Dick Carruthers is a multi awardwinning director of live concerts and concert DVDs. He is also the producer/director of the groundbreaking 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD set. He will discuss the artistic and technical challenges of selectively unleashing and showcasing the myth that is Led Zeppelin and reveal the challenges of directing last year's reunion gig. Followed by The Song Remains The Same, featuring the Zeps in epic form.

Also showing as part of the Widescreen Weekend are digitally-restored 70mm prints of classics The Great Escape and 2001: A Space Odyssey. More details on the Widescreen Weekend can be found here:

10.00 This is Cinerama
11.45 Celebrity
2.00 The Great Escape
2.00 The State I Am In
4.00 The Way of Snow
5.45 Rabbit-Proof Fence
6.30 Cinematic Sound Formats
7.30 2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm)
7.45 Screentalk: Dick Carruthers + The Song Remains the Same

As part of the Widescreen Weekend we show Star!, a spectacular compendium of the best of 20th century popular music as well as an excellent rags-to-riches story. Also showing as part of that event, The Sand Peebles (1966) showcases the singular talents of Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.

10.00 Windjammer
10.15 Five Kenneth Branagh Short Films (Swan Song, The Periwig-Maker, The Dance of Shiva, Alien Love Triangle and Schneider's 2nd Stage)
12.00 The Man Who Shot Chinatown
1.00 The Bigger Picture
1.30 Summer Scars + The Inheritance
2.30 The Sand Pebbles
4.00 Monty Python's Life of Brian
6.00 The Making of How the West Was Won
6.00 Broke Sky
7.30 Star! (70mm)
8.15 In Search of a Midnight Kiss

We are delighted that Kenneth Branagh has taken time out from a busy work schedule to join us in Bradford. He will discuss his eventful career thus far and accept the 2008 BIFF Fellowship Award. He'll also introduce one of his greatest films, Hamlet, in its full 70mm glory.

10.00 Cineramacana
12.00 The Missionary
1.00 Screentalk: Kenneth Branagh + Hamlet 70mm
1.45 The Wonder Years
2.00 Pandaemonium
4.15 Dog Days Dream
6.00 Honeymoon
6.00 Vexille
8.15 I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK
8.30 Blade Runner