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The clocks have sprung forward, the Awards season has come and gone, the smell of Spring is in the air, and your favourite independent cinema has once again come through with an innovative, challenging, quality season of diverse offerings for film lovers in the south.

To celebrate Pride Month in June, and in partnership with the Chichester Pride event on May 27, we are delighted to bring you a varied selection of LGBTQ+ films, coupled with a talk on Queer Cinema. See pg34 for full details.

With such a wealth of recent quality French film, look out for ‘France on a Friday’ where we will present a French film every Friday evening (and more) throughout this Spring Season.

Starting with the 4K restoration of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s ‘Three Colours Trilogy’ on Fri 21 April, we present 12 films, including a special preview of ‘La Syndicaliste’ with Isabelle Huppert. Chichester Cinema at New Park is one of three cinemas in the country given this honour.

New Park Cinema Memberships

Love cinema? Join our community of film lovers and support your local independent cinema – get discounted tickets and much more! We are delighted to announce our new Membership initiative. Choose from four options depending on how often you visit New Park Cinema, and receive some great benefits, all the while helping Chichester Cinema at New Park thrive, screen the best programme possible, and establish itself as an industry leader in the south for years to come. Full details can be found online – CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG.

Discounted Tickets

The next 2For1 Weekend takes place from Fri 28 to Sun 30 April, where you can bring a friend to the cinema for free, by simply using the online voucher code: ‘2For1Apr23’ – eight films and a talk are up for grabs. In partnership with the New Park Centre, we present another couple of Feel Good Friday films (‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ and ‘Mummies’) where you can see a film and get a tea/coffee for under a fiver.

See you at the cinema

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Subtitled Screening For The Hard Of Hearing

These are screenings complete with subtitles for those with hearing difficulties. Anyone is welcome to attend these screenings.

Socially Distanced Screening

Screenings where pairs of seats are separated throughout the auditorium to allow for social distancing between customers.

FRI 21 APR 15:30

SAT 22 APR 18:00

SUN 23 APR 20:00

MON 24 APR 13:15

TUE 25 APR 20:15

WED 26 APR 14:45

THU 27 APR 13:15

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Air

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, ‘Air’ follows the history of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball: Michael Jordan.

‘Air’ reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent and the basketball phenomenon who would become the greatest of all time. This is a great sports film, and has received a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes critics’ website.

USA 2023 BEN AFFLECK 112M

Winners

SAT 22 APR 20:30

TUE 25 APR 13:00

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In a provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statue.

The premise is that the great Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, having boycotted the 2017 Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban, cannot be there in person to pick up his Oscar for ‘The Salesman’. But the producer bringing it to Iran for him manages to lose it after a chaotic mishap involving a taxi and a careless postman. The awestruck kids attempt to return it to its owner. There is something of a free-spirited innocence here, and the film is reminiscent of British classics such as ‘Local Hero’ or ‘Whisky Galore’. A story of magic being found in the most unlikely of places. (Subtitles)

UK 2022 HASSAN NAZER 85M

FRI 21 APR 12:45 & 18:00

SAT 22 APR 12:15

SUN 23 APR 17:15

MON 24 APR 20:00

TUE 25 APR 15:00

WED 26 APR 12:00

THU 27 APR 15:45

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INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: DENMARK GODLAND VANSKABTE LAND

At the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. The deeper he travels into the Icelandic landscape, the more he loses a sense of his own reality, his mission and his sense of duty.

The struggle between the strictures of religion and our own brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pálmason. In the late 19th century, Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) makes the perilous trek to Iceland’s south-eastern coast with the intention of establishing a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations of the flesh, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. Absolutely breathtaking cinematography captures the unassuming beauty of Iceland. (Subtitles)

DENMARK/ICELAND 2022 HLYNUR PÁLMASON 143M

THU 20 APR 19:30

SAT 22 APR 15:00

SUN 14 MAY 15:00

TICKETS £17.50 (FRIENDS/STUDENTS £10)

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Good Nt Live

David Tennant is riveting, witty and intensely human in this play by C.P. Taylor and directed by Dominic Cooke.

Tennant (‘Doctor Who’) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays. As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences. Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (‘Follies’) directs C.P. Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (‘Coriolanus’) and Sharon Small (‘The Bay’). Filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.

160M INC INTERVAL

TUE 18 APR 16:00

SUN 23 APR 13:00 & 15:15

MON 24 APR 18:00

WED 26 APR 17:15

TICKETS £12.50

(FRIENDS/STUDENTS £10)

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VERMEER: THE GREATEST EXHIBITION EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

In the Spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, ‘The Geographer’, ‘The Milkmaid’, ‘The Little Street’, ‘Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid,’ and ‘Woman Holding a Balance’. This new Exhibition on Screen film invites audiences to a private view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curator of the show. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! As well as bringing Vermeer’s works together, both the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis in The Hague have conducted research into Vermeer’s artistry, his artistic choices and motivations for his compositions, as well as the creative process behind his paintings. “We would not have thought it possible that so many museums are willing to lend their masterpieces. With this exhibition we can introduce a new generation to Vermeer’s paintings...” Taco Dibbits, Director of the Rijksmuseum.

UK/NETHERLANDS 2022 DAVID BICKERSTAFF 90M

SUN 30 APR 13:15

WED 3 MAY 18:00

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The Girl With A Pearl Earring

To accompany our Vermeer Exhibition on Screen, we are delighted to offer a chance to see the visually stunning adaptation of Tracy Chevalier’s bestseller.

When her father goes blind, Griet (Scarlett Johansson) must go to work as a maid for painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). While cleaning the house, Griet strikes up an unlikely friendship with Vermeer, which both agree to keep secret for fear of provoking the painter’s jealous wife, Catharina (Essie Davis). When wealthy patron Van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson) begins to lust after Griet, and commissions a painting of her, Vermeer and Griet are obliged to spend long hours alone together. So ambitious, and intriguing, and beautiful, you will find yourself immobile in front of its canvas, drinking in the details.

UK 2003 PETER WEBBER 100M

Three Colours Trilogy

Help us celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest film trilogies of all time – Krzysztof Kieslowski’s ‘Three Colours Trilogy’. This cinematic masterpiece which has been given a 4K restoration, explores the themes of liberty, equality, and fraternity through a series of interrelated stories. Each film, ‘Blue’, ‘White’, and ‘Red’, represents a colour of the French flag and delves into the complexities of human relationships and emotions.

Three Colours Blue

TROIS COULEURS: BLEU

FRI 21 APR 20:45

MON 24 APR 15:45

TUE 25 APR 18:00

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We begin the ’Three Colours Trilogy’ with ‘Blue’, Juliette Binoche’s haunting study of grief.

After living through a tragic car crash that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter, her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier (Benoît Régent), an old friend who harbours a secret love for her, and who could draw her back to reality. ‘Blue’ is a movie that engages the mind, challenges the senses, implores a resolution, and tells, with aesthetic grace and formal elegance, a good story and a political allegory. (Subtitles)

FRANCE/POLAND 1993 KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI 94M

FRI 28 APR 18:00

MON 1 MAY 13:15

TUE 2 MAY 16:00

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Three Colours White

TROIS COULEURS: BLANC

Perhaps the most overlooked of Kieslowski’s seminal trilogy, this bleak but ultimately hopeful comedy is arguably the most accessible.

Polish immigrant Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique (Julie Delpy), divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate to smuggle him back to their homeland. After successfully returning, Karol begins to build his new life, while never forgetting his old one. It’s often cruel, of course, and cool as an ice-pick, but it’s still endowed with enough unsentimental humanity to end with a touching, lyrical admission of the power of love. Essential viewing. (Subtitles)

SWITZERLAND/FRANCE 1994 KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI 92M