Part 1
Our 2024-25 season will start on Thursday 19th September!
Our films will now be hosted at Chester Picturehouse in their 136-seat Screen 2. Film Society membership will cost only £10 for the season, and member tickets for each film must be bought in person, either in advance or on the night, for £5.00 on the production of your 2024/25 Chester Film Society membership card.
Thursday 19th September
The Promised Land (2023, Director: Nikolaj Arcel)
2hr 7m (Denmark, Sweden, Norway) Cert: 15
18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), a proud and ambitious but impoverished war hero, aims to cultivate a barren land, build a colony for the King, and gain a noble title. Joined by a couple fleeing ruthless nobleman De Schinkel, Kahlen faces natural challenges and bandits. As a community forms, De Schinkel vows revenge, leading to a violent and intense confrontation.
Thursday 10th October
The Origin of Evil (2022, Director: Sebastien Marnier)
2hr 3m (France) Cert: 15
A woman on the verge of financial collapse attempts to impersonate her imprisoned lover and con her waelthy, estranged father and his new family.
Thursday 31st October
Sorcery (2023, Director: Christopher Murray)
1hr 40m (Mexico, Germany, Chile) Cert: 15
On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an Indigenous girl named Rosa works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa’s father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organization of sorcerers.
Thursday 21st November
Mami Wata (2023, Director: CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi)
1hr 47m (Nigeria, France, UK Cert: 12A
Captivating and dreamlike. A bold exploration of faith and cultural change. When outside elements threaten harmony in a village, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of the mermaid goddess to the land.
Thursday 12th December
The Good Boss (2021, Director: Fernando León De Aranoa)
1hr 56m (Spain) Cert: 15
Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company manufacturing industrial scales in a provincial town, anxiously prepares for an imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they deserve a local Business Excellence award. Striving for perfection, the company’s owner, Blanco, races against time to solve employee issues, crossing numerous boundaries.