GAS/IGA Film Group

IGA/GAS Monthly Film Group – Programme for 2010/11

“When we study film we study ourselves.” Glen O. Gabbard , ‘Psychoanalysis and Cinema’

Roberta Green and Peter Mark welcome you to the eleventh year of Screen Memories and we retain our successful formula, offering a diverse selection of films from the critically acclaimed to the undeservedly neglected, with one or two classics thrown in for re-evaluation.        

These are group-analytic events; we watch the films together after a brief introduction, break for refreshments, listen to a short input from
our guest speaker and have about an hour for the large group discussion, which is invariably informative, intriguing and sometimes controversial.    

All films are shown at The Institute of Group Analysis, 1 Daleham Gardens , London NW3 5BY (020 7431 2693)    

Friday evenings Monthly –7.30pm – 10.30pm (except 15th July 2011,which has a 7pm start)

Everyone welcome.    

Film Listing

17th September 2010: Three Miles North of Molkom

15th October 2010: Disgrace

19th November 2010: Dr Strangelove: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

10th December 2010: Looking for Eric

14th January 2011: Precious

18th February 2011: Live Flesh

18th March 2011: My Father My Lord

15th April 2011: The Hurt Locker

20th May 2011: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

17th June 2011: Dogtooth

15th July 2011: The White Ribbon

Programme

17th September 2010
Three Miles North of Molkom    
Directed by Robert Cannan and Corinna McFarlane (UK 2009)      

An acclaimed and original documentary set in a new age festival in Sweden , an interesting and funny exploration of group dynamics.

Discussion led by the directors, Robert Cannan and Corinna McFarlane, who hope to be present, with Dr Estela Welldon , psychiatrist and group analyst, author of ‘Mother, Madonna, Whore’ and ‘Sado-masochism’.        

15th October 2010
Disgrace        

Directed by Steve Jacob (Australia/South Africa 2008)      

From the prize winning book by Nobel laureate J M Coetzee, this is a complex film about gender, power relations and boundaries, set in South Africa, with a strong central performance from John Malkovich.        

Discussion led by Dr Jason Maratos, a psychiatrist for children, adolescents and families and a training group analyst who loves cinema.        

19th November 2010
Dr Strangelove: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb    

Directed by Stanley Kubrick ( UK 1963)      

A satirical work of genius that captures the nuclear brinkmanship politics of its era. Peter Sellars, George C Scott and Sterling Hayden give larger than life comic performances.        

Paul Schulte, Senior Visiting Fellow at Kings College, London, previously engaged in counter-terrorism policy with the Northern Ireland Office and a group therapist, will present a visual re-examination of this classic.        

10th December 2010

Looking for Eric
Directed by Ken Loach (UK 2009)  

Set in Manchester , this is a film about a man in crisis, who turns for help to his football hero – the iconic Cantona, who luckily, also specialises in philosophy.

Discussion led by Jeremy Vintcent , humanistic counsellor and therapist, training at the London Centre for Psychotherapy.

14th January 2011
Precious

Directed by Lee Daniels ( US 2009)      

A story of multiple abuses and a kind of redemption, from the book, Push by Sapphire. The film is set amongst the downside of the American dream. It has won Oscars for Mo’Nique and for the screenplay.

Discussion led by Dreda Say Mitchell, crime writer, broadcaster and education consultant, winner of the CWA John Creasey Dagger award and author of the recent ‘Gangster Girl’, the fourth in her quartet of thrillers.

18th February 2011
Live Flesh

Directed by Pedro Almodovar ( Spain 1997)

Freely adapted from the book by Ruth Rendell, the film takes us into a world of hatred, obsessive jealousy and revenge. A psychological thriller from the Spanish auteur.

Discussion led by Dr Maria-Jose Blanco, lecturer in 20th Century Spanish Literature at Kings College , London . She uses film in her teaching and has a particular interest in the films of Almodovar.

18th March 2011
My Father My Lord     
Directed by David Volach (Israel 2007)  

A prize winning chamber piece about family life and challenges to faith within an orthodox community in Jerusalem .

Discussion led by Dr Morris Nitsun, clinical psychologist, organisational consultant, training group analyst and author of ‘The Group As Object of Desire’ and ‘The Anti-group’.    

15th April 2011
The Hurt Locker
Directed by Katherine Bigelow ( US 2009)  

Best picture Oscar, beautifully acted and directed and conveying a sense of the excitement and madness of young men fighting a war. A film about groups under pressure.      

Discussion led by Yana Stajno, film maker and script writer.        

20th May 2011
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Directed by Mark Herman (UK 2009)

 
The second world war story of a tragic friendship between two boys from opposite sides, set in a concentration camp.

Discussion led by John Woods , child psychotherapist and group analyst at The Portman Clinic.

17th June 2011
Dogtooth
Directed by Giorgios Lanthimos (Greece 2009)      

This disturbing film about a perversely dysfunctional family, which has echoes of the recent cases of family abuse documented in the press, won nine awards including Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2009.        

Discussion led by – Dr Kiriakos Xenitidis , group analyst and psychiatrist working with people who have a learning disorder.        

15th July 2011
The White Ribbon
Directed by Michael Haneke (Germany 2008)  

Strange events happen in a small German village just before the start of the first world war, Haneke’s latest acclaimed and thought provoking film won many awards.

Discussion led by Dr David Wood, child and adolescent psychiatrist, group analyst and family therapist.
Due to this film’s length, the film will begin at 7pm.

“No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.” Ingmar Bergman

Screen Memories exists to engage actively with cinema; an attempt to challenge the fast food ethos of modern consumption, by giving time and thought to a series of films that potentially challenge us, offer a fresh perspective, disturb or confirm our certainties. At best they offer insight into our lives via the initially voyeuristic pleasure of spending time in the lives of others.    

This season we begin with an invigorating, hugely entertaining documentary on the transformational power of groups, Three Miles North of Molkom, and hope that the filmmakers can present their film at the IGA.    

Then the little seen Disgrace  from J.M. Coetzee’s classic South African novel is followed by Paul Schulte ’s re-evaluation of the historic cold war classic, Dr Strangelove  and our Christmas feel good factor is provided by Ken Loach’s imaginative Looking for Eric .    

2011 is welcomed by the groundbreaking Precious , which sets the tone for Almodovar’s Live Flesh  and the wonderful Israeli gem, My Father My Lord . This is followed by the surprise Oscar winner, The Hurt Locker , the riveting holocaust film, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas , the disturbingly thought provoking Dogtooth and the season ends with Haneke’s acclaimed The White Ribbon (a 7pm start for this film due to its length).

All the films have knowledgeable speakers to kick off our discussions and we look forward to welcoming back our regulars as well as Screen Memory first timers.    

Fee:
£15 for individual tickets
£100 for a season ticket (only available in advance of season and not transferrable)    

We advise booking in advance at the IGA: 020 7431 2693 or     iga@igalondon.org.uk   

Information from:
Peter Mark 07786 088194
Roberta Green 020 7385 3408