The Promised Land
Jun
6
7:30 pm19:30

The Promised Land

Our 150th screening - with free prosecco reception.

A retired arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king's call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honour himself. But he quickly makes an enemy of a merciless local landowner, who believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king.

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One Life
Aug
8
7:30 pm19:30

One Life

MEMBERS CHOICE - ALL MEMBERS FREE

This poignant and emotional biographical drama follows the life of humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who helped hundreds of children escape German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II.

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The Peasants
Sep
5
7:30 pm19:30

The Peasants

A young woman is determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village. When she finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her.

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IO Capitano
Oct
24
7:30 pm19:30

IO Capitano

Two Senegalese teenagers leave Dakar to travel to Europe where they believe opportunities await. On a journey neither could have imagined, the boys face the dangers and the beauty of the desert, the shock of detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea in their pursuit of a better life, in a powerful, epic story that offers a deeply human perspective on the migrant crisis.

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Blind Terror aka See No Evil
Nov
11
7:30 pm19:30

Blind Terror aka See No Evil

Special Charity Fund Raiser for Arts4Wokingham

You won’t want to miss this 1971 film shot entirely in and around Wokingham. There are tantalising glimpses of the old red brick Victorian railway station, the town centre and a psychopath’s unnerving gaze from The Red Lion out onto Wokingham Market Place.

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Past Lives
Apr
11
7:30 pm19:30

Past Lives

Already nominated for multiple awards this beautiful film tells the story of two deeply connected childhood friends who lose contact after Nora’s family emigrates. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week.

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The Old Oak
Mar
28
7:30 pm19:30

The Old Oak

The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village in the NE, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.

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Includes an in-person introduction by writer/director Shona Auerbach and post film Q&A on stage
Nov
9
7:30 pm19:30

Includes an in-person introduction by writer/director Shona Auerbach and post film Q&A on stage

Set in the heart of rural England, Rudy finds her relationship with her father being tested. Stuck as a proxy parent to her younger siblings and dealing with a recent loss, she feels increasingly pushed out when her home gets opened up to a paying guest. Through a newfound friendship with a boy from Coventry, she discovers fun, freedom and autonomy, but is it at the sacrifice of unspoken family wounds?

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Decision to Leave
Sep
14
7:30 pm19:30

Decision to Leave

A man falls to his death in the mountains of South Korea. Tragic accident or a push? The investigating detective at first suspects the man’s wife but then finds himself falling for her as the threads of the case become more entangled.

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A Man Called Ove
Aug
3
7:30 pm19:30

A Man Called Ove

The original Swedish film on which the recent Tom Hanks release A Man called Otto is based. This version stars Rolf Lassgard as the ill tempered Ove, preoccupied with enforcing neighbourhood rules. Then some new people arrive.

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Hit The Road
Jun
22
7:30 pm19:30

Hit The Road

A family of four—and a dog– take a mysterious road trip across a remote part of Iran. Where are they going—and why? The feature film debut of director Panah Panahi, son of legendary film maker and activist Jafar Panahi.

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Living
May
25
7:30 pm19:30

Living

Based on a film by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, with a script by Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in 1950’s London it portrays the monotonous routines of the life of an archetypical bureaucrat—until he finds the determination to achieve something meaningful.

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Happening
Mar
23
7:30 pm19:30

Happening

France in 1963. A student decides to seek an (Illegal) abortion to finish her studies and escape the social constraints of a working-class family. Her exams are just around the corner, and her baby bump is growing fast...

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Emily
Mar
2
7:30 pm19:30

Emily

Imagining the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of Emily Bronte, a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon aged only 30.

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The Quiet Girl
Feb
23
7:30 pm19:30

The Quiet Girl

Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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Olga
Jan
26
7:30 pm19:30

Olga

A 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland is working to secure a place at the country's National Sports Center. When, in 2013, the Euromaiden revolt breaks out in her home country, anxieties rise as her family gets involved.

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The Outfit
Nov
3
7:30 pm19:30

The Outfit

An English tailor (Mark Rylance) has set up his business in Chicago making suits for the Mob— outfits for the Outfit. Somebody is selling out the mob to rivals and the FBI using tapes from a hidden recorder, But who?

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