As the small town of Martino Bay is rocked by a series of vicious killings, film composer Lewis Kerwin finds himself at the centre of the investigation. Forced to team up with an unusual American detective, Kerwin battles to clear his name and bring the killer to justice.
Unique screening of the 40 minute minute film of 55ºN, 5ºE
On the night of 21st October 1904, out in the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea, Russian warships mistook a fleet of British fishing trawlers for enemy Japanese warships and opened fire. One of the fishermen killed that night was George Henry Smith, great-grandfather of Gareth Smith, the lyricist & artist behind Vanishing. ‘55°N, 5°E’ reawakens this history.
Performed on the 21st & 22nd October 2017 – the 113th anniversary of the disaster – in the dramatic outdoor amphitheatre of Stage@TheDock, Hull, the audio recordings are now given a full release on the 117th anniversary via the Outer Reaches label and special select screenings of the film made of 55°N, 5°E’ will be taking place around the UK.
Scored for electronics, saxophone, violin and spoken word, three musicians and three dancers shift through five movements in a cycle. The music is part Throbbing Gristle soundscape, part Vaughan Williams folksong, part John Cale drone. Febrile noise and drum machines, resplendent strings and expressive intonations surge and subside, capturing the brutality and havoc of the Dogger Bank incident. Smith communicates a fragmentary narrative; an account of catastrophe and aftermath; of voids carved into a community in which family members and strong presences have been erased.
In mirroring the sounds invoked, the three dancers reflect a fateful passage. Their movements transcend dance; instead representing a mercurial series of subtle instructions sent from an invisible source. Frozen hands weave messages with long pieces of rope. Their shadows flee backwards into the water.
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This humorous and melancholic portrait of a male voice choir begins when the filmmakers’ father, widower Ed, 90, sells the family home and arranges his own funeral. His only remaining solace is Tuesday night practice, but with an average age of 74 and suffering a haemorrhaging of the bass section his beloved choir is facing a crisis of its own.
Poland’s Academy Award Entry for Best Foreign Language Film 2021
Nominee for six Eagle Awards (Poland’s Film Awards)
Venice Film Festival 2020
Telluride Film Festival 2020
BFI London Film Festival 2020
Bold, beautiful, and mesmeric, NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN is this striking film from Malgorzata Szumowska and her longtime collaborator Michal Englert.
Featuring a hypnotic lead performance from Utgoff, this outstanding new film is both wondrous, compelling, and uplifting.
Poland’s Academy Award Entry for Best Foreign Language Film 2021
Nominee for six Eagle Awards (Poland’s Film Awards)
Venice Film Festival 2020
Telluride Film Festival 2020
BFI London Film Festival 2020
Douglas Fairbanks, the greatest swashbuckler of them all, shines as Robin Hood in this 1922 silent film classic.
One of the productions which shaped the adventure movie genre and the first film to receive a premiere, the acrobatic stunts and visual richness of Robin Hood still take the breath away almost a hundred years later.
Silent film pianist Jonny Best will bring the film to life with live, improvised piano music.
In partnership with Yorkshire Silents
Nicolas Cage stars in the thriller Pig, alongside Alex Wolff (HEREDITARY) and Adam Arkin (SONS OF ANARCHY).
A reclusive truffle hunter (Cage) who lives alone in the wilderness must return to his past in Portland, after his beloved foraging pig is stolen.
Edinburgh Intl Film Festival 2021
Melbourne International Film Festival 2021
Oldenburg Film Festival 2021
Rakel (Kristine Kujath Thorp) lives life to the fullest. An avid beer drinker and regular party animal, she is less interested in a relationship than the odd enjoyable pickup; one of whom happens to be aikido instructor Mos (Nader Khademi). Weeks after a fun night together, Rakel’s friends notice her appetite has increased. As have the size of her breasts. And then there’s the noticeable change around her waist. It soon becomes clear that the precautions she and Mos took might not have been enough. And no sooner does she contend with the possibility of being pregnant, a concept that soon becomes a certainty, a growing, increasingly irritating animated character appears to her throughout her waking day.
Berlin Intl Film Festival 2021
SXSW 2021
Edinburgh Intl Film Festival 2021
Nominated for 11 Amanda Awards (Norway’s Film Awards)
Inseparable sisters raised in a small town on the Irish border, Lauren and Kelly’s lives were shattered with the mysterious death of their mother. Left to pick up the pieces after her sister abruptly disappeared, Lauren is suddenly confronted with the family’s dark and traumatic past when Kelly returns home after a whole year. With their intense sisterhood reignited, Kelly’s desire to unearth their history is not welcomed by all in the small town, as rumours and malice spread like wildfire, threatening to push them over the edge.
Winner of IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Award – BFI London Film Festival 2020, Toronto International Film Festival 2020, Winner Best Director and Best Actress – Irish Film and Television Academy
Hull Independent Cinema presents Ben Sharrock’s critically adored deadpan comedy-drama Limbo.
A wry, funny and poignant cross-cultural satire that subtly sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience, shining a light on the hearts and lives of those at the centre of a crisis that is mostly only experienced through the headlines.
Cannes Film Festival 2020
Toronto Intl Film Festival 2020
BFI London Film Festival 2020
BAFTA 2021 Nominee: Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer
Hull Independent Cinema presents ANNETTE, an epic musical on the pitfalls of love, fame and fortune starring Oscar nominee Adam Driver (Marriage Story) and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose).
The glamorous lives of a seemingly perfect celebrity couple – a provocative stand-up comedian and an internationally renowned opera singer – take an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born with a mysterious gift.
An unabashedly unique and unforgettable spectacle, this Cannes Best Director prize-winner co-stars Simon Helberg and features original music by Sparks, one of pop’s best-loved and most influential cult bands.
Starring Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg
Cannes Film Festival 2021 Opening Film & Winner of Best Director
Edinburgh Intl Film Festival 2021
Ghent Film Festival 2021
Melbourne Intl Film Festival 2021
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Celebrating 50 years of Get Carter
Acclaimed pianist and Hammond player Wendy Kirkland presents fresh arrangements of Roy Budd’s iconic score for the Ted Lewis inspired Get Carter, probably the most influential gangster movie ever made. This world premiere has been commissioned by the Ted Lewis Society to mark the film’s 50th anniversary. Ted attended Hull School of Art and lived in Barton-upon-Humber.
The ever-versatile Wendy Kirkland leads her trio of regular collaborators Pat Sprakes (guitar) and Steve Wyndham (drums) with jazz funk trombonist Dennis Rollins MBE as special guest.
The performance will be interspersed with dialogue from Get Carter, read by Monty Martin, Ted Lewis Society founder.
Celebrating 50 years of Get Carter.
The classic movie starring Michael Caine.
Ahead of our performance with the Wendy Kirkland Trio and Dennis Rollins, join us for a screening of probably the most influential gangster movie ever made.
Ben has recently graduated college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his “Homecoming” party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson’s daughter.
Director: Mike Nichols
Certification: 15
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
Production Year: 1967
Running Time: 105 minutes
Distributor: StudioCanal
Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio, a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle. His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem the already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until the bicycle is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle. Bicycle Thieves is as much about the position of Italians in post-War, post-Fascist Italy as the relationship between father and son, told through the labyrinth of the cinematic city with De Sica s arresting visual poetry. Defining neorealism, a small period of filmmaking that focused on simple, humanist stories, Bicycle Thieves was one of the most captivating and moving.
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Certification: U
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
Production Year: 1948
Running Time: 93 minutes
Distributor: Arrow Films
Frida chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.
Director: Julie Taymor
Certification: 15
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Mia Maestro, Alfred Molina
Production Year: 2002
Running Time: 117 minutes
Distributor: Miramax
This multi award-winning homage to the love of cinema tells the story of Salvatore, now a successful film director, returning home for the funeral of Alfredo, his old friend who was the projectionist at the local cinema throughout his childhood. Soon memories of his first love affair with the beautiful Elena and all the highs and lows that shaped his life come flooding back, as Salvatore reconnects with the community he left 30 years earlier.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Certification: 15
Cast: Enzo Cannavale, Philippe Noiret
Production Year: 1988
Running Time: 155 minutes
Distributor: Arrow Films
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