SAFAR Film Festival presents a premiere of the newly restored Watch Out for Zouzou by Hassan Al-Imam. This classic was one of the highest-grossing Egyptian films of all time.
Starring Suad Husni – known affectionately as the ‘Cinderella of the Screen’ and often compared to Marilyn Monroe – the story examines societal tensions when traditional values and social mores are challenged by modern liberalism in 1970s Egypt.
Cinema on the Square returns this summer for four days of open-air film screenings, transforming Millennium Square into a giant outdoor cinema with concert-quality sound.
We close the Millennium Square's Summer Series with a standout lineup of concert films, cult classics from the ‘80s and ‘90s, Japanese favourites, family screenings, singalongs, a Bollywood blockbuster and our first-ever 'Bring Your Own Dog' event.
The film follows the daily routine of Hirayama (Yakusho Kōji), a middle-aged cleaner for The Tokyo Toilet company. He rises in his tiny apartment, lit in early morning purples and greens, gets a coffee from the vending machine opposite his door. Gets in his work van and chooses which audio cassette he will put on – Nina Simone, Lou Reed…
Dir Wim Wenders/2hrs 4mins/Certificate PG/Subtitles/2023
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Experience time and space on the big screen with Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra, and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and celebrate an epic two-part end of season finale at your local cinema on the 31 May 2025.
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself…
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home they'll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected expert crafter.
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Join us from 10.30am before our Saturday screening for a self-led, drop-in activity.
Come and watch the finest shorts God’s Own Country has to offer and meet like-minded creatives. Most filmmakers will be in attendance, so this is a great way to find future collaborators for your next film project.
There will be two halves of short films and a 30-minute interval, for an opportunity to network with the filmmakers and take part in the infamous Milk Teeth raffle!
Showing as part of Intentionally Wes Anderson – a retrospective celebrating one of cinema's most beloved filmmakers, ahead of his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, showing at HPPH from Fri 23 May.
On Saturday 17th May, The Grand Budapest Hotel will be screening as part of a double-bill alongside Moonrise Kingdom. Individual tickets are required for both screenings.
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Gustave H, a concierge who works at a famous European hotel, must prove his innocence when he is framed for a murder. In the process of doing so, he strikes up a great friendship with a lobby boy.
Cast members drop like flies, a prop ship is trapped in the rapids, and director Werner Herzog makes impossible demands. Burden of Dreams is a riveting account of the crazed shooting of Fitzcarraldo, with unhinged star Klaus Kinski, and Herzog haranguing hundreds of indigenous people to pull a 320-ton steamship over a small mountain.
Linda and her mother's relationship hasn't quite been the same since her father passed away. After another squabble, her mother Paulette tries to make it up to Linda by promising to cook her favourite meal - chicken with peppers, just like her dad used to make. But with a general strike closing shops across Paris, finding ingredients for this simple dinner quickly leads to a hilarious series of events that spirals out of control, as Paulette does everything she can to keep her promise and find a chicken for Linda.
Snuff (2024, 26min)
Village knight Sir Thomas Magpie, well known for both his generosity and love of flamboyant hats, despairs that his clumsy page Snuff will ever learn the tricky skills he needs to one day be a knight himself. However, when four thieves threaten to raid a local bootmaker’s shop, Snuff has a clever idea to outfox the villains and save the day. His reward? His very own horse and fancy hat, just like a proper knight!
Jack and Nancy (2024, 26min)