Southampton Film Week

Maiden (2018)

God's House Tower Winkle Street, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

The Inspirational story of Tracy Edwards who in 1989 was skipper of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race.

£8

The Wild Pear Tree (2018)

The Cinema, Southampton University Students Union University Road, Southampton, Hampshire

2018 | Turk | Dir Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 3:08 | Cert 15   Made in Turkey, The Wild Pear Tree follows an unpublished writer who returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling. The BFI described the film as "a …

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Blade Runner 2049 with Professor Will Brooker

LT2 (Lecture Theatre 2) Solent University, East Park Terrace, Southampton, United Kingdom

"Blade Runner 2049 is a troubling film – and at the time of its release, it was, like its predecessor, commercially unpopular – because it unsettles our expectations and offers no easy answers. This talk engages in depth and detail, through philosophical theory and political analysis, with the contradictions and complexities of this ambitious science fiction text."

Local Talent Showcase including The Guernica Children

City Eye Studio 144, Above Bar Street, Guildhall Square, Southampton, Hampshire

A collection of films produced by local filmmaking talent - plus a chance to see the winners of the 2019 SFW: Shorts competition. We are also delighted to show the feature length documentary The Guernica Children which tells the story of 4,000 Spanish children, refugees from the Civil War, who arrived in the UK in …

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Jaws (1975)

God's House Tower Winkle Street, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

1975 | Dir Steven Spielberg | 2:04 | Cert 12A  "Perhaps the most perfectly constructed horror story in our time. " The Hollywood Reporter "You're gonna need a bigger boat." To mark the re-opening of the historic God's House Tower, Southampton Film Week is proud to present the original summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg's Jaws. When …

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£8

Mashpee Nine and virtual Q&A

Online

Mashpee Nine is the story of injustice, activism, and vindication that emboldened cultural pride and
integrity for the Mashpee Wampanoag in 1976. The story documents the raid and brutal arrest of nine
men participating in a traditional drumming ceremony on the Mashpee Pond campsite.
Presented in partnership with Mayflower400 marking the 400th anniversay of the Mayflower's departure from Southampton in 1620.

Free

Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck and virtual Q&A

Online

A decade before Mayflower left our shores Stephen Hopkins had been aboard a Jamestown-bound ship that wrecked on Bermuda inspiring Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest.  The film retraces Hopkin’s life criss-crossing the Atlantic. Presented in partnership with Mayflower400 marking the 400th anniversay of the Mayflower's departure from Southampton in 1620.

Free

Adam Barker-Mill: DUALITY – Exhibition

John Hansard Gallery 142-144 Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

DUALITY brings together the filmic and sculptural world of filmmaker, cinematographer and artist Adam Barker-Mill.

Presented in partnership with John Hansard Gallery the exhibition features Barker-Mill's first film in fifty years, alongside a new chromatic light sculpture.

“Obviously it is all about light. Light is the very essence of cinematography and light is the main material of my current work”