Film

FILM (Saturday)
Kes [PG]
Director Ken Loach | UK 1970 | 1hr 50m
Loach received international acclaim for this moving tale of a lonely boy who finds a baby kestrel and decides to raise and train it.

FILM (Friday)
A Better Life [12A]
Director Chris Weitz | Denmark 2010 | 1hr 38m
A touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father’s love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had.

FILM (Friday, Saturday)
In a Better World
Director Susanne Bier | Denmark 2010 | 1hr 50m
Winner of the 2011 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this drama follows a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town and his work at an African refugee camp.

FILM (Saturday)
Wasteland [U]
Director Lucy Walker | Documentary | UK/Brazil 2010 | Colour | 1hr 30m.
On the edge of Rio de Janeiro at the world’s largest landfill, photographer Vik Muniz captures the dignity and intelligence of the people who’ve created a thriving community.

FILM & DEBATE (Saturday)
Poor Kids
The superb and heartbreaking documentary explores the harsh realities of growing up in poverty from the point of view of the children themselves. First shown on BBC1 in June, the film trended no.1 worldwide on Twitter, and led to questions being raised in Parliament. We’ll be joined by the film makers and other guests including Alison Garnham from Child Poverty Action Group for a post-show discussion on children living in poverty.

FILM (Sunday)
Boudu Saved from Drowning [PG] – new digital restoration
Director Jean Renoir | France 1932 | B&W | 1hr 25m
Remade in the 1980s as Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Renoir’s classic film tells the tale of a tramp saved by a bourgeois bookseller and invited into his home with surprising consequences…