Events This Week
Electric Cinema: Kingsfield Schools Stories
This month’s Electric Cinema showcases a series of short films made by a group of students from Kingsfield School during a twelve week after-school filmmaking club. Further Information
Summer Hours
Juliette Binoche leads a fantastic ensemble cast as one of three adult siblings, divided by their distant and divergent lives, who must decide how to deal with their recently deceased mother's estate, which includes a valuable collection of art. Further Information | Book Tickets
Savage Grace
Based on a shocking true story, this tale of dynastic decline, incest, madness and death spans thirty years across New York and Europe as it traces the unravelling of the Baekeland family. Further Information | Book Tickets
Killer of Sheep
Charles Burnett's brilliant low-budget 1977 portrayal of the hardships of ordinary life and the effects of poverty. Further Information | Book Tickets
Let's Get Lost
Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, fashion photographer Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Further Information | Book Tickets
My Winnipeg
Equal parts mystical rumination and personal history, city chronicle and deranged working class fantasy, this “docu-fantasia” is a goodbye letter to Maddin's hometown, laced with startling emotional honesty. Further Information | Book Tickets
California Dreamin' (Endless)
Based on a true event from the period of the Kosovo war in 1999, this epic satire finds a secret NATO train filled with US Marines halted in the lowly town of Capalnita on customs violations. Further Information | Book Tickets
Lou Reed's Berlin
In 2006 Lou Reed finally took to the stage to perform a concert decades in the making. Further Information | Book Tickets
Cinékids: Great Expectations
New Exhibit short copy Further Information
She's a Boy I Knew
At 23, Steven made the difficult decision to come out about his female gender identity to his wife and family and live as Gwen. Further Information | Book Tickets
Phill, Bagpuss and Friends: Celebrating 50 Years of Smallfilms
Encounters Festival is delighted to welcome Phill Jupitus back to host a special event celebrating excellence in animation. Further Information | Book Tickets
Smiley Face
Returning to the trashy youth aesthetics of his apocalyptic teen film days, Araki offers an unashamedly enjoyable stoner comedy featuring Anna Faris in a masterful comic performance. Further Information | Book Tickets
Cinébabies
A cherry picked programme of celluloid treats to enjoy with your tot in tow. Further Information
Great Expectations
Regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Lean fully realises the cinematic potential of Charles Dickens’ classic 1861 tale. Further Information | Book Tickets
Shedloads Film Club: My Winnipeg
If you're between 14 and 21 years old, join us for July’s Shedloads Film Club screening. This month’s pick is My Winnipeg, a funny and surreal documentary about Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin’s hometown. Further Information
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