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A university professor travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he’s been tailed and spied on by neighbors in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption. The Secret Agent was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor for Wagner Moura, Best Casting and Best International Feature Film at this year's Academy Awards®. In Portuguese, German and English with English subtitles.
Our young programmer Erika chose this film for the RBC and said it was the best film at last year's ICO Screening Days (where independent cinemas are given to chance to watch several upcoming films released in 2026) - 'by far my favourite one here, it's sharp, tense and driven by a great performance.'
A university professor travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he’s been tailed and spied on by neighbors in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption. The Secret Agent was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor for Wagner Moura, Best Casting and Best International Feature Film at this year's Academy Awards®. In Portuguese, German and English with English subtitles.
Our young programmer Erika chose this film for the RBC and said it was the best film at last year's ICO Screening Days (where independent cinemas are given to chance to watch several upcoming films released in 2026) - 'by far my favourite one here, it's sharp, tense and driven by a great performance.'
FIRES AND FASCISM is a new 57-min documentary that shows the wildfires in Europe are more than just climate change and mismanagement. It links the growing wildfires of Europe with past fascism, big business, organised crime, and the far right. It showcases how communities are engaging in direct action, protest, rewilding, and suppressing the uncontrollable fires and the far right.
The experiences and actions of 25 people across Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal feature, ranging between scientists, teachers, artists, gardeners, engineers, winemakers, NGOs, and authors.
Dr Pete Knapp, the filmmaker, has a background in air quality and shifted careers from academia to storytelling. The film aims to start the conversation on what we do about the rise of fascist attitudes. There will be a Q&A after the film with Dr Knapp.
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Romeo & Juliet, Australia).
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse. The Turn Horse, originally released in 2011, is being shown in tribute to Hungarian director Béla Tarr who died in January aged 70. As with every black and white Hungarian film shown for Monday Night Film Club a member of the McMorran family will introduce the film, this time Dr Connor McMorran. In Hungarian and German with English subtitles.
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours. There will be a Q&A after the film with Solidarity Dumfries.
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.
A remote German farm harbours generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls. In German with English subtitles.
★★★★★ "It’s a cliché to say that a film will stay with you long after you leave the cinema. This one could haunt you to the grave." — Time Out.
This April Amélie returns to cinemas, celebrating 25 years of pure cinematic spectacle; the film that broke the barrier between arthouse and mainstream. The re-release of this magical picture is ripe for discovery by younger audiences and indeed rediscovery by those of us that were there the first time in 2001...
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love. In French with English subtitles.
A 15-year-old Yuruk boy from a remote Macedonian village escapes into music amid parental expectations, societal conservatism and forbidden love for a promised girl. In Macedonian, Turkish, English, with English subtitles.
“Music-soaked, delightfully humorous and unpretentiously stylish… a revelation”– Variety
“Luminous…ever so watchable” – Sight and Sound
“Beautiful landscape cinematography combined with authentic locations immerses you in the world” – ★★★★ Film Threat
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- Tagged: subtitled, February, Foreign Language, Documentary, French
