SEASON 2021 9 Jul to 12 Aug
Another Round
Off the Rails
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Chichester Cinema at New Park Summer has arrived, and we are proud to present to you another diverse range of films, brimming with quality. The multiple lockdowns have been a drain on everyone and everything, but they also ensured a healthy selection of Summer films which we are now lucky enough to be able to select for you. This current programme spans either side of the Government announcement on social distancing. Our intention is to go back to a normal auditorium layout once this happens. We do however hope to trial some selected socially distanced screenings for those not ready to return to a full auditorium. Keep an eye out on our website, and join the weekly email newsletter list to be kept fully up to date. On pages 12 and 13 you will find details of this year’s 29th Chichester International Film Festival. We announce the Open Air Screenings, including ‘In the Heights’ which is sure to be a future cult hit, much in the same vein as ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘West Side Story’. We are proud to be the only Open Air Screening provider that screens from real cinema projection equipment on to a real cinema screen, therefore allowing us to screen new films. I would like to send a huge thank you to those who have pledged their support to the Festival by becoming a Film Patron or Festival Partner. You are a vital part of what makes our organizations what they are. See you at the Cinema Walter Francisco
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Summer Season Film Index Akram Khan’s Giselle 9 Another Round 3 Chichester Film Festival 12 The Croods: A New Age 17 Cruella 17 Deerskin 8 Dream Horse 4 French Exit 5 In the Earth 6 In the Heights 20 An Irrepressible Woman 20 It Must Be Heaven 7 The King and I 15 Land 14 Mandabi 7 Martin Eden 5 Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man 10 2
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Minari 15 My New York Year 9 Night of the Kings 16 Nomadland 19 Nowhere Special 19 Off the Rails 14 Porgy and Bess (Met Opera) 6 A Quiet Place Part II 3 Riverdance 19 Rodgers & Hammerstein on Film 17 Romeo and Juliet (Branagh) 4 Sparkling: Story of Champagne 15 Spring Blossom 10 Tosca (La Scala - 2019) 16 Tove 11 The Truffle Hunters 11 What’s On 21 The World to Come 18
International Panorama: Denmark
Another Round Druk
Fri 9 Jul 13:30 & 16:45 Sat 10 Jul 16:45 & 19:45 Sun 11 Jul 16:45 & 19:45 Mon 12 Jul 12:30 & 15:45 Tue 13 Jul 13:30 & 16:45 Wed 14 Jul 12:15 Thu 15 Jul 13:30 & 16:45 Bafta & Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Film; London Film Festival Best Film 2020. Four friends decide to test a theory that maintaining a constant blood alcohol level will improve their lives.
Take one part deftly directed tragicomedy, add a dash of Mads Mikkelsen in vintage form, and you’ve got this intoxicating look at midlife crises. Mikkelsen is reunited with ‘The Hunt’ director Thomas Vinterberg in this riotously entertaining tragi-comedy. Mads and three other disaffected teachers decide to follow a theory that promotes methodically prescribed all-day drinking to battle depression. To get their mojo back they furtively imbibe clear spirits decanted into mineral water bottles. ‘Another Round’ spirals into an ironic portrait of debauchery loaded with vicious twists, leading to hectic decisions both wrenching and hilarious. It’s a joy to see Vinterberg and Mikkelsen find their groove again. Not to be missed! (Subtitles) Denmark 2020 Thomas Vinterberg 115m
A Quiet Place Part II
Fri 9 Jul 20:00 Tue 13 Jul 20:00 Alien invaders that hunt by sound. A ravaged human population driven to living in silence. This is a precision-tooled exercise in suspense for the big screen.
After their home was destroyed as depicted in the first film, Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) leads what is left of her family in search of fellow survivors. Silence is golden for the Abbott family as the aliens can hear even the slightest noise. However, the creatures are not the only threat as the Abbotts come into contact with vicious, feral humans. The cinema experience of ‘A Quiet Place’ was extraordinary, with the sequel delivering a stunning opening scene and more of the exquisite tension generated in a near silent world. Lockdown questioned whether cinema could drag us away from streaming – whisper it, but this film is the emphatic, affirmative answer. US 2021 John Krasinski 97m 01243 786650
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Romeo and Juliet Kenneth Branagh Company - 2016
Sun 11 Jul 12:15 Mon 12 Jul 19:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15.00) Kenneth Branagh and his creative team present a modern passionate version of the classic tragedy.
A longstanding feud between Verona’s Montague and Capulet families brings about devastating consequences for two young lovers caught in the conflict. Reuniting the stars of his film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo and Juliet and Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio. Originally staged in the summer of 2016, the production opened to rave reviews and was broadcast live via satellite that summer. This will be audiences’ very first chance to see the play again, having never been re-released or made available elsewhere. 210m inc interval.
Dream Horse
Sat 10 Jul 13:30 Wed 14 Jul 15:30
Thu 15 Jul 19:45
A Welsh village gets together to breed and train a racehorse, and pit themselves against the racing elite in a race for the national championship. This is the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely racehorse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) to add meaning to what she feels is a pretty humdrum life. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbours (inc. Damien Lewis), to chip in their meagre earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. Horse lovers will be charmed by the title character’s soulful eyes. UK 2020 Euros Lyn 113m
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International Panorama: Italy
Martin Eden
Fri 16 Jul 16:45 Sat 17 Jul 16:45 Sun 18 Jul 19:45 Mon 19 Jul 13:15
Wed 21 Jul 19:45 Thu 22 Jul 13:30
Agonizingly beautiful adaptation of Jack London’s novel in which the eponymous Martin struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances to claim a place among the literary elite. The setting is transposed to Italy where Martin (Luca Marinelli), an ill-educated labourer, saves a young man from being beaten up, and is invited to the boy’s family’s estate, where Martin meets his lovely sister, Elena (Jessica Cressy). Overwhelmed by the art and books in the house, as well as his love for Elena, he embarks on a journey of self-education to escape his roots. ‘The film is a romance, of sorts, yet it also wields an anti-romantic ferocity, suggesting that the fissure between rich and poor is, whatever we yearn to think, unbridgeable.’ The New Yorker. (Subtitles) Italy 2019 Pietro Marcello 129m
French Exit
Fri 16 Jul 13:30 Sat 17 Jul 19:45 Sun 18 Jul 16:45 Tue 20 Jul 16:45 Wed 21 Jul 13:30 An aging Manhattan socialite living on the remnants of her inheritance moves to an apartment in Paris with her son and cat.
“I want to see the Eiffel Tower, then die,” replies Frances (Michelle Pfeiffer) when a customs officer asks what she plans to do in Paris. It’s a joke, but it also might be the truth in Azazel Jacobs’ movie of the Patrick deWitt novel. DeWitt also wrote the screenplay, which retains his deadpan, Wes Anderson-ish wit. The singular character of New Yorker Frances Price is at the centre of both the book and the movie, in an extraordinary performance by Pfeiffer. This smartly written ‘dramedy’ offers proof that even the most caustic characters can be made entertaining - and even relatable through a sparkling Michelle Pfeiffer performance. (Some subtitles) Canada/UK 2020 Azazel Jacobs 113m 01243 786650
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In the Earth
Fri 16 Jul 20:00 Mon 19 Jul 16:30
Thu 22 Jul 19:45
A hallucinogenic meditation on the residual pandemic fears that haunt humanity. Ben Wheatley (‘Kill List’, ‘Sightseers’) returns to his trippy roots in this compelling horror. A deadly virus has ravaged the world and scientist Martin Lowery (Joel Fry) is sent to a government-controlled outpost in a verdant English forest. He is assigned to trek through the woods to meet Dr Wendle (Hilary Squires) who hasn’t been heard from for a while. His journey brings him into contact with the unhinged Zach (Reece Shearsmith) and soon descends into a fight for survival. Filmed over 15 days in August last year and clearly informed by the current pandemic, ‘In The Earth’ is an immersive portrait of tribalism and madness, angst and survivalism that builds to a tense and unsettlingly eerie conclusion. UK 2021 Ben Wheatley107m PERFORMANCE
Sun 18 Jul 12:30
Met Opera - 2019
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15.00)
Porgy and Bess
Mon 19 Jul 19:45
George Gershwin’s masterpiece, one of America’s favourite operas, takes to the New Park big screen in July. James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row on the Charleston waterfront, vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants. “If you’re going to stage Gershwin’s opera, this is how,” raved the Guardian when the new production premiered in London in 2018. David Robertson conducts a dynamic cast, featuring the sympathetic duo of Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the title roles and an all-star ensemble that includes Golda Schultz, Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, and Alfred Walker. World Premiere: Alvin Theatre, New York, 1935. A supremely American operatic masterpiece and the most ambitious work by one of the nation’s greatest musical talents, ‘Porgy and Bess’ focuses on the joys and struggles of a black neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 20th century. The overall combination of music, lyrics, and ideas within a complex blend of Americana make this a unique and impressive work both within and beyond the operatic repertory. Sung in English. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; and English National Opera. 190m inc 2 intervals 6
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International Panorama: Palestine
It Must Be Heaven
Sat 17 Jul 13:30
Wed 21 Jul 16:45
Elia escapes Palestine for a new beginning only to encounter the same problems in Paris and New York. Delightful droll comedy that suggests that we all live in a kind of global Palestine. Director Elia Suleiman plays Elia, a man looking to finance his film (which could very well be the film you’re watching). He leaves his troubled homeland to find strangeness and absurdity mirrored in other cities. In each new location, Suleiman looks with wonder at the cities’ charming qualities, yet time and again, he finds echoes of familiar elements, as on a New York street corner, where everyone he sees at the supermarket or on the street casually carries a gun over his or her shoulder. It’s a funny, highly embellished moment, revealing how tenuous geographic borderlines can be. Funny, seductive and a gem. (Some subtitles). France/Palestine 2019 Elia Suleiman 102m
International Panorama: Senegal
Mandabi
Tue 20 Jul 13:30 Thu 22 Jul 16:45
The Money Order The first feature ever made in an African language, this fulfilled director Ousmane Sembène’s dream “to restore Africa’s stories to Africans.” This stunning new 4K restoration brings it to the rest of the world. Set in Dakar, ‘Mandabi’ tells the story of Ibrahim (Makhouredia Gueye) and the transformative effect that a 25,000 franc money order from his nephew in Paris has on his fortunes. Word quickly travels about his new found wealth, while a thousand bureaucratic obstacles stand in the path between him and his money. Ibrahim, preening and scheming, laying bets he has no means to collect, is a superb character study. But ‘Mandabi’ is also a sprightly but stiletto-sharp satire on post-independence African nations and the shadow cast by colonialism. Winner of the Grand Jury prize at the Venice Film Festival, Sembène’s adaptation of his own novella set a new course for African cinema: radical, anti-colonial and proudly independent in its methods. (Subtitles). Senegal 1968 Ousmane Sembène 92m 01243 786650
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International Panorama: France
Deerskin Le Daim
Fri 23 Jul 16:45 Sat 24 Jul 16:45 Sun 25 Jul 19:45
Tue 27 Jul 19:45 Wed 28 Jul 13:30 Thu 29 Jul 19:45
A man in the middle of a midlife crisis falls in love with his fringe jacket in this brilliantly twisted, darkly comic road-trip. Jean Dujardin plays the man determined to own the only jacket in the world. Director Quentin Dupieux made a film called ‘Rubber’ about a killer tyre. So, it is no surprise to find him telling a tale of a man’s smouldering infatuation with a suede jacket. When the jacket tells him it wants to be the only jacket in the world – Georges is up to the task and sets about it with bloodthirsty enthusiasm dispatching those who won’t hand over their jackets with a blade from a ceiling fan. There are echoes of Ben Wheatley’s black comedy ‘Sightseers’ as well as the deadpan absurdity of Luis Buñuel. David Lynch might have directed ‘Deerskin’ as if it were a dream; others might have treated it as a farce. Dupieux keeps a straight face, and you will see nothing like it this, or perhaps any year. (Subtitles) France 2019 Quentin Dupieux 77m
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My New York Year aka: My Salinger Year
Fri 23 Jul 19:45 Sat 24 Jul 13:30
Wed 28 Jul 16:45 Thu 29 Jul 13:30
A college graduate takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger. Warm and witty and driven by the classy Sigourney Weaver. Margaret Qualley burst onto the scene as one of Charles Manson’s followers in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’. Here she plays Joanna, assistant to Weaver’s literary agent, whose job it is to process J. D. Salinger’s voluminous fan mail. She soon tires of replying with the stock letter and impulsively begins personalising the responses. In using the great writer’s voice, Joanna begins to discover her own. ‘My New York Year’ sidesteps the slush pile and offers a thoughtful study of a young woman realising she must shed her responsibilities to other writers in order to put her own words on the page. USA 2020 Philippe Falardeau 101m
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Sun 25 Jul 13:30
English National Ballet - 2018
Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Students £12.50)
Akram Khan’s Giselle
Hailed as ‘a masterpiece of 21st century dance’, see this award-winning production in glorious high definition on the big screen. One of the greatest romantic ballets, ‘Giselle’ has been re-imagined by celebrated choreographer Akram Khan with Artistic Director and Lead Principal of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment factory. With staging and costumes by Academy Award-winning Tim Yip (‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’), the ballet has won an Olivier Award and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for English National Ballet, received rapturous 5-star reviews and was sold out when performed at London’s Sadler’s Wells. Filmed live at the Liverpool Empire in October 2017, it is directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon. 113m inc interval
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Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man Sadler’s Wells - 2015
Mon 26 Jul 19:45 Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Students £12.50) ‘The Car Man’ is loosely based on Bizet’s opera ‘Carmen’ and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores, brilliantly arranged by Terry Davies.
The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960’s America where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge. Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling takes in a wealth of cinematic references, and the single stage set adapts into eight different permutations, taking us from diner through nightclub and prison and then out on the road in a cinematic finale where the Chevrolet cars of the period are destroyed in a pile up. Marcelo Gomes stars as ‘Luca’, the title role and Will Kemp deserves a special mention for his sensitive portrayal of Angelo. ‘The Car Man’ was first seen in 2000, winning the Evening Standard Award for “Musical Event of the Year”. 100m No interval International Panorama: France
Spring Blossom Seize Printemps
Mon 26 Jul 16:45 Tue 27 Jul 13:30 A teenage girl meets a man 20 years her senior in writer-director-star Suzanne Lindon’s debut feature, a subtle portrait of adolescent desire.
16 year old young Parisian Suzanne (played by the director) is distant and disconnected around her fellow students. When she catches sight of a handsome man, Raphaël (Arnaud Valois), nearly two decades her senior, she finds her adoration of him fills the gap in her distracted mind. The two leads have electric chemistry together and the film rejects any Lolita or ‘Manhattan’ comparisons. Suzanne is no victim and as a writer-director she feels completely in control. A portrait of romance and fantasy, boredom and adolescence, Suzanne Lindon’s understated and elegant debut navigates the unique thrills of first love. France 2020 Suzanne Lindon 73m 10
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International Panorama: Finland
Tove
Tue 3 Aug 19:45
Wed 4 Aug 13:30
This affectionate and engaging film follows a wild decade in the life of Finnish artist Tove Jansson and the creation of the Moomin books. The Moomins are beloved cartoon characters familiar to readers around the globe, but less is known about their creator, Finnish visual artist and author Tove Jansson. Alma Pöysti gives a mesmerising performance as Tove in this sensuously textured film that concentrates on a formative decade in her life from the mid 1940s. The film explores evolving definitions of art through her tense relationship with her father but the deeper focus is on Tove as a person and the fascinating milieu in which she lives. You are left with an admiration for a charming, spirited woman who, thankfully, did not listen to her father. (Subtitles) Finland 2020 Zaida Bergroth 103m
International Panorama - Documentary: Italy
The Truffle Hunters
Sat 31 Jul 16:45 Wed 4 Aug 16:45 A near-perfect documentary film for those who love Italian cuisine... and dogs.
This film is also a heart-wrenchingly sweet study of the pure love that exists between old men and their dogs. In the forests of Piedmont in northern Italy there is to be found a certain exquisite form of white truffle prized by connoisseurs and gourmands and restaurateurs the world over – and they are prepared to pay big money. The film shows auctions for these dusty, bulbous fungi with buyers showing the kind of overexcitement more associated with sales of wine or contemporary art. The stars are the dogs but not far behind is a boisterous gallery of ageing oddballs whose eccentricity, because it is rooted in a passion for the natural world, has an innate dignity. (Subtitles) Italy 2020 M. Dweck / G. Kershaw 84m
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Thursday 12th to Sunday 29th August plus
Open Air Screenings on the 6th, 7th & 8th August at Priory Park, Chichester.
THE BEST FILM FESTIVAL ON THE SOUTH COAST RETURNS We invite you to experience the highlight of the film calendar at Chichester Cinema at New Park when we present the 29th Chichester International Film Festival. Artistic Director Roger Gibson is planning some superb treats, including two very special films to open and close the Festival. Be quick to get your tickets when they are released in late July, and look out for the Festival Launch on July 30 - announced on the weekly email newsletter. We have added a new venue this year - the historic Guildhall in Priory Park - where we present two special events that include live music. All this in addition to our usual selection of UK and world premieres, selected retrospectives, independent films by upcoming filmmakers, treasures from the archive, quality documentaries, illustrated film talks, and Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers. We thank our festival partners Greenwood and the BFI for their support.
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OPEN AIR SCREENINGS at Priory Park We are delighted to announce the Open Air Screenings to launch the 2021 Film Festival.
SOUTH PACIFIC
Fri 6 Aug 20:45 (Gates Open 19:30) When a young American nurse from Little Rock meets a handsome and mysterious French estate owner on a South Pacific island during World War II, they find refuge from the battles around them as romance blooms. Rogers and Hammerstein wrote many great musicals, but the score of ‘South Pacific’ is one of the strongest, producing many ‘old standards’. Presented in a newly restored digital version on our huge outdoor screen. See pg17 for a Film & Talk Special Offer. USA 1958 Joshua Logan 157m - Tickets in Advance £10 (U15’s - £7)
IN THE HEIGHTS
Sat 7 Aug 20:45 (Gates Open 19:30) The creator of ‘Hamilton’ invites you to the event of the summer, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big. The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. A cult hit in the making much along the lines of ‘The Greatest Showman’. USA 2021 John M. Chu 143m - Tickets in Advance £10 (U15’s - £7)
SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY Sun 8 Aug 20:45 (Gates Open 19:30)
When NBA star LeBron James and his young son are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. The family film sequel the world has been waiting for. USA 2021 Malcolm D. Lee - Tickets in Advance £10 (U15’s - £7) www.chichesterfilmfestival.co.uk
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Off the Rails
Fri 23 Jul 13:30 Sat 24 Jul 19:45 Sun 25 Jul 16:45 Mon 26 Jul 13:30
Tue 27 Jul 16:45 Wed 28 Jul 19:45 Thu 29 Jul 16:45
Four friends recreate an inter-rail journey across Europe they did in their youth to fulfil their friend’s dying wish. And this time 18-year-old Maddie takes her mother’s place. Three 50-something women (Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove and Sally Phillips) set out to repeat the European inter-railing adventures of their youth, after their close friend passes away leaving them rail tickets, and a final request: to take her teenage daughter (Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips) with them. With lost passports, train strikes and romantic entanglements thrown in their way, they must put old feuds aside to complete the journey within five days and remind themselves that they are still at their peak. Also stars Franco Nero, Judi Dench and Ben Miller. US 2021 Jules Williamson 89m
Land
Fri 30 Jul 13:30 Sat 31 Jul 19:45 Mon 2 Aug 16:45
Tue 3 Aug 13:30 Thu 5 Aug 16:45
A poignant story of one woman’s search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness – Robin Wright’s compelling directorial debut. After a terrible personal tragedy griefstricken Edee (Robin Wright) retreats to the magnificent but unforgiving wilds of the Rockies. She sets herself up in a remote cabin but she is unprepared for the challenges ahead. She can’t chop wood or shoot a gun. The harsh winter and local wildlife take their toll until Miguel (Demián Bichir) shows up to nurse her back to health and teach her valuable survival skills. The cinematography is extraordinary – could it be anything but, given the location? Wright’s internalised performance is phenomenal and she commands this compassionate, poignant and afecting film. Given the restrictions we have all undergone, ‘Land’ offers simple lessons and stunning landscapes that may eel like a welcome balm. US 2021 Robin Wright 89m
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Focus on the Documentary
Sparkling: The Story of Champagne
Sun 1 Aug 16:45 Wed 4 Aug 19:45 Described as a love letter to the joys and pleasures of champagne, this sparkling documentary shares inside perspectives from the A-list Champagne houses.
Exploring the Britons’ connections to bubbly, from Churchill’s love of Pol Roger to the Bond franchise and the Queen’s vineyard, this light-hearted documentary returns some much needed celebration to our lives and provides a modern twist on Anglo-French relations. Features Stephen Fry, Brad Pitt, Vitalie Taittinger and great grandson of Winston Churchill, Nicholas Soames. Director Frank Mannion was able to shoot the documentary during the lockdown because champagne producers were classified as essential workers. (Some subtitles) UK 2021 Frank Mannion 88m
Minari
Fri 30 Jul 19:45
Sat 31 Jul 13:30
A beautifully observed account of writer director Lee Isaac Chung’s upbringing in rural Arkansas in the 1980s. Back by popular demand after multiple May and June sell-outs. A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, ‘Minari’ follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother (Bafta & Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung). This is a moving, feelgood treat that will linger long after the credits roll. USA 2020 Lee Isaac Chung 115m PERFORMANCE
The King and I
Sun 8 Aug 12:45 Tickets £15.00
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With one of the finest scores ever written by Rodgers & Hammersmith including; ‘Whistle a Happy Tune’, ‘Getting to Know You’ and ‘Shall We Dance’. Winner of 4 Tony Awards. Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher who the modernist King brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. This production is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre made famous by the Hollywood classic of 1956 starring Yul Brynner. 173m inc Interval 01243 786650
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International Panorama: Cote D’Ivoire
Night of the Kings La Nuit des Rois
Sun 1 Aug 19:45 Mon 2 Aug 13:30 Thu 5 Aug 19:45 Director Phillipe Lacôte brings magical realism and Ivorian narrative custom to an unlikely setting in this dazzling prison movie.
Young Roman, (Bakary Koné) has been incarcerated in La Maca penitentiary in Ivory Coast. He soon meets Blackbeard the de facto ruler of the inmates. Blackbeard is a man on the verge of death. He is too sick to lead. And the laws of the prison dictate that a Dangôro, who can no longer lead, must take his own life. Such a transfer of power cannot come easily, of course; usurpers, are already nipping at his heels. So it’s up to Roman to keep the inmates distracted through the night by telling stories. He must tell them as if his life depends on it - because, like Blackbeard’s, it does. This is magical stuff, tense and feverish and unforgettable. (Subtitles) France/Cote D’Ivoire 2020 Philippe Lacôte 93m
PERFORMANCE
Tosca
La Scala - 2019
Sun 1 Aug 13:00 Mon 2 Aug 19:45
Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Stu.£12.50)
This fantastic new production of Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ follows the publication of musicologist Roger Parker’s critical edition for Ricordi.
The Music Director Riccardo Chailly presents Puccini’s work in the light of this most recent research, building on the great success of La Scala’s ‘Turandot’, ‘La Fanciulla del West’, ‘Madama Butterfly’ and ‘Manon Lescaut’. Giacomo Puccini’s masterpieces have so far been presented in versions that often bear the burden of tradition. With the return of Director Davide Livermore, already highly acclaimed for ‘Attila’, and combined with the stunning stage set design of Giò Forma and the powerful voices of Anna Netrebko and Luca Salsi, this thrilling spectacle is not to be missed. Tosca: Anna Netrebko - Cavaradossi: Luca Salsi - Angelotti: Vladimir Sazdovski Sagrestano: Alfonso Antoniozzi - Spoletta: Carlo Bosi - Sciarrone: Giulio Mastrototaro. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 160 minutes including 2 intervals with interviews 16
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Family Cinema
Fri 30 Jul 16:15 Tue 3 Aug 16:15 Thu 5 Aug 13:15
Cruella
Emma Stone stars in this riotously fun live-action film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious villains, Cruella de Vil. Set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, we follow a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. She befriends a pair of young thieves (Emma Thompson and Joel Fry), and together they build a life for themselves on the London streets. USA 2021 Craig Gillespie 134m
Family Cinema
The Croods: A New Age
Fri 6 Aug 13:30 Thu 12 Aug 13:30 The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with a family that’s a couple of steps above on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together. USA 2020 Joel Crawford 95m
Rodgers and Hammerstein on Film
Fri 6 Aug 10:00 (120m) In the Auditorium Tickets £6.50
The Education Department of Chichester Cinema at New Park present an illustrated talk on the partnership of composer Richard Rodgers & lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. The presentation, by Cinema Trustee Michael Cox and Projectionist Paul Stanley, covers Rodgers & Hammerstein’s prolific and revolutionary collaborations which provided a historic contribution to the world of musical theatre and film (inc. ‘Oklahoma’, ‘Carousel’, ‘The King and I’ and ‘South Pacific’). Background information on their musical dramas will be highlighted as well as the technical innovations of film which were used. Look out for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘South Pacific’ Open Air Screening at Priory Park on Fri 6 Aug 20:45. See the Film and attend the talk for £12.50 (Friends £9.50)
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The World to Come
Sat 7 Aug 19:45 Sun 8 Aug 16:45 Mon 9 Aug 16:45
Tue 10 Aug 16:45 Wed 11 Aug 13:30
A love story of two 19th-century farmers’ wives seeking escape from drudgery and husbands in rural New York. Abigail (Katherine Waterston) and Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) are women ahead of their confined, frustrated time. Abigail is reeling from the death of her daughter. They identify in each other a kindred spirit, but also an impulsive and reckless connection. They snatch a few stolen hours in the woods amid their daily chores. Their husbands Dyer (Casey Afleck) and Finney (Christopher Abbott) emerge as unideal husbands – a lesser film would have them as uniform oppressors but Fasvold’s movie gives them depth as well as menace. The power of this film creeps up on you and doesn’t let go. Boasting fiercely committed performances, subtle direction and painterly design, ‘The World to Come’ is brimful of passion and pain. USA 2020 Mona Fastvold 105m
We are extremely proud to announce that Chichester Cinema at New Park has partnered with The Sussex Snowdrop Trust, to give local children a special surprise on their birthdays with a ‘Cinema in a Box’. We launched the ‘Cinema in a Box’ initiative late last year, when we gifted the joy of film to care home residents in Chichester. The charity is now helping support younger audiences, including those directly linked to The Sussex Snowdrop Trust, with a gift of Netflix and JustEat vouchers, Montezuma’s chocolates, popcorn, and a family cinema ticket to New Park, all presented in a beautiful gift box. Di Levantine, Co-Founder and Chairman of The Sussex Snowdrop Trust, commented: “Going to the cinema is a real treat for any family. We are thrilled with this collaboration that will allow our Snowdrop families to enjoy a ‘Cinema in a Box’ at home together to celebrate their child’s birthday. These moments are so special. “It is wonderful that the Chichester Cinema at New Park has reached out to our families bringing much needed joy in what has been a difficult year for so many.”
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Nowhere Special
Fri 6 Aug 16:45 Sat 7 Aug 13:30
Mon 9 Aug 13:30 Tue 10 Aug 19:45
A father tries to find a home for his young boy when a cancer diagnosis gives him only a few months to live. 35-year-old window cleaner John (James Norton) has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child’s mother left soon after giving birth. John’s cancer diagnosis propels him into a search for the perfect family to bring up his son. And so begins a series of encounters with potential adopters. Set in contemporary Belfast, the film really succeeds via the chemistry between Norton and Daniel Lamont who plays the son. Never melodramatic or heavy-handed but an intimate and touching character study. That said, you ought to bring the tissues. UK/Italy 2020 Uberto Pasolini 96m PERFORMANCE
Riverdance Dublin - 2019
Mon 9 Aug 19:45 Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Students £12.50) Filmed live in Dublin exactly 25 years to the day when it all began, the event includes a special introduction and fascinating backstage footage and interviews.
Riverdance originally burst on to the world stage in Dublin when it premiered during the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest and overnight became a worldwide phenomenon. It’s celebrated for its Grammy award-winning score and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. Over the last 25 years, Riverdance has performed live to an audience of over 27.5 million. 120m inc interval.
Nomadland
Fri 6 Aug 19:45 Sat 7 Aug 16:45
Wed 11 Aug 16:45
Oscar and Bafta winner for Best Film, Director and Actress, we bring back this mesmeric film by popular demand. Fern (Frances McDormand) is forced into piling some possessions into a tatty van and heading off, something she accepts with an absolute lack of self-pity. She roams an almost post-apocalyptic landscape finding temporary work here and there while learning how to survive from her fellow ‘nomads’. This is perhaps Mcdormand’s finest performance bringing extraordinary empathy to her character’s human need to find connections against a background of desolation. Director Chloé Zhao became only the second woman to win the Best Director Oscar, she surely has a big career ahead of her. USA 2020 Chloé Zhao 107m 01243 786650
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In the Heights
Sun 8 Aug 19:45 Tue 10 Aug 13:15
Thu 12 Aug 16:15
Casting, choreography, songs, and story all come together ‘In the Heights’ to offer pure joy in modern movie musical form. The film of the summer, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big. Lights up on Washington Heights... The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life. ‘In the Heights’ fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda’s kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu’s lively and authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience. This is everything a ‘In the Heights’ will also screen on movie musical should be - a gorgeous Sat 7 Aug 19:30 as one of the three spectacle with likeable leads and memorable Chichester International Film Festival characters - a tasty ‘coquito’ (traditional Open Air Screenings at Priory Park. Puerto Rican drink) in the summer heat. See pg 13 for details. USA 2021 Jon M. Chu 143m International Panorama: France
An Irrepressible Woman Je Ne Rêve Que de Vous
Wed 11 Aug 19:45
UK Jewish Film Festival on Tour Teenage Jeanne Reichenbach fell in love with Socialist premier Leon Blum, who had led a French Popular Front government in the 1930s. Now that he is in the Buchenwald camp after the German invasion, she risks her life to find him.
France, 1940. Defying logic, Janot Reichenbach, a wealthy Jewish woman, decides to not flee the German-occupied country with her husband and son. Instead, she joins socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister Léon Blum (Hypolite Girardot), with whom she fell madly in love when she was only sixteen but kept apart from all these years, in the free zone. Determined to stay with Blum at all costs, she follows him as he is moved from France to Buchenwald, where they are both imprisoned. Elsa Zylberstein (‘A Bag of Marbles’) shines as a woman who is willing to sacrifice all she has for love. (Subtitles) France 2019 Laurent Heynemann 105m 20
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What’s On SUMMER 2021
Sun 18 Jul 12:30 Porgy & Bess 190m inc 2 Intervals 16:45 French Exit 19:45 Martin Eden
Fri 9 Jul 13:30 Another Round (12A) 117m
Mon 19 Jul
16:45 Another Round 20:00 A Quiet Place Part II (15) 97m
13:15 Martin Eden 16:30 In the Earth 19:45 Porgy & Bess 190m inc 2 Intervals
Sat 10 Jul 13:30 Dream Horse (PG) 113m
Tue 20 Jul 13:30 Mandabi (PG) 92m
16:45 Another Round 19:45 Another Round
16:45 French Exit 19:45 It Must Be Heaven
Sun 11 Jul 12:15 Romeo and Juliet 210m inc Interval
Wed 21 Jul
16:45 Another Round 19:45 Another Round
Mon 12 Jul
12:30 Another Round 15:45 Another Round 19:00 Romeo and Juliet 210m inc Interval
Tue 13 Jul
13:30 Another Round 16:45 Another Round 20:00 A Quiet Place Part II
Wed 14 Jul
12:15 Another Round 15:30 Dream Horse
Thu 15 Jul
13:30 Another Round 16:45 Another Round 19:45 Dream Horse
13:30 French Exit 16:45 It Must Be Heaven 19:45 Martin Eden
Thu 22 Jul
13:30 Martin Eden 16:45 Mandabi 19:45 In the Earth
Fri 23 Jul 13:30 Off the Rails (PG) 89m 16:45 Deerskin (15) 77m 19:45 My New York Year (15) 101m Sat 24 Jul
13:30 My New York Year 16:45 Deerskin 19:45 Off the Rails
Sun 25 Jul 13:30 Akram Khan’s Giselle 113m inc Int. 16:45 Off the Rails 19:45 Deerskin
Fri 16 Jul 13:30 French Exit (15) 113m 16:45 Martin Eden (15) 129m 20:00 In the Earth (15) 107m
Mon 26 Jul
Sat 17 Jul 13:30 It Must Be Heaven (15) 102m
Tue 27 Jul
16:45 Martin Eden 19:45 French Exit
13:30 Off the Rails 16:45 Spring Blossom (PG) 73m 19:45 The Car Man (Matthew Bourne) 100m 13:30 Spring Blossom 16:45 Off the Rails 19:45 Deerskin 01243 786650
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What’s On SUMMER 2021 Wed 28 Jul
13:30 Deerskin 16:45 My New York Year 19:45 Off the Rails
Thu 29 Jul
13:30 My New York Year 16:45 Off the Rails 19:45 Deerskin
Fri 6 Aug 10:00 Rodgers & Hammerstein Talk 120m 13:30 The Croods: A New Age (PG) 95m 16:45 Nowhere Special (Cert TBC) 96m 19:45 Nomadland (12A) 107m 20:45 South Pacific (U) 157m - Open Air Screening at Priory Park
Sat 7 Aug
13:30 Nowhere Special 16:45 Nomadland 19:45 The World to Come (15) 105m 20:45 In the Heights (PG) 143m
Fri 30 Jul 13:30 Land (PG) 89m 16:15 Cruella (12A) 134m 19:45 Minari (12A) 115m Sat 31 Jul
13:30 Minari 16:45 The Truffle Hunters (PG) 84m 19:45 Land
Sun 1 Aug 13:00 Tosca (La Scala) 160m inc 2 Intervals 16:45 Sparkling: The Story of Champagne (PG) 88m 19:45 Night of the Kings (15) 93m Mon 2 Aug
13:30 Night of the Kings 16:45 Land 19:45 Tosca (La Scala) 160m inc 2 Intervals
Tue 3 Aug
13:30 Land 16:15 Cruella 19:45 Tove (12A) 103m
Wed 4 Aug
13:30 Tove 16:45 The Truffle Hunters 19:45 Sparkling: The Story of Champagne
Thu 5 Aug
13:15 Cruella 16:45 Land 19:45 Night of the Kings 22
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- Open Air Screening at Priory Park
Sun 8 Aug 12:45 The King and I 173m inc Interval 16:45 The World to Come 19:45 In the Heights (PG) 143m
20:45 Space Jam: A New Legacy - Open Air Screening at Priory Park
Mon 9 Aug
13:30 Nowhere Special 16:45 The World to Come 19:45 Riverdance 120m inc Interval
Tue 10 Aug
13:15 In the Heights 16:45 The World to Come 19:45 Nowhere Special
Wed 11 Aug
13:30 The World to Come 16:45 Nomadland 19:45 An Irrepressible Woman (12A) 105m (Jewish Film Festival)
Thu 12 Aug
13:30 The Croods: A New Age 16:15 In the Heights
18:30 Film Festival
Opening Gala
How We Have Prepared for Your Return CHICHESTER CINEMA AT NEW PARK UNDER COVID-19 GUIDELINES We are so happy to have our treasured audience back at New Park. Please check our website for any amends to these guidelines.
Film bookings must be made in advance online or over the phone. No cash sales. Face coverings to be used at all times in the Centre, including the Auditorium. Please keep 2 metres apart and follow the one-way signage around the Centre. Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the New Park Centre.
The Auditorium has been laid out to observe the national ‘1-metre plus mitigation’ rule. We have reduced the screening numbers to allow more time in between films. Extra Covid-19 specific cleaning will take place in between every screening. Screens have been installed to protect our patrons, volunteers and staff. Staff and volunteers have been given extra Covid-19 specific training.
Please take note of these extra guidelines: - Entrance into the building will be only via the Box Office foyer door. - The Box Office will only be open for face-to-face transactions from 15:00 to 16:00 seven days a week. Please note that the Box Office will not be open at the start of each film. Tickets must be purchased in advance. - Doors to the New Park Centre will open 15 minutes before each screening. - Patrons will be guided directly into the auditorium. - Refreshments will be available, but there will be no chairs or tables in the foyer or bar. - All screenings will have approximately 10 minutes of trailers (there will be no ads). - Once films start, there will be no latecomers allowed into the building. - We ask all patrons to practice social distancing when leaving the auditorium. - Exit will be only through the southern (Picture Palace) side of the building. - Toilets will be accessible on a ‘one in, one out’ arrangement. - Please note that visors on their own are not considered acceptable face coverings. - Please call Box Office before booking if you cannot wear a mask for medical reasons. We thank you for your understanding and patience. 01243 786650
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SEASON 2021 The Magic of Cinema at New Park CHICHESTER CINEMA AT NEW PARK New Park Rd, Chichester, PO19 7XY Cinema Director & Programmer: Walter Francisco Artistic Consultant/President: Roger Gibson Registered Charity: 1099780
TICKET PRICES Full Price: £9.00 Senior Citizens (1st screening day): £8.00 Friends of the Cinema: £7.50 Late Films (8pm Start or later): £7.50 Under 25’s: £5.50 Unemployed: £5.50 Children Under 15: £3.50 Tickets MUST be booked in advance.
SOCIALLY DISTANCED SEATING PLAN Please note our new Seating Plan in the diagram to the left which will be in operation until social distancing guidelines are relaxed. Green seats are available whilst the black seats are not, and will be marked as unavailable in the auditorium. If your are a single patron, please choose an available single seat. The wheelchair seat has been moved from E5&6 to D5&6. For full details on all of the changes we have implemented from this season, please see age 12 of this brochure. It is our intention to make Chichester Cinema at New Park the safest it can possibly be for our patrons, volunteers and staff.
Box Office Hours: In Person - 15:00 to 16:00 seven days a week. Telephone: 12:30 - 20:00 seven days a week Box Office Telephone: 01243 786650 Email: info@chichestercinema.org
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