Kingsbridge Kino

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The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives – the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them. A 2000 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest whose previous films include the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

“Guest seems to know just how far he can stretch reality without losing the crucial texture of verisimilitude. This is a comedy even cat lovers might adore.” (David Ansen – Newsweek)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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CONTENDER FOR THE GOLDEN BEAR AT 2024 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL

Seventy-year-old Mahin has been widowed for 30 years and her two children live abroad. She is living a lonely life in Tehran. But one day, she decides to join her friends for the afternoon tea and finds a new spark in her heart. She meets someone who makes her feel alive again, and the evening brings unpredictable surprises and memories. A bittersweet film.

“As well as everything else, this wonderfully sweet and funny film will contribute to the debate about whether repressive regimes are the nursery of artistic greatness.” (Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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WINNER : PASINETTI AWARD FOR BEST ITALIAN FILM AT 1969 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

SHORT-LISTED : BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM AT 1969 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

SHORT-LISTED : FELLINI (BEST DIRECTOR) AT 1970 OSCARS

Episodic and strange, Satyricon offers a hedonistic tour through an ancient Rome that exists not in history books, but from Federico Fellini’s singular imagination. Loosely based on Petronius’ fragmentary work Satyricon which was written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome, the film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius (Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus (Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. Also featuring fashion models Donyale Luna (the “first black supermodel”) and Capucine who worked for Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy and Pierre Balmain. It received international acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Fellini’s direction and Danilo Donati’s vivid and striking production design.

“Stunning camerawork in deliberately garish colour from Giuseppe Rotunna, incomparable art direction, and some riveting music from Nini Rota aid Fellini in his principal task, which is simply to astonish and to widen the imagination.” (Derek Malcolm – The Guardian)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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WINNER : GRAND JURY PRIZE, AUDIENCE AWARD & DIRECTING AWARD AT 2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

A searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije (Yllka Gashi), who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order to provide for her struggling family, she pulls together the other widows in her community to launch a business selling a local food product. Finding healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands, their will to begin living independently is met with hostility: the men in the village condemn Fahrije’s efforts to empower herself. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe’s civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future. Hive is a pithy, devastating portrait of loss and uphill journeys to freedom.

“This is a richly intelligent drama, in which every word and every shot counts.” (Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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WINNER : PALME D’OR AT 2018 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

NOMINEE : BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AT 2019 OSCARS

NOMINEE : BEST FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT 2019 BAFTAS

From visionary director Hirokazu Kore-eda (I Wish, After Life) comes a critically-acclaimed portrait of a makeshift family in Japan. After a successful shoplifting spree, Osamu and his son rescue a little girl in the freezing cold and invite her home with them. Osamu’s wife Nobuyo reluctantly agrees to shelter her. Although the family is poor, they live happily together until an unforeseen incident upsets the delicate balance they have created, revealing long-buried secrets.

“A work of such emotional delicacy, you’re barely prepared when it knocks you sideways.” (Los Angeles Times)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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The first Hollywood studio feature with a black female director is a compelling account of a South African who turns against the ruling caste. Donald Sutherland stars as a liberal but blinkered schoolteacher who gradually becomes radicalised after a series of brutal events affecting his gardener that eventually splits his family apart. Susan Sarandon plays a sympathetic journalist and Marlon Brando, in a juicy comeback cameo that evokes Orson Welles, plays an anti-apartheid lawyer. The plot is effectively set up and expertly pursued, and Hugh Masekela makes some striking contributions to Dave Grusin’s musical score. With Janet Suzman, Jürgen Prochnow and Zakes Mokae. A film that will make you angry!

“Euzhan Palcy, a remarkable talent, has kept her undeniably powerful film ablaze with ferocity and feeling.” (Rolling Stone)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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WINNER : AUDIENCE AWARD AT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield) dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in the First World War, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honour the evening before they depart, and on this fateful evening Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.

“An elegantly old-fashioned period drama, ‘The Road Dance’ is distinguished by striking cinematography and Hermione Corfield’s breakout performance.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW

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WINNER : JURY PRIZE AT 2023 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

In modern-day Helsinki, Ansa and Holappa, two lonely souls in search of their first love, meet by chance in a local karaoke bar. However, the pair’s path to happiness is beset by numerous obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog. Movie-going dreamers, there is hope for us still in this timeless, tender romance from living legend Aki Kaurismäki. Imbued with the filmmaker’s idiosyncratic playfulness and deadpan humour, this bittersweet comedy charmed even the most dour of critics and, delightfully, won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

“A quiet masterpiece and possibly Kaurismäki’s greatest film.” (Time Magazine)

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Kingsbridge Kino, Dodbrooke Parish Hall, Church Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1NW