Season 2019/20
Open Film Society
50th Anniversary
The Open Film Society first started showing films in late 1969. To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we are re-showing ten films from previous seasons in five double bills spread throughout the programme.
We have chosen to show films by some of the directors whose films have featured most frequently in past seasons. All of the directors chosen have had at least six films previously shown by us, and in particular we are showing films by the three directors whose films appeared most often, namely Woody Allen (22 films), Pedro Almodóvar (14) and Ken Loach (13).
Autumn and Winter 2020
Cold War – 30 Oct 2019
A riot of folk dance and song, but also the pain of lost love and a homeland given up.
An Impossible Love – 6 Nov 2019
An excellent French drama of a most intense kind. An ill matched pair.
Wild Strawberries – 27 Nov 2019
An elderly professor reminisces while on a journey to receive an honorary doctorate. (OFS 1985)
An Autumn Tale – at 8.15pm
The friends of a lonely widowed wine-grower try to help her find a new man. (OFS 1999)
Winter and Spring 2020
The 2019/20 season finished prematurely due to the Covid pandemic. The films not shown formed the short 2022 season.
The House by the Sea – 8 Jan 2020
A multi-layered family drama involving several generations.
Rashomon – 15 Jan 2020
In mediaeval Japan, four people give conflicting accounts of an incident in a forest. (OFS 1990)
Ladybird Ladybird – 15 Jan 2020 at 8.15pm
An unmarried mother struggles to keep her children out of care. (OFS 1996)
Summer 1993 – 29 Jan 2020
Following the death of her mother, a little girl struggles to adapt to a new life in the country.
Wajib: The Wedding Invitation – 5 February 2020
For the sake of a family event and ancient custom, an estranged father and son are forced to cooperate.