Films

Brian is a lonely inventor who singularly fails in his attempts to create bizarre contraptions. One day, he decides to build an A.I. robot using a washing machine and a mannequin’s head. Lo and behold, Charles the robot, who has a voracious appetite for knowledge and cabbages. This is a wonderful and slightly bonkers British bromance comedy which will bring a smile to everyone’s face.

A devoted rural GP (Francois Chizet) is set in his ways and routine. he is loath to accept help even when he gets bad news and really needs to rest. Help arrives in the person of Dr Delezia (Marianne Denicourt), he greets her with resistance and grumpiness to cover how unsettled he is about this newcomer and his own situation.
This is a delightful film mixing the serious with humour, charm and humanity. The sense of community and caring for each other is beautifully portrayed, just what the French do well.

Cait, a quiet and withdrawn nine-year-old girl, who is neglected by her dysfunctional family, is sent to live with some distant relatives for the summer. However, living on a farm with loving foster parents opens her eyes up to a new way of growing up and Cait learns the true meaning of family. A beautifully understated coming of age drama. (Irish, with subtitles)

Set in an English coastal town in the early eighties, a turbulent time, the film is a moving drama about the resilience of human connections and the fading of a once glorious cinema. The story covers many powerful and painful experiences, showing how people sometimes endure and sometimes they don’t, even with love and caring… Read more »

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives in the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire…. Read more »

Gloriously filmed in staggeringly beautiful locations disillusioned young teacher, Ugyen, is posted to the world’s most remote school. In the shadow of the Himalayas Lunana is a tiny village accessible only by a week long trek on foot. It takes being so far away from the city for Ugyen to understand the importance of his… Read more »

Set in the late 1990’s, the film follows Sophie, an 11 year old girl, on holiday with her father at a fading Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday. Twenty years later, Sophie reflects on the rare time spent with her loving father Calum who struggled under the weight of life outside fatherhood. Her recollections become a heart rendering portrait of their relationship as she tries to reconcile the father she knew, with the man she didn’t.

A scream outside in the street and the squeal of tyres as the secret police remove someone in plain sight as all the bystanders look away; this is Chile in the 1970’s.
Carmen, the stylish wife of a prosperous Santiago doctor becomes gradually drawn into helping anti government forces in this compelling drama of privilege and dissent.

Ove (pronounced Oo-vah), who has given up on life, is a cantankerous, retired, lonely widowed man spending his time unofficially guarding the gated community where he lives. But he reluctantly develops a friendship with a young family new to the area which gives him a new lease of life. A beautiful, quirky comedy/drama about love and friendship across the generations.

A lovely, funny and charming French comedy that has a lot of appeal. Aurore, Agnes Jaoui, is going through many changes in her life some happier than others, but all confusing. Aurore then, by chance, bumps into an old boyfriend, more confusion or a chance to embrace her desire for life and love?