Malmesbury Film Society has temporarily gone virtual.
We've teamed up with YourScreen to show you movies online while we're unable to show our films in person.
This month we have two films available for you to watch.
Members can watch for free. We ask you to become a member or to donate to support the costs of renting the films, otherwise we will not be able to continue offering these online.
In order to realise his estranged
and terminally-ill father’s wish to be buried under the ‘Noah Tree’
his father swears he planted, Omer, a quick-tempered son in a
mid-life crisis, has to face the villagers who believe that the
‘holy’ tree is the first tree planted by prophet Noah after the
Great Flood and has the power to immediately answer their prayers.
A deeply felt exploration of male ego in the tradition of Nuri
Bilge Ceylan, staring Haluk Bilginer from Winter
Sleep.
Noah Land has been nominated for
numerous festival awards and has won seven, including Best
Screenplay (International Narrative Competition), and Best Actor
(International Narrative Competition - Ali Atay) at Tribeca 2019,
Best Actor (National Competition - Ali Atay) at the 2019 Bosphorus
Film Festival and Best Film and Best Director at the 2019 Adana
Film Festival.
“A thoughtful and deeply felt debut
from Cenk Ertürk, Noah Land probes ethical questions about the
price of victory while weighing a human tendency to react in
extremes.” - Frederic Boyer, Tribeca Film Festival.
“Men are allowed to be vulnerable,
and Noah Land reminds us of that fact” - Film Threat
”_Noah Land_‘s strength lies in its
imperfect characters who all admit or display their shortcomings
and yet whose lives we come to care about… It is through the
collection of characters, who all care very deeply and who
acknowledge their faults, whether or not they contribute to the
story’s minimal action, that Noah Land truly shines.” - Leah
Singerman, FilmBook.
Ted remembers a time when the
birds rained down. A lifetime ago a devastating forest fire
engulfed his Quebecois home, as well as the birds. Now he is living
out his later years in the same forest, isolated but for his
companions Charlie and Tom and their dogs. It seems their sylvan
hermitage is a kind of paradise, but disturbing undercurrents of
discontent flow through it, and the balance is thrown when two
women arrive – one the long-institutionalised aunt of Steve, owner
of a local (and deserted) hotel, the other a younger photographer
keen to document the survivors of that forest fire.
Based on an acclaimed novel by
Jocelyne Saucier, And the Birds Rained Down is an unsentimental
portrayal of what it means to have lived a long life, rich with
experiences and secrets, and what one should do with that as the
years close in. The film is meditative, beautifully filmed and
engrossing – rarely in the movies are the lives of older people
treated with such respect or examined with such sincere
interest.
And the Birds Rained Down won the
2020 Canadian Screen Award for Performance by an Actor in a
Supporting Role (Rémy Girard), the Festival Prize for Best Canadian
Feature at the 2020 Victoria Film Festival and director Louise
Archambault took the Dragon Award in the International Competition
at the 2020 Göteborg Film Festival.
“This eco-friendly, elegantly
delivered tale about the sunset changes in the lives of a trio of
graybeards living in the woods is engaging, thought-provoking and
ultimately moving…” - Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood
Reporter.
“Touching, heartbreaking, and
dangerously thought-provoking, And the Birds Rained Down will force
you to re-examine your relationship with yourself, the world around
you, and the people you love.” - Anne T. Donahue, Globe and
Mail.
Here are the steps for watching the
films
One Time only - create an account
1. Click on https://watch.yourscreen.net/signup.html
2. Enter your name, email address and a password and press
submit
Time to sit back and watch the
film:
1. Click on Noah Land or
click on And
The Birds Rained Down
2. Click “Watch” but ignore the price - the Malmesbury Film Society
is covering all costs
3. Enter your email address, then your password, to login
4. Check the box "I have a promo code" and then enter this
code (ignore the line about a credit card)
Noah Land:
MALMNL
And the Birds Rained
Down: MALMATBRD
5. Click "Watch" to start watching the film (you have 48 hours to
watch the film once you start watching it)
If you have any questions or need any assistance please let us know.
Malmesbury Film Society is a
non-profit volunteer-run organization. Non-members are always
welcome.
Email us at info@malmesburyfilmsociety.org.uk
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