Quest
Directed by Jonathan Olshefski
Filmed over the course of eight years, filmmaker Jonathan Olshefski’s documentary chronicles the daily struggles and successes of the Raineys, an African- American family living in Philadelphia.
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Filmed over the course of eight years, filmmaker Jonathan Olshefski’s documentary chronicles the daily struggles and successes of the Raineys, an African- American family living in Philadelphia.
Read More →Presented along with with SAVE CQ, who will discuss their ongoing campaign in Belfast after the screening.
Read More →This heartfelt documentary takes us into the world of the Gaza Strip’s subculture of surfing enthusiasts, and reveals a formidable resilience pulsing within a beleaguered population.
Read More →On the edge of a crumbling city, a self appointed patriarch Gregori, played with charisma and menace by Vincent Cassel (La Haine, Black Swan) presides over a sequestered commune of single mothers and their children.
Read More →Dr Robert Morgan is the only survivor of a world-wide plague, but each night he must fight against plague victims who leave their graves looking for blood - his!
Read More →Set across three decades and two continents, Mountains May Depart is an a affecting tale of social upheaval in modern day China.
Read More →This Sundance-winning documentary about a couple on the autism spectrum getting married tells a thought-provoking but sweet love story.
Read More →After serving a prison sentence at a juvenile detention centre John (Ulrik Munther) returns to his home village to start a new life. But, as it turns out, his old crimes are neither forgotten nor forgiven.
Read More →Ola, a 14-year-old girl, takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother, and a mother who doesn’t live with them and tries to reunite the family.
Read More →In 1970, first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a film which redefined the giallo genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
Read More →A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.
Read More →Persepolis is a 2007 French-Iranian adult animated biographical film that follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.
Read More →A documentary that explores the life and legacy of the internationally renowned and hugely influential human rights and trade union activist Inez McCormack.
Read More →If These Walls Could Talk 2 follows three separate storylines about lesbian couples in three different time periods.
Read More →Taking place in India, two wives find comfort in each other’s arms after finding none from their forced marriages.
Read More →In association with the Moving On Music Festival, Lift To The Scaffold is the first of three films we are screening that have unique jazz soundtracks.
Read More →In association with the Moving On Music Festival, Shadows is the second of three films we are screening that have unique jazz soundtracks.
Read More →In association with the Moving On Music Festival, The Pawnbroker is the third and final film we are screening that has a unique jazz soundtrack.
Read More →Troubled teen Milo hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo’s dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality.
Read More →Girlhood meets Scarface in Houda Benyamina’s Cannes prize–winning debut feature, about two young women who become embroiled in the criminal world of the Parisian banlieues.
Read More →Virtually ignored upon its initial release in 1945, but was later championed by film critics and directors such as Martin Scorsese as one of the high points of the film noir genre.
Read More →Belfast Folk Horror Club presents Australian nature-in-revolt classic Long Weekend.
Read More →Albert Serra shows us that monumental events can be conveyed through the smallest of details. A series of exquisitely composed images, each one lit like an Old Master painting with the glow of candlelight, present us the last days in the life of one of the most powerful monarchs in modern history.
Read More →In Kenneth Branagh's funniest film an out-of-work actor on the verge of a nervous break-down decides to put on a production of Hamlet in a church. What better location to see this under appreciated gem than in the beautiful Rosemary Street Church.
Read More →Presented by Belfast Trust as part of World Aids day. Twenty-five years after Miguel died of AIDS, his niece tracks down his estranged lover and cracks open a Pandora's box of unresolved family drama in this documentary.
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