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Don’t miss!Sweetheart (above)Mon, Nov 1, 2021 13:30

“The combination of Barlow’s terrific central performance and a screenplay packed with wit and sensitivity makes this an incredibly charming coming- of-age comedy” Katherine McLaughlin

We have all missed watching films together, in the cinema: we run a film festival because we love watching films communally on a big screen. We have a wonderful programme of F-Rated Gems, a new 4 O’Clock Club, and of course outstanding, mind-expanding, new and soon to be released feature films.

This year we also have festival passes which means that you could watch ALL 33 films for as little as £2.27 a film. So come and join us, tell all of your friends, and buy everyone you know film festival tickets.

BACK IN THE CINEMA TOGETHER AGAIN...

F-Rated GemsWe are thrilled that 79% of this year’s films are directed by women. Every day we have two F-Rated Gems, from the wonderful Sweetheart to the joy that is Faces Places. This is a glorious opportunity to watch much-loved movies on the big screen.

4 O’Clock ClubThese films have been chosen especially for you and for our younger, teen audience. Time to revisit the cult classic, But I’m A Cheerleader, which perfectly pairs with The Miseducation of Cameron Post, as does Diary of a Teenage Girl with Whip It. Buy a 5-ticket pass for just £20.

Black History MonthCelebrating some outstanding films in Black History Month, we start with Belle, Amma Asante’s biopic about Dido Belle who was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. Set in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, has a stellar cast and will warm the cockles. Queen of Katwe is a crowd pleaser and Zola is a perfect indie film.

Halloween SpecialDelving into the darkness, on Halloween we have the gloriously gaudy The Love Witch; The Babadook, “one of the strongest, most effective horror films of recent years” – Empire; Lamb, a “stark, strange Icelandic motherhood horror”; and Titane, “brutal, beautiful, borderline unbearable, and absolutely brilliant.” – The Spool.

Evening FilmsThe festival opens with Olivia Coleman, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor in Mothering Sunday and closes with Jessica Chastain delivering a career-best performance in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. In between we have a smorgasbord of superb films which might not otherwise screen in Bath.

Céline Sciamma Triple-BillIt was Portrait of a Lady on Fire back in 2019 which cemented Sciamma’s genius in every film-lover’s mind. We are really looking forward to revisiting her 2011 film, Tomboy, about 10-year-old Laure who starts to identify as a boy; 2014’s wonderful Girlhood; and her new film, Petite Maman, which Christopher Llewellyn Reed describes as “pure magic”. Come and see them all.

Welcome to the 31st FilmBath Festival 29 Oct - 4 Nov

Our Venue: The Little Theatre, BathThis is the 31st FilmBath Festival and for the first time in our history, we are hiring the WHOLE of Screen One at The Little for an entire week. Come and spend a whole week revelling in festival films.

FILMBATH FESTIVAL 202133 FILMS OVER 7 DAYS29 OCT – 4 NOV #FindYourFilm @FilmBathUK

If you are on social media, post a photo with #FilmBath and you could win a FREE Pass to the 2022 FilmBath Festival

GOLD STARS

BRONZE SUPPORTERS

SILVER STARS

Each film in the festival costs us around £26 a seat to put on. Our most expensive ticket is £13 and our cheapest is £2.27. The film festival is only possible thanks to the amazing support we receive from all of these organisations, businesses and individuals - as well as our remarkable team of volunteers. Thank you all.

Thanks to: Margaret Heffernan, Clive Gilson, Martin Haigh, Anthony & Sylvia Mackewn, Isobel Michael, Craig Jenkins, Kathryn Anthony, Cat Heale, Natasha Hobbs, Peter Clegg, Ashley Pharoah, Kenneth Littlewood

“It’s the friendliest festival in B

ath – by a country m

ile”A

udience mem

ber

NinjaBaby – RAUNCHILY FRANK “A

breath of fresh air. Playing with

gender roles and the expectations placed on young w

omen in society.”

Rob A

ldam, B

ackseat Mafia

Hit The Road – an iNSTANT CLASSIC “H

it the Road is damned near to being a

masterpiece – if it isn’t sim

ply one already... The w

onderful cast inhabit their roles so fully it’s hard to believe this is not a bona fide fam

ily” John B

leasdale, CineVue

FilmBath Festival 29 Oct - 4 Nov

SO MUCH TO SHOUT ABOUT IN 2021!

SAVE MONEY WITH A PASS

5 Daytim

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£20

5 Evening Films

£52 / £26

ALL 33 Film

s £150

/ £75

See filmbath.org.uk for m

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Don’t miss!Sweetheart (above)Mon, Nov 1, 2021 13:30

“The combination of Barlow’s terrific central performance and a screenplay packed with wit and sensitivity makes this an incredibly charming coming- of-age comedy” Katherine McLaughlin

We have all missed watching films together, in the cinema: we run a film festival because we love watching films communally on a big screen. We have a wonderful programme of F-Rated Gems, a new 4 O’Clock Club, and of course outstanding, mind-expanding, new and soon to be released feature films.

This year we also have festival passes which means that you could watch ALL 33 films for as little as £2.27 a film. So come and join us, tell all of your friends, and buy everyone you know film festival tickets.

BACK IN THE CINEMA TOGETHER AGAIN...

F-Rated GemsWe are thrilled that 79% of this year’s films are directed by women. Every day we have two F-Rated Gems, from the wonderful Sweetheart to the joy that is Faces Places. This is a glorious opportunity to watch much-loved movies on the big screen.

4 O’Clock ClubThese films have been chosen especially for you and for our younger, teen audience. Time to revisit the cult classic, But I’m A Cheerleader, which perfectly pairs with The Miseducation of Cameron Post, as does Diary of a Teenage Girl with Whip It. Buy a 5-ticket pass for just £20.

Black History MonthCelebrating some outstanding films in Black History Month, we start with Belle, Amma Asante’s biopic about Dido Belle who was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. Set in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, has a stellar cast and will warm the cockles. Queen of Katwe is a crowd pleaser and Zola is a perfect indie film.

Halloween SpecialDelving into the darkness, on Halloween we have the gloriously gaudy The Love Witch; The Babadook, “one of the strongest, most effective horror films of recent years” – Empire; Lamb, a “stark, strange Icelandic motherhood horror”; and Titane, “brutal, beautiful, borderline unbearable, and absolutely brilliant.” – The Spool.

Evening FilmsThe festival opens with Olivia Coleman, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor in Mothering Sunday and closes with Jessica Chastain delivering a career-best performance in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. In between we have a smorgasbord of superb films which might not otherwise screen in Bath.

Céline Sciamma Triple-BillIt was Portrait of a Lady on Fire back in 2019 which cemented Sciamma’s genius in every film-lover’s mind. We are really looking forward to revisiting her 2011 film, Tomboy, about 10-year-old Laure who starts to identify as a boy; 2014’s wonderful Girlhood; and her new film, Petite Maman, which Christopher Llewellyn Reed describes as “pure magic”. Come and see them all.

Welcome to the 31st FilmBath Festival 29 Oct - 4 Nov

Our Venue: The Little Theatre, BathThis is the 31st FilmBath Festival and for the first time in our history, we are hiring the WHOLE of Screen One at The Little for an entire week. Come and spend a whole week revelling in festival films.

FILMBATH FESTIVAL 202133 FILMS OVER 7 DAYS29 OCT – 4 NOV #FindYourFilm @FilmBathUK

If you are on social media, post a photo with #FilmBath and you could win a FREE Pass to the 2022 FilmBath Festival

GOLD STARS

BRONZE SUPPORTERS

SILVER STARS

Each film in the festival costs us around £26 a seat to put on. Our most expensive ticket is £13 and our cheapest is £2.27. The film festival is only possible thanks to the amazing support we receive from all of these organisations, businesses and individuals - as well as our remarkable team of volunteers. Thank you all.

Thanks to: Margaret Heffernan, Clive Gilson, Martin Haigh, Anthony & Sylvia Mackewn, Isobel Michael, Craig Jenkins, Kathryn Anthony, Cat Heale, Natasha Hobbs, Peter Clegg, Ashley Pharoah, Kenneth Littlewood

“It’s the friendliest festival in Bath – by a country mile”Audience member

NinjaBaby – RAUNCHILY FRANK “A breath of fresh air. Playing with gender roles and the expectations placed on young women in society.” Rob Aldam, Backseat Mafia

Hit The Road – an iNSTANT CLASSIC “Hit the Road is damned near to being a masterpiece – if it isn’t simply one already... The wonderful cast inhabit their roles so fully it’s hard to believe this is not a bona fide family” John Bleasdale, CineVue

FilmBath Festival 29 Oct - 4 Nov

SO MUCH TO SHOUT ABOUT IN 2021!

SAVE MONEY WITH A PASS5 Daytime Films £20

5 Evening Films £52 / £26

ALL 33 Films £150 / £75

See filmbath.org.uk for more

“A line-up that anyone remotely interested in cinema will find mouth-watering” Film Scene

Zola – a TWEET-DRIVEN JOY RIDE “A film that brashly merges traditional and disorientingly new ways of telling stories, and finds both chaos and wisdom in the chasm between them” Guy Lodge, Film of the Week

IMDb Awards1 Nov £8 / £4, Tivoli Cinema 18:00This is our glitzy awards event where we select the best short film and we host the world premiereof the 2021 IMDb Script to Screen Award-winning film. With fantastic industry judges and tangible excitement, this is essential for film enthusiasts of all ages: tickets are limited so book NOW!

IMDb New Filmmaker Award 2021 Finalists are: Alice Russell - Terra IncognitaEva Birthistle - Kathleen Was HereAva Bounds - BethMark Dollard - HungerGrace Edu - For WorsePLUS World premiere of the 2021 IMDb Script to Screen Award-winning film, Gabriela Staniszewska’s Choose Your Weapon. Judges include the CEO of IMDb, Col Needham.

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FILMBATH FESTIVAL 202133 FILMS OVER 7 DAYS29 OCT – 4 NOV #

FindYourFilm

@FilmBathUK

If you are on social media, post a photo

with #

FilmB

ath and you could win a

FREE Pass to the 20

22 FilmB

ath Festival

GOLD STARS

BRONZE SUPPORTERS

SILVER STARS

Each film in the festival costs us around £26 a seat to put on.

Our m

ost expensive ticket is £13 and our cheapest is £2.27. The film

festival is only possible thanks to the amazing support w

e receive from

all of these organisations, businesses and individuals - as w

ell as our remarkable team

of volunteers. Thank you all.

Thanks to: Margaret H

effernan, Clive G

ilson, Martin H

aigh, Anthony & Sylvia M

ackewn, Isobel

Michael, Craig Jenkins, Kathryn

Anthony, Cat Heale, N

atasha H

obbs, Peter Clegg, Ashley Pharoah, Kenneth Littlew

ood

FRI, OCT 29, 2021 16:00

BelleInspired by a remarkable true storyDirector: Amma AsanteCast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily WatsonUK, 2013, 104m, 12A, The Little, £5

Amma Asante’s powerful, moving, and gently subversive

romantic melodrama, with a star-making performance from Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

SAT, OCT 30, 2021 18:45

Petite MamanMemory, friendship and familyDirector: Céline SciammaCast: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina MeurisseFrance, 2021, 72m, U tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Céline Sciamma’s new film “hits all the right notes, creating an

epic in miniature. One warning: it may leave you a blubbering mess” — Barry Hertz.

Preview screening courtesy of MUBIPlus: Innocence, Trudie Shutler, UK, 5m

SAT, OCT 30, 2021 20:45

GagarineGet ready for lift offDirector: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy TrouilhCast: Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCravenFrance, 2020, 98m, 12A, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Magical French drama about a teenager who is determined to

preserve and repair his apartment block in the face of seemingly impossible odds.

Plus: Big Touch, Christopher Tenzis, USA, 3m

SAT, OCT 30, 2021 16:00

Queen of KatweHeartwarming true storyDirector: Mira NairCast: Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong’o, David OyelowoUSA, 2016, 124m, PGThe Little, £5

Extraordinary true-life story about a young Ugandan girl

who discovers her genius for chess in a world where girls don’t play chess. For lovers of The Queen’s Gambit.

SAT, OCT 30, 2021 13:00

The Secret Life of BeesMoving and satisfying film for all agesDirector: Gina Prince-BythewoodCast: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen LatifahUSA, 2008, 110m, 12AThe Little, £5

Sue Monk Kidd’s bestselling novel is translated into an

all-star film about tolerance and acceptance in the face of prejudice and cruelty. A modern classic.

SAT, OCT 30, 2021 11:00

Girlhood / Bande de fillesElectrifying coming-of-age filmDirector: Céline SciammaCast: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay KaramohFrance, 2014, 113m, 15, Subtitles, The Little, £5 Céline Sciamma explores

the joys and pains of female friendship on a Parisian housing estate. “Honest, empowering and electrifying” — Mark Kermode

FRI, OCT 29, 2021 18:20 + Q&As 21:20

Mothering SundayOne day can change your lifeDirector: Eva HussonCast: Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia ColmanUK, 2021, 110m, 15 tbcThe Little, £13 / £7.50

March 30, 1924: a day that will change the life of Jane Fairchild,

maid, forever. Period drama that captures how everything can change in the blink of an eye. With Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor.

Plus Q&As with producers Elizabeth Karlsen & Stephen Woolley.

SUN, OCT 31, 2021 21:00

TitaneThrilling, provocative & mind-blowingDirector: Julia DucournauCast: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance MarillierFrance, Belgium, 2021, 108m, 18 tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Tighten your seatbelt for a full-on assault of the senses in this Palme

d’Or-winning sci-fi shocker about a young woman whose sexual obsession with cars leads to massive mayhem.

Preview screening courtesy of AltitudePlus: Odds, A.D. Cooper, UK, 3m

MON, NOV 1, 2021 13:30

SweetheartLove and teenage angstDirector: Marley MorrisonCast: Nell Barlow, Jo Hartley, Ella-Rae SmithUK, 2021, 103m, 15The Little, £5

A holiday on a Dorset campsite with her family is 17-year-old

AJ’s idea of hell. Her attitude changes when she meets lifeguard Isla, who is out of her league but irresistible.

Plus: I Only Like You When I’m Lying, Lydia Dunn Ribiero, UK, 6m

MON, NOV 1, 2021 11:00

Leave No TraceCompassion fills every frameDirector: Debra GranikCast: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben FosterUSA, Canada, 2018, 109m, PGThe Little, £5

Debra Granik’s remarkable account of a father and

daughter having to find their own way in life was one of the best films of 2018. We’re thrilled to offer the opportunity to watch it on the big screen again.

SUN, OCT 31, 2021 18:20

Lamb / Dyri∂Disturbingly original take on parentingDirector: Valdimar JóhannssonCast: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Gu∂nason, Björn Hlynur HaraldssonIceland, Sweden, Poland, 2021, 106m, 15 tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

This Icelandic film brings supernatural horror to our white and woolly friends when a farmer, played by Noomi Rapace, loses a child and brings up a lamb instead.

Preview screening courtesy of MUBIPlus: Quiet Moments, Lucy Birnie, UK, 8m

SUN, OCT 31, 2021 16:00

The BabadookThere goes your peaceful night’s sleepDirector: Jennifer KentCast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel HenshallAustralia, Canada, 2014, 94m, 15The Little, £5

Jennifer Kent’s 2014 debut feature has been hailed as

one of the finest horror films of all time. The eponymous creature is a top-hatted ghoul who has, bizarrely, become a gay icon.

Plus: Puppet, Thomas West, UK, 3m

SUN, OCT 31, 2021 13:15

The Love WitchDeadly and seductive cult classicDirector: Anna BillerCast: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura WaddellUSA, 2016, 121m, 15The Little, £5

Truly unique and brilliant feminist black comedy. It has

a style so garish, you won’t be able to resist — just like the men who are fatally drawn to its heroine witch.

SUN, OCT 31, 2021 11:00

ZolaFact is stranger than fictionDirector: Janicza BravoCast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas BraunUSA, 2020, 86m, 18The Little, £5

Wild road movie / black comedy / crime thriller, about a trip to

Florida by two strippers looking to make a lot of money. “Fascinating and bold” — Anna Bogutskaya.

MON, NOV 1, 2021 16:00

The Miseducation of Cameron PostBeautifully directed and insightful Director: Desiree AkhavanCast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Jennifer EhleUSA, UK, 2018, 91m, 15The Little, £5

In the 1990s, when teenager Cameron is outed, her family’s

solution is to send her to a gay conversion centre, unironically called God’s Promise, to have her attractions reprogrammed.

TUE, NOV 2, 2021 13:30

TomboyGentle exploration of genderDirector: Céline SciammaCast: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne DissonFrance, 2011, 82m, U, SubtitlesThe Little, £5

Amazingly thoughtful, sensitive, and moving film about a

10-year-old French girl who starts to identify as a boy to her new friends. Ahead of its time, Tomboy remains highly relevant today.

TUE, NOV 2, 2021 11:00

WadjdaNot preachy, not bitter, just upliftingDirector: Haifaa Al-MansourCast: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al GohaniSaudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Jordan, UAE, USA, 2012, 97m, PG, SubtitlesThe Little, £5

An amazing film, both in terms of quality and also the fact that

it was made at all. A young Saudi girl wants a bicycle, but girls aren’t allowed bicycles. Unforgettable.

MON, NOV 1, 2021 20:45

My Little Sister / SchwesterleinEmotionally powerful and unexpectedDirector: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique ReymondCast: Nina Hoss, Lars EidingerSwitz., 2020, 99m, 12A tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger are brilliant in this story of twins, one

of whom is fatally ill but determined to return to his acting career, while the other has to cope with endless trials.

Plus: Salvaged Love, Gisela Nadasy, Sweden, 8m

MON, NOV 1, 2021 18:15

NinjababyReady to grow up yet?Director: Yngvild Sve FlikkeCast: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Arthur Berning, Nader KhademiNorway, 2021, 103m, 15 tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Rakel is pregnant, but not happy about it. Nor is her

animated baby-to-be. “A fearless comedy that’ll have you screaming with laughter” — Kristy Puchko.

Plus: On the Couch with My Depression, Angharad Gladding, New Zealand, 6m

TUE, NOV 2, 2021 16:00

The Diary of a Teenage GirlGloriously rude, laugh-out-loud funnyDirector: Marielle HellerCast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen WiigUSA, 2015, 102m, 18The Little, £5

Marielle Heller’s marvellous debut feature film explores the

inner and outer life of a 15-year-old in the mid-1970s. Positive, creative, and very funny.

TUE, NOV 2, 2021 18:25

AileyHypnotic portrait of a dance legendDirector: Jamila WignotCast: Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Bill T. JonesUSA, 2021, 82m, 12A tbcThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Superb documentary about a trailblazing pioneer who found

salvation through dance, capturing what made — and still makes — Alvin Ailey so influential.

WED, NOV 3, 2021 18:30

Hope / HåpGives us hope: perfect film for 2021Director: Maria SødahlCast: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Stellan SkarsgårdNorway, Sweden, Denmark, 2019, 125m, 15, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Marvellous Norwegian film about the stresses placed on a

woman’s marriage and family when she is diagnosed with a terminal condition. An uplifting film that makes you glad to be alive.

WED, NOV 3, 2021 16:00

Whip ItDrew Barrymore whips up a winnerDirector: Drew BarrymoreCast: Elliot Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen WiigUSA, 2009, 111m, 12AThe Little, £5

A stellar cast blast their way around a roller derby in this

witty, exciting, and fun directorial debut from Drew Barrymore.

WED, NOV 3, 2021 13:45

Faces Places / Visages villagesFall in love with Agnès Varda, againDirector: Agnès Varda, JRCast: Agnès Varda, JRFrance, 2017, 94m, 12A, Subtitles The Little, £5

Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, this is

a unique cross-generational portrait of life in rural France from the great Agnès Varda.

WED, NOV 3, 2021 11:00

Julie & JuliaA delicious Nora Ephron filmDirector: Nora EphronCast: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley TucciUSA, 2009, 123m, 12AThe Little, £5

Meryl Streep is on top form as legendary chef Julia Child —

whose recipes are revisited decades later by Julie (Amy Adams) — in this gorgeous film about the joys and challenges of French cuisine.

TUE, NOV 2, 2021 20:30

PigHere piggy, piggy, piggyDirector: Michael SarnoskiCast: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Cassandra VioletUK, 2021, 91m, 15 The Little, £13 / £7.50

Nicolas Cage is on magnetic form as a man with only a truffle-hunting pig for company. When the pig is stolen, Cage goes looking for it, with zen wisdom his only weapon. Amazing stuff.

Plus: Painting By Numbers, Radheya Jegatheva, Australia, 4m

WED, NOV 3, 2021 21:20

Hit the Road / Jadde KhakiThe breakout hit of CannesDirector: Panah PanahiCast: Pantea Panahiha, Hassan Madjooni, Rayan SarlakIran, 2021, 93m, 15 tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Possibly the best film at Cannes this year, Panah Panahi’s family road trip movie is a dazzling, inventive, and humane debut that is already a must-see.

THU, NOV 4, 2021 11:00

Clara SolaReligion, mysticism and sexualityDirector: Nathalie Álvarez MesénCast: Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Daniel Castañeda Rincón, Ana Julia Porras EspinozaSweden, Costa Rica, Belgium, Germany, 2021, 106m, 15 tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £5

Amazing Costa Rican film about a woman whose acute

connection with her white horse transcends human contact, until a man appears to steal her attention.

THU, NOV 4, 2021 20:40

The Eyes of Tammy FayeBehind the eyeshadowDirector: Michael ShowalterCast: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry JonesUSA, Canada, 2021, 126m, 12A tbcThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Jessica Chastain gives an Oscar-worthy performance as the woman who supported her televangelist husband through his rise and fall, then became a star herself as an uncommonly compassionate Christian.

THU, NOV 4, 2021 18:15

Paris, 13th District / Les OlympiadesLe sexe et la citéDirector: Jacques AudiardCast: Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Noémie Merlant, Jehnny BethFrance, 2021, 105m, 15 tbc, SubtitlesThe Little, £13 / £7.50

Brilliant black-and-white movie by Jacques Audiard.

Focusing on the love affairs of four young people, it illuminates the complexities of being alive.

THU, NOV 4, 2021 16:00

But I’m a CheerleaderComing-of-age crowd-pleaserDirector: Jamie BabbitCast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle WilliamsUSA, 1999, 92m, 15The Little, £5

Cult favourite satirical rom-com starring the fantastic Natasha

Lyonne. “The dialogue in that film and the scenes in that film just transform your life” — Elliot Page.

THU, NOV 4, 2021 13:30

An EducationFunny, elegant & movingDirector: Lone ScherfigCast: Carey Mulligan, Peter SarsgaardUK, USA, 2009, 100m, 12AThe Little, £5 “One of the chief pleasures of

Lone Scherfig’s crisply confident and charmingly comic coming-of-age drama is in seeing a teenage girl kick against the pricks for a change” — Sight & Sound.

FILMBATH FESTIVAL 29 OCT – 4 NOV, 2021

MON, NOV 1, 2021 19:30

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?Hollywood meets Japan in silent classicDirector: Yasujirô OzuCast: Ureo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo SaitôJapan, 1932, 82m, U, SubtitlesChrist Church, £10 / £8

An early Hollywood-inspired comedy from one of the titans of Japanese cinema, about four college friends coping with the expectations, unequal opportunities and tribulations of life after uni. Accompanied at the Christ Church organ by David Bednall.

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“The combination of Barlow’s terrific central performance and a screenplay packed with wit and sensitivity makes this an incredibly charming coming- of-age comedy” Katherine McLaughlin

We have all missed watching films together, in the cinema: we run a film festival because we love watching films communally on a big screen. We have a wonderful programme of F-Rated Gems, a new 4 O’Clock Club, and of course outstanding, mind-expanding, new and soon to be released feature films.

This year we also have festival passes which means that you could watch ALL 33 films for as little as £2.27 a film. So come and join us, tell all of your friends, and buy everyone you know film festival tickets.

BACK IN THE CINEMA TOGETHER AGAIN...

F-Rated GemsWe are thrilled that 79% of this year’s films are directed by women. Every day we have two F-Rated Gems, from the wonderful Sweetheart to the joy that is Faces Places. This is a glorious opportunity to watch much-loved movies on the big screen.

4 O’Clock ClubThese films have been chosen especially for you and for our younger, teen audience. Time to revisit the cult classic, But I’m A Cheerleader, which perfectly pairs with The Miseducation of Cameron Post, as does Diary of a Teenage Girl with Whip It. Buy a 5-ticket pass for just £20.

Black History MonthCelebrating some outstanding films in Black History Month, we start with Belle, Amma Asante’s biopic about Dido Belle who was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. Set in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, has a stellar cast and will warm the cockles. Queen of Katwe is a crowd pleaser and Zola is a perfect indie film.

Halloween SpecialDelving into the darkness, on Halloween we have the gloriously gaudy The Love Witch; The Babadook, “one of the strongest, most effective horror films of recent years” – Empire; Lamb, a “stark, strange Icelandic motherhood horror”; and Titane, “brutal, beautiful, borderline unbearable, and absolutely brilliant.” – The Spool.

Evening FilmsThe festival opens with Olivia Coleman, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor in Mothering Sunday and closes with Jessica Chastain delivering a career-best performance in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. In between we have a smorgasbord of superb films which might not otherwise screen in Bath.

Céline Sciamma Triple-BillIt was Portrait of a Lady on Fire back in 2019 which cemented Sciamma’s genius in every film-lover’s mind. We are really looking forward to revisiting her 2011 film, Tomboy, about 10-year-old Laure who starts to identify as a boy; 2014’s wonderful Girlhood; and her new film, Petite Maman, which Christopher Llewellyn Reed describes as “pure magic”. Come and see them all.

Welcome to the 31st FilmBath Festival 29 Oct - 4 Nov

Our Venue: The Little Theatre, BathThis is the 31st FilmBath Festival and for the first time in our history, we are hiring the WHOLE of Screen One at The Little for an entire week. Come and spend a whole week revelling in festival films.

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Each film in the festival costs us around £26 a seat to put on. Our most expensive ticket is £13 and our cheapest is £2.27. The film festival is only possible thanks to the amazing support we receive from all of these organisations, businesses and individuals - as well as our remarkable team of volunteers. Thank you all.

Thanks to: Margaret Heffernan, Clive Gilson, Martin Haigh, Anthony & Sylvia Mackewn, Isobel Michael, Craig Jenkins, Kathryn Anthony, Cat Heale, Natasha Hobbs, Peter Clegg, Ashley Pharoah, Kenneth Littlewood