Films Classics From 20 July La dolce vita Marcello Mastroianni, joined iconically by Anita Ekberg and Anouk Aimée, plays a gossip columnist who journeys through Rome in search of stories, love and happiness.…
Films Classics From 17 July A Man and a Woman Winner of two Oscars (one for Best Foreign Film) and the 1966 Palme d’Or, this charming, free-wheeling love story made the international reputation of director…
Films Classics Fri 6 Sept The Bitter Stems Burdened by self-doubt Buenos Aires reporter Alfredo embarks on a venture with a mysterious Hungarian immigrant. Their scheme promises a quick escape from their troubles.…
Films Classics From 8 Sept Coach to Vienna The Screening on 8 September will be introduced by Peter Hames, author of Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition (Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
Special Screenings Films Thu 12 Sept The Other One This is an accessible screening: it will include CC subtitles and a printed introduction
Films Classics From 15 Sept Hiroshima mon amour A cornerstone of the French New Wave, the first feature from Alain Resnais is one of the most influential films of all time. A French…
Films Festivals & Series Wed 18 Sep Artificial Justice In the near future, the Government aims to replace judges with Artificial Intelligence software, pledging to effectively automate and depoliticise the justice system. Carmen Costa,…
Films Festivals & Series Thu 19 Sep Birds Flying East Followed by a Q&A with Pau Durà and producer David Ciurana
Films Festivals & Series Fri 20 Sep Something is about to Happen Followed by a Q&A with costume designer Clara Bilbao
Films Festivals & Series Sat 21 Sep Riqueni Seville-born Francisco Bech has always been deeply connected to the music scene in his hometown. In 2011, he agreed with Rafael Riqueni to document the…
Films Festivals & Series Sun 22 Sep Little Loves Teresa changes her holiday plans to help her mother, who has had a minor accident. Mother and daughter will spend a stifling summer together, unable…
Films Festivals & Series Sun 22 Sep The Road Based on Miguel Delibes’ book by the same title, El camino tells the story of a boy who has to leave his small town to…
Films Festivals & Series Sun 22 Sep Streetwalker In Mexico City, sisters Maria and Elena reunite after several years apart, only to find themselves competing for the affection of Rodolfo, a manipulative pimp.…
Films Festivals & Series Sun 22 Sep Sultana’s Dream Inspired by a feminist science fiction story written by Rokeya Hossain in 1905 in Bengal, the story follows Inés, who embarks on a journey through…
Films Festivals & Series Mon 23 Sep Negu urbilak In 2011, when ETA announced the definitive cessation of its armed activity in Spain, a young woman arrives to Zubieta, a small village by the…
Films Festivals & Series Wed 25 Sep A Deep Breath, Women Filmmakers Guided by three female divers, A Deep Breath, Women Filmmakers (Arnasa Betean) is an immersion into the world of a number of women filmmakers. They…
Films Festivals & Series Tue 24 Sep The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Followed by a Q&A with Patricia Font
Films Festivals & Series Tue 24 Sep Rioja, Land of 1000 Wines This documentary offers a comprehensive look at the vibrant evolution of the Spanish wine industry, showing the interaction between new generations and the historic wineries…
Films Festivals & Series Tue 24 Sep Short Letters from Galicia Enjoy a programme of short films fresh out of Galicia.
Films Festivals & Series Wed 25 Sep Map to Pandataria Followed by a Q&A with Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Chevi Muraday
Films Festivals & Series Wed 25 Sep This Excessive Ambition Billed as “not a tour, not a documentary” but “a tragedy in three acts”, This Excessive Ambition is a unique look at the life and…
Films Classics Thu 26 Sept Road to Crime Sergio works as a mere employee at his rich uncle’s bank, leading a wasteful life in nightclubs and dating the sophisticated starlet, Margot. Unhappy with…
Films Classics From 29 Sept La Musica + Gaumont Palace “Love affairs can end in the space of an hour, marriages (La Musica) in the space of three years. And, within these endless ends, there…
Films Classics From 29 Sept India Song Delphine Seyrig plays the bored and promiscuous wife of a French diplomat (Michael Lonsdale) in Marguerite Duras’s Calcutta based drama, now fully restored to its…
Films Classics Wed 2 Oct Colour of Pomegranates + intro by writer, filmmaker, and film expert Daniel Bird
Films Festivals & Series Fri 4 Oct Mother and Daughter or the Night is Never Complete Followed by a Q&A with Lana Gogoberidze
Festivals & Series Films Sat 5 Oct Smiling Georgia What are the costs of the half-truths that politicians tell? In 2012, the Georgian president wanted to make the nation smile. In the race for…
Films Festivals & Series Sat 5 Oct In Bloom Followed by a Q&A with director Nana Ekvtimishvili, moderated by Bella Radenovitch
Films Classics From 13 Oct La Femme du Gange + Les Mains négatives An important precursor to India Song, La Femme du Gange is the first film in which Duras makes extensive use of disassociated voices and creates…
Films Classics From 20 Oct Nathalie Granger With little or no embellishment, Marguerite Duras offers a simple, often wordless chronicle of a woman’s day. In a pretty house in the Yvelines, on…
Arts Books & Ideas Classical Music Films Talks 6 June - 21 Sept Women Shaping the World Next event : Our Body Sat 31 Aug at 13:25
Classics Festivals & Series Films 7 July - 6 Sept Anouk Aimée, the Enigmatic Star Next event : A Man and a Woman Sun 01 Sep at 13:30
Festivals & Series Films 6 - 26 Sept A Taste of Latin American Noir Next event : The Bitter Stems Fri 06 Sep at 18:10
Classics Festivals & Series Films 27 May - 20 Sept WWII On Screen Next event : Coach to Vienna Sun 08 Sep at 16:00
Classics Festivals & Series Films From 15 Sept The Cinema of Marguerite Duras Next event : Hiroshima mon amour Sun 15 Sep at 14:00
Festivals & Series Films 18 - 25 Sept London Spanish Film Festival Next event : Artificial Justice Wed 18 Sep at 20:30
Films 2 - 6 Oct London Georgian Film Festival Next event : Colour of Pomegranates Wed 02 Oct at 18:30
