AKA: A Free Woman 3 Feb 1988 Director: Volker Schlondorff (also of “Tin Drum”) Germany 1972 100 min Starring Margaretha von Trotta as a women attempting, and failing, to escape from her traditional role.
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La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)
20 Oct 1999 Director: Patrice Chéreau France, Germany, Italy 1994 162 min Marguerite is the proud and beautiful sister of the Catholic King of France. It is August 1572. The nation is being torn apart by religious hatred and Margot is forced to marry the Protestant Duke of Navarre in an effort to reconcile her… Continue reading La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)
Amelie – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
11 December 2002 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet France, Germany 2001 122 mins From the director of Delicatessen (1991) comes a pure gem of a film. Amelie who grew up in a slightly eccentric and dysfunctional family, lives in a world of dreams and memories. Working in a Parisian café, she is looking for love and a… Continue reading Amelie – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
Black Cat, White Cat – Crna macka, beli macor
22 January 2003 Yugoslavia, France, Germany 1998 147 min Director: Emir Kusturica Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to a successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, he desperately wants married. Matko comes up with… Continue reading Black Cat, White Cat – Crna macka, beli macor
Wondrous Oblivion
5 Jan 2005 Director: Paul Morrison UK, Germany 2003 106 min Set in the 1960’s, 11 yr old David Wiseman loves cricket. He has the outfit but has no ability. His game is so bad his schoolmates make fun of him. Then a Jamaican family moves next door and builds a cricket net in the… Continue reading Wondrous Oblivion
Man without a Past
Mies vailla menneisyytta 17 Nov 2004 Director: Aki Kaurismaki Finland, Germany, France 2002 97 min ‘M’ arrives in Helsinki looking for work, where he is set upon by thugs and left for dead. He recovers but with no memory of his past. With nothing to support him, he begins to rebuild his life. He wanders… Continue reading Man without a Past
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring
2 Feb 2005 South Korea, Germany 2003 103 min Director: Ki-duk Kim Captivating fable concerning the seasonal nature of life. A young boy lives in the idyllic environment of the floating monastery on a tranquil lake. There his master teaches him the ways of Buddhism. Time goes by and a girl is brought to the… Continue reading Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring
Whalerider
16 Mar 2005 New Zealand, Germany 2002 101 min Director: Niki Caro Cert:PG In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the chief succeeds to the title. 11 year old Pai is convinced that she,… Continue reading Whalerider
Goodbye Julia
2 April 2025 Director: Mohamed Kordofani Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, KSA, Sweden 2023 120 min Certificate TBC Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage, tries to make amends by taking the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia and her son Daniel into her home. Unable… Continue reading Goodbye Julia
Land of Mine
18 Mar 2020 – Cancelled due to COVID Director: Martin Zandvliet Denmark, Germany 2015 101 min Land of Mine follows the little-known story of the young Germanprisoners of war who were handed over to Danish authorities in thedays following Germany’s surrender in May 1945. Tough veteranSergeant Carl Rasmussen is assigned by Lieutenant Ebbe Jensento diffuse… Continue reading Land of Mine