Beer Film Society
Beer Film Society aims to offer our audiences a wide selection of films in our programme - independent, foreign language, documentary, classic, British and some mainstream.
We meet mainly on a Thursday evening every month at The Mariners' Hall in Fore Street, Beer: a large, roomy venue with brand new projection equipment.
Doors open from 6.30pm and the film starts at 7.00pm. The bar is open from 6.30pm and during the break.
Tickets: £5 for members, £7 for guests and visitors
We look forward to welcoming you!
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Screenings
Upcoming
Fly Me To The Moon
16-01-2025 at 19:00
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Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, FLY ME TO THE MOON is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as back-up and the countdown truly begins…
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Beer Film Society, The Mariners' Hall, Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3JB
My Favourite Cake
13-02-2025 at 19:00
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70-year-old widow Mahin (Lili Farhadpour) lives in a comfortable home and has a group of female friends with whom she can share jokes, but with her daughter living far away she feels lonely and decides to shake her life up a bit. 70-year-old cabbie Faramarz (Esmaeel Mehrabi) doesn’t spot her when she sits near him at a restaurant frequented by pensioners with state vouchers to spend. She sees him, however, and soon sets in motion a meeting that will prove to be full of welcome surprise for both of them.
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In Persian with subtitles
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Beer Film Society, The Mariners' Hall, Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3JB
The Critic
20-03-2025 at 19:00
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In 1930s London, Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is the drama critic of the Daily Chronicle and is known for his savage reviews, most recently of actress Nina Land (Gemma Arterton). David Brooke (Mark Strong) has recently taken over the paper and would dearly like to get rid of Jimmy: he seizes his opportunity when Jimmy, who is gay, is arrested one night. Out for revenge, Jimmy lures Nina into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.
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Beer Film Society, The Mariners' Hall, Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3JB
Conclave
17-04-2025 at 19:00
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Based on the best-seller by Robert Harris. The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process. The four front-runners are Bellini (Stanley Tucci), Adeyemi (Lucian Msamati), Tremblay (John Lithgow) and Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto). These are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. And they have secrets. Over the next 72 hours, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure in the world.
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In English, Italian, Spanish and Latin with subtitles
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Beer Film Society, The Mariners' Hall, Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3JB
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We Dare To Dream
18-07-2024 at 19:30
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Directed by Waad Al-Kateab (director of Oscar-nominated For Sama) We Dare to Dream reveals the lives and hopes of refugee athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon, as they train to compete on the world stage at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021Additional Info
We have linked up with Amne Arnaout of Mary’s Syrian Kitchen in Ottery St Mary who will be providing some tasty treats for us to enjoy before the film – all included in the ticket price (£5 members, £7 guests).
Amne and her husband Hani are themselves refugees who with their two children fled the war in Syria in 2017 to Jordan, before being offered the chance to resettle in the UK through a partnership with Ottery St Mary’s Church. Once they had settled in Ottery St Mary, Amne set up her home catering business offering Syrian food takeaways and home deliveries, and giving the local community the opportunity to sample and learn about Syrian cuisine.
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Cinema Paradiso
19-09-2024 at 19:00
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Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local cinema's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema and his deep friendship with Alfredo. A love letter to cinema and a celebration of youth and friendship.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990
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In celebration of showing our 200th film.
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The End We Start From
17-10-2024 at 19:00
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When catastrophic floods submerge London, a new mother embarks on a dangerous journey to find a safe refuge, all the while trying to protect her baby from the surrounding chaos.
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Anatomy of a Fall
14-11-2024 at 19:00
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Sandra, her husband Samuel and their 11-year-old son Daniel live a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel's suspicious death is presumed murder and Sandra becomes the main suspect and partially-sighted Daniel faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
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Winner of the Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 2023
European Film Awards including Best Film, Best Actress (Sandra Hüller) Best Director (Justine Triet) 2023
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, 2024
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The Holdovers
05-12-2024 at 19:00
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A curmudgeonly teacher at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break to 'babysit' a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who recently lost her son in the Vietnam War.
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Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) 2024