We hope to welcome director Christophe Wagner to the Sat 15 screening. Between Jo Nesbo, French detectives and Danish television, Europe would seem to have the murder mystery thriller all tied... More
“Midway upon the journey of our lifeI found myself within a forest dark,For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” – Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Inexplicably,... More
When ancient writings of Sanskrit and Tibetan texts vanish during the political turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s, following the Chinese invasion of Tibet, the history of a whole society... More
Voted the top cultural event of 2011 in France, where it became the second most viewed film of all time after just nine weeks, UNTOUCHABLE is the incredible true story... More
Both screwball farce and a heartwarming comedy, STARBUCK is an innovative angle on the arrested adolescent so popular in recent American films. David Wozniar (Huard) has reached 40 without lumbering... More
When this film was shown in the official competition at this year’s Berlinale, people frequently stated that the synopsis scared them, but that when they actually saw the film, felt... More
AIDS may not have a cure, but antiretroviral drugs have been a treatment mainstay since the mid-1990s – yet originally they were heavily protected by patents from Western pharmaceutical firms.... More
This is the story of Lana, whose father abandoned her in Jakarta’s zoo like an exotic animal. Lana will be raised by zookeepers and when old enough, she will... More
Rolf Eden is the last German playboy. He is the king of german discos and a part of the Berlin's history. He has organized the first beauty contest and made... More
As thrillingly immersive and powerfully evocative as any modern 3D experience, THE LODGER tells a story (via Marie Belloc Lowndes’s novel of the same name) inspired by the crimes of... More
*We are delighted to welcome Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and her producer Alison Sterling for a Q&A session after the screening on Monday* Frankie is a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for the... More
*Lead actor Jeremy Irvine, plus Producer Pete Czernin, will join us in person for the screening on Monday 17: IT'S 2 TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!* Tessa is seventeen and... More
A sweet documentary about the elderly Icelandic musical icon who didn’t even start making music until she was seventy. Working in her living room, “outsider musician” Níelsdóttir uses a simple... More
Catalan film director Francesc Bellmunt adapts Valencian writer Ferran Torrent’s book about two orphan brothers who are raised by their uncles in a Valencian village in Franco’s fascist Spain. Mediterranean... More
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”. Whether or not director Hans-Christian Schmid had the opening line of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina in mind... More
The tower block was first built for affordable living after World War II. Communities welcomed them as their excellent views made them popular places to live. Until they deteriorated, and became... More
Young couple Annie and Charlie (Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard) risk it all when they leave their small town life to embark on a road trip to Los Angeles. Annie... More
[REC] director Jaume Balaguero says “Hola Hitchcock” in this scary and darkly unsettling psychological horror thriller. Unassuming Cesar is janitor at an upscale apartment block in Barcelona. However, his quiet... More
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