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Becoming Led Zeppelin (12A)

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Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and […]

Event Series Sex (15)

Sex (15)

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Dag Johan Haugerud STARRING: Thorbjørn Harr, Jan Gunnar Røise, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen NORWAY 2024, 1 HOUR 58 MINUTES, NORWEGIAN + ENGLISH SUBTITLES Two chimney sweeps in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles. In conversation at work, the sweeps […]

The Last Showgirl (15) PREVIEW

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Gia Coppola STARRING: Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka US, 2025, 1 HOUR 28 MINUTES, ENGLISH AD AUDIO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE DS DESCRIPTIVE SUBTITLES: Friday 14th March at 7.15pm Pamela Anderson stars as a seasoned showgirl in the final days of a legendary Vegas floor show. With routines […]

The Penguin Lessons (12A) PREVIEW

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Peter Cattaneo STARRING: Steve Coogan, Björn Gustafsson, David Herrero, Jonathan Pryce UK/SPAIN, 2024, 1 HOUR 50 MINUTES, ENGLISH/SPANISH + ENGLISH SUBTITLES AD AUDIO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE DS DESCRIPTIVE SUBTITLES: Saturday 15th March at 1.45pm Steve Coogan brings deadpan irony to this warm and witty comedy from the director of The Full […]

Paddington in Peru (PG ) Free School Screening

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Dougal Wilson STARRING: Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Julie Walters UK/FRANCE, 2024, 1 HOUR 46 MINUTES, ENGLISH AD AUDIO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE He’s back! Our duffle-coated, marmalade-infused hero ventures out of London and returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, now residing at […]

The Return (15) PREVIEW

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Uberto Pasolini STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer UK/ITALY/GREECE/FRANCE, 2024, 1 HOUR 56 MINUTES, ENGLISH A retelling of Odysseus’ (Ralph Fiennes) return to Ithaca pivots on the hero’s inner state of being. Odysseus’s homecoming from 20 years of war and adventure is far from peaceful. Haggard and drained, he’s […]

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (15)

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Mohammad Rasoulof STARRING: Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Missagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani IRAN/GERMANY/FRANCE, 2024, 2 HOURS 48 MINUTES, FARSI + ENGLISH SUBTITLES Dissident director Rasoulof personalises dividing lines in Iranian society in a family drama. Iman sees benefits for his family in his promotion to interrogator for the Islamic […]

A Traveler’s Needs (12A) PREVIEW

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Hong Sangsoo STARRING: Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hyeyoung, Kwon Haehyo SOUTH KOREA, 2024, 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES, FRENCH/KOREAN/ENGLISH + ENGLISH SUBTITLES A deliciously mischievous comic turn from Isabelle Huppert as Iris who has set up as a French language teacher in Korea using her own rather baffling methods. Iris has no […]

Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat (12A)

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Johan Grimonprez BELGIUM/FRANCE/NETHERLANDS, 2024, 2 HOUR 30 MINUTES, ENGLISH/FRENCH/DUTCH/ RUSSIAN + ENGLISH SUBTITLES Jazz and decolonisation tangle in this remarkable documentary from Johan Grimonprez. Innovative and deeply researched, it investigates the incendiary politics of the nascent Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960 in the final months of leader Patrice Lumumba’s […]

Four Mothers (15) PREVIEW

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Darren Thornton STARRING: James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Niamh Cusack, Dearbhla Molloy IRELAND, 2024, 1 HOUR 29 MINUTES, ENGLISH A loose adaptation of Gianni Di Gregorio’s Mid-August Lunch (2008) turns out a touching, often funny and intimate tribute to middle-aged Irish gay men and their working class matriarchs. James McArdle plays […]

War Paint – Women at War (15) PREVIEW

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025 DIRECTOR: Margy Kinmonth UK, 2025, 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES, ENGLISH Following her immensely popular Eric Ravilious – Drawn to War feature documentary, Margy Kinmonth now shines a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists. On the front lines around the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art, […]

Nickel Boys (15)

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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: RaMell Ross STARRING: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor US, 2024, 2 HOURS 20 MINUTES, ENGLISH AD AUDIO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE A superlative adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells the story of Elwood, a black teen sent to the hellish Nickel Academy. Elwood befriends fellow student Turner and together they […]