The Gravedigger’s Wife12A

Directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed | Somali | 2021 | 1h 23m | Somali w/ English subtitles | Starring Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh

On the outskirts of Djibouti City, a gravedigger works long hours to make ends meet and to help raise $5,000 to pay for his wife’s kidney treatment. Winner of Best Film at the African Movie Academy Awards and the first Somali film submitted to the Oscars, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s poetic romance centres on a couple facing impossible loss and the lengths one will go for their loved ones.

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We showed The Gravedigger’s Wife between October 22, 2022 and October 27, 2022.

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Today (Saturday 27th July)

17:30

The Conversation 12A
1h 54m
A surveillance expert is hired to follow a couple and becomes obsessed with their cryptic conversations in Coppola's neo-noir thriller exploring technology and privacy. Palme d'Or winner, now restored in 4K for its 50th anniversary.

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20:00

Kinds of Kindness 18
2h 44m
A man takes control of his life. A woman searches for a spiritual leader with a unique ability. A man's missing wife returns. Three stories come together in Yorgos Lanthimos' dark comedy, starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe.

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Tomorrow (Sunday 28th July)

14:00

The Conversation 12A
1h 54m
A surveillance expert is hired to follow a couple and becomes obsessed with their cryptic conversations in Coppola's neo-noir thriller exploring technology and privacy. Palme d'Or winner, now restored in 4K for its 50th anniversary.

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16:30

Kinds of Kindness 18
2h 44m
A man takes control of his life. A woman searches for a spiritual leader with a unique ability. A man's missing wife returns. Three stories come together in Yorgos Lanthimos' dark comedy, starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe.

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20:00

Orlando, My Political Biography 12A
1h 39m | French w/ English subtitles
Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando acts as an inspiration in filmmaker and philosophers Paul B. Preciado’s award-winning documentary illustrating how life, poetry, and gender converge in the lives of trans people from past and present.

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