2019/20 Season

"Cléo from 5 to 7" Tuesday, 31st March Dir: Agnès Varda
France (1962)
Cert: PG
1h 30min
Subtitles "Out Of Blue" Thursday, 23rd April Dir: Carol Morley
UK/USA (2018)
Cert: 15
1h 49min "Maborosi" Wednesday, 6th May Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda
Japan (1995)
Cert: 12A
1h 50min
Subtitles "Three Identical Strangers" Wednesday, 20th May Dir: Tim Wardle
UK (2018)
Cert: 12A
1h 36min "Parasite" Thursday, 4th June Dir: Joon-ho Bong
South Korea (2019)
Cert: TBA
2h 12min
Subtitles "Shoplifters" Thursday, 19th September Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda
Japan (2018)
Cert: 15
2h 01min
Subtitles "Cold War" Monday, 7th October Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski
Poland (2018)
Cert: 15
1h 29min
Subtitles "If Beale Street Could Talk" Tuesday, 22nd October Dir: Barry Jenkins
USA (2018)
Cert: 15
1h 59min "Burning" Monday, 4th November Dir: Chang-dong Lee
South Korea (2018)
Cert: 15
2h 28min
Subtitles "Woman at War" Thursday, 5th December Dir: Benedikt Erlingsson
Iceland (2018)
Cert: 12A
1h 41min
Subtitles "The Sisters Brothers" Tuesday, 17th December Dir: Jacques Audiard
France/USA (2018)
Cert: 15
2h 02min "Custody" Thursday, 9th January Dir: Xavier Legrand
France (2017)
Cert: 15
1h 33min
Subtitles "Birds of Passage" Tuesday, 21st January Dirs: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra
Columbia (2018)
Cert: 15
2h 05min
Subtitles "The Third Wife" Monday, 3rd February Dir: Ash Mayfair
Vietnam (2018)
Cert: TBA
1h 36min
Subtitles "Capernaum" Tuesday, 25th February Dir: Nadine Labaki
Lebanon (2018)
Cert: 15
2h 06min
Subtitles "Foxtrot" Monday, 2nd March Dir: Maysaloun Hamoud
Israel (2017)
Cert: 15
1h 53min
Subtitles

The 2019/20 season starts on Thursday 19th September and runs through to Thursday 4th June 2020.  All films start at 8PM (unless indicated otherwise).
Half-Season Membership for the 2019/20 season is now £32.50 which allows members to view all 8 remaining films, at no extra cost (which is a fraction over £4 per film for anyone attending all films).  Please see our Membership page for more information on how to join or for attending as a guest.

Important Update – COVID 19

Due to the current national health crisis, necessitating the closure of all Chelmsford Theatres, the current season was abandoned on 16 March, 2020 – with 5 films still to be shown.

2019

Thursday, 19th September: Shoplifters
(Japan, Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018, 121 mins)

Monday, 7th October (including AGM): Cold War
(Poland, Dir. Pawal Pawlikowski, 2018, 88 mins)

Tuesday, 22nd October: If Beale Street Could Talk
(USA, Dir. Barry Jenkins, 2018, 119 mins)

Monday, 4th November: Burning
(South Korea, Dir. Lee Chang-dong, 2018, 148 mins)

Thursday, 5th December: Woman at War
(Iceland, Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson, 2018, 101 mins)

Tuesday, 17th December: The Sister Brothers
(France, Dir. Jacques Audiard, 2018, 121 mins)

2020

Thursday, 9th January: Custody + post-film Discussion
(France, Dir. Xavier Legrand, 2017, 94 mins)

Tuesday, 21st January: Birds of Passage
(Columbia, Dirs. Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra, 2018, 125 mins)

Monday, 3rd February: The Third Wife
(Vietnam, Dir. Ash Mayfair, 2018, 96 mins)

Tuesday, 25th February: Capernaum
(Lebanon, Dir. Nadine Labaki, 2018, 121 mins)

Monday, 2nd March: Foxtrot
(Israel, Dir. Samuel Maoz, 2017, 114 mins)

We were unable to present any of the following films due to the COVID 19 Pandemic

Tuesday, 31st March: Cléo from 5 to 7
(France, Dir. Agnes Varda, 1962, 90 mins)

Thursday, 23rd April: Out of Blue
(UK, Dir. Carol Morley, 2018, 110 mins)

Wednesday, 6th May: Maborosi
(Japan, Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1995, 110 mins)

Wednesday, 20th May: Three Identical Strangers
(UK, Dir. Tim Wardle, 2018, 96 mins)

Thursday, 4th June: Parasite
(South Korea, Dir. Joon-ho Bong, 2019, 132 mins)

Note: As some distributors only accept bookings up to six months in advance, the published programme may be subject to slight alteration – please check again, throughout the season, for the latest information.

Click here for details of our 2018/19 Season