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THE NETTLE DRESS - TUES 20th FEB 2024 2.30 & 7.30pm
Production year: 2023
Country: UK
Cert (UK): 12A
Runtime: 1 hr 08 mins
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Original Title: The Nettle Dress
Director: Dylan Hewitt
Cast: Allan Brown
A poignant and acclaimed documentary in which textile artist Allan Brown spends 7 years coming to terms with his wife's death, by crafting a length of hand-spun cloth from foraged nettles. He describes how the spinning and weaving helped calm his emotions and channel his grief. Finally, he produces a dress that his daughter wears in the nettle woods. A meditative hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft unfolds as the seasons change and time passes.
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CLOSE - TUES 5th MAR 2024, 2.30 & 7.30pm
Leo and Remi are two 13-year-old best friends, growing up on neighbouring farms in the Belgian countryside, with a seemingly unbreakable bond. When school resumes after the summer, the boys' close friendship inspires mean remarks from their classmates; the boys’ relationship is put to the test and will never be the same again. An emotional portrait of friendship and love, heartbreak and healing.
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Production year: 2022
Country: Belgium
Cert (UK): 12A
Runtime: 1hr 44 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: French, Flemish, Dutch
Original Title: Close
Director: Lukas Dhont
Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Emile Dequenne
JOYLAND - TUES 19th MARCH 2024, 2.30 & 7.30pm
Production year: 2022
Country: Pakistan
Cert (UK): 15
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: Urdu
Original Title: جوائے لینڈ
Director: Saim Sadiq
Cast: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan
In Lahore, Haider shares a traditional home with his wife, father and his brother’s family. He has been unemployed for two years, but when he is pressured to find work, he is set up with a job as a backing dancer at an erotic theatre. Without any training or talent, he is taken under the wing of Biba, a trans dancer to whom he finds himself attracted. But as he lies about his new life to his family, it is only a matter of time before they find out about his career and relationship. A sensitive, funny, but sometimes sad drama with some fabulous Bollywood dance routines.
Saim Sadiq's directorial debut has been described as a delicate, intelligent and emotionally rich film, and a picture of considerable integrity, passion, and bravery.
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FALLEN LEAVES - TUES 2nd APRIL 2024, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Ansa is single and lives in Helsinki. She works on a zero-hours contract in a supermarket, stocking the shelves. One night, in a karaoke bar, she accidentally meets the equally lonely worker Holappa, an alcoholic. Against all odds and misunderstandings, they try to build a relationship, whilst, in the background, Putin’s war menaces the Finnish border. A sweet, romantic comedy about lonely people with baggage, and the courage to fall in love later in life.
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Production year: 2023
Country: Finland
Cert (UK): 12A
Runtime: 1hr 21 mins
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Language: Finnish
Original Title: Kuolleet lehdet
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Alina Tomnikov
LOVE LIFE - MONDAY 15th APRIL 2024, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
The story follows Taeko and her husband who live peacefully with her young son Keita until a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, homeless and deaf, back into her life. Elements of mystery and domestic drama are finely blended, crafting a narrative that explores the complexities of relationships and the human capacity for change. Love Life is a thought-provoking and emotionally resonant film that delves into the intricate layers of grief, love and self-discovery.
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Production year: 2022
Country: Japan
Cert (UK): 12A
Runtime: 2hrs 3 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: Japanese
Original Title: Love Life
Director: Koji Fukada
Cast: Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada
DRIVING MADELEINE -TUES 30th APRIL 2024, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Charles, a troubled Parisian taxi driver is sent to pick up lively 92-year-old Madeleine on the day she moves out of her house for the last time. She wants him to drive her around the city looking at her old haunts before she reluctantly moves in to a care home, and the unlikely pair bond over the course of the long, meandering, sometimes eventful journey. We follow their journey past the Paris landmarks, but Madeleine's back story includes flashbacks to some harrowing events in her past.
Moving, profound and touching, this is a real treasure of a film.
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Production year: 2022
Country: France
Cert (UK): 15
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Language: French
Original Title: Une Belle Course
Director: Christian Carion
Cast: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz