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In addition to the screenings below there will be a special presentation of Silent Sherlock, three episodes from the restored The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with live accompaniment.
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Dahomey and I'm Still Here
All We Imagine As Light
(Country: France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Payal Kapadia; Writer: Payal Kapadia; Stars: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad, Anand Sami, Lovleen Mishra, Madhu Raja, Shweta Prajapati, Tintumol Joseph, Ardra K.S., Sisira Anil CK, Aparna Ram, Kashish Singh, Nikhil Mathew)
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
The Ballad Of Suzanne Césaire
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich; Writer: Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich; Stars: Zita Hanrot, Motell Gyn Foster, Josué Gutierrez, Reese Antoinette, Melisa Lopez)
Biopic about the Martinican writer and activist.
Dahomey
(Country: France, Senegal, Benin; Year: 2024; Director: Mati Diop)
Documentary about the return of artworks to Benin that were looted by French colonisers.
Endurance
(Year: 2024; Director: Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi; Stars: Mensun Bound, Nicolas Vincent, John Shears)
Documentary about the finding of Shackleton's famous ship and our ongoing fascination with physical achievements.
Harvest
(Country: UK, Germany, US, France, Greece; Year: 2024; Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari; Writer: Joslyn Barnes, Jim Crace, Athina Rachel Tsangari; Stars: Harry Melling, Caleb Landry Jones, Frank Dillane, Arinzé Kene, Rosy McEwen, Grace Jabbari, Thalissa Teixeira, Stephen McMillan, Gordon Brown, Emma Hindle, Mitchell Robertson, Neil Leiper, Noor Dillan-Night, Gary Maitland, Logan Buchanan)
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.
All We Imagine As Light and A Real Pain
I'm Still Here (Ainda estou aqui)
(Country: Brazil, France, Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Walter Salles; Writer: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, Marcelo Rubens Paiva; Stars: Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.)
Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.
A Nice Indian Boy
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Roshan Sethi; Writer: Eric Randall, Madhuri Shekar; Stars: Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff, Sunita Mani, Zarna Garg, Harish Patel, Peter S Kim, Sas Goldberg)
When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his family, his traditional Indian parents must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist-boyfriend and helping them plan the most fabulous Indian wedding their community has ever seen.
Nickel Boys
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: RaMell Ross; Writer: RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, based on the novel by, Colson Whitehead; Stars: Ethan Cole Sharp, Sam Malone, Najah Bradley, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jase Stidwell, Legacy Jones, Ethan Herisse, Jimmie Fails, Ky'druis Follins, Gabrielle Simone Johnson, Peter Gabb, Bill Martin Williams, Ellison Booker, Taraja Ramsess, Zachary Van Zandt)
Tale of two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory.
The Piano Lesson
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Malcolm Washington; Writer: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington, August Wilson; Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Michael Potts, Skylar Smith, Stephan James, Erykah Badu, Malik J Ali, Charity Jordan, Isaiah Gunn, Matrell Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean)
The lives of a family and their relationship with a family heirloom.
Queer
(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2024; Director: Luca Guadagnino; Writer: Justin Kuritzkes, based on the short story by William S Burroughs; Stars: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Michael Borremans, Andra Ursuta, David Lowery)
Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. He is driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, who is based on Adelbert Lewis Marker.
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig and The Wild Robot
A Real Pain
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jesse Eisenberg; Writer: Jesse Eisenberg; Stars: Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey, Jesse Eisenberg, Will Sharpe, Ellora Torchia, Liza Sadovy, Kurt Egyiawan)
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
(Year: 2024; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
The Summer Book
(Country: US, Finland; Year: 2024; Director: Charlie McDowell; Writer: Tove Jansson, Robert Jones; Stars: Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Pekka Strang, Sophia Heikkilä)
The Wild Robot
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Chris Sanders; Writer: Chris Sanders; Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pasca, Catherine O'Hara, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill)
A robot designed to assist humans finds herself stranded on an island populated only by animals.
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