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Summer 2020
FILM FILM
Farewell Talking about Trees
Wednesday 29 april Wednesday 06 may
The push and pull between family
bonds and the ties of culture are
explored with a light touch and a
perceptive eye for detail in this
delightful, semi-autobiographical family
drama from writer and director Lulu
Wang. ‘Talking About Trees’ chronicles the Sudanese Film
Club, a group of retired movie directors who try to
reopen a cinema in the city of Omdourman, just
outside of Khartoum. But this proves to be a huge
task.
Chinese American Billi (Awkwafina,
building on her zesty comic turn
in Crazy Rich Asians) and her family
return to China under the guise of a
fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye
to their beloved matriarch – the only
person that doesn't know she only has
a few weeks to live.
‘A funny, emotionally intricate and
deeply moving tale of severed
connections and renewed family ties’ -
Wall Street Journal
Dir. lulu WAnG, uSA, 2019, 100 Min
TiME: 8pM priCE: €9/5
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Without pointing fingers, director Gasmelbari reveals
how a government controlled by Islamic
fundamentalists for the past three decades resulted
in the demise of an entire film industry and heritage,
with only a few remaining theatres screening
Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters in central
Khartoum.
Gasmelbari captures the daily grind of the Film Club.
His documentary is a quiet and contemplative look
at artists forced to face the reality that their work
can no longer exist where they live.
Panorama Audience Award, Best Documentary,
Berlin International Film Festival 2019
Dir. SuhAiB GASMElBAri,
FrAnCE, SuDAn, ChAD,
GErMAny, QuATAr, 2019, 93 Min
TiME: 8pM priCE: €9/5 FrEE To ovEr 65’S