Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Happy End’ (France) Details 9 January 2019 @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). Members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ France (2017) The second half of Richmond Film Society’s 2018/19 Season commences with Michael Haneke’s stark satire on bourgeois Europeans, set against a backcloth of the refugee crisis. The patriarch of the affluent Laurent family shares his Calais manor house with his daughter and son. When his son’s teenage daughter, Ève, comes to stay, the fates of the dysfunctional…

Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Zama’ (Argentina) Details 22 January 2019 @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). Members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Argentina (2017) In a remote Spanish colony we find ‘corregidor’ Zama, who has seen better times. We observe as he seeks favours to regain prestige and be reunited with his family. Will the Fates let him succeed? The film will be introduced by Dr Jon Hackett, Programme Director - Film and Communications at St Mary’s University. – Directed by Lucrecia…

When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces  all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement of nonviolent resistance. Join us for a FREE screening of critically acclaimed film ‘Naila and the Uprising’ in the Exchange, Twickenham on the 31st January. Reviews “100%” Rotten Tomatoes “a moving film which combines stirring archival footage, thoughtful interviews and evocative animation.” Huffington Post “In…

Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Tabu’ (Portugal) Details 5 February 2019 @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). Members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Portugal (2012) Illicit romance and intrigue, set in Portuguese colonial Africa, as two elderly women try to find the man that their recently deceased friend, Aurora, had a passionate affair with in her youth. – Directed by Miguel Gomes – Rating: 15 – Written by Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo – Runtime: 118 minutes Tickets: Adults: £5 Full time students: £3 Free to RFS members. Non-Member…

Richmond Film Society Presents ‘After the Storm’ (Japan) Details 19 February 2019 @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). Members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Japan (2016) Ryota is an unsuccessful writer who struggles to reconnect with his young son after his divorce. Koreeda shows the warmth, subtlety and humour of family relationships in his typically unshowy but engaging style. – Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda – Rating: PG – Written by Hirokazu Koreeda – Runtime: 118 minutes Tickets: Adults: £5 Full time students: £3 Free to RFS members.…

Richmond Film Society Presents ‘In The Fade’ (Germany) Details 5 March 2019 @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). Members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Germany (2017) Richmond Film Society's season continues with the 2018 Foreign Language Golden Globe winner, 'In The Fade'. When a terrorist outrage brings tragedy to Katja and the perpetrators go free, despite the weight of evidence against them, she decides that justice can be served through other means. Directed by Fatih Akin Rating: 18 Written by Fatih Akin, Hark…

‘Hidden Figures’ (USA) - 12 March 2019 Details 12 March 2019 @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ USA (2016) As part of Science Week, The Exchange, in conjunction with Richmond Film Society, are screening ‘Hidden Figures’, winner of 37 awards worldwide and nominated for three 2017 Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture. Set in the early 1960s, the film tells the incredible and, until recently, unknown story of three brilliant African-American female mathematicians who played…