Friday 3rd May 10-30am 6pm 8-15pm
The first-ever film in the Irish language to be shortlisted for an Oscar (Best International Film). 97% Rotten Toms.
'The QUIET GIRL' Ireland 95 mins (M)
Set in 1981, this film tells the story of a young girl, Cáit, who is sent away for the summer from her dysfunctional family to live with "her mother's people". These are Seán and Eibhlín Cinnsealach; a middle-aged couple she has never met. Slowly, in the care of this couple, Cáit blossoms and discovers a new way of living, but in this house where affection grows and there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
"This is filmmaking at its most alchemical, turning every ingredient to gold -- even if it is green, the vivid color of the lush trees everywhere on the Kinsellas’ farm, that is the color lingering behind your eyelids as the credits roll." Hollywood
"The Quiet Girl is an impeccably made film, mysterious and harsh in its revelations, among which a disenchanted idea stands out... "you don't always find happiness with your biological family." Variety
"Catherine Clinch delivers an unforgettable and tender performance. Stephen Rennick’s dreamy score with lush melodies
provides an ethereal atmosphere. A must-see." Guardian
Tickets $15 and $12.. Bookings TEXT 0210 2225558
The first-ever film in the Irish language to be shortlisted for an Oscar (Best International Film). 97% Rotten Toms.
'The QUIET GIRL' Ireland 95 mins (M)
Set in 1981, this film tells the story of a young girl, Cáit, who is sent away for the summer from her dysfunctional family to live with "her mother's people". These are Seán and Eibhlín Cinnsealach; a middle-aged couple she has never met. Slowly, in the care of this couple, Cáit blossoms and discovers a new way of living, but in this house where affection grows and there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
"This is filmmaking at its most alchemical, turning every ingredient to gold -- even if it is green, the vivid color of the lush trees everywhere on the Kinsellas’ farm, that is the color lingering behind your eyelids as the credits roll." Hollywood
"The Quiet Girl is an impeccably made film, mysterious and harsh in its revelations, among which a disenchanted idea stands out... "you don't always find happiness with your biological family." Variety
"Catherine Clinch delivers an unforgettable and tender performance. Stephen Rennick’s dreamy score with lush melodies
provides an ethereal atmosphere. A must-see." Guardian
Tickets $15 and $12.. Bookings TEXT 0210 2225558
Wednesday 8th May 7-30pm CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT introduced by Sir Bob Harvey
'The AFRICAN QUEEN' Directed by JohnHuston. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn 1951 95 mins PG
Adapted from a novel by C S Forester,
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
After religious spinster's (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe passage. She's not satisfied so she persuades him to destroy a German gunboat. The two spend most of their time fighting with each other rather than the Germans. Time alone on the river leads to love.
TICKETS $15 and $12 BOOKINGS TEXT 0210 2225558
Sunday 12th May 7pm SPECIAL SCREENING of
'PACIFIC MOTHER'
In award-winning documentary Pacific Mother, Japanese actor and free diver Sachiko Fukumoto joins midwives and Pasifika mothers Kimi Werner, Rava Ray and Ioana Turia to advocate for women reclaiming indigenous birthing practises. Writer/director Katherine McRae (Shortland St, Go Girls) develops the theme of her successful short film Water Baby (2019), which chronicled Fukumoto's own water birth. In this trailer mothers and midwives discuss pregnancy as part of our natural environment, and as an extension of the ocean. The film won four awards at Kiwi festival Doc Edge, including Best NZ Feature.
"All of us, in every country, have lost a lot of our own personal birthing knowledge. I just think it's time we got it back"
FREE ENTRY BOOKINGS TEXT 0210 2225558
Wednesday 15th May 7-30pm
Special Fund raising screening for the Titirangi Soldiers Memorial Church
'THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD' R16
Peter Jackson's amazing rejuvination of Archive War footage.
Using state-of-the-art technology and materials from the BBC and Imperial War Museum, filmmaker Peter Jackson allows the story of World War I to be told by the men who were there. Life on the front is explored through the voices of the soldiers, who discuss their feelings about the conflict, the food they ate, the friends they made and their dreams of the future.
"I've never seen such an artistic approach to a documentary. Peter Jackson uses his extraordinary vision to capture the tragedy of the Great War. The transitions of the black & white/small screen to color full screen encapsulates an eery clarity that comes with war; while capturing the ignorance of the horrors modern warfare, both before the war ramped up, and after the war ended. This film is a work of art, and impacted me on a deep level" RK Variety
TICKETS $15 and $12 Bookings TEXT 0210 2225558