Our River…Our Sky12A

Directed by Maysoon Pachachi | Iraq | 2021 | 1h 57m | Arabic w/ English subtitles | Starring Mahmoud Abu Abbas, Myriam Abbas, Darina Al Joundi, Sami Al-Ali, Labwa Arab

In the winter of 2006, three years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, sectarian violence is rife across the country. In a small Baghdad neighbourhood, the lives of ordinary Iraqis become intricately entwined as they live through the turmoil of the ongoing occupation. Documentarian Maysoon Pachachi’s award-winning fiction debut provides a compassionate and true-to-life depiction of life during war.

Reviews

‘Pachachi captures the atmosphere of Baghdad, and her large cast of actors excels in the naturalistic mode of a film beautifully shot in widescreen’
Hugh Barnes, The Arts Desk

‘[An] ambitious, multi-stranded drama…’
Wendy Ide, The Observer

Sorry - you missed it!

We showed Our River…Our Sky between November 11, 2023 and November 16, 2023.

Join our mailing list and we'll make sure you always know what's on and when.

What else is on?

Today (Thursday 5th December)

20:30

Heretic 15
1h 51m
Two young Mormon missionaries get caught in a sinister game of cat-and-mouse in this delightfully twisted and darkly funny chamber horror from writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place), starring Hugh Grant.

Book here


Tomorrow (Friday 6th December)

18:00

Paddington in Peru PG
1h 46m
Marmalade sandwiches at the ready. Everyone's favourite bear is back on the big screen! Paddington takes the Brown family on an adventure through the rainforest after receiving a letter from his Aunt Lucy in Peru.

Book here

20:30

OXIFF 2024 18
1h 41m
The Oxford International Film Festival returns with a new selection of short films from filmmakers around the globe, featuring fictional shorts, animations, and music videos. One-off screening introduced by Alan Bailey, organiser of this year's festival.

Book here


Plan your visit

Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!