Suzume
Coarse Language, PG
Makoto Shinkai writes and directs this fantasy anime adventure about a 17-year-old girl named Suzume and a mysterious young man fighting to close portals from another dimension that are releasing disasters all over Japan. Releasing on 13-April, SUZUME is Makoto Shinkai’s 13th directorial work, following his box-office hit in 2016 YOUR NAME, and he firmly established his position as the new leader of the anime industry all over the world after the latest anime WEATHERING WITH YOU became a huge hit in 2019.
Allelujah!
M, Offensive Language, Sexual References
Screening From April 6.
ALLELUJAH is a warm, humorous and deeply moving story about surviving old age. When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back. ALLELUJAH celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever growing demand.
Cast: Judi Dench, Jennifer Saunders , Derek Jacobi
Director: Richard Eyre
Mafia Mama
Rating to be confirmed
Screening from: April 13
Starring Toni Collette, this classic fish out of water tale tells the story of a suburban American woman who inherits her grand- father’s Mafia empire, and guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business. A film full of hijinks, laugh and romance along with plenty of beautiful Italian countryside!
Starring
Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Alfonso Perugini
Driving Madeline
Rating to be confirmed
Screening From April 6.
AN UNMISSABLE FRENCH BOX OFFICE HIT!
When taxi driver Charles reluctantly takes on an early-morning booking, he begins to regret his decision even more so when a cantankerous old woman. Madeleine is waiting begrudgingly at the pickup point. As the journey unfolds, so does the story of Madeleine’s long and eventful life – guiding the audience through her most monumental experiences, from romance to earth-shattering heartbreak. Described by Renaud, as “the most beautiful film of my life,” rediscover the power of the kindness of strangers in Christian Carion’s latest cheerful, heart-warmer.
Mavka
PG, scary scenes, Violence
Screening from April 6.
Beautifully animated, MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG is an adventure full of heart, comedy and cute characters for family audiences.
Mavka – a soul of the Forest – faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human – the talented young musician Lukash. Our story is about the magical power of love. That kind of love that enables human nature to find the magic within and reveals abilities and qualities that empower a person to reach beyond possible and to hold against evil and human vice.
Reel Rock 17
exempt
First session : April 6, 7pm. More sessions will be scheduled to follow .
Don’t miss three heart-stopping new films featuring the year’s biggest climbing & adventure stories: a wild expedition on Nameless Tower in Pakistan; a new cutting-edge route in a massive limestone cave in France; and a journey to Palestine’s West Bank to explore the power of climbing to change lives. Presented by The North Face and supported by Black Diamond & Yeti.
Burning the Flame | Austrian climbers Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher attempt a coveted free ascent of The Nameless Tower in Pakistan
DNA | Seb Bouin tackles what may be the world’s hardest sport climb in the Verdon Gorge of France
Resistance Climbing | In conflict-torn Palestine, a diverse group of climbers finds community, solace and redemption