Thursday morning screenings include a cuppa with your ticket. PLus, new Parent and baby screening on Friday 2 February
The Old Oak
A compassionate and fierce Ken Loach hard-hitter fighting back against injustices, with scenes of friction and solidarity.
Director: Ken Loach
Cast includes: Dave Turner, Ebla Mari
Includes Thursday morning £7.50 screening and Friday 2 February Parent and baby screening
1 hr 53 mins/ 2023/ United Kingdom, France and Belgium
Ken Loach's 'final' film is a return to the North East, the location of his last two films – I, Daniel Blake (2016), a scathing attack on the UK's welfare system that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and the acclaimed Sorry We Missed You (2019), which followed a struggling family ravaged by the gig economy.
The Old Oak marks the third film in a loose trilogy where the future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, is in the balance. People are leaving the land as the mines are closed, and houses are cheap and available, making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
Set in 2016, it follows TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner), a pub owner in a decaying former mining village in North-East England, who forms a friendship with a young Syrian woman Yara (Ebla Mari), when a community of Syrian refugees are moved into the area. TJ and Yara attempt to unite their disparate communities, and overcome xenophobia from the locals and the ensuing cultural clash.
Thursday morning screenings include a free cuppa with your ticket.
New! Parent and Baby screening
Friday 2 February 12pm
A monthly screening exclusively for parents/carers with babies under 12 months. Babies can sleep, burble or cry – and parents/carers get a chance to catch up with some cinema. Babies go free! These screenings include Descriptive Subtitling when available and the sound will be lower than usual, and the lights up for your child's comfort.
We have started these screenings due to popular demand, however the cinema is not accessible for buggies due to our steep staircase therefore, and so all parents are kindly asked to bring their babies in a sling for the screenings as we have no buggy park or lift access. Please take extra special care on the stairs.
Please note that babies (under 12 months) are only allowed to attend our special Parent & Baby and Relaxed screenings, and may not be brought in to our regular screenings. Please see our Terms of Admittance.
Next month's Parent and Baby screening is Scrapper on Friday 1 March, at midday.
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Thank you.
