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NORTHERN WIND

NORTHERN WIND
2019 | Dir Walid Mattar | 91min | France

North of France. Hervé’s (Philippe Rebbot) factory is relocated. The entire workforce takes industrial action, except Hervé – he is the only worker to resign himself because he pursues another destiny: to become a fisherman and to transmit this passion to his son. Suburbs of Tunis, where the factory is relocated. Foued (Mohamed Amine Hamzaoui), unemployed, finds himself hired to work at the same pattern-stamping machine as had Hervé, and thinks there is a way to cure his mother and especially to seduce the girl he loves. The trajectories of Hervé and Foued are similar and answer to each other. French/Arabic with English subtitles.

“A clever and captivating tale of two continents.” – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

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Watch at home now for £7.49 (with discount code above). Stream available for 48 hours after play started.
Film run ends on 29 November 2020.

TV Connections

Streaming films to your TV

Streaming films to your laptop or mobile device is fine if you’re out and about and needing to kill time but if you’re at home, it’s best to connect your device to your TV via a cable or wifi. Nick Shepherd, David Lean Cinema’s Technical Assistant, has written a comprehensive guide on this subject to assist you with achieving this so you can enjoy our select streaming films at their best and on as big as screen as possible given the fact that we can’t show films in our auditorium at the moment.
This is quite a technical subject if you consider all the different possibilities although if you have HDMI connections on both your laptop and TV, the process is fairly simple. The guide attempts to explain different options in easy terms and we hope it will help you understand the process. We cannot enter into any discussions regarding individual installations but if you are really stuck with something that we can answer with a one sentence reply then visit our Contact Form to get in touch with us.
Read how to stream films to your TV.

When viewing streamed films, ensure that you select full screen mode! The controls for this vary depending on the platform; examples for YouTube are near bottom right (icon on the right and for Vimeo also near bottom right and also to the right – other platforms are similar.

You can practice and test streaming content from this page.

If you wish to use wifi to stream from a mobile device or laptop, the David Lean Cinema recommends a Chromecast (£30) for streaming films from your mobile device or laptop to a TV for best enjoyment of films promoted by us. However, the easiest option for a laptop remains an HDMI cable connection between device and TV. Streaming of films is heavy on battery use so have your charge nearby or keep your device on charge throughout the film.

Although many consider Chromecast a close competitor to the Fire TV Stick, the two work in a fundamentally different manner. While Fire TV makes it easy to watch Amazon and third-party content directly, without any other hardware, Chromecast is designed to be used alongside a smartphone, from which you ‘cast’ (hence the name) what you want to view on the large screen. This means you can skip a lot of the hoop-jumping to get your Fire TV Stick to play nicely with your smartphone.
However, its smartphone focus doesn’t put it entirely out of range of your PC. You can “cast” from any Chrome browser tab to a TV via the Chromecast device. Click the three dots at the end of the Chrome address bar and pick ‘Cast … ‘ from the menu. Chrome will search for available devices on your network, so make sure you’re on the same Wi-Fi connection as the Chromecast. If it can’t find your Chromecast, make sure your TV is switched on and tuned to the channel through which you watch Chromecast. As Chromecast connects using HDMI, it may not display its services across the network if it thinks that it doesn’t have a screen to output to.
Although the tab you’re browsing might not be a perfect fit for your TV if your PC and television screen are different sizes, Chromecast is clever enough to reformat the remote view – on your TV – to fit exactly when you’re streaming video content. Once it’s done this you can close the casting browser window on your PC as soon as you’ve set it running.

Further details on Chromecast are here.

THE BEST OF DORIEN B

THE BEST OF DORIEN B
2019 | Dir Anke Blonde | 107min | Belgium

Dorien (Kim Snauwaert) has everything to be happy: a successful husband, two adorable children and a booming veterinary practice. One day, everything falls apart. She discovers her mother’s long-running love affair, her husband appears to be very close to a colleague and she has this lump in her breast. She needs someone to talk to but no-one seems to listen. Is this truly the life she dreamt of? Dorien realizes it’s time to make some changes. A fast-paced, hilarious and sometimes acerbic examination of a middle-aged woman facing a multitude of challenges, THE BEST OF DORIEN B. is a comedy-drama about a woman who rediscovers herself amid the chaos. Dutch with English subtitles.

“Snauwaert is superb in a film which will tap into audience appetites for grown up, female-led drama. The low key domesticity of the story and clear-eyed observational approach means that it should work as successfully on a small screen as it does in a cinema.” – Wendy Ide, Screen International.

Watch at home now for £7.49 (with discount code above). Stream available for 48 hours after play started.
Film run ends on 22 November 2020.

System Crasher

SYSTEM CRASHER
2019 | Dir Nora Fingscheidt | 125min | Germany

Can Benni’s (Helena Zengel) newly-appointed anger-management coach succeed where others have consistently failed? Benni is a wayward nine-year-old whom the “system” has almost given up on. She Is expelled from one foster home to the next for her wild and uncontrollable behaviour, but deep down there lies an enormous vulnerability. Asking some pointed questions about the care system, this compelling drama features a ferocious lead performance from tomboyish young actress Helena Zengel, a whirlwind of dayglo pink clothing and blond hair who simply explodes off the screen.

“There are times, when Zengel is performing with other children, especially younger children, when you get the strange sense that this isn’t acting – it is actually happening.” – Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian
German with English subtitles.

Watch at home now for £7.49 (with discount code above). Stream available for 48 hours after play started.
Film run ends on 20 December 2020.

LILLIAN

LILLIAN
2019 | Dir Andreas Horvath | 130min | Austria

Lillian (Patrycja Planik), an emigrant stranded in New York City, decides to walk back to her native Russia. She resolutely starts out on the long journey. A road movie straight across the USA into the freezing temperatures of Alaska. The chronicle of a slow disappearance. An impressively photographed and enigmatic road movie based on the true story of Lillian Alling, who disappeared without trace in 1926 while attempting to walk home to Russia from New York. Marked by awe-inspiring images of natural beauty, a powerful soundtrack composed by the director and quirky, telling encounters. English with some subtitles.

“The more Lillian heads into the winter wilderness the more attractive the film becomes. Ultimately Horvath manages to find an epic grandeur in the simple story of a woman just trying to make her way home.” – Allan Hunter, Screen International.

Watch at home now for £7.49 (with discount code above). Stream available for 48 hours after play started. Film run ends on 19 November 2020.

Streaming at a Glance

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STREAMING AT A GLANCE – Click on any film poster below for details of the film. Want to connect your device to your TV/Sound system? See this document written by Nick Shepherd (David Lean Cinema Technical Assistant). It’s the best way to watch our selection of films below until we can show them in our auditorium again. More information is available on this page.

A WHITE WHITE DAY

A WHITE WHITE DAY
2019 | Dir Hlynur Palmason | Iceland

He is a man, a father, a grandfather, a policeman, a widower.

In a remote Icelandic town, Ingimundur (Ingvar Sigurdsson), an off-duty police chief begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife. Gradually his obsession for uncovering the truth endangers himself and those he loves.

Winner Cannes Critics Week Rising Star Award and Nominated for 12 EDDA Awards (Icelandic Oscars) A WHITE, WHITE DAY is a remarkable, elegant, yet errily gripping tale of love and loss. Icelandic with English subtitles.

“Rare to experience a film which is just so sorted in every respect”
★★★★★
Little White Lies

Watch at home now from £4.50 (DLC receives a share of ticket price, thanks for supporting us) – Vimeo registration required (free) or login with Vimeo account. Stream available for 72 hours after purchase.
Distributor: Peccadillo Pictures – Vimeo account required

A White,White Day from Peccadillo Pictures on Vimeo.

MONSOON

MONSOON
2019 | Dir Hong Khaou | 85min | GB

Kit (Henry Golding), a young British Vietnamese man, returns to his birth country for the first time in over 30 years. He was just eight years old when he and his family escaped Saigon as ‘boat refugees’ during the Vietnam-American war. No longer familiar with this country and unable to speak his native language, Kit embarks on a personal journey from Saigon to Hanoi, in search of a place to scatter his parents’ ashes. Along the way he meets his estranged family and falls for Lewis (Parker Sawers), an American whose father had fought in the war.
During his travels, Kit finally starts to connect to the memories of his parents and his own roots. English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.

Watch at home now from £4.99 (DLC receives a share of ticket price, thanks for supporting us) – Vimeo registration required (free) or login with Vimeo account. Stream available for 72 hours after purchase.

Monsoon from Peccadillo Pictures on Vimeo.

AND THEN WE DANCED

AND THEN WE DANCED
2019 | Dir Levan Akin | 105min | Sweden

Passionate about dance, young Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani) has trained at the National Georgian Dance Ensemble since childhood. His sole aim in life; to join the Main Dance Ensemble, break free from the confines of Georgian society and travel the world. When a dancer in the main ensemble is disgraced and his place becomes available, Merab’s ambitions finally feel within reach.
When Irakli (Bachi Valishvili), a virile, talented male dancer unexpectedly joins his group, Merab fears the newcomer is the only thing standing between him and his dreams. Charismatic and carefree, Irakli, has an effect on Merab that he can’t quite explain. As they compete, Irakli becomes both Merab’s fiercest rival and strongest desire, a desire that, in conservative Georgian society, threatens to throw his dance career, livelihood and family into turmoil.
With a breath-taking central performance from breakout star Levan Gelbakhiani, Levan Akin’s luminous AND THEN WE DANCED explores forbidden desire, ambition and liberation set against the backdrop of traditionalist Tblisi. Georgian with English subtitles.

And Then We Danced from Peccadillo Pictures on Vimeo.

AVA

Cert TBC – AVA (2017)

Dir Sadaf Foroughi | 103min | Iran

Ava (Mahour Jabbari) is a bright and diligent teenager from a comfortable Tehran home who, like her peers, is concerned with both her academic and social status. However, Ava becomes distracted by a bet she has taken with her friends to win a date with Nima (Houman Hoursan), her violin partner. Ava’s desire is to pursue a career in music but her controlling mother, Bahar (Bahar Noohian), who is a successful doctor, forbids this, whilst her father (Vahid Aghapoor), is willing to entertain the prospect. The divide between her parents manifests in contrasting parental styles and when Bahar learns of Ava’s relationship with Nima, she becomes mistrustful and forces Ava to be checked by a gynaecologist. The incident enrages Ava and sets in motion a series of rebellious acts that irreparably impact her well-being and reputation. Without the support of her mother, Ava grows closer to her gentler father, but she is ultimately alone in her struggles against the constraints of her society.

“Ava is made with superb technique and real style” – Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian.

Distributor: Modern Films – no account required