GIFF 70, 2023 | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Written by: - | Date: 28.12.2022 |
 Sune L Thomsen and his Gentofte Kino located just outside central Copenhagen. The 2023 GIFF 70 70mm Festival takes place from Friday 27. January - Sunday 29. January 2023.Welcome to the third edition of Gentofte International Film Festival, or "GIFF 70". With support from The Danish Film Institute and Carlsberg, GIFF 70 will focus exclusively on the majestic and legendary 7OMM format. GIFF 70 is intended to be an annual festival in January. The 2023 70mm Festival takes place from Friday 27. January - Sunday 29. January 2023.
-, says Sune Lind Thomsen, manager of Gentofte Kino. | More in 70mm reading: GIFF 70, Gentofte International Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark Gallery: GIFF 70, 2023 Sune L. Thomsen and the Challenges of 70mm A Conversation with Jean-Jacques Annaud, Director of "The Bear" (1988) Gallery: Gentofte Kino May 5, 2021 PDF: GIFF 70, Gentofte International Film Festival, 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark The Greatest 70mm Race Sune L Thomsen about GIFF 7O @ the Gentofte Kino, Denmark 70mm Retro - Festivals and Screenings Now showing in 70mm in a theatre near you! Projectionist Jan Niebuhr, Denmark Internet link: gentoftekino.dk |
GIFF 70 Program | |
 Friday 27. January 202320:00 “The Wild Bunch” (1969) by Sam Peckinpah. BIG, big scale Western. The date is 1914. Pike Bishop, an aging gunman, heads the Wild Bunch, a gang of marauders, consisting of Dutch Engs- trom, brothers Lyle and Tector Gorch, Mexican Angel and old-timer Sykes. Trying to raid a rail- road depot, they are caught in an ambush laid by Thornton, a former member of the gang, now forced to act as a bounty hunter to keep out of prison. The Wild Bunch, now on the run pursued by Thornton and his posse' of disreputable bounty hunters, then make a deal with Mapache, an unprincipled Mexican bandit general, to steal for him a railway wagon load of army guns and ammunition. They succeed but fall out with Mapache over his brutal treatment and murder of Angel. In a terrible holocaust of slaughter, Pike, Dutch, and the Gorch brothers, Mapache and hundreds of his men are shot. Indeed the only survivors are Thornton and Sykes, who agree to join forces. Director: Sam Peckinpah Starring: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan Run time: 144 min + intro. Saturday 28. January 2023 12.30 "Tenet" (2020) by Christopher Nolan. John David Washington is the new Protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle “Tenet.” Armed with only one word—Tenet—and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion. Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Michael Caine Run time: 150 min + intro. With Danish subtitles 16:00 "Ready Player One" (2018) by Steven Spielberg. From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name. The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger. Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Mark Rylance, Tye Sheridan m.fl. Run time: 140 min. + intro 20:00 “The Bear” / “L’Ours” (1988) by Jean-Jaques Annaud – with introduction by the director. Bear-cub Youk lives happily with his mother. A fatal rock-blow makes him an orphan. The innocent youngster then wanders alone in the wild where it is fun to play with butterflies and eat mushrooms. He seeks refuge with Kaar, a huge Kodiak bear as solitary as he is sinister. Kaar rejects Youk, until the cub licks the wounds Kaar received from a hunter’s gun. A friendship is born. Kaar shares his life experience with Youk, who gradually learns about the dangers of life. The cub will have to face many adventures as well as men with guns. Tom the hunter (Cheky Karyo) and his sinister accomplice Bill the trapper (Jack Wallace) prowl the forest. Captured and separated from his protector, Youk wins over Tom, who gradually sees his prey in a new light. (jjannaud.com) Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Starring: Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe Org. titel: L'Ours Run time: 94 min. + intro by the director | |
 Original Danish "The Wild Bunch" premiere on the CINERAMA screen at the Kinopalæet, Copenhagen 18.09.1969 - 30.10.1969Sunday 29 January 2023 14:30 "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) by David Lean. David Lean's splendid biography of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence paints a complex portrait of the desert-loving Englishman who united Arab tribes in a battle against the Ottoman Turks during World War I. Director: Sir David Lean Starring: Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole mfl. Run time: 3 hours and 47 minutes, including ouverture, entracte and exit music + intro • Go to Restoration of "Lawrence of Arabia" • Go to Some Notes on Shooting "Lawrence of Arabia" • Go to A Message from Freddie A. Young: Advantages and disadvantages of 70mm All films shown in original version - some with Danish subtitles For more information in Danish or contact Kasper Berg Jørgensen, PR & Marketing Manager, Gentofte Kino, Tlf. +45 2972 1871 Gentofte Kino is located just out side the city center of Copenhagen, and is easy to reach by the S-trains. 17 minutes by train, and then a short walk in lovely suburb of Gentofte. Gentofte Kino Gentoftegade 39 2820 Gentofte Denmark | |
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