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Set in 90's NYC, a promising undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.

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A team of wall-drawing robots will be drawing a mural of the public on the front of our building as part of the Bristol Festival of Tech, Creativity + Culture (BTF+).

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Impulse opens a window into four distinct experiences of living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) — combining gameplay with first-hand lived experience. The result is an immersive encounter with minds that can be exhausting and exhilarating, chaotic, and creative, capturing both the struggles and the inventiveness that come with ADHD.

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In this Lunchtime Talk Container Magazine's editor Oma Keeling will present extracts from the magazine’s deep well of work to mark it's five year publishing run comes to a close,

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When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.

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When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

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An informal social gathering with a collection of experimental digital art – spanning video games, music, computer viruses and documentaries – created for Container Magazine.

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A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly loses grip on reality when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

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Featuring an outstanding performance from Frank Dillane, Urchin is the stunning directorial debut feature from Harris Dickinson.

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Steve follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher and his students, at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them.

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A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.

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Eccentric lottery winner Charles (Tim Key) dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together.

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Two artists in London set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.

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Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed and deserving Palme d’Or winner is a muscular thriller and an engaging morality tale for our times.

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Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are reunited for a fourth time in this gripping, darkly funny and satirical environmental comedy-thriller.

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Commissioned for Channel 4 in its early days of broadcasting, this radical documentary employs diverse artistic mediums to chronicle both the struggles and triumphs of African diaspora communities globally.

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Ralph Fiennes leads an excellent ensemble of new and established talent in this funny and moving First World War drama by beloved writer Alan Bennett.

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Join us at the 17:30 screening of A House of Dynamite on Mon 13 Oct which will feature Descriptive Subtitles and an introduction from Gavin Sunderland, Event Producer, film watcher and an American, followed by a post-screening discussion in the Café & Bar. Featuring BSL interpretation.

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Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz shine in Guillermo del Toro’s imaginative and elemental retelling of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel.

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Josh O’Connor is superb as a rudderless everyman out of step with his immediate environs and the country at large, in Kelly Reichardt’s funny, shaggy heist film.

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From the directors of Free Solo comes this blistering profile of Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario, a woman balancing two callings: career and motherhood.

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This event will be a discussion of the origins of Black History Month and its shifting meaning over time. Our speakers will share their different perspectives on the value of the month – in homes, in schools, in cultural organisations and in society more widely.

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We’re inviting Bristol’s poets to creatively explore the city through Pin the Tale — a digital platform for mapping stories, poems and place, created by Pervasive Media Studio resident Jack Lowe.

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After his Oscar® success with The Whale, Brendan Fraser returns to LFF, starring in HIKARI's rich and heartwarming tale of a struggling American actor searching for a connection in Tokyo.

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Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli with the brand new 4K restoration of Oscar®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki's epic fantasy masterpiece.

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Luca Guadagnino’s gripping psychological drama features an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, playing a college professor whose life begins to unravel.

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In this Lunchtime Talk, Professor Elena Marco discusses Home Made Visible, a study using her own home to explore how storage and domestic spaces affect wellbeing. The project suggests that rethinking our homes is key to building healthier and more inclusive cities.

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Souleymane, an asylum-seeking cyclist who delivers meals in Paris, has only two days to prepare for a crucial interview, which will determine his residence permit status.

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After winning the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at last year's London Film Festival, Mother Vera is the visually stark and striking film inspired by co-director Alys Tomlinson's photographic series Ex-Voto.

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Zhao (Nomadland, The Rider) brings a rawness and honesty to this profound portrait of love, grief and the power of storytelling.

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Akinola Davies Jr’s intimate and resplendent film chronicles two brothers spending a rare day with their father in Lagos.

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Join us for a screening of three rare short films of Menelik - Breaking Point, Step Forward Youth and Blood Ah Go Run.

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Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan star in the thrilling real-life story of world champion boxer Prince Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed and his trainer Brendan Ingle.

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A shy young man finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker, in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut.

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