Programme - 2022/2023 Film Season
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Mon 19 Sep Tue 20 Sep | Belfast | Come early for a welcoming glass of wine before our opening film! Kenneth Branagh draws on his own experience to tell a story of love, laughter and loss in a late1960s Belfast childhood. One day all Buddy thinks he understands about life is turned upside down, but through it all his family keep the joy alive. B&W Dir: Kenneth Branagh /2021/UK/Cert 12A 98min |
| 2022 Mon 3 Oct Tue 4 Oct | Apples | A film which explores identity from a surreal and humorous perspective, with peculiar yet thought-provoking results. During a widespread outbreak of amnesia, Aris enrols in a programme designed to help patients build new memories. Subtitles Dir: Christos Nikou /2020/Greece/Cert 12A 91min |
| 2022 Mon 10 Oct Tue 11 Oct | Dream Horse | An unashamedly feel-good film, the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely racehorse bred by a group of neighbours who chip in their meagre earnings to help raise him and are rewarded by seeing him compete against the racing elite. Dir: Euros Lyn /2020/UK/Cert PG 113min |
| 2022 Mon 24 Oct Tue 25 Oct | Parallel Mothers | Almodovar is on top form with this comedy-drama. Single mothers Janis (Penelope Cruz) and Ana meet in a maternity ward. Despite a significant age gap and differing views, they bond and find their lives irrevocably linked as a result. Subtitles Dir: Pedro Almodovar /2020/Spain/Cert 15 123min |
| 2022 Mon 7 Nov Tue 8 Nov | Ali & Ava | An unlikely romance between two Bradford residents. Brought together by a series of chance encounters, Ali and Ava begin a tentative friendship based on their shared passion for music but soon realise that something more is developing. Dir: Clio Barnard /2021/UK/Cert 15 95min |
| 2022 Mon 21 Nov Tue 22 Nov | Operation Mincemeat | Colin Firth stars in the story of one of the most audacious plots of World War II, devised in 1943 to convince the enemy that Allied troops would be invading Greece. The truth was they were headed for Sicily. Dir: John Madden /2021/USA,UK/Cert 12A 128min |
| 2022 Mon 28 Nov Tue 29 Nov | Manon des Sources | The sequel to Jean de Florette. Jean's daughter Manon is now grown up and a shepherdess. When she learns of the reason for her father's death she determines to take revenge on the villagers who were behind it. Subtitles Dir: Claude Berri /1987/France/Cert PG 113min |
| 2022 Mon 12 Dec | The Duke | This film will be preceded by a short AGM and seasonal mulled wine with mince pies. Starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, the story of the eccentric Kempton Bunton who in 1961 stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery, requesting a ransom be given to charity to pay for TV licences for OAPs. Dir: Roger Michell /2020/UK/Cert 12A 95min |
| 2023 Mon 16 Jan | Gagarine | This film will be preceded by a short AGM. Teenager Youri dreams of becoming an astronaut but must first battle to save his Paris housing project home from demolition. A powerful story of class and race, imagination and wonder, with a nail-biting finale. Subtitles Dir: Fanny Liatard,Jeremy Trouilh /2020/France/Cert 12A 98min |
| 2023 Mon 30 Jan | The Man Who Knew Infinity | A moving account of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the mathematical genius who rose out of poverty in India to solve problems believed to be unsolvable. Dev Patel plays Ramanujan, and Jeremy Irons his mentor at Cambridge just before World War I. Dir: Matt Brown /2016/UK/Cert 12A 108min |
| 2023 Mon 13 Feb Tue 14 Feb | Cold War | An epic love story set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. It spans decades and nations as the couple at its centre struggle to get round the obstacles they themselves put in the way of their happiness. Subtitles, B&W Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski /2018/Poland/Cert 15 89min |
| 2023 Mon 27 Feb Tue 28 Feb | The Phantom of the Open | Truth is funnier than fiction in this delightful tribute to crane operator Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) who, at the age of 46 and with no experience of golf at all, contrived to secure a coveted spot in the1976 British Open. Dir: Craig Roberts /2021/UK/Cert 12A 106min |
| 2023 Mon 13 Mar Tue 14 Mar | Luzzu | With a leaking boat, constrained by EU quotas, competing with giant trawlers, how can a traditional fisherman support his wife and child? He sees no way, until he discovers a black market operation that could offer a risky solution. Subtitles Dir: Alex Camilleri /2021/Malta/Cert 15 95min |
| 2023 Mon 27 Mar Tue 28 Mar | Summerland | During the Blitz a young evacuee is billeted with reclusive writer Alice (Gemma Arterton). The boy’s innocent questions about Alice’s past wake heartbreaking memories of an all-consuming love affair. Dir: Jessica Swale /2020/UK/Cert 12A 99min |
| 2023 Mon 3 Apr Tue 4 Apr | I’m Your Man | A romantic comedy. To obtain research funds for her studies a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment. For three weeks she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy. Subtitles Dir: Maria Schrader /2021/Germany/Cert 15 108min |
| 2023 Mon 17 Apr Tue 18 Apr | The Courier | The astonishing story of British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch), recruited by MI6 to form a partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky in an effort to provide crucial intelligence and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. Dir: Dominic Cooke /2021//UK,USA/Cert 12A 112min |