Here's a list of films that are screening with Flicks in the Sticks.
This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie, a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do.
When a green ogre named Shrek discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out with a very loud donkey by his side to 'persuade' Farquaad to give Shrek his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona, who is awaiting her true love in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But once they head back with Fiona, it starts to become apparent that not only does Shrek, an ugly ogre, begin to fall in love with the lovely princess, but Fiona is also hiding a huge secret.
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) delivers another outstanding performance in Tim Mielants’ piercing drama based on Claire Keegan’s best-selling novella, fully channelling the quiet tension and live emotion of her prose. Ireland, 1985: In the months leading up to Christmas, coalman and family man Bill Furlong (Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the local convent. Deeply conflicted, Bill reaches a breaking point that forces him to confront both his own past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town under the control of the Catholic Church, led locally by Mother Superior Sister Mary (Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves). “An absorbing, committed drama” ★★★★ The Guardian “A quiet film with fire raging in its heart” The Next Best Picture
Jazz and decolonisation tangle in this remarkable doc from Johan Grimonprez (Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, Double Take, Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade). Innovative and deeply researched, it investigates the incendiary politics of the nascent Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960 in the final months of leader Patrice Lumumba’s life. Drawing imaginative connections between US imperialism, post-war jazz and Pan-African decolonisation, soundtracked by jazz riffs and staccato beats, it’s a bold, invigorating watch that feels like being immersed in a brilliant non-fiction book, dense with ideas and grappling with a complex and fascinating history that speaks to the current moment.
A drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalized and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality - their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives. Maud was one such foot soldier. The story of her fight for dignity is as gripping and visceral as any thriller, it is also heart-breaking and inspirational.
Experienced screen actor and up-and-coming filmmaker Dexter Fletcher (Lock Stock, Topsy-Turvy; Wild Bill) shows something of a midas touch behind the camera with this hugely enjoyable, feel-good romp based upon the stage musical by Stephen Greenhorn that features the music of The Proclaimers. Returning from duty in Afghanistan to Leith, lifelong friends Davy and Ally must re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh. Soon they are kindling romances new and old and everything is going swimmingly until a revelation from their past threatens to tear their lives apart. They must then pull together to ensure the sun keeps on shining. “It’s hard to keep the grin off your face!” Tim Robey, The Daily Telegraph
In this hilarious British mockumentary, we follow Caroline, a competitive giant vegetable grower, as she readies herself for the big annual National Veg Championship. However, Caroline finds her life turned upside down when her prized marrow plants are stolen. Desperate for answers, she turns to two private detectives she knows, who are then dramatically kidnapped. Are the events linked? No, of course not. But Caroline thinks they are and the hunt for her missing marrows takes her way beyond the allotments, plunging her into a national corruption scandal that goes all the way to the top!
Feel-good larkiness in jaunty but formulaic style. Accountant Eric is simply treading water when he discovers a newfound sense of purpose thanks to an unexpected source: a group of similarly stuck-in-a-rut guys who have found camaraderie through synchronized swimming. Sure, they may be a bit paunchy, but they're determined to prove they have what it takes to be a whirling, twirling, scissor-kicking aquatic dream team.