Event Type : Friday Film

Two young Londoners, each recovering from a romantic breakup, find each other during an action-packed day in Peckham. Stand-out performances by the two young leads.

Director: Raine Allen-Miller, UK, 2023, 82min
Featuring: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Poppy Allen-Quarmby

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

Growing up in Korea, Nora and Hae Sung formed a childhood bond that was abruptly broken when Nora’s family emigrated to Canada and then New York.

Years later the two connect on Facebook. Hae Sung travels to the US to meet the now-married Nora. An original and moving take on long-distance romance and the immigrant experience.

Director: Celine Song, USA, 2023, 106 min
Featuring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

A multi-award-winning film. The secret of a middle-aged tailor’s homosexuality is woven into his married life, with an ailing wife whom he loves deeply.

But their relationship is challenged by the arrival of a new apprentice, in this finely crafted love story.

Director: Maryam Touzani, Morocco, 2022, Subtitles, 122min
Featuring: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

In a music drama set in South London, a family is tested when Travis, fresh out of jail, is found by his partner and teenage daughter, wearing a dress.

The family is sent spinning by this discovery and the truths that remain. A feel-good story with the energy of Tina Turner hits.

Director: Dionne Edwards, UK, 2022, 110min
Featuring: Alexandra Burke, Natey Jones

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, heartbreak and healing.

Director: Lukas Dhont, France, 2022, Subtitles, 104min
Featuring: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

Barbie and Ken suffer crises of identity when they leave the anodyne, comforting and familiar environment of Barbieland and enter the real world.

Sharp, wickedly funny satire from Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women), with knockout performances by perfectly-cast Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and definitely not just for kids!

Director: Greta Gerwig, US, 2023, 114min
Featuring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

Set in contemporary Paris, a young widowed mother is torn between her relationship with her father, who is suffering a form of dementia, her efforts to bring up her eight-year-old daughter alone, and her lover.

Sharp, wickedly funny satire from Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women), with knockout performances by perfectly-cast Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and definitely not just for kids!

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve, 2022, France, Subtitles, 112min
Featuring: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. U18s £5.50. Film Society members free.

A romantic drama set in Paris about a gay couple, one of whom begins a passionate affair with a woman. Chaos ensues as their lives twist and turn on an emotional roller coaster.

Director: Ira Sachs, France/Germany, 2023, Subtitles, 92min
Featuring: Franz Rogowski, Ben Wishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Tickets: £7.50. Members & Friends £6.50. Film Society members free.