This year we are proud to be supporting the Wivenhoe Film Festival. Taking place between 20th and 29th April the festival will showcase ten films that are documentaries or true stories and all will be free to enter.
The programme
Friday 20th April at 7:30 PM
Human Flow [12]
Heartfelt documentary written and directed by renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei about the global refugee crisis.
Location – The Nottage Maritime Institute
Saturday 21st April at 3:00 PM
Half Way [U]
A dispatch from the frontline of the homelessness purgatory.
Location – William Loveless Hall
Saturday 21st April at 7:30 PM
Prick Up Your Ears [18]
Gary Oldman fascinates as Joe Orton.
Location – William Loveless Hall
Sunday 22nd April at 3:00 PM
Makala [U]
A poetic documentary about one man’s struggles to make a living in rural Africa.
Location – The Nottage Maritime Institute
Tuesday 24th April at 7:30 PM
The Death of Stalin [15]
A sulphurous black comedy about backstairs Kremlin intrigue following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
Location – William Loveless Hall
Wednesday 25th April at 7:30 PM
Loving Vincent [12]
An animation about the last days of van Gogh, entirely hand painted in his style.
Location – The Nottage Maritime Institute
Friday 27th April at 7:30 PM
The Ballad of Shirley Collins [12A] +music from Wivenhoe Folk Club
A ‘wonderful, warm film centres on the ‘lost’ singer who made her most recent album at 82′.
Location – The Royal British Legion
Saturday 28th April at 3:00 PM
All the President’s Men [15]
The classic Watergate story of two dogged reporters who brought down a President.
Location – The Nottage Maritime Institute
Saturday 28th April at 7:30 PM
Battle of the Sexes [12A]
A light, funny, blissfully entertaining flick about heavy, sadly still relevant themes.
Location – William Loveless Hall
Sunday 29th April at 3:00 PM
Chasing Coral [PG]
Wake-up call documentary on the unseen environmental damage being wreaked underwater.
Location – The Nottage Maritime Institute
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