Batcombe Film Society presents: ‘Queen of Glory’ (dir. Nana Mensah/2021/78 mins/15)
Batcombe Jubilee Hall Batcombe'The trials of a Ghanaian-American woman and her family never overpower the deft emotional savviness of this low-budget tale Mensah is Sarah, a lecturer and PhD student in the neuro-oncology department at Columbia University. When her mum dies suddenly, Sarah takes the subway back to the Bronx. She’s an only child and her dad (Oberon […]
Batcombe Film Society: ‘The Phantom of the Open’ (dir. Craig Roberts/2021/102 mins/12)
Batcombe Jubilee Hall BatcombeA jolly comedy-drama based on a true story. Mark Rylance plays British golfing eccentric Maurice Flitcroft. A dreamer and unrelenting optimist, Flitcroft was a shipyard worker who took up golf in middle age, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open golf championship and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a […]
Batcombe Film Society: Master Cheng (dir. Mika Kaurismäki/2019/114 mins/PG/Subtitles plus English)
Batcombe Jubilee Hall BatcombeDirector Mika Kaurismäki’s quiet, tender, lyrical film explores the possibilities of making new connections in far-off places. When Master Cheng (Pak Hon Chu) arrives in a remote Finnish village with his young son Nunjo (Lucas Hsuan), he’s in search of someone he used to know in Shanghai. Unable to help find his friend, café owner […]
Batcombe Film society presents ‘Petite Maman’ (dir. Celine Sciamma/2021/72mins/U)
Batcombe Jubilee Hall Batcombe7pm for 7.45pm Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow up to PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother’s childhood home to begin […]
‘Emily’, a biographical drama about Emily Brontë showing at the Shepton Montague Film Night
St Peter's Church Redlynch, SomersetEmily imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30. Written and directed by Frances O'Connor and starring Emma Mackay, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Fionn Whitehead. Thursday 9th March at 7.30pm […]
Batcombe Film Society presents a themed evening with ‘After Love’ (dir. Aleem Khan/2020/90mins/12)
Batcombe Jubilee Hall BatcombeWe’re delighted once again to include an evening of film and food in our programme (doors open 6pm for 6.30pm meal) Tickets will be available from 20th January and need to be booked by Friday 10th March AFTER LOVE Aleem Khan / 2020 / 90 mins / 12. English / French / Arabic / Urdu […]
