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Welcome to the Swindon Film Society

The Swindon Film Society was established in 1947. In all this time, we have been showing, at the Swindon Arts Centre, the best films that international cinema has to offer. The SFS is a membership club, regulated by Cinema For All (trading name for the British Federation of Film Societies).

As a society, it is required that our films are shown to society members and their guests. Please help us by joining today.

Our members' guests may purchase their individual admission to films at the door of the Arts Centre on film nights.

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The next three films in our season

Our new season starts in September

Showing: Wed Dec 13 2023

Winners film poster

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Showing: Wed Jan 03 2024

Joyland film poster

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Showing: Wed Jan 17 2024

Bergman Island film poster

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Our film season for 2023-2024

Doors open 30 minutes before a show. We don’t show any adverts, so please make sure to arrive in good time to get your ticket and seat.

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LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

Wednesday 6 September 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2019 | Bhutan | 110 mins | Cert PG | Family/Drama

A trainee teacher’s dreams of becoming a singer are interrupted when he is posted to the world’s remotest school in the Himalayan Mountain village of Lunana.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
89 88 43 42 3 0 0 86%
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THE QUIET GIRL

Wednesday 20 September 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Ireland | 94 mins | Cert 12A | Rural/Drama

Ireland, 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with distant relatives in County Waterford for the summer. Living with a middle-aged farming couple, she discovers a new way of living.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
108 108 51 44 13 0 0 84%
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UTAMA

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Bolivia | 87 mins | Cert 12A | Drama

In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and his wife Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
107 107 15 50 34 7 1 67%
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THE BLUE CAFTAN

Wednesday 25 October 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Morocco | 122 mins | Cert 12A | Romance/Drama

Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. They find their relationship turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
98 96 32 44 20 0 0 78%
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HIVE

Wednesday 1 November 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2021 | Albania | 84 mins | Cert 15 | Drama

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the end of the Kosovan war. She sets up her own business to provide for her children but is opposed by the local patriarchal society.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
80 81 24 36 20 1 0 76%
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OFFICIAL COMPETITION

Wednesday 22 November 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2021 | Argentina/Spain | 114 mins | Cert 15 | Comedy/Drama

A wealthy businessman hires a famous film-maker and a stellar team to help make a smash hit film. Penélope Cruz is a deadpan dream in this wicked film-world satire.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
116 111 37 34 27 8 5 70%
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WINNERS

Wednesday 13 December 2023, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Iran | 85 mins | Cert 15 | Family/Drama

In a small Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious film statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, they decide to find the owner.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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JOYLAND

Wednesday 3 January 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Pakistan | 126 mins | Cert 15 | Drama

The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a back-up dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans-woman who runs the show.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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BERGMAN ISLAND

Wednesday 17 January 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2021 | France/USA | 113 mins | Cert 15 | Romance/Drama

A married couple spend a working retreat on the Swedish island of Faro in the Baltic Sea, that inspired Ingmar Bergman, in order to write screenplays for their upcoming films. The lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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BROKER

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | South Korea | 129 mins | Cert 15 | Crime/Drama

Ha Sang-hyeon is the owner of a hand laundry and volunteers at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two men run an illegal business together, occasionally stealing babies from the church and selling them on the adoption black market.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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ONE FINE MORNING

Wednesday 14 February 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | France | 112 mins | Cert PG | Romance/Drama

With an ailing elderly father, a young single professional woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an old friend with whom she embarks on an affair.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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CAIRO CONSPIRACY

Wednesday 28 February 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | Egypt | 112 mins | Cert 15 | Spy/Drama

A fisherman's son becomes the pawn for Egypt's political elites in exchange for a place at an Islamic University in Cairo, in this tense spy thriller that challenges religious and secular corruption.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH

Wednesday 13 March 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | France | 115 mins | Cert 15 | Crime/Drama

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts them more than the others, without them necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
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ARMAGEDDON TIME

Wednesday 27 March 2024, 19:45, Swindon Arts Centre

2022 | USA | 114 mins | Cert 15 | Family/Drama

A 12-year-old boy grows up with dreams of becoming an artist. A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. Stars Anthony Hopkins.
Trailer Reviews Synopsis Tickets
Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%

Overall Audience Feedback

The table below represents the audience feedback, for all films shown to date.

Attendance Returns 5 4 3 2 1 Average
100 99 34 42 20 3 1 77%