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22nd CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
8th – 17th November 2024
Thu 31 Oct - Sun 10 Nov Open 4pm - 8pm daily.
CLOSED 6th November
Fabrica
Temple of Cinema #1: Sayat Nova Outtakes
“In the temple of cinema there are images, light and reality. Sergei Parajanov was the master of that temple…” Jean-Luc Godard Inspired by ancient manuscript... Read more
Fri 08 Nov / 7:30pm
Duke of York's
15
A REAL PAIN
When two Jewish cousins embark on a ‘Holocaust tour’ of Poland, they are simultaneously attempting to honour their late grandmother and to rekindle their once-strong... Read more
Sat 09 Nov / 11:15am
Depot
THE BIRTH OF 16MM FILM
2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the launch of 16mm by Kodak in the UK. It was a new film gauge with its own camera and... Read more
Sat 09 Nov / 4pm
Duke of York's
12A
Mother Vera
For admirers of the stark beauty found in films by Béla Tarr and Andrei Tarkovsky, this stunningly beautiful documentary focuses on a young Orthodox nun... Read more
Sat 09 Nov / 6:30pm
ACCA
Sat 09 Nov / 6:30pm
Duke of York's
12A
Sat 09 Nov / 8pm
Depot
18
The Girl with the Needle
In post WWI Copenhagen, Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young seamstress, is struggling to survive on her own since her husband was declared missing in... Read more
Sat 09 Nov / 8:30pm
ACCA
Sun 10 Nov / 3:15pm
Duke of York's
12
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors + Kyiv Frescoes
A brand-new restoration of one of the most internationally acclaimed Ukrainian films, a highly colourful and beguiling mix of folklore, dream-like mysticism and religious iconography.... Read more
Sun 10 Nov / 4:30pm
Depot
12
Cinemas of the Mind – The Salt of the Earth
Co-directed by his son Juliano Salgado, this fascinating documentary portrait traces the career of outstanding Brazilian photographer, Sebastião Salgado. It spans 40 years of his... Read more
Sun 10 Nov / 6pm
Duke of York's
15
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
The lives of three nurses – Prabha, Anu and Parvaty – are at the heart of this luminous Mumbai-set drama. Winner of the Grand Prix... Read more
Sun 10 Nov / 8:30pm
Dukes at Komedia
Bogancloch
Bogancloch is the rundown farmhouse where modern-day hermit Jake Williams lives, surrounded by a Highland forest in Scotland. This intimate, observational documentary sees artist filmmaker... Read more
Sun 10 Nov / 8:30pm
ACCA
36-hour Film Challenge 2024
How long does it take to make a film? Weeks? Months? Years? What happens when you have 36 hours? That’s the challenge for students from... Read more
Mon 11 Nov / 6:15pm
Depot
Mon 11 Nov / 6:30pm
ACCA
18
Resistance: New Female Ways of Seeing from North Africa
A triple bill bringing together three remarkable feminist films from North Africa – the contemporary sci-fi feature Animalia and two short films from Algeria, which... Read more
Mon 11 Nov / 6:30pm
Fabrica
NEW VOICES
SHORT FILMS FROM LOCAL FILMMAKERS AGED 16-25 SELECTED FROM OPEN SUBMISSIONS SUPPORTED METFILM SCHOOL BRIGHTON. THE SCRIPT DIR: KEITH TENDAI CHANAKIRA AND ALICIA GIACCONE-MUNN. 6... Read more
Mon 11 Nov / 6:45pm
Duke of York's
Tue 12 Nov / 6pm
ACCA
12A
BLUE ISLAND
The ’blue’ in Blue Island is the colour of melancholy reflection—specifically, reflection on the political unrest that has engulfed Hong Kong since the 2014 Umbrella Movement.... Read more
Tue 12 Nov / 6:30pm
Fabrica
CINECITY OPEN
LOCALLY-MADE SHORT FILMS SELECTED FROM OPEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE FESTIVAL. WIRED DIR: WILL JEWELL. 18 MINS. When Becca loses her job and partner, she retreats... Read more
Tue 12 Nov / 8pm
Duke of York's
15
Tue 12 Nov / 8:30pm
Depot
When the Light Breaks
Oscar-nominated director Rúnar Rúnarsson showcases the majesty of his native Iceland in this heartbreaking tale of coming-of-age through grief, set over 24 hours in Reykjavík. ... Read more
Wed 13 Nov / 1pm
Fabrica
15
INTO FILM – THE HOLDOVERS
Alexander Payne’s delightfully funny and perceptive, award-winning film. A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms... Read more
Wed 13 Nov / 6pm
Depot
12A
Merchant Ivory
Merchant-Ivory: the name has become shorthand for a certain flavour of genteel British drama, all period costume and romantic disillusionment. Behind the scenes, however, the... Read more
Wed 13 Nov / 6:30pm
Fabrica
CINECITY OPEN (DOCS)
DEER PARK DIR: ANDREW FINCH. 15 MINS. Deer Park is a short film exploring the sites of the British post-industrial group Coil. Tracing a psychogeographic... Read more
Wed 13 Nov / 6:45pm
Duke of York's
Bring Them Down
Oscar-nominated Barry Keoghan and Girls star Christopher Abbott are magnificent as a pair of feuding farmers in this gripping rural revenge thriller set in the... Read more
Wed 13 Nov / 7pm
The Rose Hill
SYNCH PULSE
The astonishing wonders of science as presented through a lens of experimental filmmaking. Synch Pulse No. 10 is themed around mind-boggling science and technology, a... Read more
Wed 13 Nov / 8pm
ACCA
PG
EARTH (Zemlya)
A mesmerising and beautiful hymn to nature, Earth is recognised as one of cinema’s supreme visual masterpieces. It is a uniquely poetic cinema of the... Read more
Thu 14 Nov / 6:30am
Depot
Flowers of Ukraine
UK PREMIERE SCREENING Natalia, 67 years of age, lives happily in her green paradise, a plot of land situated between blocks of flats in Kyiv.... Read more
Thu 14 Nov / 7pm
Fabrica
GLIMMER WARNING & THE CREATIVE HIGH
FOUND dir. Angus Cameron. UK. 7 mins THE CREATIVE HIGH dir. Adriana Marchione. US . 75 mins. An inspiring and reflective evening of music and film, led... Read more
Thu 14 Nov / 8pm
Horatios Bar
Catalyst Club
What better location to explore and celebrate our love of horror films than the end of Brighton Pier, perched over the cold, forbidding waters of... Read more
Thu 14 Nov / 8:45pm
Duke of York's
Fri 15 Nov / 4:45pm
Depot
I’m Still Here
Christmas 1970, Brazil. The country has been living under a military dictatorship for six years. For the liberal, well-off Paiva family, the political situation feels... Read more
Fri 15 Nov / 5pm
Fabrica
DRAW TO FILM – Sayat Nova Outtakes
A one-off ‘Draw to Film’ event for anyone who wants to explore drawing, mark-making, music and film in new ways. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginners... Read more
Fri 15 Nov / 6pm
Duke of York's
12A
Hard Truths
After his large-scale historical dramas (Mr Turner, Peterloo), Mike Leigh has returned to chronicling the lives of ordinary people in contemporary Britain in this collaboration... Read more
Fri 15 Nov / 8pm
ACCA
Scanner: Harry Smith at 100
Harry Smith (1923–1991) was a great American eccentric, experimental filmmaker, musicologist, graphic designer, bohemian and anthropologist. He was also a collector of found objects and... Read more
Fri 15 Nov / 8pm
Dukes at Komedia
15
The Universal Theory
The Swiss Alps in 1962. Doctoral student Johannes heads to a prestigious conference of Europe’s leading quantum physicists. But the keynote speaker doesn’t show, another... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 11:30am
ACCA
UKRAINIAN SHORT FILMS – 1
Two programmes of recent short films made by Ukrainian filmmakers, at home and abroad. Curated by Sasha Prokopenko, Head of Programming, and Olga Gusiatynska, Programmer,... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 1:30pm
ACCA
UKRAINIAN SHORT FILMS – 2
Two programmes of recent short films made by Ukrainian filmmakers, at home and abroad. Curated by Sasha Prokopenko, Head of Programming, and Olga Gusiatynska, Programmer,... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 2pm
Dukes at Komedia
All Happy Families
The Landrys are an ordinary family. Like all ordinary families, they love each other, keep secrets, fight and misunderstand each other. The drama begins when... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 2:30pm
The Dance Space
Yn y Golau (In The Light)
Based on the science of photonics (the physical science of light waves), Yn y Golau (In the Light) follows two dancers on a journey through different... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 3:30pm
Duke of York's
U
Sat 16 Nov / 4pm
ACCA
Sat 16 Nov / 4:30pm
The Dance Space
Homegrown: Screen Dance by Local Artists
Join us as we celebrate the wealth of local talent in the South East and present a series of films by local artists making dance... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 6pm
ACCA
The Captain
WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING Fergus, a retired sea captain, is placed under house arrest after robbing his local newsagent on a mobility scooter. While confined to... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 6pm
Duke of York's
We Live In Time
An inventively structured romantic drama from director John Crowley (The Goldfinch, Brooklyn) that explores how to make the most of our time in this world. With... Read more
Sat 16 Nov / 7pm
The Dance Space
PG
The Best of London International Screendance Festival
The best of London International Screendance Festival returns to Brighton Screendance Festival with a selection of the most inventive and curious independent short films from around... Read more
Sun 17 Nov / 10:30am
The Dance Space
U
Nature Inside
Join us on an adventure exploring nature with a morning for children aged 2-8 years and their families to be inspired by screen dance and... Read more
Sun 17 Nov / 12pm
Dukes at Komedia
PG
The Colour of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova)
Following the international success of Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors (1965), Sergei Parajanov was commissioned by Armenfilm Studios in Yerevan to make a film about... Read more
Sun 17 Nov / 3pm
The Dance Space
PG
Invisible landscapes
Join us for an afternoon of films from international artists which engages with the things that aren’t necessarily visible in the landscapes and environments in... Read more
Sun 17 Nov / 3:30pm
Duke of York's
18
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Lawyer Iman (Missagh Zareh) is initially pleased to receive a promotion to the position of state investigator in Tehran. His wife and two teenage daughters... Read more
Sun 17 Nov / 5:30pm
Depot
Satu – Year of the Rabbit
Shot on location around the mountains, rivers and villages of Laos, this coming-of-age tale is a beautiful portrait of friendship, resilience and Buddhist philosophy. Bo... Read more
Sun 17 Nov / 6pm
The Dance Space
15
Sun 17 Nov / 7pm
Duke of York's
18
Nightbitch
Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood) and Amy Adams are a formidable... Read more