BRITISH SEA POWER TO PERFORM LIVE MAN OF ARAN SOUNTRACK IN NEWLY EXPANDED FILM TENT

A KALEIDOSCOPE TRIP PACKED WITH AWARD-WINNING MOVIES, DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS AND ANIMATIONS LINED UP FOR GREEN MAN 2009

ALL NEW CHAI WALLAH CHILL OUT STAGE - BEAUTIFUL TENT, GREAT NEW MUSIC AND BRANDY CHAI

LIGHTS, CAMERA…ACTION! Follow the Green Man down to his new improved Film Tent this summer as he sets the reels a-rolling for a mind-blowing trip on the big screen

FRIDAY

7 Inch Cinema serve up a kaleidoscopic feast on Friday as the nature-loving and singularly eccentric British Sea Power - still breathless from their set on the main stage - perform a live soundtrack to the brilliant Man of Aran at midnight. A spectacular portrait of life in Ireland’s west coast fishing communities by acclaimed documentary maker Robert Flaherty, this leftfield collaboration is sure to be one of the highlights of Green Man 2009.
 
Before that be sure to catch a suitably lunar line-up of sci-fi shorts and animations in Moon Dreams and a pre-midnight jamboree with the good ladies from Sugarfoot Stomp, before Birmingham’s pioneering purveyors of psychedelic psynema Outer Sight cook up a heady dose of late night treats until 3am.

SATURDAY

Top filmmaker Kieran Evans takes us on a journey of discovery on Saturday with a non-stop banquet of cutting-edge shorts, classic music documentaries and exclusive collaborations, not to mention a screening of his own acclaimed documentary Vashti Bunyan – From Here To Before.

Don’t miss the debut screening of ‘60s underground documentary Dope, promos from the mighty Bella Union label, a collection of films hand-picked by our friends from Fife’s Fence Collective and a trippy re-imagining of cult British horror classic The Wicker Man with live music from Stephen Cracknell and his Memory Band. Kieran rounds off the night by returning to the Summer Of Love with an early hours screening of Roger Corman’s cult 1967 classic The Trip.

SUNDAY

Grab yourself a cider on Sunday for an unmissable cinematic double header as Bad Film Club celebrate the guilty joy that is a terrible movie, recreating a living room atmosphere to revisit Jaws: The Revenge featuring a live DVD-style commentary.

Fans of the 80s are in for a treat with the screening of Made In Sheffield – a five-star documentary charting the birth of the post punk electronic pop scene in the steel city, complete with a live Q&A session with Stephen Singleton from ABC in a Green Man exclusive. Expect rare footage of The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, and Heaven 17 and contributions fromPhil Oakey, Martyn Ware, the one-and-only Jarvis Cocker and one of the last interviews with the legendary John Peel.

Our good friends - Film Friends Forever, will be screening the BIFA award nomintated Three Miles North of  Molkom, a Swedish documentary about the comic-come-karmic adventures of a "Sharing Group" who meet at Angsbacka; a 21st Century playground for adults. We are also showing the new and shocking  Forgotten Bird of Paradise, it was shot undercover in West Papua and details the independence struggle of the Papuan people from Indonesian occupation.

NEW FOR 2009

Everyone’s favourite ethical chill-out café Chai Wallah loves the Green Man so much they’ve decided to stage their very own mini-festival in what promises to be a (relative) oasis of calm amid the madness, mischief and mayhem!
 
Soothe your addled mind with an unrivalled line-up of the very best in emerging dub, hip hop, blues, jazz, world, spoken word and folk music. Sample some herbal shots for a natural high, get the party rocking with 20,000 tunes from DJs The Diplomats of Sound or ahead for a satisfying smoke in the covered comfort of the Shisha Lounge.
 
Why not take advantage of our all-new labour-saving Mr Trolley hire service this summer? Make that dreaded trip from the car to the tent and back just a little bit easier by chipping in with friends to rent our specially designed trolleys with drop down sides, pneumatic wheels and quite literally bags of loading space.
 
At just £5 for 30 minutes and with 20% of all profits going to Amnesty International, there really is no excuse not to arrive at Green Man 2009 in style.