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Now in its 28th year, the
Cambridge Film Festival has always been keen on taking cinema into
the great outdoors. We are proud to be part of the 2008 Festival's
unique Riverside Screenings.
On four evenings before and during the Festival there will be the
opportunity to experience two great Cambridge traditions together:
watching an innovative film programme presented by the Festival and
enjoying a champagne punt tour.
On these evenings four riverside locations near Grantchester will
become open-air film theatres equipped with outdoor screens; the
chauffeured punts will act as floating auditoria, ferrying audiences
from screen to screen to watch the film programme from the water.
The check-in point will be at the Red Lion pub in Grantchester from
19:30 onwards. Once checked in, audience groups will be led down to
the Meadows to board the punts which will be departing at 10 minute
intervals between 20:00 and 20:50. The post-programme disembarkation
point* is at the Newnham end of the Meadows, a 15 minute walk from the
Red Lion car park and a 3 minute walk from the Newnham car park.
Please click here to view a location
map.
* Please note that customers can also choose to start and/or finish
the evening at our Main Boatyard in Mill Lane, as chauffeured punts
are available to get to and from Grantchester. See price details
below.
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Screenings
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The programmes have been especially assembled for this event with a
different theme each night as below.
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Pre-Festival Screenings
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Tue 16 September: Greenscape - to get in the outdoor
mood, a selection of short films looking at parks and open spaces.
Wed 17 September: Battlefield - reflects on images of
conflict and heroism, in the form of archival shorts and documentary
extracts.
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Festival Screenings
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Tue 23 September: Riverrun - visits the Cam with a
selection of films which will focus on artists’ engagement with water.
Thu 25 September: Dream Screen - explores the
twilight world of dreams, sleep and phantasy with a specially curated
programme which will include films from Surrealism to the present day.
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Rates & Timings
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Prices: per person and include on-board champagne & refreshments.
Booking: visit the Arts Picturehouse website, call the
Box Office on 08717 042050 or reserve in person at the Arts
Picturehouse.
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Grantchester Only Punt
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£: Full price £25.00, Picturehouse Members / concessions £20.00.
Boarding point: at the Red Lion gate, Grantchester, from 20:00 &
disembarking upriver of Dead Man's Corner after the last film.
Duration of punting: c. 80 - 90 minutes.
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Cambridge & Grantchester Punt
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£: Full price £30.00, Picturehouse Members / concessions £25.00.
Boarding point: at our Main
Boatyard in Mill Lane, with 3 departure times of 17:45, 18:00 &
18:15 respectively, returning there after the film show.
Duration of punting: c. 75 minutes to get to Grantchester, c. 80 - 90
minutes during the film show & c. 45 minutes back to Cambridge after
other guests have disembarked upriver of Dead Man's Corner.
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