Dir. Marco Pontecorvo (Portugal 113mins 12)
A trial of faith unfolds when secrets are revealed to Portugese children in 1917 at the apex of the First World War. A film loved by audiences.
Festival Films at New Mill Church, Sude Hill
Dir. Marco Pontecorvo (Portugal 113mins 12)
A trial of faith unfolds when secrets are revealed to Portugese children in 1917 at the apex of the First World War. A film loved by audiences.
Dir. Jan Komasa (Poland 2019, 115 mins 15)
Poland's entry to the Oscars was one of the best films of the year. Based on the true story of a parolee who takes on the role of being a priest. 'Each of us is the priest of Christ'. Bartosz Bielanic in the lead role is simply brilliant.
Dir. Jan Komasa, Poland 2019
True story of a parolee who takes on the role of a 'priest of God' in Poland's Oscar entry. Brilliant performance from Bartosz Bielenia.
As part of Holmfirth Film Festival's aim to bring film to a wider audience and at a time when many within our community cannot afford to 'go out', this is one of 10 FREE events we hope will bring an opportunity to get out. If you would like to see this film, please book online (click on BUY TICKETS ONLINE - you will not be charged) or pick up a free ticket from Oxfam Bookshop, Holmfirth.
Dir. Norman Stone (UK 2021, 78mins 12)
Interesting bio pic of C. S. Lewis’s remarkable journey (played by a very good Max McLean) from hardboiled atheist to the leading Christian writer of the last century.
As part of Holmfirth Film Festival's aim to bring film to a wider audience and at a time when many within our community cannot afford to 'go out', this is one of 10 FREE events we hope will bring an opportunity to get out. If you would like to see this film, please book online (click on BUY TICKETS ONLINE - you will not be charged) or pick up a free ticket from Oxfam Bookshop, Holmfirth.
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan 1998, 119 mins PG)
After death, people have to choose only one memory to keep for eternity. All others are lost forever. Remarkable and intensely personal film from a master of Japanese cinema.
As part of Holmfirth Film Festival's aim to bring film to a wider audience and at a time when many within our community cannot afford to 'go out', this is one of 10 FREE events we hope will bring an opportunity to get out. If you would like to see this film, please book online (click on BUY TICKETS ONLINE - you will not be charged) or pick up a free ticket from Oxfam Bookshop, Holmfirth.
Dir. Sarah Beddington (UK 2022, 83mins 15)
Deeply affecting and compelling documentary filmed over many years. A Palestinian refugee in Lebanon sets out to find the ancient tree which bore witness to her family’s displacement from their homeland. In the background are the birds who migrate freely in the sky above.
Dir. Andrzej Wajda (Poland 1958, 103mins 12)
HFF Director introduces a classic of East European cinema. James Dean-like Zbigniew Cybulski stars in the beautiful and complex climax of Wajda’s trilogy on the Second World War. Communist officials and Polish resistance fighters meet in May 1945 but reconciliation proves impossible.
All proceeds to the Ukraine Red Cross
Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland 2022, 88mins 15)
Unique mix of the absurd and the profound. A grey donkey encounters the good and bad of humans on his trip through life. Breathtaking imagery, bizarre, deeply moving and thought provoking.
Dir. Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier (France 2021, 92mins 12)
The quest to document the exceptionally elusive snow leopard in the Tibetan highlands is stunning and humbling, and to finally see it in this glorious landscape is deeply emotional.
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Dir. Hlynur Palmason (Denmark 2022, 127mins 15)
A young Danish priest with a passion for photography travels to Iceland to build a church but is undone by a world he can’t understand. Beauty and terror reside side by side in this extraordinary film.
Dir. Alejandro Loayza Grisi (Bolivia 2022, 87mins 12)
On the edge of the desert, an elderly couple barely existing with their goat herd are confronted by climate change in a beautifully told and photographed Sundance winner and entry to the Oscars.