iron Curtain across Europe stopped them from returning home to Poland in 1945 after exile, war and loss. Using rare archive foot-age and eyewitness accounts, two Bristolian Poles share their astonishing story for the first time.

W Wielkiej Brytanii zyje ukryta, zapomniana przez historie generacja 250,000 Polakow. Zelazna Kurtyna przecinajaca Europe uniemozliwila im powrot do Polski w 1945 roku, po wygnaniu,wojnie i stratach. Uzywajac unikalnych materialow archiwalnych i zeznan naocznych swiadkow, dwaj Polacy z Bristolu dziela sie po raz pierwszy swoja zdumiewajaca historia.

LOCAL FILM

“The goriest film yet! Mixes in devices from the slasher, zombie and Hammer genres.” – film threat

In the tradition of Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pakistan’s first splatter flick delivers spine-tingling thrills when an attractive group of teens drive straight intoa night of savage, demented horror!

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OTHER TREATS & EVENTSCOMPASS OF MYSTERY FUNDRAISERSaturday 13 SeptemberUntil 04.00 Take Five Café, £3A night featuring underground pioneers of the new Bristol dance-floor scene: Gatekeeper (Skull Disco), October (Caravan), and Damien Schnieder (Cuisine). Come and dance til dawn to the freshest dubstep and minimal techno at another legendary Compass party!

LAUNCHSaturday 27 September, 19.00Mivart St Studios, FreeCome and help us celebrate as we open the doors for the very first time to the magical world of the festival! Music, visuals, performers, graffiti, food, art, merriment and magic!

Film Installation: Easton VoicesA conversation about diversity, culture & immigration between the many cultures that mix, blend and sometimes clash in Easton, Bristol. Using interviews from Action Time Vision’s ‘Night in Easton‘ project, it poses questions about culture, stereotypes and nationality to

participants from Guyana, Somalia, Ireland, England, Pakistan, India and Mauritius.

Live Bands: Electro-glam-pop duo Chew Magna cut up the dance floor with their molten rock beats and basslines, whilst Cheap Bent Electrode take no hostages, souping it up with their vocal electropomp.

ART, DÉCOR & DESIGNScreen prints, wall hangings, paintings, sketches, graffiti… Jump into this wonderland of beauty and wildness! Full art/exhibition notes available.

THE LOUNGECheck out Qu Junktions & Blackout Arts Mystery Slots in the Lounge… Music also brought to you by DJs BarrySteppa, From Da Bricks & friends. Be prepared for live music, impromptu theatre and wandering magicians!

FOOD & DRINKThanks to The Runcible Spoon, Café Maitreya, The Thali Café, and the many other supportive local businesses we have to thank for all the ravishing refreshments!

See www.compass-film.co.uk for further info and updates

“The goriest film yet! Mixes in devices from the slasher, zombie and Hammer genres.” – film threat

In the tradition of Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pakistan’s first splatter flick delivers spine-tingling thrills when an attractive group of teens drive straight intoa night of savage, demented horror!

AvAilAble Now

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Let us stir your imagination

August September 2008 Issue 24 The Cultural Arts Magazine

Also featuring Faïza Guène • Games, Theory & Art Denis Kehoe • Yoshitomo Nara + graf • Catherine YassThea Gilmore • Underground Railroad • White DenimPort O’Brien • motiroti • Forced Entertainment Theatre

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POP ART & MASS CULTUREmaking sense of the modern worldcurated by STUART SEMPLE

IRVINE WELSHlooking at the darker side of humanity

DEFINING THEART OF ILLUSTRATIONthe debate surrounding contemporaryvisual culture

DOCU-FANTASIA My Winnipeg: the new genre ofdocumentary filmmaking by GUY MADDIN

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Compass Film Community Interest Company began its life in 2006 with Compass Film Community Interest Company began its life in 2006 with Compass Film Community Interest

two friends who, in their search for fun Company began its life in 2006 with two friends who, in their search for fun Company began its life in 2006 with

and frolics on the Bristol scene, felt the pull of new creative tides and decided to take the plunge! pull of new creative tides and decided to take the plunge! pull of new creative tides and decided

Through the trademark motif of the compass, we hope each year to bring Through the trademark motif of the compass, we hope each year to bring Through the trademark motif of the

forth to you, the people of Bristol, compass, we hope each year to bring forth to you, the people of Bristol, compass, we hope each year to bring

a festival that highlights the cultural forth to you, the people of Bristol, a festival that highlights the cultural forth to you, the people of Bristol,

diversity and creative wealth of this a festival that highlights the cultural diversity and creative wealth of this a festival that highlights the cultural

fair city, representing our communities diversity and creative wealth of this fair city, representing our communities diversity and creative wealth of this

whilst reflecting a truly international fair city, representing our communities whilst reflecting a truly international fair city, representing our communities

perspective. Over the past three years whilst reflecting a truly international perspective. Over the past three years whilst reflecting a truly international

we have garnered support from local, perspective. Over the past three years we have garnered support from local, perspective. Over the past three years

national and international creatives, we have garnered support from local, national and international creatives, we have garnered support from local,

which we hope will continue to lend a breadth and diversity to the which we hope will continue to lend a breadth and diversity to the which we hope will continue to

consideration of art and culture that lend a breadth and diversity to the consideration of art and culture that lend a breadth and diversity to the

underpins our activity.

Each year, through the choice of a different theme or genre we are able Each year, through the choice of a different theme or genre we are able Each year, through the choice of a

to pursue a diversity of ideas and different theme or genre we are able to pursue a diversity of ideas and different theme or genre we are able

readings of the theme, as well as to pursue a diversity of ideas and readings of the theme, as well as to pursue a diversity of ideas and

present a range of cultural reactions and interactions. It is through such present a range of cultural reactions and interactions. It is through such present a range of cultural reactions

exploration of difference in cultural and interactions. It is through such exploration of difference in cultural and interactions. It is through such

response that we hope not only to exploration of difference in cultural response that we hope not only to exploration of difference in cultural

celebrate diversity but to crystallise response that we hope not only to celebrate diversity but to crystallise response that we hope not only to

notions about our own complex and celebrate diversity but to crystallise notions about our own complex and celebrate diversity but to crystallise

rich identities.notions about our own complex and rich identities.notions about our own complex and

As a volunteer run, not-for-profit company we are committed to bottom As a volunteer run, not-for-profit company we are committed to bottom As a volunteer run, not-for-profit

up, grassroots programming born company we are committed to bottom up, grassroots programming born company we are committed to bottom

of collaboration. We aim to enable up, grassroots programming born of collaboration. We aim to enable up, grassroots programming born

as wide a participation in our events as possible, keeping prices low and as wide a participation in our events as possible, keeping prices low and as wide a participation in our events

incentives high, and programming as possible, keeping prices low and incentives high, and programming as possible, keeping prices low and

marginal cultural practice alongside incentives high, and programming marginal cultural practice alongside incentives high, and programming

that which is popular and widely marginal cultural practice alongside that which is popular and widely marginal cultural practice alongside

acclaimed. As such we are that which is popular and widely acclaimed. As such we are that which is popular and widely

always open to new partnerships, contributions, collaborations and new always open to new partnerships, contributions, collaborations and new always open to new partnerships,

ideas. Visit www.compass-film.co.ukto find out more about opportunities in

www.compass-film.co.ukto find out more about opportunities in

www.compass-film.co.uk

collaboration, sponsorship, patronage, to find out more about opportunities in collaboration, sponsorship, patronage, to find out more about opportunities in

volunteering or partnership. collaboration, sponsorship, patronage, volunteering or partnership. collaboration, sponsorship, patronage,

We hope you enjoy the festival!

Company Info

Compass Film CICCompany no: 0609104119 Albany Rd, Bristol, BS6 5LQCompany no: 0609104119 Albany Rd, Bristol, BS6 5LQCompany no: 06091041

E: [email protected] Albany Rd, Bristol, BS6 5LQE: [email protected] Albany Rd, Bristol, BS6 5LQ

W: www.compass-film.co.ukE: [email protected]: www.compass-film.co.ukE: [email protected]

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Thank you to each and every artist, performer and contributor to The Compass of Mystery Festival, and to the amazing Compass team, who all donate their time on a voluntary basis, and without whom, it is no exaggeration to say, we would have nothing.

Company InfoFestival Director: Sam King; Festival Director: Tara Sachdeva; Festival Officer: Nicky Butcher; Grants Officer: Abi Isherwood; Designer: Rhys Prosser; Illustrator: Ben Newman; Press Officer: Gabriella Joswiak; Website Designer: Aneta Gorka; Advisor: Kathrina Glitre; Advisor: Mark Bould; Advisor: Birgit Beumers; Musical Events Coordinators: Barney McGrath & Daniel Love; Commercial Sponsorship Officer: Neil Ferguson; Management Accountant: Matt Whitford

And Also...Rosie Armistead, Siobhan McKeown, Crystal Kershaw, Pavan Heire, Laura Calvert, Melanie Harrison, Laurie Marshall & Verity Gough

Special Thanks To…Abi Isherwood, Kathrina Glitre, Ruth Piper, Sally Reay & all at Mivart St. Studios, Barbara Orme, Birgit Beumers, Mark Bould, Aikaterini Gegisian, Sarah & Chris King, Graeme McGrath, Daniel Lindvall, Martin Degrell, Rhys Prosser, May Yao, Barney McGrath, Daniel Love, Ben Newman, Rosie Armistead, Gabriella Joswiak, Satish Sachdeva, Masoud Yazdani, Chiz & all at Blackout Arts, Evie Manning, June Burrows, Nico Boritch, Damien Schnieder, Madeleine Probst, Naomi Smyth, Christina Zaba, Louise Lynas, Jeremy Routledge, Rosie Gilmour, Iain Morrison, Jake (Take Five Café), Johnny Palmer,

Sunita Ahuja, Abdisalam Mohamed, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Alex Cox, Jyotsna Kapur, Tamara L. Falicov, John King, Dorota Ostrowska, Louise Gardner, Amy Sinclair, David Buttle, Andy Starke, Johnny Palmer, Jennifer Arndt-Johns, Niccolo Milanese, John Sansom, Ed Jenks, Jess Neill, Laura Calvert, Chanelle Brodie, Bobby Blackstock, Bug & Miranda, and all our wonderful friends & families!

Translation ServicesMany thanks to Humberto Perez-Blanco, Dr. Wladyslaw Jozwiak, and Bristol City Council for providing translation services to the festival.

Bristol City Council Community Services: Community CohesionBristol has a changing population. New and growing communities are settling in the inner city areas and beyond, bringing both advantages and new challenges around cohesion and integration. Working with partners from across the Council and the voluntary sector, the Community Cohesion Team leads the Council’s community development response to working with new and settled communities. The ‘bottom up’ approach is at the heart of the work, enabling local residents and organisations to take responsibility in addressing change in their neighbourhoods. Further information and getting involved: www.bristol.gov.uk/communitydevelopment.The Community Cohesion Team, 6 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 8QXEmail: [email protected]: 0117 90 36415 Fax: 0117 90 36408

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Sponsors & SUPPORTERS

Primary Production/Technical Sponsor

TICKETSSingle Entry Tickets£4 (full) / £3 (concessions)

Festival Tickets4 for the price of 3!£12 (full) / £9 (concessions)

Fancy dress and mysterious creations will be rewarded! Concessions apply to full-time students, claimants, asylum seekers and over-60s. Please produce proof of eligibility and proof of age where applicable when purchasing a ticket. Please see individual events for age restrictions. Limited availability on tickets – book early!

Limited tickets available on the door.

Venue and Lounge open one hour before performance start time and close at 11pm. Please arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to performance start. Late ticket sales and entry will be granted at the discretion of the steward. We regret that due to the age of the building the festival venue has no wheelchair access. Seating type varies in the theatre; if you require upright seating please reserve in advance; contact [email protected] or 07760454696

Buy your tickEts hErE!

Thali Café64–66 St Marks RdEaston, BristolBS5 6JHw: www.onestopthali.co.ukt: 0117 951 4979

Bristol Ticket ShopBroadmead Gallery, 28The Galleries Shopping CentreBristol, BS1 3XBe: [email protected]: www.bristolticketshop.co.ukt: 0117 929 9008(subject to booking fee)

By Foot:

Mivart St Studios can either be approached from the city centre via Old Market or St Pauls. From Old Market: past Trinity Centre, up Old Market St, over Easton Way junction. Go up Stapleton Rd, right down St Marks Rd, Mivart St is on the left hand side.From St Pauls: up Ashley Rd, go under underpass along Warwick Rd. Turn left on Stapleton Rd, turn right onto St Marks Rd, turn left onto Mivart St.

By Bus:

From Bristol Town Centre: catch the no. 48 or 49 bus. Get off along Stapleton Rd at the bus stop just after you go under the bridge. Cross the road and turn up St Marks Rd (Lloyds Bank is on the corner). Walk up St Marks Rd until you see Café Maitreya, turn left on to Mivart St. Walk to the top of the road and Mivart St Studios is on the right.

By Train:

From Bristol Temple Meads, Clifton and Clifton Down: catch the Severn Beach Line. Get off at Stapleton Rd, cross over the footbridge and walk down the path to St Marks Rd. Turn left and walk up St Marks Rd, when you see Café Maitreya turn right up Mivart St. Walk to the top of the road and Mivart St Studios is on the right.

DIRECTIONS TO MIVART ST STUDIOS

By Car:

From the M4 Junction 19, exit onto M32 toward Bristol. At Junction 2, exit toward B4469/Fishponds/Horfield. Merge onto B4058/Stapleton Rd (signs for Easton/B4058). Go over one roundabout. Turn right at A432/Stapleton Rd. Turn left at St Marks Rd. Turn left at Mivart St. Parking available on nearby roads. No dedicated parking – residential area.