THURSDAY 1 AUGUST
Don't Talk to Irene 7:30PM
M
Canada, 2017
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Director: Pat Mills
Starring: Michelle McLeod, Geena Davis, Anastasia Phillips, Bruce Gray
What's it about?
16-year-old Irene (McLeod) is tired of being a loser, but she’s determined that this year is going to be different, and vows to become a cheerleader. But when she’s the victim of a cruel prank, Irene is suspended on her first day back at school and must endure two weeks of community service at the local retirement home.
Girls Lost 9:15PM
MA15+
Sweden, Finland, 2015
Genre: Fantasy
Language: Swedish
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining
Starring: Tuva Jagell, Wilma Holmén, Louise Nyvall, Emrik Öhlander
What's it about?
Kim (Jagell), Bella (Holmén) and Momo (Nyvall) are three fourteen-year-old girls who discover a flower with magic powers: by drinking its nectar they are transformed into boys and they enter a new world. At first they enjoy their newly found freedom, but soon Bella and Momo realize that there are downsides to it. Kim, however, gets seriously addicted…
FRIDAY 2 AUGUST
Viceroy's House 7:30PM
PG
India, UK, 2017
Genre: Drama, History
Language: English, Hindi
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Manish Dayal
What's it about?
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten (Bonneville) assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
I, Daniel Blake 9:30PM
MA15+
UK, 2016
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy
What's it about?
59-year-old Daniel Blake (Johns) has worked as a carpenter most of his life in Newcastle, but for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with single mother Katie (Squires) and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy. Winner of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or.
