NEVER LOOK AWAY
Saturday 30 November 2019 at 1.30pm

From the director of The Lives of Others, this sweeping drama follows a young German through the decades – from a childhood witnessing the Nazi regime, to troubled romance in post-war East Berlin, then escape to the West where he becomes an acclaimed painter. Loosely based on the life of Gerhard Richter, Never Look Away combines affecting storytelling with an incisive understanding of how artists and society develop together, and was nominated for the Foreign Language and Cinematography Academy Awards.

German with subtitles.

2018 | Dir Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | 188min | Germany

★★★★ “powerful Gerhard Richter-inspired drama” – Mark Kermode’s film of the week, The Guardian

Ticket Prices: £7.50 (Standard), £6.00 (Concessions), £5.00 (25 and under).

TRANSIT
Thursday 19 September 2019 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

A young Jewish technician impersonates a dead author to flee from Nazi-occupied Paris. While stuck in Marseilles, he encounters – and falls in love with – the dead author’s young wife. Director Christian Petzold takes a Casablanca-style story and imbues it with present-day relevance by modernising aspects of the setting, helped by superb performances from Rogowski and Beer. “An overwhelmingly sad meditation on the repeated moral failures that make up the history of refugees in Europe” (Sight and Sound).

German with subtitles.

2018 | Dir Christian Petzold | 101min | Germany

The programme will also include our current BRIT School Showcase film A FILTHY HABIT (12A, 4 mins), directed by Mykea Perry. This drama features a police officer’s first day on the job.

Ticket Prices: £7.50 (Standard), £6.00 (Concessions), £5.00 (25 and under).