This Autumn, three exciting Film Festivals arrive at Brewery Arts!
Too Much: Melodrama on Screen presents a season of romantic classics from the BFI archives, with tickets priced at just £7.50. Meanwhile, the French Film Festival celebrates a diverse spectrum of French-language cinema. Completing the line-up, MINT on Tour brings two powerful films to Kendal as part of its women-led Chinese cinema initiative, showcasing bold, award-winning stories from Asia in Northern England.
Too Much: Melodrama on Screen
Volver
2 October | 7pm
A gripping melodrama, following Raimunda and her sister Sole as they navigate family secrets, loss, and unexpected encounters with their mother’s spirit.
Mamma Roma
11, 14 & 21 October | 8pm (Scn3)
22 October | 12.45pm (Scn3)
After years as a prostitute, Mamma Roma dreams of a respectable new life with the teenage son she once abandoned, but her past and his troubled path threaten to pull them both back into ruin.
Brief Encounter – 80th Anniversary + Q&A with Carnforth Station Heritage Centre
6 November | 7pm
Turbulent passion and middle-class restraint combine in a uniquely English style when a married woman falls for a doctor she meets at a railway station.
Letter From An Unknown Woman
8, 11 & 18 November | 8pm (Scn3)
19 November | 12.45pm (Scn3)
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
French Film Festival
Back Home (Revenir)
24 October | 7.30pm (Scn3)
26 & 28 October | 4.30pm (Scn3)
A Frenchman in his thirties returns to his childhood farm in the Drôme region after years away, where he reconnects with his nephew and sister-in-law while confronting memories of loss and change.
Love Affairs(s)
14 November | 8pm (Scn3)
16 November | 3.45pm (Scn3)
18 November | 12.15pm (Matinee | Scn3)
When pregnant, Daphne welcomes her boyfriend’s cousin, Maxime, to a countryside holiday, and the two spend four days sharing intimate stories of love and desire, unfolding into a web of interconnected tales about the messiness of relationships.
Josep
5 December | 8pm (Scn3)
7 December | 4.30pm (Scn3)
9 December | 1pm (Matinee | Scn3)
This poignant animation follows illustrator Josep Bartolí’s journey from surviving the Spanish Civil War and internment in a French camp to his life in Mexico with Frida Kahlo and later in New York among artists like Rothko and De Kooning.
MINT on Tour
Montages of a Modern Motherhood
18 October | 7pm (Scn3)
21 October | 12.45pm (Matinee | Scn3)
In this piercingly honest drama, new mother Suk-jing struggles with the relentless demands of early motherhood, unsupportive family pressures, and her own fragile identity in a moving exploration of its hidden costs.
Killing the Violet
25 November | 1pm (Matinee | Scn3)
29 November | 8pm (Scn3)
After a stranger breaks into her apartment and assaults her, Sumire’s seemingly ordinary life unravels. This leads her to confront hidden dangers and rediscover herself through writing and reexamining her relationships.
View the full cinema programme here.
