Holmfirth Film Festival

One of the most important films of Ukrainian film heritage.  Optimistic, tragic epic set in the Second World War.  A young boy blames a stork for the family's problems.

(Dir. Yuri Ilyenko, Ukraine 1971, 95mins)

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A small group of Ukrainian volunteers known as Cyborgs defend the homeland in the legendary and bloody fight with separatists for Donetsk Airport in 2014.

(Dir. Akhtem Seitablayev, Ukraine 2017, 110mins 15)

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Winner of every film award in 1964.  A visual style brimming with colour following the life of Ilvan in a celebration of the Ukrainian Carpathians - long winters, storm-ridden springs and blistering summers.  The director was a political prisoner under the Soviets.

(Dir. Sergi Paradjanov, Ukraine 1964, 93mins 15)

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Dir. Nathan Grossman (US 2020, 97 mins 12)

Documentary portrait of the passionate Swedish teenager, Greta Thunberg, as she leads a global movement on the climate change crisis. Perhaps the most important person on the planet at this moment?

Dir. John Chester (US 2019, 91mins PG)
 
Joyous, pig-packed, family friendly, audience-loving documentary of the 8-year struggle from City life in LA to embracing nature and building a sustainable farm.

The Housing Crisis: Films and Discussion

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FREE EVENT 11am - 4pm

Dir. Celine Sciamma (France 2021, 72mins 12)

Magical time travel tale of childhood love and loneliness fuelled by the grief of losing a beloved grandmother, played wonderfully by twin sisters. Produced during the pandemic and on the critics’ list as a film of the year.

Dir. Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia/Austria 2021, 101mins 15)

Jasnic Duricic, who should have won the best actress Oscar, is utterly convincing as the English teacher and translator, who strives to save her husband and children from the invading Serbian forces and the coming Srebrenica massacre by taking refuge in a United Nations camp. An astonishing film.

(Dir. Alexander Nanau, Romania 2020 109mins 15)

This Oscar nominated five-star documentary follows a crack investigative team on a Bucharest newspaper in a gripping, shocking and scorching expose of corruption in Romania.  

11.00am-4.00pm

Traffic - a major problem in the Holme Valley? What can be done? Where is the provision for cycling?

12.00 Cycling films and discussion

A chance to have your say with interested parties and campaigners.