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In 1957 Budapest, one year following the failure of the Hungarian Revolution, a 12-year-old Jewish boy whose mother has raised him to believe that his father will return from the camps has his hopes shattered when a brutish stranger appears on the doorstep to take his family back.

A film about nature, made with nature in mind, Super Nature is a quietly radical documentary that swaps glossy spectacle for something more intimate, handmade and human. Shot on Super 8 by a global community of filmmakers, this film is a patchwork portrait of our planet, capturing fleeting encounters with wildlife and landscapes across five continents. The result is a richly textured, deeply perso...

The Northern Soul scene has been going strong for over fifty years making famous the less or not successful black soul artists from the US. It's hallowed Mecca was Wigan Casino, which first opened its doors in September 1973. This new documentary tells the remarkable story of Northern Soul and the weekend all-nighters at Wigan Casino.

Launching the BFI’s Rip It Up season, which celebrates youth culture, we’re exploring music, nightlife, DJing, and clubbing. Before the superstar DJ era and the glow of a thousand iPhones, there was the underground. Iara Lee’s kinetic documentary is a high-octane travelogue through the evolution of electronic music, tracing the jagged line from the avant-garde experiments of Karlheinz Stockhausen...

Adorning the walls of this year's festival hub you will be able to see a small selection from Alan Fair's trove of film posters, a collection amassed over decades of cinephiliac searching. After discovering arthouse cinema at the Arts Lab in 1970s Brum, the film bug led him to teaching roles in Sussex, Manchester and China – as well as programming film and photography here at MAC in the late 80s....

Between 2010 and 2014, Martin Parr made a photographic portrait about life in the Black Country. It included four documentary films. As a tribute to the brilliant Parr, who died last year, we present two of these distinct portraits. Teddy Gray’s Sweet Factory (2011) Since 1826, Teddy Grays in Dudley has kept the business of traditional, hand-made methods of sweet making alive. Edward and Betty, ...

From the rhythmic chime of cowbells across the Indian countryside to the haunting, rediscovered verses of Scottish pioneer-witch poet Helen Adam, this programme is a global atlas of sound. Each film offers a unique sonic fingerprint, treating the microphone as a microscope. Whether it's the mechanical heartbeat of a city or the lyrical lilt of a spoken-word performance, these shorts prove that ev...

The Last Viking reunites director Anders Thomas Jensen with his long-time muses Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas for a dark comedy that is as tender as it is teeth-rattling. Kaas stars as Anker, a bank robber fresh out of a fifteen-year stretch, eager to collect the 41 million kroner he left with his brother Manfred (Mikkelsen). The only snag? Manfred has developed a dissociative disorder and n...

?? Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Eurovision 2026! ?? The ultimate Eurovision screening party is coming to The Old Crown! Are you ready to say Thank You For The Music ? We’re pulling out all the stops for the biggest night in the global pop calendar. From the glitz and glamour of the Grand Final to a high-energy tribute to Sweden’s finest, this is the only place in town to witness Eurovision in all its camp...