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SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT - MON 2nd FEB 2026,
2.30 & 7.30pm
Production year: 2024
Country: Belgium/France/Netherlands
Cert (UK): 12
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Music documentary
Language: English/French
Original Title: Soundtrack
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Cast: Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Dad Hammerskold
Johan Grimonprez’s vibrant documentary dives into the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. It reveals how Western powers used "jazz diplomacy" as a smokescreen for Cold War meddling and corporate greed. While icons like Louis Armstrong and Nina Simone toured as cultural ambassadors, the CIA was secretly orchestrating a coup. It’s a rhythmic, eye-opening remix of history that connects global politics to the soul of jazz.
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SOULEYMANE'S STORY - MON 16th FEB 2026, 2.30 & 7.30pm
Production year: 2024
Country: France
Cert (UK): 12A
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: French
Original Title: L’histoire de Souleymane
Director: Boris Lojkine
Cast: Abou Sangare, Alpha Oumar Sow, Nina Meurisse
In Boris Lojkine’s social thriller, Souleymane, an undocumented Guinean migrant races through the streets of Paris as a bicycle delivery rider. Over two frantic days, he must navigate the brutal gig economy, secure nightly shelter, and memorize a fabricated story for a high-stakes asylum interview. As systemic pressure mounts, Souleymane faces a profound moral dilemma: maintain the lie or reveal his harrowing truth to survive.
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VERMIGLIO - MON 2nd MARCH 2026, 2.30 & 7.30pm
In 1944, the remote mountain village of Vermiglio serves as a refuge from World War II. When Pietro, a deserting Sicilian soldier, arrives, he finds sanctuary with the local schoolmaster’s large family. His marriage to the eldest daughter, Lucia, initially offers hope and new life. However, as peace returns to Italy, a devastating revelation about Pietro’s past surfaces, irrevocably altering the family’s future and their bond with the land.
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Production year: 2024
Country: Italy
Cert (UK): 15
Runtime: 2hrs
Genre: War drama
Language: Italian
Original Title: Vermiglio
Director: Maura Delpero
Cast: Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi
DEAF - MON 16th MARCH 2026, 2.30 & 7.30pm
Ángela, a deaf woman, and her hearing partner, Héctor, prepare for the arrival of their first child. The pregnancy raises deep-seated anxieties for Ángela regarding communication and her ability to connect with her daughter. As the couple navigates early parenthood, a growing emotional rift develops when Héctor unintentionally marginalises sign language, leaving Ángela feeling isolated in a hearing-centric world.
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Production year: 2025
Country: Spain
Cert (UK): 12
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish
Original Title: Sorda
Director: Eva Libertad
Cast: Miriam Garlo, Alvara Cervantes, Elena Irureta
NOUVELLE VAGUE - MON 30th MARCH 2026, 2.30 & 7.30pm
Set in 1959 Paris, this "love letter" to French cinema reimagines the radical birth of the French New Wave through the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. It follows Godard's shift from critic to director, employing rule-breaking, spontaneous techniques to defy cinematic convention. The comedy drama captures the chaotic energy and youthful rebellion of the era, showcasing the creative obsession that permanently transformed global cinema.
Production year: 2025
Country: France
Cert (UK): 12A
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedy Drama
Language: French
Original Title: Nouvelle Vague
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin
THE ICE TOWER - MON 13th APRIL 2026, 2.30 & 7.30pm
Production year: 2025
Country: France
Cert (UK): 15
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Fantasy Drama
Language: French
Original Title: La Tour de Glace
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Clara Pacini, August Diehl
Marion Cotillard stars in The Ice Tower, a French fantasy drama that follows the journey of Jeanne, a fifteen-year-old girl who flees her restrictive orphanage in search of a new life. Her path leads her to a massive, bustling film studio where a lavish production of "The Snow Queen" is being filmed. Drawn into this artificial world of wonder, Jeanne becomes captivated by Cristina, the film’s magnetic and formidable lead actress.
As Jeanne secures a position as an extra, she quickly moves from the fringes into Cristina’s inner circle, becoming a confidante to the star. However, the line between cinematic magic and harsh reality begins to blur. Cristina’s mentorship turns out to be a complex web of manipulation, as she uses the young girl to navigate her own insecurities and the pressures of her fading youth. The film explores the seductive power of artifice and the painful loss of innocence that occurs when one discovers the cold, hollow center behind a glamorous facade.