Sligo Film Society will meet every Thursday at 8pm.
Admission €10 / €8 (conc.)

Tickets can be purchased on the door.

My Favourite Cake

Thu. 7 Nov. 2024, 8pm 

Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha
Cast: Lily Farhadpour, Esmail Mehrabi
FILM INFO: 97 minutes, Iran, France, Sweden, Germany, 2024, Cert: 12A
In Farsi with English subtitles

70-year-old Mahin has lived as a widow in Tehran for over 30 years. She fondly remembers life in Iran before the Islamic Revolution, but now she cannot even visit her Europe-based daughter, because she is considered too old to be granted a visa by authorities. Refusing to accept a lonely future, Mahin takes matters into her own hands when she meets taxi-driver Faramarz. Throwing caution to the wind, an unforgettable and unpredictable evening unfolds for the pair.

My Favourite Cake is a moving reflection on old age, loneliness and finding unexpected love. Both humorous and poignant at turns, and featuring a wonderful performance by Lily Farhadpour as Mahin, it is sure to charm and touch audiences.

Monster

Thu. 14 Nov. 2024, 8pm 

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast: Sakura Andō, Eita Nagayama, Sōya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi
INFO: 125 mins. Japan. 2023. 12A

Saori Mugino notices her son Minato is acting strangely. When she’s told Minato is getting bullied by a teacher, she reports it to the school principal. When the school does little to address the situation, Saori grows frustrated. However, there’s a more complicated story here than Saori is privy to - with the full picture revealed as the film revisits the same events from two more perspectives…

Following films made in France and Korea, Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters) returns to Japan for this compassionate exploration of childhood turmoil. Monster’s more heart-wrenching scenes are offset by tender, lovingly-realised moments of kindness and hope. The film also features the poignant final score from the esteemed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Crossing

Thu. 21 Nov. 2024, 8pm 

Director: Levan Akin
Cast : Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı
INFO: 106 minutes, Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia, 2024, 15A

In a Georgian backwater, retired teacher Lia turns up on the doorstep of her neighbour: affable, aimless Achi. She’s trying to find her niece Tekla, a twenty-something trans woman who was regretfully banished years before. Achi claims he knows where she is: in Istanbul. With a half-baked plan and very little money, their search for Tekla sparks some soul-searching within them both, while their journey attracts both suspicion and generosity.

From acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced), Crossing is a moving and tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations. Humanistic and compassionate, Akin’s third feature is a heartfelt portrayal of overcoming the degrees of separation that divide us.

The Room Next Door

Thu. 28 Nov. 2024, 8pm 

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Tilda Swinton
INFO: 107 minutes, France, 2024. 12A

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

Touch

Thu. 5 Dec. 2024, 8pm 

Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, Palmi Kormakur, Masahiro Motoki
INFO: 121 mins. Iceland / UK / USA. 2024.

Iceland, early 2020. Widower Kristófer’s memory has started failing, and he decides now is his last chance to track down his estranged first love. Through flashbacks, we learn Kristófer worked in a Japanese restaurant while he was a student in 1960s London. There, he met and fell in love with the owner’s daughter, Miko. Now, despite his own daughter’s pleas and looming travel lockdowns, Kristófer flies to London to find Miko - more than 50 years after she abruptly left without a goodbye.

Baltasar Kormákur’s deeply moving film is based on the novel by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay. This is a rich study of love and grief that’s both heartbreaking and achingly romantic.

The Teacher

Thu. 12 Dec. 2024, 8pm 

Director: Farah Nabulsi
Cast: Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, Muhammad Abed Elrahman
INFO: 115 minutes, Palestine, 2023. 12A

A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker Lisa and his emotional support for one of his students Adam.

Twig

Thu. 19 Dec. 2024, 8pm 

Director: Marian Quinn
Cast: Sade Malone, Brian F. O’Byrne, Ghaliah Conroy, Donncha Tynan
INFO: 107 minutess. Ireland. 2024. 15A

In this modern spin on the Greek tragedy Antigone, Twig is a young woman caught in the middle of a deadly Dublin gangland feud. She plans to secretly escape the city with her lover Eamon. Their plan is interrupted when a shootout leaves one of Twig’s brothers dead and another missing. A grieving Twig grows determined to defy the cycle of violence and find her injured brother - setting her on a collision course with ruthless crime boss Leon.

Driven by a fierce, captivating lead performance by Sade Malone, Twig marks the welcome return of writer/director Marian Quinn in the follow-up to her 2007 debut 32A. This film is a bold and intelligent contemporary take on a classic tale.