Bishops castle Film Society Choice & Bishop’s Castle Arts Festival A wry and heart-rending portrait of a Syrian musician  and refugee  on a remote  in Scottish island 7.3 IMDB ★★★★"...naturalism and broad comedy go hand in hand, in a film simultaneously sad and funny." Empire ★★★★ "Heart-rending portrait of refugees stranded in Scotland Ben Sharrock announces himself as a master of atmospheric film-making with this stirring drama about a Syrian migrant" The Guardian . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O--8AuuhgA

Bishop's Castle Film Society Choice 8.5 IMDB ★★★★ The Guardian Multi award winning film from 1988 about a famous filmmaker returning to the Sicilian village where he grew up for the funeral of the local theatre's film projectionist. He reminisces about the projectionist at the local cinema, his best friend as a child, who taught him to love cinema. ★★★★★  "Tornatore hit upon something miraculous when he wrote this tale of romance, between a young man and the movies, and…

7.0 IMDB ‘A Feel good victory lap’ the Guardian . The inspirational story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup despite facing odds of a 100 to 1. Starring Teresa Palmer and Sam Neill Supported by the Friends of Bishop’s Castle Community, Care Home and Hospital. Tea and biscuits £1, No stairs, tables  & chairs, Hearing loop, low level  lighting- Free Dial–a-ride bus service from Bishops Castle and Lydbury North please phone 01588 638350 All…

Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn. 2019 remake of 1976 6.9 IMDB Accessible Cabaret seating/no steps/ hearing loop/ tea and biscuits £1/local Free Bus available Supported by the Friends of Bishop’s Castle Community, Care Home and Hospital. Tea and biscuits £1, No stairs, tables  & chairs, Hearing loop, low level  lighting- Free…

Another great choice from the Bishop's Castle Film Society The BAFTA-nominated masterwork from Céline Sciamma. From the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire.  ★★★★★" Céline Sciamma's spellbinding ghost story. A girl meets her mother as a child in the woods in a moving jewel of a film about memory, friendship and kin" The Guardian Nelly, an 8-year-old girl, has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. One day, her…

  The marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the queen's estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game, but this year, things will be profoundly different. ★★★★ "Kristen Stewart is note-perfect in this ghostly and inventive vision of Princess Diana fighting for her sanity" The Guardian Kristen Stewart and Jack Farthing star as Princess Diana…

A romantic film for a midsummers day. A pair of interwoven stories set in the past and present follow an ambitious journalist determined to solve the mystery of a forbidden love affair at the centre "a lushly mounted pair of love stories — one present, one past" Variety Supported by the Friends of Bishop’s Castle Community, Care Home and Hospital. Accessible Cabaret seating/no steps/ hearing loop/ tea and biscuits £1 Free Dial–a-ride bus service from Bishops Castle and Lydbury North please phone 01588 638350…