Swindon Film Society

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LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

Wednesday 6 September 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2019 | Bhutan | 110 mins | Cert PG | Family/Drama

A trainee teacher’s dreams of becoming a singer are interrupted when he is posted to the world’s remotest school in the Himalayan Mountain village of Lunana.


THE QUIET GIRL

Wednesday 20 September 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Ireland | 94 mins | Cert 12A | Rural/Drama

Ireland, 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with distant relatives in County Waterford for the summer. Living with a middle-aged farming couple, she discovers a new way of living.


UTAMA

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Bolivia | 87 mins | Cert 12A | Drama

In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and his wife Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.


THE BLUE CAFTAN

Wednesday 25 October 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Morocco | 122 mins | Cert 12A | Romance/Drama

Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. They find their relationship turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.


HIVE

Wednesday 1 November 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2021 | Albania | 84 mins | Cert 15 | Drama

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the end of the Kosovan war. She sets up her own business to provide for her children but is opposed by the local patriarchal society.


OFFICIAL COMPETITION

Wednesday 22 November 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2021 | Argentina/Spain | 114 mins | Cert 15 | Comedy/Drama

A wealthy businessman hires a famous film-maker and a stellar team to help make a smash hit film. Penélope Cruz is a deadpan dream in this wicked film-world satire.


WINNERS

Wednesday 13 December 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Iran | 85 mins | Cert 15 | Family/Drama

In a small Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious film statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, they decide to find the owner.


JOYLAND

Wednesday 3 January 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Pakistan | 126 mins | Cert 15 | Drama

The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a back-up dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans-woman who runs the show.


BERGMAN ISLAND

Wednesday 17 January 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2021 | France/USA | 113 mins | Cert 15 | Romance/Drama

A married couple spend a working retreat on the Swedish island of Faro in the Baltic Sea, that inspired Ingmar Bergman, in order to write screenplays for their upcoming films. The lines between reality and fiction start to blur.


BROKER

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | South Korea | 129 mins | Cert 15 | Crime/Drama

Ha Sang-hyeon is the owner of a hand laundry and volunteers at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two men run an illegal business together, occasionally stealing babies from the church and selling them on the adoption black market.


ONE FINE MORNING

Wednesday 14 February 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | France | 112 mins | Cert PG | Romance/Drama

With an ailing elderly father, a young single professional woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an old friend with whom she embarks on an affair.


CAIRO CONSPIRACY

Wednesday 28 February 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Egypt | 112 mins | Cert 15 | Spy/Drama

A fisherman's son becomes the pawn for Egypt's political elites in exchange for a place at an Islamic University in Cairo, in this tense spy thriller that challenges religious and secular corruption.


THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH

Wednesday 13 March 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | France | 115 mins | Cert 15 | Crime/Drama

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts them more than the others, without them necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.


ARMAGEDDON TIME

Wednesday 27 March 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | USA | 114 mins | Cert 15 | Family/Drama

A 12-year-old boy grows up with dreams of becoming an artist. A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. Stars Anthony Hopkins.