Studio Ghibli, London
If you've never stepped into the universes of Hayao Miyazaki and co, it's time you discovered what you're missing. These aren't just some of the best animated children's movies ever made; they'e some of the best movies full stop. The vibrant fantasy worlds, airborne adventures and noble junior heroes of Studio Ghibli's movies fascinate kids, but they're richer, more challenging and more psychedelically epic than most of what passes for grown-up fantasy. Avatar looks like Mr Men compared to, say, Princess Mononoke ? which deals with similar themes with considerably more nuance. Having first championed them 10 years ago, the Barbican brings back Ghibli classics, from Laputa: Castle In The Sky and My Neighbour Totoro (the best one for young viewers), right up to previews of their latest, Arrietty, a version of The Borrowers.
Barbican Screen EC2, Wed to 31 Jul
Liverpool Arabic Fim Festival
Partly as a result of the Arab Spring, and partly because it's been so overlooked in the past, Arab cinema seems to be the place to be right now. And a good place to start within Arab cinema is Egypt, the biggest and best-established film-making industry, which gets a special focus here. For context, there are three films by the late Youssef Chahine, whose work tracked Egypt's changing urban landscapes and social values. Following his trail are new films like Ahmad Abdalla's Microphone, following a US immigrant returning to Alexandria, and the Noury brothers' The Man Who Sold The World, a Moroccan reinterpretation of a Dostoyevsky story, or there's moving mental illness documentary Zelal, co-directed by Chahine's longtime producer Marianne Khoury. Many of the film-makers will be in attendance.
FACT, Mon to 10 Jul
Ingmar Bergman Season: A Modern Classic, Bristol
Bergman was as prolific as he was accomplished. In his prime, he knocked out films even faster than his biggest fan, Woody Allen. But it's usually only the greatest hits that get shown in cinemas ? a shame, since you could watch practically anything Bergman made and go home satisfied, as this short season seeks to prove. Typically, these overlooked films are penetrating, bracingly modern studies of human nature: So Close To Life, made just after Wild Strawberries, covers three expecting mothers in a Stockholm maternity ward, while Sawdust And Tinsel finds sexual undercurrents in a travelling circus troupe, and a father and son compete for the affections of a chorus girl in his third film, A Ship Bound For India.
Watershed, Mon to 24 Jul
Origins Festival Of First Nations, London
The indigenous nations of the world are increasingly getting to grips with film technology ? not just because of its usefulness in communicating their causes (it's hard to think of a "First Nation" that's not under some kind of threat) but also because their ancient storytelling techniques are often entirely compatible with film language. Zacharias Kunuk's Atanarjuat was a case in point, and the director makes another point with documentary Inuit Knowledge And Climate Change. That plays alongside Before Tomorrow, an Inuit drama set in the 19th century, and there's a similar bill of Australian Aboriginal movies on Tuesday (including the excellent Samson And Delilah, pictured), not to mention Mayans, Morocco's little known Saharwari people, and, closer to home, Gaelic-language feature Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle.
Rich Mix, E1, Sat to 9 Jul
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jul/02/this-weeks-new-film-events
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