Date & Time: Friday Sept 2nd / 6:15pm

Location & Tickets: The Gate Cinema

Details: Laura Wandel / Belgium / 2021 / 72 mins

Starring: Maya Vanderbeque, Gunter Duret, Lena Girard Voss

Synopsis: This highly acclaimed first feature brings us into the world of two siblings as they begin school together. A portrait of schoolyard politics and of how easily a child can be targeted, despite an empathetic teacher, and a willing parent. When his sister Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adults’ worlds.

“A powerful, emotionally compelling film, Playground captures with enormous force the very velocity with which children lose empathy when thrown into the jungle of the playground.” – The Financial Times.

“A remarkable achievement” – The Observer.

Date & Time: Friday September 2nd / 8:30pm

Location & Tickets: The Gate Cinema

Details: Eric Gravel / 87 mins / France / 2021

Starring: Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviéve Mnich

Synopsis: Julie (Laure Calamy) goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel. When she finally gets an interview for a job that would move her up the ladder, a national strike breaks out, paralysing the public transport system. The fragile balance that Julie has established is jeopardised. Julie then sets off on a frantic race against time, at the risk of faltering. A portrait of a very contemporary struggle, superbly realised.

“Hitchcock and a train strike make for a superb French drama. Laure Calamy has an extraordinary ability to project warmth, as well as strength. Her character here is down but never out. Her emotions are clear, her face an open book. That gives her performance a superb intimacy and credibility.” – Sydney Morning Herald.

Date & Time: Sunday Sept 4th / 1.30pm

Location & Tickets: The Gate Cinema

Details: Costa-Gavras / France / 1969 / 125 mins

Starring: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Synopsis: In a country ruled by a fragile democracy where the police and the military are set on eradicating all threats from the political left, a member of the parliamentary opposition is murdered in the street right after leading a pacifist meeting. The official inquiry into the case is entrusted to a young judge who becomes aware that this was a political crime committed by two hired killers.