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3. WELCOME TO AUTUMN & WINTER SEASON AT MOVIOLA
4. FILM BOOKING DEADLINES FOR THIS SEASON
5. HOW TO BOOK YOUR FILMS
6. INTRODUCTION TO THE SEASON BY PROGRAMME DIRECTOR TOBY WALKLEY
STANDARD FILM TITLES AVAILABLE NOW
7. ALL IS TRUE / BALLOON
8. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT / COLETTE
9. FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY / FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS
10. THE FRONT RUNNER / HOLY LANDS
11. LATE NIGHT / RED JOAN
12.ROCKETMAN / SORRY WE MISSED YOU
13. TOLKIEN / VITA & VIRGINIA
14. THE WHITE CROW / YESTERDAY
15. CINEMATHEQUE TITLES
16. ARE YOU PROUD? / BEATS
17. DIRTY GOD / EATEN BY LIONS
18. EIGHTH GRADE / KIND HEARTS & CORONETS
19. THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER / LAST SUMMER
20. POND LIFE / RAY & LIZ
21. THE SHINY SHRIMPS / WOMAN AT WAR 22. RELEASE DATE & AVAILABILITY CHART 23. USEFUL CONTACTS AT MOVIOLA
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We have scoured the film world and picked some of the most exciting, challenging and entertaining titles for you and your audiences to enjoy in the coming months. This seasons’ highlights include:
28 hand-picked film from home- grown talent to indie gems and crowd-pleasers.
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CLOSING DATES: 1st AUGUST (PARTNER VENUES) 10th AUGUST (ASSOCIATE VENUES) If we do not receive your choice for September by these dates, we will not be able to process your booking.
Included in this menu are 28 film titles, including 12 Cinematheque specials for you to consider for the September to December season.
Please take a moment to read through the introductory notes before jumping straight into the menu (we know it’s exciting!).
Even if you are a seasoned Moviola partner, please follow the booking instructions on the next page. This will help us to process your requests quickly and accurately.
The Autumn 2019 season starts on Sep 1 and ends on Dec 31. A new menu for next season will be sent to you at the beginning of November
Please do not book films for 1st January 2020 or after from this menu.
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HOW TO BOOK YOUR FILMS
Send an email to [email protected] as soon as possible, and not later than 1st AUGUST (for partners, to allow time for production of publicity materials) and 10th AUGUST (for associates). Please send it as a separate email to this one and NOT by pressing reply
If you are an associate, state if it is a GOLD or SILVER booking. If you are a partner, make sure you have booked your dates with Christina first, to ensure she can schedule a presenter for you.
State your venue name.
List the dates and films you would like for SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC. Give at least TWO spare films in case your first choices are not available (We will always consult you on any substitutions that mightbe necessary). IMPORTANT NOTES Confirmations
When you book your films from Moviola, we will send you a Confirmation Form on which the level of charge for each film is clearly set out. You should read this carefully before replying to Toby to state that it is correct. BUT please see the clause about minimum guarantees below.
The confirmation is our agreement to supply films for you for the season and we refer back to it in any case of a query on your invoice.
It is also your licence to show the film and your proof for anyone who requests it that you have booked the film properly, so be sure to read it and keep it safe.
Minimum Guarantees
If a film on the mainstream menu gets at least 10+ bookings across the Moviola network, we can generally offer it with no minimum guarantee attached. However, if it turns out that you are the only venue showing a particular film, then you will be subject to the distributor’s minimum of around £100 for film hire. If this were to be the case we would notify you of the change, and you would have the option to pick a different title.
Release Dates
While we always try to provide the most accurate release dates for titles on the Moviola Menu, these are open to change, often at very short notice. Due to this, we may have to ask you to change a title or reschedule a date. We will always give the maximum notice we can should a change be necessary. Children’s/Family Films
Attracting a sufficient audience to make such films viable is extremely difficult. Young people often want tosee films immediately on release and at the lowest possible cost. Furthermore, these films are only available to us to show once they are on sale to the public. On this menu, we have included the film ‘Fighting With My Family’ which we think is suitable for a 12A audience and has good appeal to families. Help Us Stamp Out Film Piracy
All films shown to the public have to pay a licence fee whether or not any ticket price is charged. As a Moviola venue, you operate commercial film shows in exactly the same way as your local multiplex or full- time cinema. You advertise shows and sell tickets, and the film distributors expect a proportion of your sales as film hire. If you find or hear of any venue near you which claims to be operating in a different way - for example advertising free shows or telling you that they get their films cheaper - we would like to know. It is in our interests to ensure that shows are properly licensed.
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AUTUMN/WINTER MENU - SEPT 1st to DEC 31st
Welcome to the Autumn/Winter Menu 2019, covering bookings from September 1st to December 31st .
You’ll find several big hitters on the new list of films. Fisherman’s Friends just missed a slot on the last menu, and we’ve been inundated with requests for it. Something light and fun to see out the summer sun, this is sure to be popular.
Having had a season off, Dame Judi Dench returns with two new titles this time round. Firstly, as Shakespeare’s wife in Kenneth Branagh’s All Is True, and also in Red Joan as a woman arrested by the British Secret Service for espionage, think Bridge Of Spies meets Another Country.
For fans of foreign language films, we have the Cold War drama Balloon, the fascinating true story of a family’s attempts to escape Stasi controlled East Germany in a hot air balloon, and also The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes and looking at the life and defection of Soviet ballet legend Rudolf Nureyev.
Later in the season, and continuing onto the January menu, we have the sure-to-be hits Rocketman, the biopic of Elton John, and Yesterday, about a man who wakes after an accident as the only person to remember The Beatles. In December, we will also have the new Ken Loach film, Sorry We Missed You, sure to be as popular and topical as 2016’s I, Daniel Blake, and available to Moviola well before the home entertainment release date.
Don’t forget, we are running three more seasons of Cinematheque films until the end of August 2020, and you will find 12 new titles to choose from on this menu. Amongst them is the wonderful Woman At War, about an eco-warrior taking on the heavy industry of Iceland and The Shiny Shrimps, a hilarious look at a disgraced French sportsman coaching a gay water polo team. Also, for fans of classic film, we have the wonderful 70th anniversary reissue of Kind Hearts And Coronets, one of the very finest, if not in fact the greatest of the classic Ealing comedies
We hope you enjoy choosing your films for this new season, and as always, if you have any queries, please let one of the team know.
Best wishes,
Toby
All films have a clickable link to the trailer and the BBFC website for detailed classification information.
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AVAILABLE NOW (HISTORICAL BIOPIC) ALL IS TRUE (2019) Director: Kenneth Branagh The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is With Judi Dench, Ian McKellen acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. Runtime : 101 mins But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe LANGUAGE: Shakespearean English Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, SUBTITLES AVAILABLE Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationship with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as a husband and father.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I5cKmiONDI
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/all-true-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Those with a keen interest in the life of Shakespeare, from behind the pages, may find some wealth of knowledge in Branagh’s take on the playwright. Written by Ben Elton, the script features a sharp and satirical take on the life of the Bard—which may prove to be accessible for those currently studying his great works, too.
“ A quiet and meditative portrait of the artist as a retiree, this lacks incident or high stakes but has an elegiac feeling of regret and reckoning that fits its subject’s twilight years “
HELEN O’HARA—EMPIRE
AVAILABLE 7th OCTOBER BALLOON (2018) (HISTORICAL DRAMA) Director: Michael Herbig Following the crossing of the inner German border With Alicia von Rittberg, Frerich Mucke by the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR Runtime 125 mins to West Germany in the summer of 1979. LANGUAGE : German Desperate to leave the GDR, they flee in a SUBTITLED homemade hot-air balloon.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=95LBIwTOR7Q
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/balloon-2018
Toby’s Star Choice
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: An amazing true story, told with grace and honesty by Herbig, shedding light on recent German history and the repercussions of splitting a country with a border wall…. Not only a film for history buffs, but a contemporary look at family unity and the desperation to find a better life by going to extremes.
“ Michael Herbig used the facts and information from the Stasi files for his film... he also talked to the families. He says bringing this story to the big screen is important to him personally. “
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AVAILABLE 1st DECEMBER BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (2019) (TBC) Director: Gurinder Chadha (BRITISH MUSICAL COMEDY DRAMA) With Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir Javed is a British teen of Pakistani descent growing Runtime : 117 mins up in 1987 England. Amidst the turmoil of the LANGUAGE: English times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his father. When a classmate introduces him to the music of Bruce Springsteen, Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in the powerful lyrics. As Javed discovers an outlet for his own pent-up dreams, he also begins to express himself in his own voice.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtmeIu0dEqQ
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/blinded-light-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Based on the best-selling book by Sarfraz Manzoor, directed by Bend It Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chadha, this rousing film has universal appeal for all audiences—young and old alike. Using Bruce Springsteen’s music as a foundation, this film is for anyone who felt like they don’t belong and then dared to dream!
“It’s the sort of unguarded drama they used to make in the ‘80s — a coming-of-age tale of unabashed earnestness — but it’s also a delirious and romantic rock ‘n’ roll parable.“
OWEN GLEIBERMAN - VARIETY
AVAILABLE NOW COLETTE (2018) (HISTORICAL DRAMA) Director: Wash Westmoreland After moving to Paris, author Sidonie-Gabrielle With Keira Knightley, Dominic Colette agrees to ghostwrite a semi- West autobiographical novel for her husband. Its Runtime 112 mins success soon inspires her to fight for creative LANGUAGE : English ownership and overcome the societal constraints SUBTITLES AVAILABLE of the early 20th century.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZdh6Aax7KE
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/colette-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Well before Kanye and Kim K, the forebears of the title ‘power couple’, Colette & Willy paved the way of using a brand to further their fame and fortunes. A film which explores domestic abuse with care and LGBTQ issues with sensitivity, culminating in a woman-positive story of Colette’s rise to the top of the French literary tree.
“The story of a marriage, Colette shows the lengths one woman must go to escape her husband's control and claim her voice as an artist. “
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AVAILABLE NOW FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY Director: Stephen Merchant (BRITISH COMEDY, DRAMA) With Florence Pugh, Lena Heady, (2019) Nick Frost, Dwayne Johnson Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and Runtime : 108mins her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the LANGUAGE: English once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the SUBTITLES AVAILABLE WWE. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqF3VTv0cqU
Tony’s Star BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/fighting-my-family-2018 Choice
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: The remarkable true-story of Norwich girl turned all-star, buoyed by a fantastic lead in rising star Florence Pugh (Midsommar/The Falling). Unmistakably British, a film that will tickle your funny bone in all the right places and inspires a younger generation who weren’t privy to the guilty pleasures of watching World of Sport on ITV.
“The film benefits from Pugh’s charismatic performance and writer-director Stephen Merchant’s cheery mixture of crowd- pleasing sentiment, wry laughs and genuine sweetness.“
TIM GRIERSON—SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS (2019) AVAILABLE NOW Director: Chris Foggin (BRITISH MUSICAL BIOPIC, DRAMA) With Daniel Mays, Tuppence Ten fishermen from Cornwall achieve a Top 10 hit Middleton after they are signed by Universal Records for Runtime 112 mins their canny talent of being able to sing a sea LANGUAGE : English SUBTITLES AVAILABLE shanty or two.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=dTFFBynGtUc
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/fishermans-friends-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Whilst there is definite appeal to coastal venues with strong fishing links, Fisherman’s Friends taps into the sense of close-knit communities, middle-age male obsolescence and the commitment of keeping traditions alive. One to keep your audiences swinging and swaying along in the aisles.
“Fisherman’s Friends is a thoroughly amiable and upbeat British comedy with a flavour of Ealing Studios and The Full Monty about it. “
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AVAILABLE NOW
THE FRONT RUNNER (2019) Director: Jason Reitman (POLITICAL DRAMA) With Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga Gary Hart, former senator of Colorado, becomes Runtime : 111mins the front-runner for the Democratic presidential LANGUAGE: English nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma SUBTITLES AVAILABLE and idealism make him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDQd_gaMGoI
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/front-runner-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Hugh Jackman hangs up his top hat and cane to give this true story some heft and relevance for a modern audience who may know Hart’s tale already, but will find it enthralling in the context of today’s scandalous political landscape.
“Given the profound currents and counter currents that have transformed—and menaced—the news media in the last few years, this story plays like quaintly ancient history. “
JOE MORGENSTERN—WALL STREET JOURNAL
AVAILABLE NOW HOLY LANDS (2018) (DRAMA) Director: Amanda Sthers Adapting her critically acclaimed novel Les Terres With James Caan, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Saintes, Amanda Sthers writes and directs HOLY Hollander LANDS, which explores the complicated lives of the Runtime 100 mins Rosenmerck family. A drama in which an American LANGUAGE : Hebrew/English cardiologist, who has let his Jewish faith lapse, SUBTITLES AVAILABLE decides to spend his retirement raising pigs on a farm in Israel.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL48LOHY1GI
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/holy-lands-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A sweet film about repurposing yourself and exploring spirituality that may have ebbed away over the years. The film never tackles the more challenging issues within the Jewish community, but meditates on the good and plays as a fish-out-of-water scenario. One for an older audience who appreciates a snappy (curmudgeonly) repartee.
“It’s great to see Caan actually acting again, and having fun; it’s hard to say which are sweeter, his bantering scenes with Hollander, or his cuddly scenes with his piglet.“
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AVAILABLE 1st OCTOBER (COMEDY DRAMA) LATE NIGHT (2019) Director: Nisha Ganatra Legendary talk-show host Katherine Newbury With Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Amy Ryan (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer in her field. She Runtime : 102 mins keeps her writers’ room on a short leash - and all LANGUAGE: English male. But when her ratings plummet and she is
accused of being a “woman who hates women,” Katherine puts gender equality on her to-do list and impulsively hires Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling), a chemical plant efficiency expert, as the first and only female on her writing staff.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxefiCjQirw
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/late-night-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Tour de force, Kaling pens an acerbic screenplay, putting women in the entertainment industry in the firing line. A hilarious, barbed adventure that allows Kaling to play up her woman-of-colour attributes that don’t conform to tired Hollywood archetypes. Kaling’s humour has great appeal to younger, female audiences in particular.
“Thompson delivers a memorable performance as the abrasive “cold witch,” as someone describes her as a delightfully wicked woman of power. “
ANTHONY KAUFMAN—SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
AVAILABLE NOW RED JOAN (2019) (EPISONAGE DRAMA) Director: Trevor Nunn Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet With Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the Runtime 101 mins British Secret Service places her under arrest. The LANGUAGE : English charge: providing classified scientific information - SUBTITLES AVAILABLE including details on the building of the atomic bomb - to the Soviet government for decades. As the interrogation gets underway, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and her beliefs.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkecgBW-Y80
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/red-joan-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A tense thriller, flipping back and forth between Joan’s younger years as the mystery of her involvement in subterfuge becomes more apparent. Gripping from the off, with Judi Dench’s glamour-less appearance intended to sway audiences when contrasted against Sophie Cookson’s portrayal of Joan in her younger years.
“Red Joan will win fans because there is much to admire: The solid acting, deft screen adaptation, evocative cinematography, accompanied by George Fenton’s original score.“
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AVAILABLE 22nd ROCKETMAN (2019) (MUSICAL DRAMA) SEPTEMBER (TBC) Director: Dexter Fletcher A fever dream musical, exploring Elton John’s early With Taron Egerton, Richard years as a young boy and his piano to extravagant Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard superstar famed the world over. Framed through Runtime : 121 mins Elton’s scant recollections and musical songbook LANGUAGE: English after a stint in rehab, Rocketman delivers an SUBTITLES AVAILABLE exuberant and flamboyant dramatic punch.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vO8E2e6G0
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/rocketman-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Sensitively exploring childhood trauma and deep seated addictive personalities, Rocketman delves into Elton’s copious songbook as much as it does with his conflicted issues of sexuality. An uplifting and devilish dip into the anachronistic and hedonistic world of a superstar that puts audiences into a musical fantasy. A musical biopic for adults.
“Egerton musters up enough of his subject’s signature showman- ship to give a performance that’s joyously at peace with its own preposterousness “
ROBBIE COLLIN—THE TELEGRAPH
AVAILABLE 9th SORRY WE MISSED YOU (2019) DECEMBER (BRITISH DRAMA) Director: Ken Loach With Kris Hitchen, Debbie Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill Honeywood struggle against debt since the 2008 financial Runtime 100 mins crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some LANGUAGE : English independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysjwg-MnZao
BBFC GUIDANCE: UNAVAILABLE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION (Moviola advisory 15+)
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Loach is known for hard-hitting , pensive dramas and this is no different. Exploring the ‘gig’ economy, this film may have appeal to working class audiences who work within that sector. As with his previous film, I, Daniel Blake, Loach is unafraid to champion working class heroes with evocative narratives & new faces.
“It’s fierce, open and angry, unironised and unadorned, about a vital contemporary issue whose implications you somehow don’t hear on the news. “
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AVAILABLE 9th TOLKIEN (2019) (LITERARY BIOPIC) SEPTEMBER Director: Dome Karukoski As a young student, J.R.R. Tolkien finds love, With Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, friendship and artistic inspiration among a group of Pam Ferris fellow outcasts. Their brotherhood soon Runtime : 112 mins strengthens as Tolkien weathers the storm of a LANGUAGE: English tumultuous courtship with Edith Bratt and the SUBTITLES AVAILABLE outbreak of World War I. These early life experiences later inspire the budding author to write the classic fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings”.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vO8E2e6G0
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/tolkien-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Nicholas Hoult moves away from his superhero roles to take on a more serious character. Not without its flights into fantasy, Tolkien aims to tunnel through the prose and link his novels to real-life occurrences to discover the inspiration to his cherished works. With popular actors in the central roles, Tolkien has appeal outside of literary circles.
“Handsomely made in the customarily fastidious style of most period biographical dramas, Tolkien is strongly served by Hoult“
TODD MCCARTHY—THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
THE WHITE CROW (2019) AVAILABLE NOW Director: Ralph Fiennes (BIOPIC DRAMA /MUSIC) With Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos Young Rudolf Nureyev becomes a top ballet dancer Runtime 124 mins in Russia, but a life-changing visit to Paris soon LANGUAGE : Russian/English makes him seek asylum in France. SUBTITLES AVAILABLE
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BklqjGWxNMs
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/white-crow-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Many ballet fans will be familiar with the incredible story of Nureyev’s defection to the West, but for younger & unfamiliar audiences, Fiennes pays homage to Russia’s greatest dancer by being faithful to his country of origin. Accessible & graceful throughout, with a hypnotising performance by newcomer Oleg Ivenko in the lead.
“Lovely, elegant, and curiously opaque ... The film’s many ballet scenes are stunning, to say the least. “
PETER DEBRUGE—VARIETY
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AVAILABLE 28th OCTOBER (DRAMA) VITA & VIRGINIA (2019) Director: Chanya Button Set amidst the bohemian high society of 1920s With Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki & Isabella Rossellini England, Vita & Virginia tells the scintillating true Runtime : 110 mins story of a literary love affair that fuelled the LANGUAGE: English imagination of one of the 20th century's most SUBTITLES AVAILABLE celebrated writers. Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) is the brash, aristocratic wife of a diplomat who refuses to be constrained by her marriage, defiantly courting scandal through her affairs with women —most notably Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki).
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw4m6jPsY4M
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/vita-and-virginia-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: One of the most lauded female writers of the 20th century, whose tumultuous personal life is explored with restraint and care, revealing her persuasion for same-sex relationships. Debicki strikes a towering figure both physically and figuratively, as a woman determined to get what she wants against the norms of polite society.
“The makers of this biographical romance clearly adore Virginia Woolf and want viewers to engage with her personality, sexuality and lightning-bright words.“
CHARLOTTE O’SULLIVAN—LONDON EVENING STANDARD
AVAILABLE 1st YESTERDAY (2019) NOVEMBER (TBC) Director: Danny Boyle (BRITISH COMEDY/DRAMA /MUSICAL) With Himesh Patel, Lily James, Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny Robert Carlyle English seaside town whose dreams of fame are Runtime 116 mins rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and LANGUAGE : English support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a SUBTITLES AVAILABLE freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed... and he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3VeHyedL1U
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/yesterday-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Pure fantasy of joyous proportions. A crowd-pleaser as Jack belts out Beatles hit after hit. Supported by a wonderful ensemble, this Richard Curtis-penned film is not far away from his usual formula—with a gentle heart and a light touch. Yesterday ensures that the musical legacy of The Beatles lives on for everyone.
“A glowing tribute to The Beatles and their music, this is both a toe-tapping pleasure to watch and a smart, occasionally scathing look at how we get things wrong. “
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A fantastic benefit of being part of Moviola’s network is that you can currently programme a special selection of independent, leftfield and documentary titles - thanks in part to the support of the British Film Institute (BFI). Our cinematheque menu covers a range of diverse subjects which we think could strike the right tone for your audiences as part of a mix of popular titles from our mainstream selection. (As ardent film fans, we are very passionate about these!) We advise that these films should supplement the better known titles as part of your season. Normally, a Cinematheque Film carries a minimum guarantee of at least £100 (which you would pay) or 35% of your box office, whichever greater.
However, we very pleased to announce that thanks to BFI sponsorship, any title booked from the Cinematheque menu will receive a discount of £50 off the net film hire, allowing you to try some more adventurous film choices without as great a risk of losing money on them. What a great opportunity! Why not pick one of these brilliant films as part of your upcoming season?
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AVAILABLE NOW ARE YOU PROUD? (2019) Director: Ashley Joiner (DOCUMENTARY) With Peter Tatchell, Lisa Power, Michael Cashman “ARE YOU PROUD?” meets key campaigners and Runtime : 97 mins investigates the organisations and events that LANGUAGE: English have contributed to substantial progress within SUBTITLES AVAILABLE the western LGBTQ+ liberation movement, focussing on the history of Pride in the UK. It celebrates that progress, whilst exploring the controversial questions over the continuing relevance of the Pride march, and highlights the international battles still to be fought.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lvwRLsA_fE
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/are-you-proud-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A frank exploration of the LGBTQ+ movement across the UK, meeting with key figures who are spearheading change across the spectrum. With the popularity of Pride Month in the UK and in contemporary culture, here is an opportunity to see what seismic shifts have been made in the acceptance and resistance to change in British society.
“It's a good starting point for young LGBT people - or straight, cisgender people - who want to improve their understanding of this area of history.“
JENNIE KERMODE—EYE FOR FILM
BEATS (2019) AVAILABLE FROM 9th SEPTEMBER (SCOTTISH COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA/MUSIC) Director: Brian Welsh With Martin Donaghy, Ryan Set in Scotland in 1994, Beats follows two teenage best Fletcher friends, Johnno (Cristian Ortega) and Spanner (Lorn Runtime 101mins Macdonald), heading out for one final night together at LANGUAGE : English an illegal rave before life takes them in different directions. Johnno’s family, encouraged by his de facto SUBTITLES AVAILABLE stepfather Robert (Brian Ferguson), are due to move to a newly built house in the distant suburbs. Spanner’s prospects, meanwhile, look next to zero in the context of local poverty and his relationship with his criminal brother, Fido (Neil Leiper).
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o2xteiJt94 Neil’s Star BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/beats-2019 Choice COMMUNICATION OFFICER—NEIL RAMJEE’S RECOMMENDATION
A momentous piece of Scottish filmmaking, harkening back to an era when a Saturday meant socialising and definitely avoiding staying in! Brotherly love and camaraderie set against the hypnotic thump of a ‘banging’ night out... Magnificent.
“It’s a terrific little film that combines the earthy humour and honesty of a Shane Meadows movie with an unexpected expressionistic section “
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AVAILABLE NOW (DRAMA) DIRTY GOD (2019) Director: Sacha Polak When Jade, a young mother from London, is With Vicky Knight, Eliza Brady-Girard discharged from hospital, the doctors are are Runtime : 104 mins happy with her progress. But can she ever be LANGUAGE: English happy again? After an acid attack by her ex, she
will have to live with scars on her neck, chest, arms and part of her face. The burns may heal, but the scars remain.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCKO84ViyxA
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/dirty-god-2019
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A tough and realistic story of a young woman and her place in modern society having suffered a horrific attack. Played with determination by first-time actress Vicky Knight who, herself, bears the scars of a burning incident. A forthright drama, which pulls no punches and leaves you all the more involved in Jade’s resilient story.
“Vulnerable, flinty, and unashamedly sexual, Knight's Jade may not be an especially likable person, but she's vibrantly real.”
JAY WEISSBERG—VARIETY
EATEN BY LIONS (2019) AVAILABLE NOW Director: Jason Wingard (COMEDY/ DRAMA) With Antonio Aakeel, Jack Carroll, Asim Chaudhary Omar and Pete are half-brothers. When their Runtime 93 mins parents are eaten by lions they embark on a funny, LANGUAGE : English heart-warming journey of self-discovery for both SUBTITLES AVAILABLE boys... in Blackpool. The Choudray family represents a truly contemporary example of modern multicultural Britain - but what will the brothers make of their eccentric newfound family? Will they be going to Mecca or Mecca bingo?
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBJ8SLlvATU
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/eaten-lions-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: In the same vein as the light-hearted British film East Is East, the comedic central story of this unlikely pairing of young men is a delight. Supported by popular faces as Asim Chaudhary & Johnny Vegas, this family-friendly film has the nostalgic familiarity of a summer holiday at a pebble beach with a giant soft-scoop in your hand.
“At its heart it’s about the meaning of family, and be- longing; of finding a fit that may be imperfect and a little raw, but which comes from a place of warmth and love.”
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AVAILABLE NOW EIGHTH GRADE (2019) Director: Bo Burnham (COMING –OF-AGE DRAMA) With Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of Runtime : 94 mins contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes LANGUAGE: English her way through the last week of middle school -- SUBTITLES AVAILABLE the end of her thus far disastrous eighth-grade year.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lFgF_IjPw
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/eighth-grade-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Despite its young protagonist, Bo Burnham’s foray into the Kayla’s world could teach everyone a thing or two about the immense pressure put on children in the digital age. Elsie Fisher’s portrayal of someone uncomfortable in her own skin is pitch-perfect as an empathetic experience we’ve encountered at least once in our lives.
“Fisher is fabulous in writer-director Burnham's poignant, sensitive exploration of the challenges of early adolescence in the age of social media and constant phone use“
SANDIE ANGULO CHEN—COMMON SENSE MEDIA
70th Anniversary Special AVAILABLE NOW Director: Robert Hamer KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS With Alec Guinness x 9 Runtime 104 mins (1949) (COMEDY) LANGUAGE : English SUBTITLES AVAILABLE When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member (all played by Alec Guinness) who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his long-time love and the widow of one of his victims , his plans go awry.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBJ8SLlvATU Christina’s Star BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/kind-hearts-and-coronets-1949 Choice
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: As a celebration of this classic Ealing comedy reaching 70 years young, we invite you to introduce this stone-cold classic to old faces & newcomers alike. Sir Alec Guinness’ hilarious multiple personalities never fail to raise a laugh and we think it’ll evoke positive memories of a classic era for British comedy. They don’t make them like this any more!
“At once a witty comedy of manners, a grotesque serial- killer caper and an acerbic satire on the class system.“
BEN WALTERS—TIME OUT
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AVAILABLE NOW THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER Director: Sara Colangelo (DRAMA) With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael (2018) Garcia Bernal Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a forty-year old married Runtime : 97 mins kindergarten teacher living in Staten Island who is LANGUAGE: English terminally bored with her banal middle-class SUBTITLES AVAILABLE existence. When she becomes convinced that her five-year-old student is a budding poetic genius, she decides to nurture his talents in a reckless and questionable manner.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaa1c4Tp-f0
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/kindergarten-teacher-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A gripping, uncomfortable and unbelievable story, transported into the English language from Colangelo’s original Israeli film. Gyllenhaal holds your attention and garners sympathy for her irrational behaviour and obsession with her young student which gently emerges from behind the picket fences of her suburban life.
“Gyllenhaal - who is never out of our sight - somehow makes us all her accomplices, imprisoning our sympathies even when Lisa's inappropriate behaviour escalates to inexcusable.“
JEANNETTE CATSOULIS—NEW YORK TIMES
LAST SUMMER (2019) AVAILABLE NOW Director: Jon Jones (WELSH COMING OF AGE DRAMA) With Noa Thomas, Gruffydd Weston, Rowan Jones A powerful coming-of-age film set in rural Wales Runtime 97 mins during a long hot summer in the 1970s, Last LANGUAGE : English Summer follows four young boys as they roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adult world and changes their lives forever.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNOKdxZ1xNI
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/last-summer-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A home-grown nostalgia trip with a decent amount of weighty drama behind it—a huge appeal to all Welsh venues or anyone who spent their summer holidays building dens and riding their bikes into the sunset. This film would be suitable for teenage children and above due to some of the dramatic content.
“A movie that stands somewhere between Kes and Stand by Me in its unsentimental child’s-eye-view of tragedy and trauma, friendship and love.”
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AVAILABLE NOW POND LIFE (2019) Director: Bill Buckhurst (COMING OF AGE DRAMA/ADVENTURE) With Esmee Creed-Miles, Tom Varey, Angus Imrie It’s the summer of 1994. In a quiet mining village Runtime : 97 mins just outside Doncaster, a rumour stirs about the LANGUAGE: English legend of a giant carp in the nearby decoy ponds. SUBTITLES AVAILABLE Young Trevor decides to lead a brigade of friends and neighbours on a fishing expedition.
Each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony as they witness the carp for themselves that they will never forget.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOkZ5t0qJU
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/pond-life-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: Youthful audiences may find the charm in the perpetuation of a fishy urban myth (“It was *THIS* big!”) doled out over the course of a hazy summer in the north. Esmee Creed-Miles is a rising star, having made her mark in th latest Amazon Prime TV remake of Joe Wright’s adventurous Hanna.
“The depictions of sunburnt teenagers ambling through estates, haunted by the terrible truths of the adult world, seemed utterly true.”
KEVIN MAHER—THE TIMES
RAY & LIZ (2019) AVAILABLE NOW Director: Richard Billingham (DRAMA) With Richard Ashton, Michelle On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of Bonnard, Sam Gittins society the Billingham family perform extreme Runtime 106 mins rituals and break social taboos as they muddle LANGUAGE : English through a life decided by factors beyond their SUBTITLES AVAILABLE control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kSbxwIiUg
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/ray-liz-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A bleak kitchen-sinker is always a tough sell, though Billingham’s commitment to a portrayal of an authentic life of a West Midlands couple is something to embrace. In a rare and raw screen depiction of ‘disadvantaged backgrounds’, Ray & Liz is a realistic snapshot of an existence many have never experienced.
“The lives we see are eked out on the breadline with an air of desperation and feverishness. Yet Daniel Landin's cinematography captures them affectionately.“
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AVAILABLE NOW THE SHINY SHRIMPS (2019) Director: Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare (COMEDY/SPORT/LGBTQ) With Nicolas Gob, Alban Matthias, an Olympic champion at the end of his Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His Runtime : 100 mins LANGUAGE: French punishment : coach the Shiny Shrimps, a SUBTITLED flamboyant and amateur gay water polo team. They have only one thing in mind : to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia where the hottest international LGBT athletes compete. It’s the start of a bumpy and joyful ride... Faster, Higher, Stronger.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UY0gNvlEC0
BBFC GUIDANCE: NOT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION (Moviola recommends 15+)
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: A fictional story imbued with the real life experiences of its director. A sports film for those who detest lifting a racket or the idea of going to the gym. The Shiny Shrimps are a rambunctious collective, accepting of any ability and, indeed, any persons. An LGBTQ+ sports film which has great heart and belly laughs.
“What keeps the whole thing from flying off the rails is the directors' command of tone and the sincerity of Nicolas Gob's performance... “
Boyd Van Hoeij—THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
AVAILABLE 19th WOMAN AT WAR (2019) SEPTEMBER Director: Benedikt (COMEDY DRAMA) Erlingsson Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who With Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann crusades against the local aluminium industry in Sigurðarson,Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life Runtime 100 mins changes in the blink of an eye when she is finally LANGUAGE : Icelandic granted permission to adopt a girl from the Ukraine.
OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2v3_jHrvBQ
BBFC GUIDANCE: https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/woman-war-2018
PROGRAMMING GUIDANCE: As we are constantly reminded that we’re heading towards our own extinction, Woman At War throws its eco-hat into the ring. Halla’s story is disastrously slapstick and yet, you’ll find yourself rooting for the one-woman- army determined to bring about change. Filled full of quirky Scandinavian humour that will keep you smirking throughout.
“Woman at War is a thoroughly original film and presents a wonderfully quirky antidote to the mass of Hollywood blockbusters.”
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TITLES AVAILABLE TO BOOK NOW:
MAINSTREAM FILMS CINEMATHEQUE FILMS
• ALL IS TRUE • ARE YOU PROUD?
• COLETTE • DIRTY GOD
• FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY • EATEN BY LIONS
• THE FRONT RUNNER • EIGHTH GRADE
• HOLY LANDS • KIND HEARTS & CORONETS
• RED JOAN • THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER • THE WHITE CROW • LAST SUMMER
• POND LIFE TITLES AVAILABLE TO BOOK LATER (IN DATE ORDER):
9th SEPTEMBER
• BEATS
• TOLKIEN
19th SEPTEMBER
• WOMAN AT WAR
22nd SEPTEMBER
• ROCKETMAN (TBC)
1st OCTOBER
• LATE NIGHT
7th OCTOBER
• BALLOON
28th OCTOBER
• VITA & VIRGINIA
1st NOVEMBER
• YESTERDAY (TBC)
1st DECEMBER
• BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (TBC)
9th DECEMBER
• SORRY WE MISSED YOU
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