I’M STILL HERE
20 February
Brazil, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history. From acclaimed filmmaker Walter Salles, and Brazil’s entry into the 97th Academy Awards.
MOZART’S SISTER
13 February
For the first 16 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical partners and collaborators, Wolfgang Mozart and Maria-Anna Mozart played together before kings and queens and were the talk of Europe. So, what became of her? Forced to withdraw from public life because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired and what happened to her music.
BIRD
20 February
Franz Rogowski (Disco Boy) and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) star in this Palme d’Or-nominated drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold (American Honey). Twelve-year-old Bailey (Nykiya Adams) lives with his brother Hunter (Jason Buda) and his father Bug (Keoghan), who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to them and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, is looking for attention and adventure elsewhere.
NENEH SUPERSTAR
20 February
Twelve-year-old Nene simply wants to dance ballet – but, as a Black girl attempting to find a foothold in a historically white cultural milieu and secure the support that her talent clearly merits, the obstacles she faces seem overwhelming. This crowd-pleasing feature by writer-director Ramzi Ben Sliman follows Neneh as she enters a ballet boarding school where most administrators and teachers persist in believing that Black women have no place onstage as part of the classical repertoire. With encouragement from her patient father, Fred, and under the watchful gaze of teacher and legendary dancer Marianne Bellage, Neneh finds herself – and her place – in this inspiring story about overcoming systemic disadvantages on the path to artistic achievement.
