Masters of Dox

A Cooler Climate

James Ivory, Giles Gardner
Screening time  
28.03. / Tuesday, 17:30 - 19:30 Theatre 3  

In this deeply personal documentary, the Oscar-winning filmmaker James Ivory uncovers boxes of film he shot during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. The footage stayed untouched for 60 years. In 2022, Ivory, age 94, decided to edit the film as a means to look back at his younger self and to how this unlikely journey far from his hometown in Oregon helped him become who he was to be. Alternating between the incredible moving images he recorded as a curious visitor in Kabul and Bamiyan and his own personal story growing up in Oregon, coming to terms with his own sexual identity, and embarking on what would become a legendary cinematic career, Ivory has made a film about the voyages we all take, around the globe and within our own interior landscapes.

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James Ivory

James Francis Ivory (1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won seven Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated for four Oscars, winning one. Ivory's directorial work includes A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993). For his work on Call Me by Your Name (2017), which he wrote and produced, Ivory won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Writers Guild of America, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the Scripter Awards, among others. Upon winning the Oscar and BAFTA at the age of 89, Ivory became the oldest-ever winner in any category for both awards.

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Giles Gardner

Giles Gardner has been working with James Ivory for over twenty years. He lives in Paris where he has edited numerous award-winning documentaries that regularly appear on the international festival circuit.

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A Cooler Climate

Great Britain
2022, 72'

Directed by:
James Ivory, Giles Gardner

Screenplay by:
James Ivory

Edited by:
Giles Gardner

Music:
Alexandre Desplat

Producer:
Bertrand Faivre

Produced by:
The Bureau

Festivals & Awards:

Cairo IFF (2022), IFFR (2023)