The greatest swashbuckler of them all, Douglas Fairbanks, stars in this epic fantasy-adventure, inspired by The Arabian Nights. Spectacular set design and special effects combine with dramatic action scenes and romance in this masterpiece of 1920s silent film – which will be brought to life with live piano.
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Laurel and Hardy headline a triple-bill of slapstick comedy mayhem as part of Northern Silent Film Festival. In You’re Darn Tootin’, Stan and Ollie are musicians in a brass band and, despite them doing their best, everything goes disastrously wrong. The show also features Buster Keaton and other classic silent film comedy stars, with live piano accompaniment.
Buy tickets to Thief of Bagdad for 15% off Northern Silents Double Bill at Hull Truck Theatre.
When 93-year-old Thelma gets duped by a phone scammer, she wants her money back. But the police don’t take it seriously, and her family won’t help, so Thelma recruits reluctant pal Ben to track down the crooks themselves.
Presented with Descriptive Subtitles
USA | 2024 | 97 Min | Comedy
Taking Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando as its starting point, this hybrid documentary-drama sees a cast of more than twenty trans and non-binary individuals perform interpretations of scenes from the novel, weaving into Woolf’s narrative their own stories of identity and transition.
Subtitled Screening, Presented with Descriptive Subtitles
France | 2023 | 98 Min | Documentary, LGBTQ+
When Lia learns that her long-lost niece Tekla might be in Turkey, she sets off to Istanbul. Looking for someone who never intended to be found proves harder than she thought, until she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights.
Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia | 2024 | 105 Min | Drama, LGBTQ+
In 2044, AI controls all facets of society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate the pain of past romances, Gabrielle continually falls for different incarnations of the enigmatic Louis as she explores past lives in different times and parts of the world.
France | 2023 | 147 Min | Drama, Romance, Sci Fi
France, 1870’s. Rosalie is a young woman who hides a secret: thick body and facial hair that she shaves to fit in. When Abel, an indebted bar owner, marries Rosalie for her dowry, will he be able to love her for the woman she is?
Subtitled Screening, Presented with Descriptive Subtitles
France | 2023 | 115 Min | Drama, LGBTQ+
Etero, a woman living in a small village in Georgia, is single by choice. She cherishes her freedom, so when she unexpectedly finds herself falling into a passionate relationship she is faced with a stark choice between commitment and independence.
Subtitled Screening
Georgia | 2023 | 111 Min | Drama
Renegade British archaeologist Arthur leads a band of Italian grave robbers in search of illicit treasures. But haunted by memories of lost love, he is increasingly drawn to the past and the mysteries of the earth.
Subtitled Screening, Presented with Descriptive Subtitles
Italy, France, Switzerland | 2023 | 131 Min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: Why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?
Subtitled Screening, Presented with Descriptive Subtitles
Germany | 2023 | 110 Min | Drama
The Miners’ Strike of 1984/85 was the most divisive, violent industrial dispute Britain has ever witnessed. With personal testimony, formerly hidden government documents and unseen archive, STRIKE tells the story of the confrontation between miners and police at the Battle of Orgreave.
Presented with Descriptive Subtitles.
UK | 2024 | 110Mins | Documentary
The experiences of two Senegalese teenagers who yearn for a brighter future. Between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through checkpoints, scorched desert, prison and passage across the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died before them.
Presented with Descriptive Subtitles.
Italy, Belgium, France | 2023| 121 Min | Drama
The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracised by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared.
Presented with descriptive subtitles.
Ireland, UK | 2023 | 95 Min | Drama, Horror
Joe and Kate have returned from London to live and work in a small, rural, lakeside community in Ireland. The drama of a year in their lives unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons.
Presented with descriptive subtitles.
Ireland, UK | 2023 | 111 Min | Drama
Middle-aged bachelor Jon lives alone with his mother on a farm so remote it’s easiest to reach by boat. When Mamma dies, Jon feels obliged to honour her last wish to buried in her home town – a long and difficult drive across the whole of Iceland. Mamma might be dead, but that doesn’t stop her spending the journey criticising Jon’s life choices from the back seat. Reminiscent of Kaurismaki’s deadpan comedy, this droll, dark film set in breathtaking landscapes swept the board with nine Icelandic Academy Awards.
Starring Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hera Hilmar
Dir Hilmar Oddsson | 2022 | Estonia, Iceland | 112 min | 12A | Icelandic
This 40 minute film features the shared lived experiences of four Ukrainian refugees who sought sanctuary in East Yorkshire under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. Learn more about their journey, challenges and adapting to a new environment during this exploration of humanity.
The film also features one of the many local families who opened their homes to the refugee community.
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