Award Winning Independent Cinema

This poignant dramedy from Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history.

Raynor and Moth Winn are the couple who decided to travel the south west’s famously gorgeous, rugged coastline in search of solace after a combination of crises in their lives, as captured in Raynor’s prize-winning memoir of the same name.

The Return tells the story of the mythical Greek hero, Odysseus (Fiennes) who, after 20 years away, washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognisable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom.

This poetic and beautiful documentary follows a year in the life of a majestic, 210-year-old oak tree and its many inhabitants. With free festival activities before the film.

Wind, Tide & Oar is a compelling exploration of engineless sailing. Shot over three years, the film delves into the experiences of those who travel solely by harnessing the natural elements alone.

From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, this is a revelatory inside-look at John & Yoko’s life in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s.

A journey of survival, transformation, and artistic evolution, showing how a poor miner’s son rose to become one of the greatest actors the world has ever known.

Winner of the BFI London Film Festival Audience Award, this uplifting comedy-drama follows an unlikely found family on an emotionally charged journey of self-discovery and acceptance. A wonderful, funny, warm film, full of love.

Bong Joon Ho, the Academy Award-winning writer-director of Parasite, returns to the world of speculative science fiction, and delivers another groundbreaking film with Mickey 17.

This hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian.