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NewwinterscreeningsannouncedwithDirectorsUK
It’s screening season, and the member events are coming thick and fast! Find out more about our latest events and external screening opportunities below.
Pain and Glory screening + Pedro Almodóvar Q&A
A number of spaces are available for a special screening of Pain and Glory, followed by a Q&A with Pedro Almodóvar.
Antonio Banderas portrays Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline who experiences a series of encounters with his past. Some of these encounters are in the flesh, others in his memories: his childhood in the 60s and the first stirrings of desire; his first love and the pain of breakup in the Madrid of the 80s; his writing as therapy to forget the unforgettable; his discovery of cinema; and finally his experience of the void, the infinite void that blocks him from carrying on making films…
The screening will take place this Friday 29 November at 6.30pm (doors 6.00pm). The venue for event is Empire Haymarket, 63-65 Haymarket, London SW1 4RL.
To attend this screening please RSVP to [email protected] mentioning your membership of Directors UK.
Blinded by the Light screening + Gurinder Chadha Q&A
We’re thrilled to present a special member screening of Blinded by the Light, followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Gurinder Chadha.
Set in 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, Blinded by the Light is a joyous, coming-of-age story about a teenager who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen.
The screening will take place on Tuesday 3 December at the Charlotte Street Hotel, 15-17 Charlotte St, London W1T 1RJ. Doors will open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.
The Cave screening + Feras Fayyad, Sigrid Dyekjær, Kirstine Barfod Q&A
A limited number of spaces are available for Directors UK members to attend a screening of The Cave, followed by a Q&A with director Feras Fayyad and producers Sigrid Dyekjær and Kirstine Barfod.
Where: Picturehouse Central, corner of Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 7DH
When: Wednesday 4 December 6.30pm (Doors 6.00pm) and Thursday 5 December 6.45pm (Doors 6.15pm)
The Cave unveils the harrowing story of besieged civilians in Syria, where hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as the Cave. The documentary follows Dr. Amani Ballour, an aspiring pediatrician and managing physician, and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. Alaa, who have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their male counterparts, doing their jobs in a way that would be unthinkable in the oppressively patriarchal culture that exists above. They risk their lives to save their patients and find ways to persevere in a world of cruelty, injustice and suffering. Watch a trailer here.
If you would like to attend please RSVP to [email protected] mentioning your membership of Directors UK.
Missing Link screening + Chris Butler, Oliver Jones and puppetry Q&A
A number of spaces are available for members wishing to attend a screening of Missing Link, followed by a Q&A with director Chris Butler, director of practical effects Oliver Jones and puppets and set-pieces from the film!
Where: Picturehouse Central, corner of Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 7DH
When: Monday 9 December,
The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is none of his small-minded high-society peers seems to recognize this. Sir Lionel’s last chance for acceptance by the adventuring elite rests on traveling to America’s Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature. A living remnant of Man’s primitive ancestry. The Missing Link. Watch a trailer here.
If you would like to attend please RSVP to [email protected] mentioning your membership of Directors UK and the number of seats you require.