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Thursday 5 November in Belfast
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Showing Film only.
Thursday 5 November 10 listings
Afternoon 3
15:45
NAZA
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, NAZA reveals the systems behind Israel’s bombing of Gaza and its mass killing of Palestinian civilians. The film is directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. NAZA is titled for a military acronym euphemistically used by Israeli intelligence to indicate the number of civilians that it expects will be killed in an airstrike. The film builds on revelations first published by the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, and the Guardian between 2023 and 2025. "The film lets us explore something deeper than we could in our investigative journalism alone: not only the words being said but also those that are not said, the silence. It is up to all of us to break that silence." Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
16:00
Ken Russell's The Devils
Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker. An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption, and a defining work of art from a seminal filmmaker. Inspired by the true story of 17th-century priest Urbain Grandier, accused of bewitching a convent of nuns, the film lays bare the collusion of church and state through a searing vision of religious persecution, collective hysteria and institutional corruption. Unveiled at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the definitive version arrives 55 years after the film’s original release. In addition to powerhouse performances from Reed and Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils showcases the stunning work of artists at the peak of their craft. The 8.45pm screening on Fri 30 Oct will include an in-person introduction by Mark Kermode. Warning: The linked trailer contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Tonight 7
18:00
Faraway Home
Karl and Rosa are two young Jewish children who escape Nazi-occupied Vienna via kindertransport. They are brought to Northern Ireland to the Millisle refugee farm, where they find it hard to adjust to homesickness and the isolation of country living. Slowly but surely, they get used to the rhythms of rural life, finding friends and a sense of family among the other refugees. But the war isn’t over, and it isn’t long before the Belfast Blitz in 1941 brings the horrors of war back to face them. This moving drama, adapted from the novel by Marilyn Taylor, is based on a true story.
18:00
Star Nhà Ease Presents the Inseminator
In this magical-realist portrait of patriarchy, a father living in rural Vietnam grows increasingly afraid for his 16-year-old son, Ngo, who has an intellectual disability. As he faces his own mortality and the limits of what he can control, he becomes fixated on the idea that Ngo will never find a suitable wife, and that without a male heir, their family line will end. His worry turns into obsession, pushing him toward unusual and otherworldly methods to secure a bride for his son. Blending everyday rural life with surreal, imaginative visuals, the film explores care, tradition, and fear. It was banned soon after its release in Vietnam. This screening is subtitled. The screening will be introduced by Tuyết Vân Huỳnh from Star Nhà Ease, a nationwide film and contemporary arts programme bringing Vietnamese cinematic gems, music, poetry and beyond to UK audiences.
19:00
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
Josh O’Connor ( The Crown ; Challengers ) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. 1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side. Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre. Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates ( Vanya ) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.
19:00
Prosecution
The flaws and power structures of the German legal system are revealed to a young prosecutor after she becomes the victim of a racist attack. When Seyo Kim pursues her own case through the courts, she comes up against an impersonal bureaucratic machine that fails to acknowledge far right extremism. This is an impressive second feature from Faraz Shariat, depicting one young woman’s gradual disillusionment with the world around her, while at the same time finding a new determination to achieve justice. Written by Claudia Schaefer and starring Chen Emilie Yan in a film that inspires both rage and compassion. UK Premiere. This screening is subtitled and Relaxed (RS).
20:00
Star of the Sea
In 1969, Star of the Sea from North Belfast were the best youth football team in Ireland. The team is made up of Protestant and Catholic players from the mixed local community of Rathcoole.By 1972, the team had been torn apart by The Troubles. Loyalist paramilitaries have taken over Rathcoole and Catholic families are forced out. Among them, the family of Star of the Sea’s full back, Bobby Sands and his best friend Tommy O’Neill, Star’s striker. Bobby joins the IRA, while two of his teammates, Michael and Terry join the loyalist UVF. The team’s star centre back, Raymond McCord is scouted and has a spell at Manchester United but returns to his home club and a very different Belfast. He is the last Protestant player to leave the Star of the Sea club as Northern Ireland descends further into bloody chaos. Despite all of the horror, the surviving players maintain that the ethos of Star of the Sea rings true today and is the way forward for the next generation. This is the story of the talented players of Star of the Sea – who once represented everything that was great about Northern Ireland.
20:00
Thursday Night Quiz W/ Best Boy Magazine and Normal Cinema Club
Can you tell us how they filmed the big Cyclops guy in The Odyssey? Can you tell us how they filmed the little rock thing in Project Hail Mary? Can you tell us how they managed to film a Michael Jackson biopic in this day and age?? For their next trick, Best Boy Magazine & Normal Cinema Club return with yet another quiz dedicated to the most magical medium of all: the movies of course. These Quixotic quizmasters will ask the important questions and reveal the vape and mirrors behind cinema’s most wonderful illusions of grandeur. Expect questions asking if Alana Haim was really the villain, if Anthony Bourdain would really have liked Tony, and the greatest question of all, what the hell is a miasma? It’s Late Night Art, so percolate yourself in culture before perplexing yourself in quiz. Teams are capped at a maximum of 6.
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