Hull Independent Cinema: Santosh

Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. What passes for work on the “women’s desk” is mostly an excuse to collect bribes from local people. An illiterate labourer reports his daughter missing and is ignored, but when the girl’s body is found media pressure forces an investigation led by seasoned investigator Inspector Sharma. Sharma takes Santosh under her wing but it soon becomes clear that the senior officer has an ulterior motive, while the case forces Santosh to examine her own class prejudices.

Starring Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Nawal Shukla

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Bafta Awards: Nominee, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer
BIFA: Winner, 2 Awards including Best Screenplay; Nominee, 2 Awards including Best British Independent Film
Cannes Film Festival: Nominee, Un Certain Regard Award
London Film Festival: Nominee, First Feature Competition
Jerusalem Film Festival: Winner, Best International Debut
National Board of Review: Winner, Top 5 International Films

REVIEWS
“If ‘Training Day with more grey areas’ sounds dull, it’s anything but.” ★★★★ Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

“About the methods by which the poor and oppressed are kept in their place, and about what it means to be woman among men who aren’t at all interested in sharing their power.” Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times

“Full of non-actors who excel at being themselves in front of the camera, the result so eminently watchable because it feels so remarkably like the real India.” Proma Khosla, indieWire

“There’s a knotty complexity to the relationship between the two women, something that Rajwar mines superbly with her charismatic but unreadable performance.” Wendy Ide, Screen International

Hull Independent Cinema: Sister Midnight

An arranged marriage sees an oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack. Cranky Uma does her best to cope with the heat and the nosy neighbours even though her expectations of life in the big city don’t match up to reality. Gopal is a nervous wreck who doesn’t even have the confidence to undress in the same room as his wife. Things soon change when Uma is bitten by an insect and finds herself dealing with a need to satisfy strange new feral, even bloodthirsty, cravings.

Starring Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Bafta Awards: Nominee, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer
BIFA: Nominee, 4 Awards including Best Lead Performance
Cannes Film Festival: Nominee, Golden Camera & SACD Prize
Austin Fantastic Fest: Winner, Best Picture

REVIEWS
“Breaks free from the shackles of submissive feminine stereotypes and raucously leans into a woman behaving very, very badly.” Hanna Flint, Time Out

“Quietly rebels against the arbitrary rules of filmmaking to create something supremely self-assured in voice and style.” Proma Khosla, indieWire

“The film’s main asset is Apte, a gifted physical comedian who puts the dead into deadpan, and loads every gesture with an aggressive, almost demented slap-stick infused humour.” Wendy Ide, Screen International

“A surreal Mumbai fable with an aggressive comedic rhythm….” Siddhant Adlakha, Variety

Hull Independent Cinema: Oh My Goodness! (Juste Ciel!)

When the local nursing home finds itself in dire straits and in danger of falling to pieces, it’s down to Mother Veronique and the five eccentric sisters of the convent of St. Benedict to find a way to help. Spotting a poster for a bike race with a €25,000 cash prize, the sisters might just have their answer. The only drawback is that they are terrible cyclists, and their rival convent, led by Mother Veronique’s childhood rival Mother Josephine, have their own plans for the prize money.

Starring Valérie Bonneton, Camille Chamoux, Claire Nadeau

REVIEWS
“It is fun, and it made me laugh.” CinePhil: A Berliner Film Blog

“The camera embraces the magnificent landscapes of the Jura [in this] devilishly crazy comedy.” Maxime Maynard, Cineman

Hull Independent Cinema: Vermiglio

This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of Pietro, a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army. Lucia is the eldest daughter of the local schoolmaster. When she and Pietro meet, a romance blossoms between them. Their relationship deepens but when they get married it upsets the family’s equilibrium and changes everyone’s lives.

Starring Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Golden Globes: Nominee, Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
London Film Festival: Nominee, Best Film
Venice Film Festival: Winner, 5 Awards inc Best Italian Film; Nominee, Best Film

REVIEWS
“Vermiglio is exquisite.” ★★★★★ Wendy Ide, The Observer

“… makes us feel that we’re really inhabiting this small universe, with all its harshness and its comforts, as much at home in it as the family.” ★★★★★
Jonathan Romney, Financial Times

“It is wonderfully acted with unaffected naturalism by its cast of professionals and newcomers…” ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Pulsates with harsh, anguished emotion, thanks in no small part to splendid visuals that make it the most beautiful film of the year.” Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

Hull Independent Cinema: The Girl with The Needle

Young factory worker Karoline struggles to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen. When she loses her job just after discovering she is pregnant, she takes on a position as a wet nurse for an older woman named Dagmar to help support herself. Dagmar operates a clandestine adoption agency under the guise of a sweet shop, assisting disadvantaged mothers place their unwanted newborns in foster homes. The two women form an unexpected bond, until a sudden revelation about the nature of their work changes everything.

Starring Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Academy Awards: Nominee, Best International Feature Film
Golden Globes: Nominee, Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
Cannes Film Festival: Nominee, Palme d’Or
Polish Film Festival: Winner, 11 awards including Best Film & Best Supporting Actress

REVIEWS
“It’s a remarkable film: bleak, but horribly compelling.” ★★★★ Wendy Ide, The Observer

“This period piece offers a very different kind of female odyssey through a lonely and forbidding world.” ★★★★ Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

“Horribly effective grand guignol, made with enormous technical flair, like Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd without the bleak humour.” ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Is most intriguing when it lingers in its disturbing fictions, which come to life with exceptional style.” Natalia Winkelman, New York Times

Hull Independent Cinema: Hard Truths

HARD TRUTHS

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the astonishing Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her easygoing younger sister, played by Michele Austin (Another Year), is a single mother with a life as different from Pansy’s as their clashing temperaments – brimming with communal warmth from her salon clients and daughters alike. This expansive film from a master dramatist takes us into the intensities of kinship, duty, and the most enduring of human mysteries: that even through lifetimes of hurt and hardship, we still find ways to love those we call family.

Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Bafta Awards: Nominee, Outstanding British Film of the Year & Best Actress
BIFA: Winner, Best Lead Performance; Nominee, Best Supporting Performance
Critics Choice Awards: Nominee, Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Winner, Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards: Winner, Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress

REVIEWS
“Baptiste is toweringly real: formidable and heartbreaking in her performance.” ★★★★★ Christina Newland, iNews

“[Jean-Baptiste’s] great achievement is to generate sympathy for a woman who allows those around her not a moment of consideration.” ★★★★★ Donald Clarke, Irish Times

“A deeply sober, sombre, compassionate drama about a black British family.” ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“A gruelling but ultimately rewarding experience, this is Leigh at his most confrontational, devastating
and humane, aided by the unadulterated power of Jean-Baptiste’s career-redefining performance.” ★★★★ Laura Venning, Empire Magazine

ACCESSIBILITY
Subtitles
This film will be presented with Descriptive Subtitles. In addition to reproducing dialogue, these subtitles include additional non-dialogue sounds available to a hearing audience, e.g. “(sighs)” or “(door creaks)” and song lyrics. In our experience, guests do not find the subtitles distracting, especially as the majority of our films are subtitled foreign language films.

Hull Independent Cinema is working towards making our films more accessible. We have decided to present all our films with Descriptive Subtitles where available.

AGE RATING
HARD TRUTHS is rated 15. Under 15s will not be admitted.

Programme Details
The cafe will be open before the show, so why not come along early to grab a drink and a snack? The programme run time includes an allowance for introductions and up to three trailers. While we will endeavour to accommodate latecomers, this may not always be possible. Please note that we reserve the right to refuse entry, without a refund, to anyone arriving after the advertised start time.

Contact Us
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Tickets available from Thurs 13 Mar @ 12:00PM.

SCREENING ROOMS #3 Wayfinder & short film

Wayfinder is Larry Achiampong’s first feature and most ambitious film to date.

Set during a pandemic, the film tracks the movements of its central protagonist – a young girl known only as The Wanderer (played by Perside Rodrigues) – on an intrepid journey across England. Travelling from North to South, The Wanderer passes through different regions, towns and landscapes, this epic film builds a dialogue around the themes of class and economic exclusion, belonging and displacement, cultural heritage and the meaning of home. A road movie of sorts, Larry Achiampong’s accomplished debut feature draws on British traditions of travel and exploration of the sublime landscape and the sea – reflecting on division and crisis in the nation today. Addressing an unreconciled history of empire and inequality, Wayfinder asks: who is allowed to feel that they belong?

Drawing on his Ghanaian roots, Larry Achiampong’s projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance and sound to explore ideas surrounding class, cross-cultural and post-digital identity. With the expansion and sharing of information via the Internet, the idea of a one- size-fits-all version of history, as previously dictated, continues to be eradicated. Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history and splices audible and visual qualities of the personal and interpersonal archives offering multiple positions revealing the socio-political contradictions in contemporary society. Achiampong’s works examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between pop culture and the postcolonial position, using performance to investigate ‘the self’ as a fiction, devising alter-egos to point at divided selves.
PG certificate.

Running time: 84 minutes.

To support access to our screenings, tickets to SCREENING ROOMS will be offered at two levels.

£5 Access tickets support operational costs, such as electricity, staffing, and film programming.

£10 Supporter tickets support all the above and supports future SCREENING ROOMS programming.

Kinoteka Film Festival On Tour

Klassiki, the world’s only streaming service dedicated to great cinema from Eastern Europe, is proud to bring exceptional Polish cinema to audiences across the UK. Across seven cities, audiences can experience the very best of contemporary and classic Polish filmmaking on the big screen.

This year’s lineup features Damian Kocur’s gripping drama UNDER THE VOLCANO (2024), Agnieszka Zwiefka’s powerful documentary SILENT TREES (2024), and a restored masterpiece from the legendary Wojciech Has: THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (1965), alongside more unmissable titles.

Join us at Hull Independent Cinema from 11th March for this extraordinary celebration of Polish cinema on the big screen!

Find out more about each individual film below:

» Kinoteka: Under The Grey Sky on 11 Mar @ 7:00PM

» Kinoteka: The Silent Trees on 18 Mar @ 7:00PM

» Kinoteka: It Is Not My Film on 20 Mar @ 7:00PM

» Kinoteka: The Saragossa Manuscript on 25 Mar @ 6:30PM

» Kinoteka: Under The Volcano on 27 Mar @ 7:00PM

NT Live: Dr Strangelove (Encore Screening)

Please note that this is a recorded screening and not a live, on-stage performance.

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.

Kinoteka: Under The Volcano

Hull Independent Cinema and Kinoteka present…

UNDER THE VOLCANO

A Ukrainian family of four on vacation in the Canary Islands become refugees overnight when Russia’s ongoing occupation of Ukraine turns into a full-scale invasion, in Damian
Kocur’s tense and timely sophomore feature.

At the foot of Mount Teide on the Spanish island of Tenerife, a Ukrainian family of four including father Roman, stepmother Anastasiia, teenage daughter Sofiia and young are on vacation. Enjoying their final beach day, they are blissfully unaware that, soon, their return flight to Kyiv will be cancelled and Russian bombs and rockets will fall on their country.

On February 24, 2022, Russia’s ongoing occupation of their peaceful neighbour escalated into a full-scale invasion and, overnight, these tourists have become refugees. While frantically awaiting news from home they, the lucky ones as some
might say, are left wondering what to do and where to go.

Meanwhile, the world keeps spinning; the sun is bright, the sea is blue, and they are surrounded by happy-go-lucky families enjoying the idyllic Canary Islands. We gain insight about the dynamics through Sofia’s Generation-Z perspective, sinking into the group’s inner guilt and their paradoxical issues with the safe place in which they — for now — have refuge. Quickly, the most fraught aspects of the clan bubble to the surface and, like the nearby volcano, dormant conflicts threaten to explode anew.

KINOTEKA on TOUR is Part of the UK – Poland Season of Cultural Exchange organized by the British Council, Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute in partnership with Klassiki.

Starring Sofia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiya Karpenko

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Polish Film Festival: Winner, Best Debut Actor; Nominee, Best Film
London Film Festival: Nominee, Best Film
Toronto International Film Festival: Nominee, People’s Choice Award
Cork International Film Festival: Nominee, Best Film
Marrakech International Film Festival: Nominee, Best Feature Film

REVIEWS
“Even as a tense exploration of difficult family relationships… this would be gripping, but Kocur continually nudges at the bigger picture.” Amber Wilkinson, Screen International

“A superb film that goes beyond the usual limits of war stories to show how strong people can be.” Arash Nahandian, Gazettely

Kinoteka: The Saragossa Manuscript

Hull Independent Cinema and Kinoteka present…

THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT

During Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, two soldiers discover a strange manuscript at an inn. The book chronicles the adventures of Alfonso van Worden. Alfonso’s passage through the dangerous Sierra Morena mountains is repeatedly interrupted by seemingly random encounters with an assortment of larger than life figures. As the soldiers immerse themselves in the script they become immersed in its endlessly interconnected narrative.

Wojciech Has’ adaptation of Polish novelist Jan Potocki’s magnum opus became a major countercultural favourite during the 1960s, largely due to the patronage of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, who regarded the film’s narrative waywardness as a kind of cinematic trip. Luis Buñuel, Neil Gaiman and David Lynch were also admirers, while Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppolla assisted in the film’s restoration and re-release.

Despite its length and the slippery challenge of its storytelling, The Saragossa Manuscript is largely a lighthearted work, laden with warm comedy, ribald drama, Gothic atmospherics and unforgettable imagery.

KINOTEKA on TOUR is Part of the UK – Poland Season of Cultural Exchange organized by the British Council, Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute in partnership with Klassiki.

Starring Zbigniew Cybulsk, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Cinema Writers Circle Awards: Winner, Special Award

REVIEWS
“…an epic piece of japery; it celebrates visions and magic by means of labyrinthine storytelling.” Michael Sragow, The New Yorker

“The director’s eye for baroque black-and-white imagery puts him behind only Bava and Welles, while the film’s sharp social satire gives heft to its ambition.” David Fear, Time Out

“A master of digressive technique, Has is never afraid of losing himself or the audience in his mould-breaking visual poems.” Giuseppe Sedia, Kino Mania

“A wonderful, surreal assault on narrative; it’s funny, intelligent, and a ridiculously sly good time.” Jake Euker, F5

Kinoteka: It Is Not My Film

Hull Independent Cinema and Kinoteka present…

IT IS NOT MY FILM

“This relationship resembles a phone charger cable that has been chewed by a dog… It supposedly charges, but there’s no way it can work.” is how Wanda succinctly captures the essence of her long-term relationship with Janek. Despite the challenges, they embark on a final attempt to salvage their love, journeying along the wintry coast of the Baltic Sea.

A woman and a man walk down a beach dragging a sled filled with luggage looking like polar explorers. After another row and an attempt to divorce, Janek and his wife give themselves an ultimatum and decide to go on a 400-kilometer hike along the Baltic Sea in the middle of winter.

If they can overcome the challenge, they will stay together forever, if not, they will break up. During their journey, they must overcome bad weather conditions and once again learn how to be together.

KINOTEKA on TOUR is Part of the UK – Poland Season of Cultural Exchange organized by the British Council, Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute in partnership with Klassiki.

Starring Zofia Chabiera, Marcin Sztabinski, Mariusz Saniternik

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Polish Film Festival: Winner, Golden Claw Award; Nominee, Sapphire Lions Award
CinEast: Winner, Young Talents Award

Kinoteka: The Silent Trees

Kinoteka & Hull Independent Cinema present:

THE SILENT TREES

A 16-year-old Kurdish refugee girl is stranded in an icy pine forest between Belarus and Europe with her family in a dirty political power play. She has only one choice: to grow up in an instant and save her family.

In 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko opens a new migration route. By issuing tourist visas to refugees and promising them access to Europe through the forest, he encourages them to flee to Europe. In response, neighbouring Poland closes the European border and does not allow journalists or aid organisations into the area, even though the lack of food, water and medical care is acute. The refugees are trapped in an icy borderland with no way to enter the EU or return to Belarus. This is where ‘Silent Trees’ starts.

16-year-old Kurdish girl Runa and her family, fleeing ISIS, have made it to the icy, wild pine forest at the border. But everything changes overnight when her mum freezes to death. Runa must make a quantum leap from child to adult to care for her four younger brothers and her depressed father, and try to establish a new life in an increasingly nationalistic Poland. Just as her dream of returning to school comes true, the threat of repatriation looms. In her sketchbook, Runa vents her feelings and her drawings are brought to life in animated sequences.

KINOTEKA on TOUR is Part of the UK – Poland Season of Cultural Exchange organized by the British Council, Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute in partnership with Klassiki.

Starring Runa Husni

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Krakow Film Festival: Winner, 3 awards inc Best Director of Feature-Length
Documentary Film; Nominee, 2 awards inc Polish National Competition
Cambridge Film Festival: Winner, Young People’s Jury Award
Giffoni Film Festival: Winner, Best Film

REVIEWS
“It’s a family drama first and foremost, embodied by a young girl coming of age and finding her place in a world intent on rejecting her very existence.” Siddhant Adlakha, Variety

“Zwiefka directs with a commanding, assured eye and lets all watching understand the inner turmoil of the documentary’s subject.” Bobby LePire, Film Threat

“…unusually touching as the audience can see what the family does as they choose to make the best of a bad situation without diminishing how difficult it is.” Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest

“…reveals itself as an accomplished documentary.” Olivia Popp, Modern Times Review

Kinoteka: Under The Grey Sky

Kinoteka & Hull Independent Cinema present:

UNDER THE GREY SKY

When anti-regime journalist Lena (Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich) is arrested for livestreaming the brutal crackdown of a demonstration protesting the 2020 Belarusian election, her husband Ilya (Valentin Novopolskij) is confronted with an impossible situation. Subjected to further police raids and facing the likely reality that his wife will spend years in prison, Ilya must reckon with what he might have to give up by standing with Lena. At the same time, an incarcerated Lena is under pressure from the authorities to renounce her activism and betray her firmly held principles.

Mara Tamkovich’s debut feature paints a chilling picture of political repression in the 21st century, when access to the internet, drones and social media have become entwined with public life. Inspired by the true story of Katsyaryna Andreeva and Igor Ilyash, Under the Grey Sky unflinchingly depicts the personal toll political activism can take while still being a vital reminder of its ultimate necessity. It’s a film specific to Belarus, but with increasing international relevance.

KINOTEKA on TOUR is Part of the UK – Poland Season of Cultural Exchange organized by the British Council, Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute in partnership with Klassiki.

Starring Palina Chabatarova, Valentin Novopolskij, Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovic

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Polish Film Festival: Winner, Best Debut Director: Nominee, Best Film
Tribeca Film Festival: Nominee, World Narrative Competition
Torino Film Festival: Nominee, 2 awards inc Best Feature Film

REVIEWS
“Gripping docu-drama starkly reminds the world about life under a dictatorship that heavily suppresses peaceful dissent and free press.” Nora Lee Mandel, Maven’s Nest

“Paints a chilling portrait of political repression, with familiar scenes of protest and police violence that are currently happening in cities across the world.” Sara Clements, Pajiba

“It’s heartening that we have talented filmmakers such as Tamkovich to carry on her (Katsiaryna’s) struggle.” Redmond Bacon, Journey Into Cinema

“As a snippet of life in a totalitarian state, Under the Grey Sky is certainly effective.” Eric Hillis, The Movie Waffler

SCREENING ROOMS #1 We gather and dream of new congregations

The first screening in our SCREENING ROOMS programme is Alberta Whittle’s We gather and dream of new congregations.

We gather and dream of new congregations spotlights the Jamaican-born activist Eunice McGhie-Belgrave MBE and her friend and colleague Sonia Hyman, leaders of the Shades of Black Community Family Project in Birmingham. Founded in February 1980 during the aftermath of several riots in Handsworth, Shades of Black made an action plan to focus on rebuilding their community which they felt had been abandoned by social services. Organised by mainly womxn from different life experiences and cultural backgrounds, they produced an intergenerational model of care and compassion within their community.

We gather and dream of new congregations presents conversations, performances and interviews with them and the people whose lives have been impacted by their education, probation and mental health work.

Alberta Whittle is an artist, researcher, and curator. She was awarded a Turner Bursary, the Frieze Artist Award, and a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award in 2020. Alberta is a PhD candidate at Edinburgh College of Art and is a Research Associate at The University of Johannesburg. She was a RAW Academie Fellow at RAW Material in Dakar in 2018 and is the Margaret Tait Award winner for 2018/9.

The screening will be followed by a talk between racial activist and group facilitator Stella Munthali and artist Glynis Neslen.

Stella Munthali is the founder of The Black Heritage of Hull. Since July 2023, Stella has delivered anti racism training as a consultancy to businesses and public services city wide. She is the lead facilitator of The Black Heritage of Hull Collective, a monthly group for anyone who is racialised in Hull, providing safe spaces to share lived experience and explore solutions through intergenerational mentorship. In October 2024 she was the Creative Director and Executive Producer of The Sound of Our Skin, a two-day arts festival delivered to dismantle racial stereotypes through exhibitions, live performances and family workshops with The Black Heritage of Hull Creatives. She is a member of the Wilberforce Advisory Board and currently works as an Adult Social Worker.

This project is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

Pricing Structure:

Reflecting our dedication to serving Hull’s diverse communities and the effects of increasing costs of living, we are introducing a tiered pricing structure for SCREENING ROOMS to better support our audience’s access to our programme.

Tickets to SCREENING ROOMS will be offered at two different pricing levels:

£5 Access tickets

‘Access’ tickets contribute towards our operational costs, such as electricity, printing, and staffing, and contribute to the distribution costs of films that we programme as part of SCREENING ROOMS.

£10 Supporter tickets

‘Supporter’ tickets support all the above costs, as well as allowing us to offer Access tickets for those who need them.

Hull Independent Cinema: The Brutalist

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost…

The film features a built in 15 min interval.

Descriptive Captions (HOH Subtitles / SDH)