PREVIOUS EVENTS: 2019
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TALKIES' SHORT FILM COMMISSIONS - PREMIERE NIGHT 2021We start Talkies Cinema again where we left off - with our latest batch of short film commissions based in and around our area. This screening will be to a reduced capacity so get your tickets soon! -
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EATEN BY LIONSWhen Pete and Omar lose their beloved Gran they go in search of Omar's estranged father, confronting him on the day of his daughters engagement party.
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JELLYFISHIntroduced by gifted local screenwriter Simon Lord and featuring newcomer Liv Hill, with an astonishingly good performance as Sarah, a teenage carer whose talent for comedy transforms her troubled life.
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LIFE IS SWEETCritically acclaimed bitter-sweet comedy about the everyday dreams and disasters of an ordinary Enfield family in Thatcher's Britain.
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RAFIKIRomantic sparks fly between the daughters of two opposing politicians in Wanuri Kahiu’s neon-bright story of forbidden love in Kenya.
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STAN AND OLLIELaurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
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MAKING WAVESThis captivating, in-depth documentary celebrates the art of film sound designers in which the maestros reveal the surprising secrets of their largely unknown and challenging profession with great frankness and amazing modesty.
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WOMAN AT WARA dark comedy that takes as its subject matter a middle-aged woman’s fight against the despoiling of rural Iceland. It’s a film of warmth, wit and wisdom and was Iceland’s submission for the foreign language Oscar.
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WILD ROSESt. Andrew's Night special with live music intro about a musician from Glasgow who dreams of becoming a Nashville star. This British independent film marks its own transcendent moment for lead Jessie Buckley.
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ROCKETMANPalmers Green boy Dexter Fletcher directs this epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years.
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WAJIBWriter-director Annemarie Jacir’s bittersweet comedy-drama interleaves simmering tensions in Nazareth with moments of terrific humour as a Palestinian father and son hand-deliver wedding invitations.
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NOSFERATUA visual and emotional treat. Schreck's vampire is truly nightmarish, scuttling from shadows like something you'd really like to see back under its rock. With unique live church organ improv from the amazing David Hinitt.
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BLINDSPOTTINGA refreshingly original comedy-drama about a young man, Collin, on parole and facing his final three days of probation, trying to steer clear of trouble, while his best friend, Miles, can’t stay out of it.