22nd Keswick Film Festival Programme

The full programme is now available on our website and as ever we are offering you some tantalising choices as to what to see.

Will it be Taiwan’s The Bold Corrupt and the Beautiful ( a "sumptuously produced, meticulously plotted and deliciously acted cautionary tale") or Russia’s Petrov’s Flu ("This is some flu: it plunges us into a deeply strange and unsettling version of reality") on Friday? Pedro's Almodóvar latest, Parallel Mothers or Titane (Julia Doucournau's luridly beautiful Palme d'Or-winner) on Saturday? Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir: Part II or Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District on Sunday?

How do you choose between Juliette Binoche in Between Two Worlds and the Kosovan film Hive which wowed them at Sundance and is riding high on the Oscars shortlist?

Sunday at Keswick Film Festival

It's the last day of the Festival but there's still plenty to enjoy including Sight & Sound's first and fifth best films of 2019 (although you will have to choose between them) and a preview of Roger Michell's Blackbird starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska.

• The Kingmaker - 11:15am Alhambra
• Derriere Les Fronts - 11:00am Theatre By The Lake
• A Picture with Yuki - 2:00pm Alhambra
• No Fathers in Kashmir - 2:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire - 5:00pm  Alhambra
• The Souvenir - 5:00pm  Theatre By The Lake
• Blackbird - 8:00pm Alhambra

Saturday at Keswick Film Festival

Make the most of your leap day by choosing from 11 very different films including the first screening of Ken Russell's Dance Of The Seven Veils in 50 years. 

• The Personal History of David Copperfield - 11:00am Alhambra
• For Sama - 11:00am Theatre By The Lake
• The Cordillera of Dreams - 11:30am Rheged
• Osprey Short Film Awards - 2:00pm Alhambra
• So Long My Son - 2:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Tumbbad - 2:00pm Rheged
• Belonging - 4:00pm Alhambra
• Hope Gap - 6:15pm Alhambra
• The Farewell - 6:15pm Theatre By The Lake
• Midsommar - 6:00pm Studio (TBTL)
• SOLD OUT: Parasite - 9:00pm Alhambra
• Dance of the Seven Veils - 9:00pm Theatre By The Lake

Friday at Keswick Film Festival

It's the first full day of the Festival and there are 9 films to choose from including 3 films that have yet to be released in the UK. Students from Carlisle College are taking over the Theatre Studio for an afternoon of multi-media performances, this year taking inspiration from the films of Tilda Swinton as part of our Patron's Legacy Project.

• Amanda - 12:30pm Alhambra
• The Run + Nicky Spinks - Bob Graham Round - 12:30pm Theatre By The Lake
• The Patron's Legacy Project from 1:00pm Studio (TBTL)
• Noah Land - 3:30pm Alhambra
• Ága - 3:30pm Theatre By The Lake
• First Love - 6:00pm Alhambra
• The Tobacconist - 6:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Only Lovers Left Alive - 6:00pm Studio (TBTL)
• Monos - 9:00pm Alhambra
• The Nightingale - 9:00pm Theatre By The Lake

Sunday at Keswick Film Festival

There's still lots to see on our final day, including the award winning Green Book, a preview of "one of the best movies ever made about survival" Arctic and the UK premiere of A Long Hot Summer in Palestine with director Norma Marcos.

Please note that due to demand the Studio films have been moved to the stalls of the main house.

• Another Day Of Life - 11:00am Alhambra
• A Long Hot Summer in Palestine Premiere + director Norma Marcos Q&A  - 11:00am Theatre 
• Only You - 1:00pm Alhambra
• Nae Pasaran - 1:30pm Theatre
• Jellyfish - 2:00pm Rheged
• Too Late To Die Young - 3:30pm Alhambra
• Neil Sinyard on The Memphis Belle + Documentary + Feature Film - 4:00pm Theatre
• Arctic (Preview) - 6:00pm Alhambra
• Green Book - 8:30pm Alhambra

Saturday at Keswick Film Festival

Today we have long films (4 hours) and short films (2 mins) and plenty in between the two. We're also delighted to be joined by special guests Alice Lowe and director Carl Hunter for our Gala Screening of Sometimes Always Never.

• Fighting With My Family - 10:00am Alhambra
• An Elephant Sitting Still - 11:00am Theatre
• Citizenfour - 11:00am Studio
• Down To Earth - 11:15am Rheged
• The Osprey Short Film Awards - 12:30pm Alhambra
• Sorry To Bother You - 1:15pm Rheged
• Rafiki - 3:00pm Alhambra
• Prevenge - 2:30pm Studio
• Happy As Lazzaro (Preview) - 5:00pm Alhambra
• Lizzie - 4:30pm - By The Lake
• Faces Places - 5:00pm Studio
• Sunset (Preview) - 8:00pm Alhambra
• Sometimes Always Never + Q&A with Alice Lowe and director Carl Hunter - 8:00pm Theatre By The Lake

Friday at Keswick Film Festival

For the first full day of the Festival there are 11 films to choose from, including two UK premieres and six other films that have yet to be released. Students from Carlisle College and the University of Cumbria are taking over the Theatre Studio to present a new project POPCORN as a tribute to the legacy of our former Patron, Sir John Hurt.

 

• In Fabric (Preview)- 11:00am Alhambra
• Dogman - 11:00am Theatre By The Lake
• The Patron's Legacy Project - 12:00pm Studio
• Maria by Callas (Preview) - 1:45pm Alhambra
• Noah Wise (Premiere)- 2:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Birds Of Passage (Preview)- 4:00pm Alhambra
• Disobedience - 4:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Border (Preview) - 6:30pm Alhambra
• The Guilty - 7:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Sparrowhawk with director Mike Tweddle - 7:00pm Studio
• Everybody Knows (Preview) - 9:00pm Alhambra
• Relaxer (Premiere) - 9:00pm Theatre By The Lake

Programme Addition: Prevenge

With Alice Lowe joining us for the screening of Sometimes Always Never it seemed like a great opportunity to show Prevenge the film she wrote, directed and starred in while 7 months pregnant.

Described as a "pitch black, wryly British comedy" Prevenge follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree that's as funny as it is vicious. It's her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth's actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father.

The screening will be at 14:30 on Saturday 2nd March in the Theatre's Studio. Joint tickets to see both Prevenge and Sometimes Always Never for just £10 are on sale from the Theatre by the Lake.

Programme Changes: Maria By Callas

Unfortunately we are no longer able to show Carmilla but in it's place we have a UK preview of Maria By Callas - the first film to tell the life story of the legendary Greek/American opera singer completely in her own words. Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs-nearly all of which have never been shown to the public -the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become one of the greatest artists of all time.