Past Lives
Apr
11
7:30 pm19:30

Past Lives

Already nominated for multiple awards this beautiful film tells the story of two deeply connected childhood friends who lose contact after Nora’s family emigrates. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week.

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The Old Oak
Mar
28
7:30 pm19:30

The Old Oak

The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village in the NE, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.

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Includes an in-person introduction by writer/director Shona Auerbach and post film Q&A on stage
Nov
9
7:30 pm19:30

Includes an in-person introduction by writer/director Shona Auerbach and post film Q&A on stage

Set in the heart of rural England, Rudy finds her relationship with her father being tested. Stuck as a proxy parent to her younger siblings and dealing with a recent loss, she feels increasingly pushed out when her home gets opened up to a paying guest. Through a newfound friendship with a boy from Coventry, she discovers fun, freedom and autonomy, but is it at the sacrifice of unspoken family wounds?

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Decision to Leave
Sep
14
7:30 pm19:30

Decision to Leave

A man falls to his death in the mountains of South Korea. Tragic accident or a push? The investigating detective at first suspects the man’s wife but then finds himself falling for her as the threads of the case become more entangled.

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A Man Called Ove
Aug
3
7:30 pm19:30

A Man Called Ove

The original Swedish film on which the recent Tom Hanks release A Man called Otto is based. This version stars Rolf Lassgard as the ill tempered Ove, preoccupied with enforcing neighbourhood rules. Then some new people arrive.

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Hit The Road
Jun
22
7:30 pm19:30

Hit The Road

A family of four—and a dog– take a mysterious road trip across a remote part of Iran. Where are they going—and why? The feature film debut of director Panah Panahi, son of legendary film maker and activist Jafar Panahi.

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Living
May
25
7:30 pm19:30

Living

Based on a film by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, with a script by Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in 1950’s London it portrays the monotonous routines of the life of an archetypical bureaucrat—until he finds the determination to achieve something meaningful.

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Happening
Mar
23
7:30 pm19:30

Happening

France in 1963. A student decides to seek an (Illegal) abortion to finish her studies and escape the social constraints of a working-class family. Her exams are just around the corner, and her baby bump is growing fast...

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Emily
Mar
2
7:30 pm19:30

Emily

Imagining the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of Emily Bronte, a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon aged only 30.

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The Quiet Girl
Feb
23
7:30 pm19:30

The Quiet Girl

Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Olga
Jan
26
7:30 pm19:30

Olga

A 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland is working to secure a place at the country's National Sports Center. When, in 2013, the Euromaiden revolt breaks out in her home country, anxieties rise as her family gets involved.

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The Outfit
Nov
3
7:30 pm19:30

The Outfit

An English tailor (Mark Rylance) has set up his business in Chicago making suits for the Mob— outfits for the Outfit. Somebody is selling out the mob to rivals and the FBI using tapes from a hidden recorder, But who?

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After Love
Sep
15
7:30 pm19:30

After Love

Joanna Scanlan rightly won a Best Actress BAFTA for her performance as Mary Hussain who following the unexpected death of her husband, discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.

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Drive My Car
Aug
4
7:30 pm19:30

Drive My Car

Best International Feature Oscar winner this year. Based on the short story by Haruki Murakami from his collection "Men Without Women". After his wife's unexpected death, a renowned stage actor and director, Yusuke Kafuku, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya.

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