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SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER
Bhutan 2019
109 mins Subtitled
LUNANA:
A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Pawo Choyning Dorji
13:00 | GATE FAMILY
Ugyen is a disillusioned teacher in Bhutan, desperate to escape the country to fulfil his ambitions of becoming a singer. Yet his supervisors commit him to work in Lunana, a village in the Himalayas accessible only after an eight-day trek. Initially daunted by the remoteness and lack of resources, Ugyen soon learns about the villagers, the charming children he teaches and the value of yak dung. Shot on location in the world’s most remote school, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s delightful family feature is a rare depiction of a region that is culturally and visually distinct, while telling a story that is heart-warming and universal. MH Official Selection, BFI London Film Festival, 2019
Suitable for age 8+
143 SAHARA STREET
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Hassen Ferhani
13:30 | GATE
DOCUMENTARY
Algeria, France, Qatar 2019
100 mins Subtitled
Malika is the ageing proprietor of a small café along the trans-Sahara highway in Algeria. It is a 20-metre-square hut in the middle of nowhere, where she lives with her beloved cat Mimi and serves coffee and eggs to truckers and travellers. Malika listens to stories from
her clientele, and her maternal presence seems to encourage open discussions about religion, the economy, politics and family. She listens benevolently, never shy to interject with learned wisdom. Hassen Ferhani’s gripping, poetic documentary is the portrait of a rare life in a rare place, one that reveals much about the wider world we live in. MH Winner, Best Emerging Director Award, Hassen Ferhani, Locarno Film Festival, 2019
EYES WIDE SHUT
Stanley Kubrick
15:00 | GATE CLASSIC
In 1999 the world mourned the loss of Stanley Kubrick, arguably the greatest auteur filmmaker of the 20th century. That summer saw the release of Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut, a psychosexual drama starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as Bill and Alice Harford, a couple whose relationship is strained following the admission by Alice that she harboured desires outside of their marriage. Now, 20 years since its original release, the film has lost none of its subversive power and eroticism, and stands as a fitting testament to a director who never once compromised his vision. SE
UK, USA 1999
159 mins
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