PROGRAMME

We offer a great value residential package if you book for the entire weekend, alternatively you can attend for just part of the weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday day tickets are available. See booking page for full details.

The timetable at the bottom of this page gives approximate screening times for each film.

Friday 2 February

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    Directed by: Jiang Wen
    "A wild ride that effortlessly combines devilish dark humour, slapstick comedy, violence and bitter satire”

Saturday 3 February

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    Dragon Inn (1967)

    Directed by: King Hu
    "A must see swordplay film, probably the best of its kind ever made. The director King Hu is a master of tension”
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    Directed by: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
    The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep them together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
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    Directed by: John Woo
    "A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang members are difficult to break"
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    Hero (2002)

    Directed by: Zhang Yimou
    "Beautiful and beguiling, a martial arts extravaganza defining the styles and lives of its fighters within Chinese tradition"
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    The Road Home (1999)

    Directed by: Zhang Yimou
    "An unforgettable journey into the realm of the heart"

Sunday 4 February

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    Directed by: Fei Mu
    "A lonely housewife finds her monotonous life altered when her childhood sweetheart returns to town"
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    Directed by: Lixin Fan
    "A filmmaker whose guile with the camera can seem almost magical"
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    A Simple Life (2011)

    Directed by: Ann Hui
    "A film that expresses hope in human nature. The moving lead performances are strong selling points for Hui's following at home and abroad."

Timetable for the weekend

Timings are approximate but intended to give you an idea of how the weekend will run


Friday

Afternoon/early evening - arrive at hotel to check in before dinner at 7pm

7.00 Dinner

8.30/9.00 meet our speaker for an introduction to the weekend's films and have our first screening, Devils on the doorstep (139 minutes)


Saturday

Breakfast followed by an introduction and screening of our first film at around 9.15/9.30: Dragon Inn (111 minutes)

11.30 break for mid-morning booster, tea, coffee and biscuits (discussion time)

11.50 introduction and screening of our second film, Daughter of the Nile (91 minutes)

1.30 Lunch

2.15 introduction and screening of our third film, A Better Tomorrow (92 minutes)

4.00 afternoon break, tea, coffee and biscuits (discussion time)

4.30 introduction and screening of our fourth film, Hero (96 minutes)

6.15 break before dinner at 7.15

9.00 introduction and screening of our last film of the day, The Road Home (85 minutes)

10.30 retire to the bar to talk about the day's films.

Sunday

Breakfast followed by an introduction and screening of the first film Spring in a Small Town (94 minutes) around 9.30

11.15 Mid-morning break, tea/coffee and biscuits (discussion)

11.30 introduction and screening of our second Sunday film Last Train Home (85 minutes)

1.15 Lunch, followed at 2.00 with a presentation on independent Indian cinema by Dr Ashvin Devasundaram of Queen Mary University London

2.00 Our last film of the weekend A Simple Life (118 minutes)

4.00 - 4.45 time to go home