UNDERGODS EMBED

UNDERGODS

Chino Moya’s debut feature Undergods places viewers in a foreign futuristic world, though sadly one that feels more familiar every day. The film’s narrators manoeuvre through a deserted, crumbling, greyish-blue city, gathering bodies as they go and sharing nightmarish stories of a long-abandoned past.

What follows is a series of narratives, overlapping and weaving through time and space with remarkable grace and ease. The threads come together elegantly as stories layer upon each other and crescendo towards a powerful, satisfying conclusion. English throughout.

The David Lean Cinema shares a proportion of the ticket price with the distributor when purchased through the link on this page.
Available to watch for 48 hours after purchase.
Distributor: Munro Films – no account required.

“A riptide of surrealism runs through Chino Moya’s ambitious debut feature, a fantasy suite of tales that don’t so much interlock as butt into one another and blurt out alarming, dreamlike correspondences” – Phil Hoad in The Guardian

CIFF

Cheltenham International Film Festival 2021

The David Lean Cinema is pleased to announce its partnership with The Cheltenham International Film Festival.

Discounts are available on standard prices for individual films if our special promo code DLYS is entered which will also support our efforts in re-opening as we receive a share of the ticket cost. Film Passes which cover any 5 films are already discounted but you can support the David Lean Cinema by purchasing via this link. A limited number of discounted passes are available, see below.
Films are available between specific dates and times so please take a careful note of these although once purchased most films will remain in your account for 28 days for you to start watching. Once you have started watching, the film expires in 48 hours but you can stop and start at any time during this period or watch the film again if you wish.
The full festival programme can be viewed here.

BRIGHTON
2019 | Dir Stephen Cookson | Dur 91 mins | UK

The closing film at the Cheltenham Film Festival stars Lesley Sharp, Larry Lamb, Phil Davis and Marion Bailey.
Early Bird tickets (£7.99) available until midnight 23 May 2021. Use Promo Code DLYS for extra discount and support the David Lean Cinema.
Film available from 7pm on 04 June until 7pm on 11 June.

Two British working-class couples return to Brighton after 40 years and struggle to accept changes in society and themselves. A YourScreen account is required. Login or create an account via the film page.
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Support the David Lean Cinema by purchasing passes for 5 or 3 films using the links below. Use promo code CIFF25 for 25% discount.

Use promo code DLYS for your David Lean Cinema discount on individual films and support us at the same time. A limited number of passes are available at 25% discount if you use promo code CIFF25. Each film pass purchase using the above links will also help our efforts to re-open.
Short of time? Check out the Shorts Programme, all free to watch…….!

Due to popular demand the run of one of the most talked about films of the festival, the gripping Australian drama Disclosure, is now extended to 08 June.
Titles ending on Thursday 03 June include The Garden Left Behind, an emphatic and warmly engaging story of a trans-woman making a new start in life as an “undocumented illegal” in the USA and the cult comedy in the making Dinner in America.
Although the films need to be purchased by the above dates, once purchased they will remain in your library for 28 days, so there is still plenty of time to watch them.
More new titles starting over the next few days, include Kubrick by Kubrick, an insightful view into the world of the famously obsessive director; High Ground, an authentic portrayal of both Aboriginal and settler communities during Australia’s Frontier Wars; Under the Stars of Paris, a captivating story of the unlikely bond formed between a homeless woman and an eight-year-old Refugee from Burkina Faso in a wintery Parisian setting; and, by way of contrast, a dose of British sunshine in the Festival closing film, Brighton.

AUSCHWITZ EMBED

COWBOYS

COWBOYS
2020 | Dir Anna Kerrigan | 85 mins | USA

Anna Kerrigan’s award-winning debut shows a rare understanding of the
complexities and challenges of modern family life, when a father and his transgender son escape to the mountains of Montana.
Troy (Steve Zahn, Dallas Buyers Club, Lean on Pete) is on a camping trip with his son Joe (Sasha Knight), an 11-year-old with a passion for cowboy yarns and the great outdoors. As they travel through the majestic beauty of the northern Rockies, television news reports emerge claiming that Joe is missing. As detective Faith (Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale) investigates, we see a bigger picture involving Joe’s conservative mother Sally.

“Cowboys is a film that relaxes into its ideas and themes, and the performances from Sasha Knight, Steve Zahn and Jilliann Bell – with Ann Dowd as the cop on Troy’s trail – are all tremendous” – Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian

THE 8TH

THE 8TH
2020 | Dir Aiden Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O’Boyle
94 mins | USA | Ireland

The 8^thtraces Ireland’s campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion. It shows a country’s transformation from a conservative state in thrall to the Catholic church to a more liberal secular society.
This includes voices from both sides of the debate, but its primary focus is on the dynamic female leaders of the pro-choice campaign. The film follows the veteran campaigner Ailbhe Smyth and self-described glitter activist Andrea Horan as they chart a bold strategy of grassroots activism and engineer the near impossible. This dramatic story is underscored by a vivid exploration of the wrenching failures that led to this defining moment in Irish history.
An urgent narrative, a cautionary tale and a roadmap for progressive reforms in a modern era where authoritarianism is on the rise, The 8^thshows a country forging a new progressive path at a time when reproductive rights are threatened around the world.
This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.
Distributor : Together Films
Associated Q&A’s are available on various dates, see below…….

Q&As on various associated subjects (free participation) are arranged for the following dates – Click on links below to reserve your place:
Wed 26 May 2021 at 7.30pm – Care and Compassion for Irish Women in Crisis: Celebrating the UK Support Networks
Thu 27 May 2021 at 8.30pm – Activating with Joy and Throwing Glitter on an Issue
Tue 01 June 2021 at 7.30pm – The Power of Protest: What We Can Learn From the Victorious Irish Abortion Campaign
Thu 03 June 2021 at 7.30pm – Global Reproductive Rights Activism: Building Solidarity

THE AUSCHWITZ ESCAPE

THE AUSCHWITZ ESCAPE
2021 | Dir Peter Bebjak | 94 mins | Slovakia | Germany

Slovakia’s Oscar submission for best international film tells the true story of two Auschwitz prisoners (Noel Czuczor and Peter Ondrejicka) who escaped hell and provided a rare first-hand and shocking report of genocide at the camp. After meticulous planning and with the help and resilience of their fellow prisoners, they manage to escape. While the inmates they had left behind courageously stand their ground against the Nazi camp officers, the two men are driven to survive by the hope that their evidence could save lives. Emaciated and hurt, they make their way through the rugged mountains back to Slovakia ready to share their horrific report to the United States Red Cross. Gripping and harrowing at every turn, The Auschwitz Escape honours the power of truth in a world that might not be ready to hear it. English, Czech, Polish, Slovak, German with English subtitles.

The David Lean Cinema receives a share of the ticket price.
Available to watch for 48 hours after purchase.

Distributor: Signature Entertainment – no account required.

Author: Roger Dodger