Programme - 2023/2024 Film Season
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 Mon 18 Sep Tue 19 Sep | Empire of Light | Come early for a welcoming glass of wine before our opening film! A poignant love story set in and around an old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s. Starring Olivia Colman as the workaholic manager struggling with her mental health. The film explores the power of human connection to lift spirits in the darkest times. Dir: Sam Mendes 2022/ UK/ Cert 15 115mins |
| 2023 Mon 2 Oct Tue 3 Oct | Broker | Two brokers sell orphaned infants to well-off couples, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption. After an infant’s mother returns to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own. Subtitles Dir: Kore-eda Hirokazu 2022/ S. Korea/ Cert 12A 129mins |
| 2023 Mon 16 Oct Tue 17 Oct | The Drover’s Wife | In the Australian Outback of 1893, the terrain is tough, the people hard-nosed, and law is somewhat secondary. Molly Johnson, heavily pregnant, struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away. Dir: Leah Purcell 2021 / Australia/ Cert 15 109mis |
| 2023 Mon 30 Oct Tue 31 Oct | Hit the Road | Panahi’s debut film is the story of a family on a road trip through north-western Iran in a borrowed SUV. The family bonds as they keep the illness of their sick dog and their true destination a secret from their youngest son. Subtitles Dir: Panah Panahi 2021/ Iran/ Cert 12A 93mins |
| 2023 Mon 13 Nov Tue 14 Nov | Living | Bill Nighy stars as a 1950’s lonely, humourless civil servant in London, who decides to take time off from his job as a bureaucratic cog, to experience a more fulfilling way of life, after a grim diagnosis Dir: Oliver Hermanus 2022/ UK/ Cert 12A 102min |
| 2023 Mon 27 Nov Tues 28 Nov | Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom | Our first ever showing of a film made in Bhutan! A young teacher travels to the most remote school on earth. Here he begins to find the importance of the nation’s philosophy of ‘gross national happiness’. Subtitles Dir: Pawo Choyning Dorji 2022/ Bhutan/ Cert PG 109mins |
| 2023 Mon 11 Dec | A Bunch of Amateurs | This film will be preceded by a short AGM and seasonal mulled wine with mince pies. In Bradford, Britain’s oldest (and ageing) film-making club struggles to survive. With nothing left to lose, they decide to tackle one of Hollywood’s most famous musicals. A warm and funny documentary which highlights what keeps us running a Film Society Dir: Kim Hopkins 2022/ UK/ Cert 12A 94mins |
| 2024 Mon 15 Jan | The Quiet Girl | Note – one night showing only. Set in 1981 rural Ireland, with mainly Gaelic dialogue, this film follows the story of a quiet, neglected nine year old girl, who is sent away from her dysfunctional parents to stay with distant relatives for the summer. Subtitles Dir: Colm Bairéad 2022/ Ireland /Cert 12A 95mins |
| 2024 Tue 30 Jan | What’s Love Got to Do With It? | Note – one night showing only. A Rom-com that looks at how arranged marriages and modern dating habits fit in a multi-cultural Britain today. “While adhering to the classical template, this film emerges as delivering something delightful on both sides of the hyphen” Dir: Shekhar Kapur 2023/UK/Cert 12A 109mins |
| 2024 Mon 12 Feb Tue 13 Feb | Les Choristes | A re-showing of one of our favourites. A new teacher at a school for disruptive boys, brings hope and inspiration in post-war France. Subtitles Dir Christophe Barratier 2004/ France/ Cert 12A 97mins |
| 2024 Mon 26 Feb Tue 27 Feb | First Cow | A skilled cook has travelled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon. He only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a precarious business. Dir: Kelly Reichardt 2019/ USA/ Cert 12A 122mins |
| 2024 Mon 11 Mar Tues 12 Mar | Cairo Conspiracy | The son of a fisherman is given the chance to study at a prestigious university in Cairo. Soon after his arrival, the institution’s Grand Imam dies, and he becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites. Subtitles Dir: Tarik Saleh 2022/ Egypt/ Cert 12A 126mins |
| 2024 Mon 25 Mar Tue 26 Mar | Queen of Glory | Ghanaian-American Sarah is all set to abandon her Ivy League doctoral program to follow her married lover across the country. When her mother dies suddenly, she bequeaths her daughter a Christian bookstore in the Bronx. Laughter and empathy as the heroine is reborn through her inheritance. Dir: Nana Mensah 2020/ USA/ Cert 15 78mins |
| 2024 Mon 8 Apr Tue 9 Apr | EO | This drama follows a donkey who encounters good and bad people on his journeys. He experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes. Subtitles Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski 2022/ Poland/ Cert 15 88mins |
| 2024 Mon 22 Apr Tue 23 Apr | Where the Crawdads Sing | A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved. Adapted from the hugely successful novel. Dir: Olivia Newman 2022/ USA/ Cert 15 125mins |
| Extra Events | Arrangements for any extra events in the season are not yet finalised. Members will be contacted when information is available | |