Our festival programmers have scoured the upcoming releases of indie films from our partner cinemas.
These films chosen for the week April 1-8, 2023
Enjoy!
Three Colours: Blue
‘Three Colours Blue’ was an immediate success, winning the top prizes at the 1993 Venice Film Festival and unanimous praise from critics and audiences the world over. Julie (Juliette Binoche) loses her composer husband and their child in a car crash and, though devastated, she tries to make a new start, away from her country house and a would-be lover. But music still surrounds her and she uncovers some unpleasant facts about her husband’s life. Slowly Julie learns to live again, as music and the gift of creativity prove to be a healing force.‘Three Colours Blue’ is the first part of Kieslowski’s trilogy on France’s national motto: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
Lola by Andrew Ledge (Preview Screening)
A special screening of Andrew Legge’s time-travelling thriller LOLA, complete with FREE popcorn!
In 1941, music-loving sisters Thomasina (Emma Appleton) and Martha (Stefanie Martini) build a machine called LOLA which can intercept broadcasts from the future. While the sisters initially use the machine for small ventures (like discovering music from the future), they soon realise that it may hold the key to defeating the Nazis. LOLA proves to be massively effective in shifting the tide of the war, but as Thomasina begins to become carried away with the level of power the machine holds over the future, the sisters soon discover the world-altering consequences of their actions.
Contains: strong language, violence
Queerama
Garden Cinema
Queerama is a film created from the treasure trove of the BFI archive. A compilation of LGBT+ footage, taken from both documentary and fictional sources, it illustrates the huge changes in LGBT+ life in Britain (mainly England) over the 20th century. From the first gay relationship on film released in 1919, to the present day.
The soundtrack weaves the lyrics and music of John Grant and Hercules & Love Affair with the images and guides us intimately into the relationships, desires, fears and expressions of the LGBT+ community in the 20th century- a century of incredible change.
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