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Searching for Sugar Man Friday 1 March 7.30pm Swindon Central Library sold out South Africa | 2012 | 84 mins | Cert 12A The festival opens with this gripping documentary, unearthing an astonishing musical find. Two South Africans try to find out what happened to their hero, the 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez… More about the film ... |
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Chocks Away! Take off with Britain from Above Saturday 2 March 12noon - 3pm Swindon Big Screen, Wharf Green Getting Swindon Film Festival off to a flying start! Bring the whole family along to a celebration of the early days of flight and aerial photography, brought to you by the English Heritage Archive. Join us to explore stunning aerial views of Swindon then and now, find out more about the pioneers of aviation who risked it all, and fly to victory in our paper plane competition! FREE EVENT - just turn up! More about the opening event ... |
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Saturday 2 March 4.15pm Swindon Central Library UK | 1965 | 133 mins | Cert U …they go up-tiddly-up-up, they go down tiddly-down-down….we celebrate the pioneers of aviation - and the English Heritage 'Britain from Above' project - with this great British comedy classic. More about the film ... |
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Beasts of the Southern Wild Saturday 2 March 7.00pm Swindon Central Library Tuesday 19 March 7.30pm Swindon Central Library extra date - tickets on sale now USA | 2012 | 93 mins | Cert 12A Beautiful, funny, timely and tender - six-year-old Hushpuppy lives on the margins of society. Her unique take on life, the universe and everything that happens to her makes for one of the best independent US films. More about the film ... |
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Exploring our Heritage in Film Saturday 2 March 10 am - 3:30pm Sunday 3 March 11 am - 3 pm Swindon Central Library Join us at any time during the weekend as we explore our history through the Swindon Viewpoint and Britain from Above archives - and find out how films used to be made and screened! And, bringing things right up to date, throughout the day we will be showing A Portrait of Swindon, filmed by Create Studios in 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. FREE EVENT - just turn up! More about the event ... |
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The Pirates! An Adventure with Scientists! Sunday 3 March 5.30pm St Michael’s Hall, Highworth UK | 2012 | 88 mins | Cert U The Pirate Captain plots to beat Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the Year Award! And Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin have something to say about it too! An Aardman film! Great fun! More about the film ... |
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Skyfall Sunday 3 March 7.30pm St Michael’s Hall, Highworth UK | 2012 | 143 mins | Cert 12A The best Bond film ever? Daniel Craig is back as 007, in a blistering adventure that tests his loyalty to M as her past comes back to haunt her, bringing MI6 under attack. More about the film ... |
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Mission To Lars Monday 4 March 6.15pm North Swindon Library UK | 2012 | 74 mins | Cert 15 Moving, informative, hugely entertaining - this independently produced documentary is a road movie with a difference, about a man with learning difficulties who gets to meet his hero Lars Ullrich, the drummer with Metallica. More about the film ... |
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The Angels’ Share Monday 4 March 8.00pm North Swindon Library UK | 2012 | 101 mins | Cert 15 Ken Loach's latest film is a redemptive comedy about a bunch of Glaswegian ne'er-do-wells who unexpectedly discover a straighter path when they get in to the whisky distilling business. More about the film ... |
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Anna Karenina Tuesday 5 March 7.30pm Royal Wootton Bassett School UK | 2012 | 129 mins | Cert 12A With screenplay by Tom Stoppard and direction by Joe Wright, and Keira Knightly and Jude Law in lead roles, this adaptation of Tolstoy's novel is strikingly bold and imaginative. A must see! Presented by Royal Wootton Bassett Community Cinema. All Tickets £5 (no concessions) More about the film ... |
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Preloader - the Swindon Heat Tuesday 5 March 7.30pm Swindon Central Library Preloader celebrates the work of young filmmakers and emerging creative talent in Wiltshire and Swindon. The Swindon heat is hosted by Create Studios, Swindon’s digital media centre – the final will be held in Salisbury on 23 April. Free admission, everyone welcome - to reserve your place, contact Marilyn at Create Studios e-mail: mfitzgerald2@swindon.gov.uk or phone 01793 465333 More about the event ... |
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No Tuesday 5 March 7.30pm Commonweal School Chile | 2012 | 118 mins | Cert 15 Pablo Lorraine’s intriguing and entertaining drama stars Gael García Bernal in the true story of the “Mad Men” whose advertising campaign helped defeat General Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum. More about the film ... |
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Wild Bill Wednesday 6 March 7.45pm Swindon Arts Centre UK | 2012 | 94 mins | Cert 15 Dexter Fletcher's BAFTA nominated directorial debut is a surprisingly warm and funny story about a prisoner out on parole who returns to his South London home to find his sons fending for themselves. Tickets £6/£5, available on the door only, no advance booking More about the film ... |
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Chasing Ice Wednesday 6 March 7.30pm Swindon Central Library fully booked USA | 2012 | 80 mins | Cert 12A An enlightening and eye-opening documentary, with breath-taking scenery - former climate change sceptic James Balog travels to the Arctic, where he discovers new evidence about our changing planet. Admission is free, but places must be reserved - see ‘Tickets’ to find out how. Thanks to Swindon Climate Action Network for sponsoring this screening. More about the film ... |
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Those Magnificent Men - the real-life heroes! Thursday 7 March 7.30pm Swindon Central Library Inspired by the unique collection of historical aerial photographs from English Heritage's Britain from Above project, we celebrate the pioneers of aviation and cinematography from Aerofilms, with local and national archive film. Highlight of the evening is ‘The Open Road’, a nostalgic road trip from the 1920s. Admission is free, but places must be reserved - see ‘Tickets’ to find out how. Thanks to English Heritage for sponsoring this event. More about the event ... |
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The Sapphires Thursday 7 March 7.30pm Ellendune Centre, Wroughton Australia | 2012 | 103 mins | Cert PG Based on real life events, this crowd-pleaser recreates the story of the four young talented Aboriginal girls who, in 1968, became Australia's answer to The Supremes… More about the film ... |
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Rust and Bone Friday 8 March 7.30pm Commonweal School France | 2012 | 120 mins | Cert 15 Winner of the London Film Festival, Jacques Audiard's intense and moving love story features a superb performance by Marion Cotillard as a whale trainer who suffers a terrible accident. More about the film ... |
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The Wedding Video Friday 8 March 7.30pm Broad Hinton Village Hall UK | 2012 | 94 mins | Cert 15 From the team that made Calendar Girls, a comic take on English society weddings. A hapless best man decides to capture the wedding preparations on video. Naturally, it all goes a bit wrong… More about the film ... |
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Petit Nicolas Saturday 9 March 6.30pm Swindon Dance Theatre France | 2009 | 91 mins | Cert PG Set in 1950's France, this charming family comedy is about the misadventures of a young boy (Just William's Gallic cousin?) who thinks that his parents want to replace him with a new baby. More about the film ... |
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The Hunt Saturday 9 March 8.30pm Swindon Dance Theatre Denmark | 2012 | 115 mins | Cert 15 Mads Mikkelsen gives a powerful lead performance in this uncomfortably realistic and topical social drama. He plays a teacher whose life is turned upside down because of one innocent lie. More about the film ... |
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Hugo Sunday 10 March 5.30pm Cricklade Town Hall USA | 2011 | 126 mins | Cert U In Martin Scorsese's exciting and enchanting family adventure, a young orphan who lives in the walls of a Paris railway station sets out on a quest to unlock the secret left to him by his father. More about the film ... |
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Untouchable Sunday 10 March 8.00pm Cricklade Town Hall France | 2011 | 112 mins | Cert 15 A heart-warming comedy drama, based on a real life story. After a serious injury, a wealthy French aristocrat hires a young immigrant to be his carer - and they both learn a lot from the experience! More about the film ... |