Journey’s End / Get Out / Jargon – More Than You Ever Wanted to Know & The Joy of Essex

We’ve got four films at three venues on Tuesday 11 September 2018 at the Charlton and Woolwich Free Film Festival.

Journey’s End (12A)
INDOORS screening
Charlton House, Charlton
Tuesday 11th September 2018
FREE (No ticket required – First come first served)

Get Out (15)
INDOORS screening, with SUBTITLES
artFix, Woolwich
7:30PM (Doors open 7.00PM)
Tuesday 11th September 2018
FREE (No ticket required – First come first served)

Jargon – More Than You Ever Wanted To Know (15)
and
The Joy of Essex (15)
INDOORS screening
The Tramshed, Woolwich (also known as GLYPT – the Greenwich & Lewisham Young People’s Theatre)
7:30PM (Doors open 7.00PM)
Tuesday 11th September 2018
FREE (No ticket required – First come first served)

Thank you to our festival partner and sponsor

See Travel Options for each venue at the end, and a list of other films screening there.

Journey’s End at Charlton House

Based on R.C. Sherriff’s 1928 play of the same name, this 2017 adaptation gives an insight into the experiences of a group of British officers who are ordered to carry out an impossible raid on the eve of Operation Michael, the final German Offensive of The Great War.

The play was heavily influenced by the author’s own experiences while serving with the 9^th East Surrey Regiment during the same conflict. This adaptation was widely praised on release as a thoughtful, well-acted and meticulously researched piece of work.

At 7pm, before the film screening, we will have a talk from Clive Harris, a renowned military historian, author and battlefield guide, who will speak about the real-life events that inspired this film – Operation Michael, the last great German Offensive of The Great War and the allied efforts to stem the German advance. There will also be the opportunity for a Q&A session after the talk.

We also have a short filmed interview with Taff Gillingham, whose compnay, Khaki Devil, supplied costumes and equipment and acted as military advisors for the production.

We should also have on display, the original plans of Chalrton House when it was in use as a military hospital towards the end of The Great War and we should be able to identify the use of the Grand Salon and other parts of Charlton House.

[CWFFF event page] [Facebook event page]

Get Out at artFix

Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean.

At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

There will be Café food and drinks, and good company!

Please note, this screening will have SUBTITLES.

[CWFFF event page] [Facebook event page]

Jargon – More Than You Ever Wanted To Know and The Joy of Essex at Tramshed

Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up the wall – jargon. In a wide-ranging programme he dissects politics, the law, football commentary, business, the arts, tabloid-speak and management consultancy to show how jargon is used to cover up, confuse and generally keep us in the dark.

Jonathan Meades: The Joy of Essex: Contrary to its caricature as a bling-filled land of breast-enhanced footballer’s wives and self-made millionaires, Meades argues that this is a county that defies definition – at once the home of picturesque villages, pre-war modernism and 19th-century social experiments.

The event will be attended by the director Francis Hanly, presenter Jonathan Meades and graphic designer Tony Bannister.

[CWFFF event page] [Facebook event page]

Travel options to Charlton House

Plan a journey with Citymapper (free online and phone app)

• Buses stopping nearby: 53, 54, 380, 422, 486
• Rail: Charlton (exit station and head right, going up the hill – the 486 bus from outside the station (slightly to the left, opposite the Post Office) will take you up the hill (Charlton Church Lane), the 380 bus turns onto the hill a little further up. The best bus stop at which to alight is Stop S (Warren Walk) and continue walking upwards to Charlton House, or continue round past the church and stop a little further along at Stop R (Charlton Village) and walk back on the flat bit. [Live DEP / ARR info for Charlton]
• Rail: Westcombe Park – you can take the 422 bus all the way to Charlton House and stop either the Charlton Road Victoria Way bus stop (just before Charlton House) or at Stop R (Charlton Village).
  [Live DEP / ARR info for Westcombe Park]
• Area: Blackheath Royal Standard – 53, 54 and 422 are the best buses, all stop at Charlton Road Victoria Way bus stop (just before Charlton House) or at Stop R (Charlton Village). The 380 eventually stops at Stop R but it takes a  different and much longer route to get there.
• Rail: Blackheath – the 54 bus will take you all the way there, alight at the Charlton Road Victoria Way bus stop (just before Charlton House) or at Stop R (Charlton Village). The 108 or 202 buses from the station will take you to Blackheath Royal Standard, as will the 380 from a little further up by The Crown pub.
  [Live DEP / ARR info for Blackheath]
• Rail / DLR: Woolwich Arsenal – buses 53, 54 and 422 will drop you off at Bus Stop P which is right outside Charlton House. Beware buses 380 or 486 which will drop you at Bus Stop Q (with a short walk) as after that they turn RIGHT into Charlton Church Lane and head in the wrong direction.
  [Live DEP / ARR info for Woolwich Arsenal rail]
  [Live ARR info for Woolwich Arsenal DLR]
  [Live DEP info for Woolwich Arsenal DLR]
• Ferry: Woolwich Arsenal Pier – buses as for Rail / DLR above.
• Ferry: North Greenwich Pier – buses as for tube, below
• Tube: North Greenwich – 422 or 486 bus will drop you at Bus Stop R (see above). Other buses will only take you part of the way.
• Cars: There is limited car-parking available, including for blue badge holders (venue has an accessible loo on ground floor).
  [Contact Charlton House]

Other films showing at Charlton House

Mary Poppins (8 Sep), 3rd edition of the International Short Film Competition, (13 Sep), The Dish (14 Sep) OUTDOORS

Travel options to artFix

Plan a journey with Citymapper (free online and phone app)

artFix on Powis Street is within walking distance of General Gordon Square and Woolwich Arsenal (rail and DLR, and pier) stations.

• Any bus arriving at General Gordon Square (PDF of local buses) will get you quite close. See also travel advice for The Tramshed which is also within walking distance.

Other films showing at artFix

• 10 Sep – Mon, 7.30pm – Arena – Stanley and his Daughters, artFix Woolwich
• 12 Sep – Wed, 7.30pm – Do the Right Thing, artFix Woolwich SUBTITLES

Travel options to The Tramshed

Tramshed / GLYPT is a short walk from Woolwich Arsenal rail, the DLR station is round the corner. All buses that arrive in or near General Gordon Square will suit but ones that stop particularly close are 122, 244, 291, 469 which stop outside the venue at Bus Stop J. Stopping on the opposite side of the road from the venue are 96, 99, 122, 177, 180 and 472 at Bus Stop N or 161, 244, 380, 422, 469 at Bus Stop Q.

Thames Clipper ferries also stop at Woolwich Arsenal Pier. From Blackheath the 54 or 380 will take you to Woolwich and from Blackheath Standard (or Westcombe Park) also the 422.

Other films at #CWFFF18

1. 7 Sep – Fri, 7pm – The Greatest Showman, General Gordon Square OUTDOORS CANCELLED due to events beyond our control
   
2. 7 Sep – Fri, 7.30pm – Yellow Submarine, Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
3. 8 Sep – Sat, 7.30pm – Mary Poppins, Charlton House OUTDOORS
4. 9 Sep – Sun, 8pm – This is Spinal Tap, The White Swan OUTDOORS
5. 10 Sep – Mon, 7pm – Silver Linings Playbook, STIR café [subtitled]
6. 10 Sep – Mon, 7.30pm – Arena – Stanley and his Daughters, artFix Woolwich
7. 11 Sep – Tue, 7.30pm – Journey’s End, Charlton House
8. 11 Sep – Tue, 7.30pm – Get Out, artFix Woolwich [subtitled]
9. 11 Sep – Tue, 7.30pm – Jargon – More Than You Ever Wanted To Know & The Joy of Essex, Tramshed
10. 12 Sep – Wed, 7.30pm – Snatch, The Star
11. 12 Sep – Wed, 7.30pm – Do the Right Thing, artFix Woolwich [subtitled]
12. 13 Sep – Thu, 7.30pm – The Doo Dah Man, Starbucks
13. 13 Sep – Thu, 7.30pm – 3rd edition of the International Short Film Competition, Charlton House
14. 14 Sep – Fri, 6.30pm – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library [subtitled]
15. 14 Sep – Fri, 7.00pm – The Dish, Charlton House OUTDOORS [subtitled]
    
16. 14 Sep – Fri, 7.45pm – Young Frankenstein, Severndroog Castle OUTDOORS
17. 15 Sep – Fri, 7.00pm – Sister Act, General Gordon Square OUTDOORS CANCELLED