Wokingham Film Society
See schedule below
Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School, Luckley Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 3EU
Formed in 2013 to bring independent cinema back to Wokingham, Wokingham Film Society usually screens on the 2nd Thursday each month, at:
The Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School, Luckley Road, Wokingham RG40 3EU. (How to get there)
WOKINGHAM FILM SOCIETY Summer/Autumn 2024 FILM PROGRAMME:
| DAY DATE TIME | FEATURE FILM | DESCRIPTION |
| Thursday 9th May 7.30pm | Lunana; a Yak in the Classroom (PG) | A teacher, in search of inspiration, travels to the most remote school in the world, where he ends up realizing how important his job is and appreciating the value of yak dung. |
| Thursday 23rd May 7.30pm | The Rider (15) | After a horrific riding accident leaves him with a brain injury and unable to compete in the rodeo circuit, a young cowboy is forced to look for a new purpose. Directed by Chloé Zhao (Nomadland). Presented with Headway Thames Valley, the film will be followed by a Q&A with the charity and some of its clients. |
| Thursday 6th June 7.30pm | The Promised Land (15) | Our 150th screening - with free prosecco reception. A retired arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king's call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honour himself. But he quickly makes an enemy of a merciless local landowner, who believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king. Stars Mads Mikkelsen. Danish with English subtitles. |
| Thursday 11th July 7.30pm | All of us Strangers (15) | One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and his childhood home. Stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mecal |
| Thursday 8th August 7.30pm | One Life (12) | MEMBERS CHOICE - ALL MEMBERS FREE. This poignant and emotional biographical drama follows the life of humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who helped hundreds of children escape German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II. Stars Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham-Carter. |
| Thursday 5th September 7.30pm | The Peasants (15) | A young woman is determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village – a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride in their land, adherence to colourful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy. When she finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her. An exceptional animation from the makers of Loving Vincent. Polish with English subtitles. |
| Thursday 10th October 7.30pm | Anatomy of a Fall (15) | At an idyllic mountain chalet, a woman is suspected of her husband’s murder and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness. French and German with English subtitles. |
| Thursday 24th October 7.30pm | Io Capitano (15) | Two Senegalese teenagers leave Dakar to travel to Europe where they believe opportunities await. On a journey neither could have imagined, the boys face the dangers and the beauty of the desert, the shock of detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea in their pursuit of a better life, in a powerful, epic story that offers a deeply human perspective on the migrant crisis. Directed by two-time BAFTA-nominee Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales), IO CAPITANO has been nominated for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards, and won the Silver Lion and Best Young Actor Awards at Venice Film Festival. Wolof and French with English subtitles. |
| Thursday 11th November 7.30pm | Blind Terror aka See No Evil (15) | Special Charity Fund Raiser for Arts4Wokingham. You won't want to miss this 1971 film shot entirely in and around Wokingham. There are tantalising glimpses of the old red brick Victorian railway station, the town centre and a psychopath’s unnerving gaze from The Red Lion out onto Wokingham Market Place. Mia Farrow finds herself pursued by a crazed killer as she takes refuge in a relative’s family home in Binfield. Variety has dubbed this film as, "a perfect modern specimen of the old style A plus suspense programmner …..superbly written….brilliantly photographed." Tonight's screening is a fundraiser for local charity Arts4wokingham. The film will be preceded by a special introduction from John Gibbs, Professor of Film at Reading University. A4W is campaigning to promote the arts in general with a special emphasis on public art which it believes should be for all. More details can be found on their website, www.arts4wokingham.com. |
Tickets are competitively priced at £6.50, £4 for members (see website for details of how to join) and can be booked online at wokinghamfilmsociety.com/coming-soon.
More information: wokinghamfilmsociety.com.
