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MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER
Bulgaria, UK, France 2019
92 mins Subtitled
CAT IN THE WALL
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
21:00 | TRISKEL NARRATIVE
Irina is a single mother from Bulgaria living in an apartment she has purchased on a council estate in London. Trained as an architect yet working in a bar, she refuses to live on benefits like several of her neighbours. Following a dispute over the ownership of a cat, Irina witnesses a side to British society that was previously not apparent to her. The first dramatic feature from documentarians Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, Cat in the Wall is an unnerving window into a Britain fuelled by mistrust, misinformation and Brexit propaganda. SE
Official Selection, Locarno Film Festival, 2019
Second Chance Tue 12 Nov | 15:45 | Triskel
CITIZEN K
Alex Gibney
21:00 | GATE
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia. He came to prominence in the 1990s — the era of the oligarch — when he was one of a gang of opportunists exploiting the chaos of the transition from Communism to become extremely rich. Political influence followed, but so did corruption allegations
and enmity, Vladimir Putin eventually ensuring that
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USA, UK 2019
Second Chance Tue 12 Nov | 12:15 | Gate DOCUMENTARY
125 mins Subtitled
Khodorkovsky would spend years in prison. Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney interrogates Khodorkovsky, as well as some of his supporters and detractors, to present his incredible life story with thorough, balanced journalistic integrity. Through it he reveals the dark, compelling history of post-Soviet Russia. MH
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019
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