Blue Heron - Sunday 18th October 5pm

 
"A shoo-in for any 'best of the year' list, Sophy Romvari's debut film is a stop-you-in-your tracks debut about Jeremy, a young man with oppositional defiant disorder, and the parents who struggle to support him" (Time Out)

Based on the director's own childhood, and filmed mainly through the eyes of Sasha, an eight year-old girl, 'Blue Heron' follows the trials and tribulations of this family whose lives are dominated by the eldest child.

"Occasionally, a talent arrives fully formed, and the Canadian-Hungarian director Sophy Romvari is one such phenomenon" - Wendy Ide, Observer

Bitter Christmas - Sunday 11th October 5pm

Our member's picked Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas for this season of films and as one of our favourite directors we were delighted to be able to bring it to Keswick.

"With its moving musical interludes, comic patter and outrageously chic production design, Bitter Christmas is another dazzling, late-period jewel." - David Jenkins, Little White Lies

Orphan - Sunday 4th October 5pm

Orphan was the Hungarian entry to the last Oscars. Andor is fighting back against the Soviet Occupation as best he can as a young teenager, helping his friend Sari hide her activist brother from the Soviet police, all the while idealising his missing father, last seen in the concentration camps.

"Director László Nemes ('Son of Saul') crafts an indelible portrait of 1950s Hungary, still reeling from Nazi terrors, antisemitism bubbling away. Newcomer Barabas is a magnetic presence as Andor, a child permanently angry at the world" - James Mottram, Radio Times.

Cactus Pears - Sunday 27th September 5pm

Cactus Pears takes a gentle look at the problems faced when a 30 year-old, gay Indian man has to return to his village for his father's funeral. Facing the villagers questions on why he has not married, he finds some solace when an old crush of his from his youth comes on the scene.

"A luminous work, brimming with grace and delicacy" - Srikanth Srinivasan, Sight and Sound

Familiar Touch - Sunday 20th September 5pm

Whilst films about sufferers from dementia have become more frequent, nearly all have shown the problems more from the point of view of the relations and friends rather than the sufferer. Familiar Touch lets us travel along with Ruth on the journey from respected professional to patient, from living in a lovely home to supported living, showing her ups and downs, losses and gains, along the way.

"The result is an auspicious first feature, and I'd see it if I were you." - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune 

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