NOSWEITHIAU FFILM AMGEN

21.5.2004
SEE FOG ALL

16.4.2004
THE GENERAL

20.4.2004
NOSON SCI-FI

20-22.2.2004
Penwythnos Tarkovsky

16.1.2004

HIGHWAY Serguei Dvortsvoy 1999 Kazakhstan/Ffrainc

Neuadd Goffa Betws-y-Coed
Drysau yn agor am 7yh, ffilmiau yn dechrau am 7.30yh

CRYNODEB
Wrth deithio drwy wastadiroedd Kazakhstan a gwledydd eraill yr hen weriniaeth Sofietaidd, mae teulu syrcas nomadig yn trawsnewid y tirlun diffaith i fyd hudol wrth berfformio i grwp bychan o bentrefwyr a theithwyr eraill.
Mae Dvortsevoy yn dal yr hudoliaeth gyda llygaid gweledol meistrolgar sydd yn cyplysu byd hudol y syrcas a’r camera.
Mae yna swn drwm a gwelwn hogyn ifanc mewn trwsus gwyrddlas yn codi 70 pwys gyda’i ddannedd. Wedyn, wrth iddo orwedd ar wydir wedi torri, mae ei dad yn gollwn y pwysau arno. Trwy wyrth, mae’r bachgen yn neidio i fynny heb ei niweidio o gwbl ac mae’n bowio i’r camera, fel ei fod yn diolch i’r gynulleidfa.
Ond ar ôl pob perfformiad mae’r gwirionedd yn amlygu ei hun. Mae hudolaeth y syrcas yn sydyn ddiflanu, yn cael ei ddisodli gan weddïau’r tad a sgrechiadau y plant wrth ddadlau. Mae eu mam blinedig wedi cael digon, a nid yw injan yr hen fws sydd bron a marw am gychwyn i fynd a nhw i’r pentref nesaf. Mae’r camera yn ein twys o amgylch y bws cyfyng at siot agos o’n prif gymeriadau.
Tra bo’r fam yn canu hwiangerdd, mae anifeiliaid y ‘steppes’ yn syllu. Mae eryr y diffaethwch wedi’ ddal yn edrych ar yr olygfa. Mae rythm craff Dvortsevoy yn ein galluogi i gymysgu gyda’r pobol a’r anifeiliaid, a rhannu ym modolaeth a hudolaeth yr ‘highway’.

ADOLYGIADAU
"Splendid... Mesmerizing... a testament to the magical power of film to transport the onlooker into other lives and distant lands, to kindle contemplation, offer perspective and excite with the poetic beauty of exotic images. " - New York Times
"Amazing! Dvortsevoy chooses to document quiet moments of unremarkable lives, to make grander statements about human beings' ability to endure and survive. Minimalist filmmaking at its finest." - Chicago Tribune
"Extraordinary, universal and out of time. Without the slightest sentimentality the film reminds us that life can be interpreted as a chain of sparkling moments." - DOX
"Dvortsevoy has critics around the world swooning over a poetic, slow paced style that is as different from Soviet era propaganda as it is from the pedantic narration of the Discovery Channel." - Shout

GWOBRAU
** Grand Prize, 1999 Vue Sur Les Doc Festival (Marseilles, Ffrainc)
** 1999 Prix Europa (Berlin, Yr Almaen)
** 1999 Yamagata Film Festival (Siapan)
** 1999 Nyon Film Festival (Y Swisdir)
** Official Selection, 2000 Middle Eastern Studies Association Film Festival
** Official Selection, 2001 Association for Asian Studies Film Festival

BYWGRAFFIAD
Fe anwyd ym 1962 yn Chimkent, Kazakhstan. Ar ôl astudio hedfan awyrennau yn yr Iwcrain, gweithiodd fel peiriannydd yn Kazakhstan tra yn astudio yn adran ‘radiotechenegol’ yn Novosibirsk's Institute. Astudio yn y ‘Highest Courses’ ar gyfer ysgrifennwyr sgript a cyfarwyddwyr ffilm yn Moscow o 1990-93. Enillodd ei ffilm gyntaf ‘Paradise’(1995) wobr anrhydedd yn y New Asian Currents YIDFF'97 ac yn San Francisco, Nyon, Stuttgart, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, a Cinema du Reel Paris. Fe enillodd ei ail ffilm ‘Bread Day’ (1997) llawer o wobrau a gafodd ei enwebu am Wobr Joris Ivens Prize yn Amsterdam yn 1998. Ei drydydd ffilm yw Highway.

HEFYD FFILMIAU BYRION:

Dangosiad cyntaf y byd o The Jones Investigation: The Bristol Art Library gan Ryan Jones, Cymru 2004
Ffilm ddogfen yn cymeryd golwg ysgafn ar Lyfrgell Gelf Bryste ac y sialens o fod yn is-lyfrgellydd yn y llyfrgell cyhoeddus lleiaf yn y byd.

Little Umbrella gan Bretislav Pojar, Czechoslovakia 1957


HEFYD CERDDORIAETH BYW:

Alun Tan Lan - 'Y Meic Stevens newydd' yn dychwelyd

19.12.2003
Despair Fassbinder 1977 Yr Almaen

Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, Despair is set against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise to power in the thirties. Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and owner of a failing candy factory is at his wit's end. When he finds his empty-headed wife dallying with her ne'er do well cousin, he decides to opt out completely by switching identities with a double. The only trouble is, his so-called double bears him no resemblance.


21.11. 2003
Punishment Park
1971, Peter Watkins, UDA

Cynhyrchiad dogfennol ddadleuol gan y Cymro â gynhyrchodd y ffilm 'The War Game'. Gyda stad o argyfwng wedi ei ddatgan, mae gwrthwynebwyr yn erbyn rhyfel â'r rhai sydd o blaid hawliau dynol yn cael eu gorfodi i ddewis rhwng ddedfryd hir o garchar neu tri diwrnod o ddirgelwch llym yn yr anialwch. Ni chafwyd y ffilm ei ddangos ers 30 o flynyddoedd, a dyma gyfle prin i weld ddigwyddiad cofiadwy yn hanes y Sinema.

17.10.2003
Ghost in the Shell
1995, Mamoru Oshii, Japan

Ghost In The Shell is the major film by Japanese director Mamoru Oshii, who is considred as one of the most brilliant directors of the young generation in Japan.
Mamoru Oshii’s work has made a strong impression in anime through its graphic beauty, but also because of his talent to involve the audience by showing the absurdities and breakdown of current society.

Ghost in the Shell was critically acclaimed internationally and is a Porto Science–Fiction Film Festival award winner 1997.
This film explores themes that inspired Andy and Lany Wachowski who created THE MATRIX.

Ghost in the Shell stands out among many other manga animations due to the high quality of production, and the story involved. It appears to be aimed at a slightly older audience than most of the Anime films that are imported by the West, partly due to having a story with a deeper meaning than is typical of the genre.

Also the central character, Motoko, is shown as an older woman than is typical in Japanese animations. In most animations the central female character will appear, and also speak in a very childlike way. Unlike characters Motoko speaks with an adult voice, and doesn’t have the same large eyes and small nose.

Reinforcing the idea that the main characters are living inside dead shells of metal helps to give a feeling of claustrophobia, which is assisted by use of shots with the background moving behind characters when they speak.
Also a feeling of ghostliness is added by unconventional use of sound track. During scenes of high action, rather than using fast music, instead there is a slow, haunting soundtrack.

28.09.2002
BATTLESHIP POTYOMKIN Sergei I. Eisenstein

The Fare Dodger (aka Black Rider) Pepe Danquart
Surprise! Veit Helmer
Killing Heinz Stephan Eling

03.4.2002
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER Charles Laughton
BUBBLEGUM Peter Strickland

06.03.2002
RASHOMON Akira Kurosawa
RYTHMUS 21 + GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST Hans Richter

06.02.2002
MA VIE EN ROSE Alain Berliner
BLACK TOP+ POWER OF TEN Charles/Ray Eames

05.12.2001
THE NIGHT OF COUNTING THE YEARS Chadi Abdel Salam
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF MR.SAMBA Caroline Leaf

07.11.2001
THE APPLE Samira Makhmalbaf
VIRILE GAMES Jan Svankmajer

03.10.2001
PEEPING TOM Michael Powell
TOXIC A.Ewan
PALMY DAYS Peter Lord/David Sproxton

05.09.2001
CINEMA PARADISO Guiseppe Tornatore
THE BIG SNIT Richard Condie

01.08.2001
HAPPY TOGETHER Wong Kar-wai
DEGREES OF BLINDNESS Cerith-Wyn Evans
BROKEN ENGLISH Derek Jarman

04.07.2001
LIFE IS SWEET Mike Leigh
L'ENCYCLOPEDIE DE GRANDMAMAN Walter Borowzyk
SISTER LULU Phil John
THREE MINUTES OF TORTURE Chris Morris

06.06.2001
ZAMBIAN EXTRAVAGANZA

02.05.2001
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN George Kuchar
THE THREE KNIGHTS Mark Baker
LIGHT OF UNCERTAINTY Clive Walley
DIVERTIMENTI Clive Walley
Talk by animation artist Clive Walley

04.04.2001
DOGME 1 - FESTEN Thomas Vinterberg
H IS FOR HOUSE Peter Greenaway
TROPICAL FISH Charo Corrales

07.03.2001 Zambian Extravaganza Gohirwyd oherwydd clwy traed a'r gennau

07.02.2001
FEAR EATS THE SOUL Rainer Werner Fassbinder
PASSIONLESS MOMENTS Jane Campion/Gerard Lee
REVOLVER Jonas Odell/Stig Bergqvist/Lars Ohlson/Martti Ekstrand

03.01.2001
DUCK SOUP Leo McCarey
EDITH'S ADDICTION John Hammer

06.12.2000
THE SEVENTH SEAL Ingmar Bergman
SOL Francis Lamb

01.11.2000
DEAD MAN Jim Jarmusch
HILARY Anthony Hodgson

04.10.2000
MICROCOSMOS Claude Nuridsany/Marie Perennou
DANCE OF COLOURS Oskar Fischinger
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY Jean Renoir

06.09.2000
BARBARELLA Roger Vadim
DIMENSIONS OF DIALOGUE Jan Svankmajer
OH WHAT A KNIGHT Paul Driessen
Perfformiad gan Bedwyr Williams