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Now in its 29th year, the
Cambridge Film
Festival has always been keen on taking cinema into the great
outdoors. We are proud to be part of the 2009 Festival's unique
Riverside Screenings.
On four evenings before and during the Festival there is the
opportunity to experience two great local traditions together:
watching an innovative film programme presented by the Film 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 15 minute
intervals between 20:00 and 21:00. 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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Thu 10 September: - Heartland.
Nurture your inner romantic with a series of shorts and excerpts
focusing on romance and its melodramatic qualities.
Sat 12 September: - Up To The South.
Jayce Salloum and Walid Ra’ad’s short film provides a lyrical insight
into the minds, hearts, and lived reality of the people of southern
Lebanon. This screening is part of CARTES POSTALES: FROM BEIRUT WITH
LOVE.
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Festival Screenings
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Mon 14 September: - Past Time.
Take a trip back into the region’s past with an archive programme
featuring East Anglia in days gone by. Poignant, nostalgic,
captivating – with a few comedic touches along the way.
Thu 24 September: - Darklight.
A programme of creepy clips to chill the blood and make you wonder
whether that owl you heard really was an owl. Do you dare?
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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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