Director: Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (Bangladesh, France, 2020) Certification: 15 | 1h 40 min | Drama | Language: Bengali with English subtitles Set in a tiny mangrove isle in the Bay of Bengal, The Salt in Our Waters (Nonajoler Kabbo) is the story of Rudro, a city-raised sculptor who travels to this remote mangrove isle on… Read more »
Event Type: Film
-It’s a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra (United States, 1946) Certification: U | 2h 10 mins | Drama| Language: English It’s Christmas Eve and George Bailey (James Stewart) has so many financial problems and is contemplating suicide. As George is about to jump from a bridge is rescued by Clarence (Henry Travers), his guardian angel. We see his life… Read more »
-Miracle on 34th Street
Director: George Seaton (United States, 1947) Certification: U | 1 h 36 min | Drama, Comedy | Language: English The story takes place in New York City between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, and focuses on the story of a Santa who works in a department store and is taken to court after claiming he is… Read more »
-Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)
Director: Christian Carion (France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, 2005)Certification: 12 | 1h 56 min | Drama, History | Language: English, French, German, Latin with English subtitles Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) tells the true-life story of the spontaneous Christmas Eve truce declared by Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I. Enemies… Read more »
-The Muppet Christmas Carol
Director: Brian Henson (United States, United Kingdom, 1992) Certification: U | 1 h 26 min |Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Language: English The adaptation of the classic novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens is presented this time performed by The Muppets, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, Gonzo… Read more »
-A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noël)
Director: Arnaud Desplechin, (France, 2008) Certification: 15 | 2h 25 min | Drama, Comedy | Language: French with English subtitles In A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs… Read more »
-Limbo
Director: Ben Sharrock (UK, 2020) Certification: 12 | 1h 44 min | Drama, Comedy | Language: English, Arabic with English subtitles Ben Sharrock’s critically adored deadpan comedy-drama Limbo is a wry, funny and poignant cross-cultural satire that subtly sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience, shining a light on the hearts and lives… Read more »
-Stray
Director: Elizabeth Lo (United States, 2020, F-Rated) Certification: 18 | 1h 12 min | Documentary | Language: Turkish with English subtitles Through the eyes of its stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, Stray explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter,… Read more »
-I Never Cry
I Never Cry (Jak najdalej stąd) Director: Piotr Domalewski (Poland, Ireland, 2020) Certification: 15 | 1h 38 min | Drama, Comedy | Language: Polish, English with English subtitles Seventeen-year-old Ola (Zofia Stafiej) travels to Ireland to bring her father’s body back to Poland after he died working on a construction site. But never mind her… Read more »
-Herself
Director: Phyllida Lloyd (Ireland, UK, 2020, F-Rated) Certification: 15 | 1h 37 min | Drama | Language: English Sandra (Clare Dunne), on the surface of it, is a young Mum struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe, happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, Sandra has a steely determination… Read more »