Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.
The landmark cyberpunk anime masterpiece returns to cinemas restored in 4K.
In futuristic Neo-Tokyo, teenage biker gang leader Kaneda spends his nights racing against rival groups. When his friend Tetsuo is abducted by a secret military project for experimentation, Kaneda sets out to rescue him - unaware that his friend has gained new psychic powers and is consumed by madness...
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Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory slowly returns, he recalls a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun, and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.
Oscar & BAFTA-nominated drama. In 1950s New York City, young shoe salesman Marty Mauser dreams of becoming a world-champion table tennis star, and becomes determined to go to hell and back in pursuit of his goal, in this multi-Oscar-nominated drama.
BAFTA-nominated drama. After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.
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Welcome to Season Five of the FOLKESTONE FILM FESTIVAL, celebrating independent filmmakers with original ideas, championing good production values, and encouraging experimentation.
We have three different programmes of short films throughout the day, please check the main event page for the full schedule. Individual tickets are available for each programme, or you can get a physical festival pass giving you access to the full day of screenings.
A genre-defying documentary-hybrid portrait of British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull. Blending interviews, archival footage, fictionalised elements, music and performances to explore her life, career, and cultural legacy.
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Andy returns to Runway as Miranda navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within it.
A struggling young woman is relieved by the chance for a fresh start as a maid for a wealthy couple. Soon, she discovers that the family's secrets are far more dangerous than her own.
Oscar & BAFTA-winning political thriller. In Brazil’s military dictatorship of 1977, a former professor returns to his hometown in search of peace, but soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.
Oscar-nominated & BAFTA-winning historical drama. After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.
Nikola, a farmer grappling with the harsh reality of new economic policies, is unable to sell his land or crops. When his family leaves in search of a better life abroad, he takes a job as a landfill attendant, where he encounters the injured white stork Silyan. As Nikola nurses the bird back to health, an unlikely bond forms between man and animal.
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Oscar & BAFTA-nominated biopic. Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
