{"id":3504,"date":"2025-06-25T12:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chesterfilmsociety.co.uk\/?page_id=3504"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:57:10","slug":"chester-film-society-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chesterfilmsociety.co.uk\/?page_id=3504","title":{"rendered":"Chester Film Society Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here lies the archive of the Chester Film Society initially compiled by our long time Committee member Mike Graham and added to by Rachel Cross. Numbers in brackets indicate the rating given by the audience where they are available (In each season, films in bold are the highest rated<\/strong> and in italics the lowest rated<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chester Film Society began in 1970. However, the earliest details of our film programmes that we have are from 1990. Please help us add to the archive. Send us old programmes, reviews, notes, and your memories and thoughts on the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL\u00a0FILM FESTIVAL 20<\/strong>26<\/strong>
DJ Ahmet (8.45)
Rose of Nevada (7.09)
Primavera (8.73)
La Grazia (8.26)
The Stranger (7.10)
Orphan (6.63)
Romer\u00eda ( 7.25)
Orwell 2+2=5 (8.21)
Miroirs No. 3 ( 7.71)
The Blue Trail (7.04)
Exit 8 (7.73)
Our Land (7.52)
Colours of Time (9.22)<\/strong> Audience Award<\/em>
Father Mother Sister Brother (6.57)
and <\/em>
12th<\/em> <\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award (joint): “Small Hours” & “Cell Buddies”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema
2026 Film Festival web page on the Storyhouse website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Summer Season – Summer films<\/strong>
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Body Heat
Summer 1993
Summerland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue: <\/strong>
Chester Picturehouse
2025 Summer Season web page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024-25 Season<\/strong>
Part One (Autumn\/Winter 2024)<\/em><\/strong>
The Promised Land (8.3)
The Origin of Evil (7.65)
Sorcery (6.7)
Mami Wata (6.5)<\/em>
The Good Boss (Spain) 7.76<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part Two (Winter\/Spring 2025)<\/em><\/strong>
All We Imagine As Light (7.35)
The Echo (7.82)
In The Mood For Love (7.6)
Crossing (8.84)<\/strong>
My Favourite Cake (8.2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Chester Picturehouse
2024-25 Season web page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025<\/strong><\/strong>
La Cocina
From Hilde, With Love
Holy Cow
Solo
Last Swim
Happyend
When the Light Breaks
Four Mothers<\/strong> (Audience Award)<\/em>
and <\/em>
11th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “The Pearl (Let’s Make Peace)”<\/em>

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 Film Festival web page on the Storyhouse website<\/a>
Including details of the Documentary Section and other film events during the Festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2023-24 Season<\/strong>
The Outfit (8.56)
Love According to Dalva (8.30)
Cairo Conspiracy (8.33)
Martin Eden (6.96)
The Beasts (7.58)
Winners (6.98)
The Quiet Girl (8.70)<\/strong>
Charlotte (7.70)
Azor (6.60)<\/em>
Close (7.95)
Clara Sola (7.47)
Nostalgia (8.12)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Garret Theatre, Storyhouse
2023-24 Season web page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024<\/strong><\/strong>
Monster
Totem
Io Capitano
Tarrac
Green Border<\/strong> (Audience Award)<\/em>
The Teachers’ Lounge
and <\/em>
10th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “The Curse of Dracular”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema
2024 Film Festival web page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2023 Summer Season – 90s Cult Sci-fi<\/strong>
Run Lola, Run
The Matrix
Galaxy Quest
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Venue: <\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022-23 Season<\/strong>
Sound of Metal (8.07)
Petite Maman (7.37)
Quo Vadis, Aida (8.94)<\/strong>
Swan Song (7.94)
Lamb (6.45)
Master Cheng (8.00)
Belle (5.59)<\/em>
Nae Pasaran! (8.84)
Dear Tenant (7.42)
Here We Are (8.05)
Who You Think I Am (7.94)
Hope (7.75)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Garret Theatre, Storyhouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50th Anniversary Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023<\/strong><\/strong>
Full Time
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom<\/strong> (Audience Award)<\/em>
Prayers for the Stolen
Sick of Myself
Tori and Lokita
The Blue Caftan
and <\/em>
9th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “The Smile”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022 Summer Season – 50th Anniversary Season<\/strong>
Cries and Whispers
Get Carter
Blade Runner – The Final Cut
The Piano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue: <\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022 Mini-Season<\/strong>
After Love (8.33)<\/strong>
Corpus Christi (7.87)
Beanpole (6.30)<\/em>
The Invisible Life of Eur\u00eddice Gusm\u00e3o (8.27)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Grosvenor Museum
Garret Theatre, Storyhouse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022<\/strong><\/strong>
Arracht
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
The Worst Person int he World
Balloon
Arracht
Compartment No. 6<\/strong> (Audience Award)<\/em>
and <\/em>
8th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “Black Slide”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021-22 Partnership with Storyhouse<\/strong>
Dear Comrades
Two Of Us
Tove
Riders of Justice
Deerskin
Never Gonna Snow
I’m Your Man
There Is No Evil
Shiva Baby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse cinema
A series of monthly films curated by Chester Film Society<\/em> between June 2021 and February 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020-21 Season<\/strong>
Season cancelled due to Covid<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019-20 Season<\/strong>
The Rider (7.22)
The Tin Drum (7.90)
Birds of Passage (7.47)
1945 (7.84)
November (7.04)
The Guardians (7.84)
First Reformed (6.88)<\/em>
Lost in Paris (7.02)
Cold War (7.62)
The Guilty (8.34)
Phoenix (7.44)
If Beale Street Could Talk (7.34)
Capernaum (9.19)<\/strong>
Mountain (7.94)
Everybody Knows <\/s>– Cancelled
<\/em>Foxtrot<\/s> – Cancelled
Happy as Lazzaro<\/s> – Cancelled
Woman at War <\/s>– Cancelled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venues:<\/strong>
St Mary’s Creative Space<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020<\/strong><\/strong>
The Farewell
Rojo
Balloon
Monos
And Then We Danced<\/strong> (Audience Award)<\/em>
The Whistlers
Permission
and <\/em>
7th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “Rain”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018-19 Season<\/strong>
The Florida Project (6.06)
In the Fade (8.06)
Loveless(6.76)
Hotel Salvation 7.06)
The Wicker Man – The Final Cut (7.82)
The Death of Stalin (8.01)
A Fantastic Woman (7.32)
Thelma (7.09)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (6.0)<\/em>
Paddington 2 (8.58)<\/strong>
Aurore (I Got Life!) (8.02) + Born a Rebel
The Square (screening cut short)
The Breadwinner (8.36)
Faces Places (8.31)
Call Me By Your Name (7.12)
Shoplifters (7.62)
Land of Mine (8.33)
Mountains May Depart (6.35)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St Mary’s Creative Space
Grosvenor Museum
Storyhouse Cinema (for The Wicker Man)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>9<\/strong>
Burning
Dogman
Waru
Wajib
Polina
Mug
and <\/em>
6th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “Pilipka”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2017-2018 Season<\/strong>
El Sur (6.46)
I, Daniel Blake (8.87)<\/strong>
Personal Shopper (5.32)
Arrival (6.76)
Dead of Night (7.76)
About Elly (6.70)
Aquarius (6.10)<\/em>
My Life As A Courgette (8.18) \/ The Eagle Huntress (8.25)
I Am Not Your Negro (8.17)
Manchester By The Sea (8.01)
Black Coal, Thin Ice (5.75)
The Fencer (7.92)
The Innocents (7.62)
Graduation (6.51)
Frantz (8.42)
Truman (7.84)
A Man Called Ove (8.42)
Sweet Bean (7.08)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venues:<\/strong>
St Mary’s Creative Space
Little Theatre
Storyhouse Cinema (for Dead of Night)<\/em>
Grosvenor Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaser trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>8<\/strong>
Loving Vincent
In Between
I Am Not A Witch
Menashe
On Body and Soul
The Nile Hilton Incident
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5th<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em>
Audience Award: “Death of a Fruit Fly”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Storyhouse Cinema<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaser trailer on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2016-2017 Season<\/strong>
Tangerines (8.42)<\/strong>
Grandma (6.89)
Mustang (7.99)
The Witch (4.81)
The Battle of Algiers (8.15)
The Lobster (4.77)<\/em>
Marguerite (7.35)
Mia Madre
Anomalisa (6.35)
Rams (7.71)
Tale of Tales (7.45)
Annie Hall (7.95)
Victoria (6.47)
A Touch of Sin (5.49)
Our Little Sister (7.91)
The Pearl Button (Cancelled and replaced by <\/em>Hunt for the Wilderpeople)
Sing Street (7.98)
Gueros (5.13)
Love & Friendship (7.81)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St Mary’s Creative Space
Little Theatre (for Margeurite only)<\/em>
Grosvenor Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>7<\/strong>
Julieta
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Clan
Fire at Sea
Dheepan
Embrace of the Serpent
Hell or High Water
Plus Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Festival Church, Queen Street, Chester<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2015-2016 Season<\/strong>
Nightcrawler (7.58)
8\u00bd (6.27)<\/em>
Pride (7.95)
Marshland (7.9)
What We Do In The Shadows (6.51)
Ida (7.99)
Two Days, One Night
Wakolda (7.88)
Blancanieves (7.95)
A Pigeon Sat on a Fence Reflecting on Existence (4.67)<\/em>
The Grandmaster (7.04)
Selma (8.05)
Wild Tales (8.31)
Brooklyn (shown twice)<\/em> (8.79)<\/strong>
Phoenix (7.18)
Timbuktu (8.31)
X+Y (A Brilliant Young Mind) (7.47)
Theeb (Members’ Choice)<\/em>
Catch Me Daddy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St Mary’s Centre
Grosvenor Museum
Cathedral Refectory (for Brooklyn)<\/em>
Little Theatre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>6<\/strong>
Wild Tales (part of the season)<\/em>
Brooklyn (part of the season)<\/em>
Phoenix (part of the season)<\/em>
Timbuktu (part of the season)<\/em>
The Wonders
Me, Myself and Mum
Plus Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steam Mill
Cathedral Refectory (for Brooklyn)<\/em>
Grosvenor Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2014-2015 Season<\/strong>
The Grand Budapest Hotel (7.66)
Gloria (6.51)
Under The Skin (5.16)<\/em>
Wadjda (7.5)
Behind The Sun (7.59)
Joyeux Noel (7.79)
Oranges and Sunshine (8.21)
In a Better World (8.58)<\/strong>
Sunshine on Leith (7.57)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (8.11)
Lilting (6.63)
Dabba (7.58)
You Will Be My Son (7.21)
Before The Winter Chill (7.07)
Barbara (7.46)
Locke (6.27)
We Are The Best! (6.51)
The Moo Man (7.46)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St Mary’s Centre
Little Theatre, Newtown
Grosvenor Museum
Cathedral Refectory (for Before the Winter Chill)<\/em>
The Steam Mill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>5<\/strong>
Before The Winter Chill (part of the season)<\/em>
Museum Hours
Barbara (part of the season)<\/em>
Calvary
Of Horses and Men
Rome, Open City
Plus Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chester Cathedral Refectory
St Mary’s Centre
Grosvenor Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2013-2014 Season<\/strong>
Argo (8.3)
The Spirit of the Beehive
Untouchable (8.91)<\/strong>
Berberian Sound Studio (3.67)<\/em>
The Hunt (8.35)
Lore (7.73)
We Have a Pope (7.02)
Tetro (6.07)
The Hedgehog
The Angels’ Share
False Trail
A Late Quartet
Amour (7.94)
Mao’s Last Dancer (8.63)
Even The Rain
Shadow Dancer
Grave of the Fireflies (7.97)
Headhunters (7.86)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Little Theatre, Newtown
St Mary’s Centre
The Steam Mill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>4<\/strong>
Mao’s Last Dancer (part of the season)<\/em>
I’m So Excited
The Great Beauty
Even The Rain (part of the season)<\/em>
Paris-Manhattan
The Deep
Fitzcarraldo
Including the First Chester Animation Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
St Mary’s Centre
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2012-2013 Season<\/strong>
Hanna
The Well Digger’s Daughter (7.95)
Gorbaciof
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
A Separation
Midnight in Paris
The Source
Abel
Animal Kingdom
No One Knows About Persian Cats
Free Men (8.05)
Essential Killing
The Skin I Live In
A Royal Affair
The Deep Blue Sea
Monsieur Lazhar
Plan B
Breathing (7.95)
Incendies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Little Theatre, Newtown
St Mary’s Centre
The Steam Mill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 201<\/strong>3
<\/strong>A Royal Affair (part of the season)<\/em>
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Amacord
Gainsboug – A Heroic Life
The Deep Blue Sea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venue:<\/strong>
St Mary’s Centre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2011-2012 Season<\/strong>
The American
The Bicycle Thieves
Morning Glory
White Material
[REC] plus short
Vincere
Winter\u2019s Bone (7.58)
My Afternoons with Margueritte
The Bothersome Man
Of Gods and Men
Samson and Deliliah
Police, Adjective (3.45)<\/em>
Whatever Works
Yella
Skeletons
Fish Story
London River
Alamar (7.54)
Agora<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Little Theatre, Newtown
St Mary’s Centre
The Steam Mill
Planned but not used: <\/em> Univeristy of Chester Riverside<\/em> Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012<\/strong>
Blue Valentine
The Illusionist (Double bill)<\/em>
Round Ireland with a Fridge (Double bill)<\/em>
The Headless Woman
Fish Story
The Kreutzer Sonata
I Am Love
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (with live piano accompaniment)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St Mary’s Centre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010-2011 Season<\/strong>
Honeydripper
Wings of Desire (6,25)
Fear and Trembling
MicMacs
The White Ribbon
Disgrace
The Fall
Belle de Jour
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
The Lemon Tree
Pour Elle (Anything for Her)
The Last Station
Cinema Paradiso
Die Welle (The Wave)
Le Concert
A Prairie Home Companion
Half Moon
Lourdes
The Big Lebowski
(NB Audience ratings not recorded except for Wings of Desire)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St Mary’s Centre
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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL<\/strong> FILM FESTIVAL 2011<\/strong>
The Maid
The Concert
The Secret in Their Eyes
Everlasting Moments
Four Minutes
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2009-2010 Season<\/strong>
Paris, Texas (7.75)
The Reader (8.47)<\/strong>
Il Divo (6.15)
In Bruges (7.63)
After the Wedding (7.64)
Ten Canoes (6.61)
The Band’s Visit (7.52)
Sophie Scholl the Last Days (8.44)
Lift to the Scaffold (7.38)
Syndromes and a Century (4.40)<\/em>
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (7.62)
The Night of the Sunflowers (7.89)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (6.18)
Burn after Reading (7.15)
Paris, je t’aime (6.98)
Fermat’s Room(5.78)
Transylvania (6.32)
Be Kind Rewind (5.25)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2008-2009 Season<\/strong>
The Young Girls of Rochefort (4.66)<\/em>
The Long Day Closes (6.95)
The Kite Runner (8.62)<\/strong>
V for Vendetta (7.03)
Havana Blues (6.77)
12:08 East of Bucharest (5.98)
The Edge of Heaven (7.72)
The Last Mistress (6.63)
Jindabyne (7.06)
Golden Door (7.51)
Still Life (5.23)
Someone Else (6.52)
The Violin (7.26)
Garage (6.46)
Private Property(7.26)
Not Here to be Loved (7.26)
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2007-2008 Season
<\/strong>Journey To Italy (5.74)
Volver (8.03)
Three Times (5.24)
Harry He’s Here To Help (7.08)
Little Fish (6.80)
The Farewell: Brecht’s Last Summer (6.12)
Tsotsi (8.60)
Kirikou And The Sorceress (7.65)
Black Cat, White Cat (6.65)
Solas (7.66)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (6.77)
Far From Heaven (7.56)
Kitchen Stories (6.72)
For Your Consideration (5.53)
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train (4.96)<\/em>
Little Miss Sunshine (8.94)<\/strong>
Two Stage Sisters (6.15)
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2006-2007 Season
<\/strong>Jour de Fete (6.76)
La Spagnola (7.36)
The Motorcycle Diaries (8.74)<\/strong>
The Polish Bride (7.07)
Kinky Boots (8.18)
I’m Not Scared (7.40)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (5.55)
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (6.42)
The Merchant of Venice (8.05)
Machuca (8.46)
Aprile (4.34)<\/em>
Only Human (8.03)
The Return (7.43)
The Chorus (7.99)
Whisky (6.05)
Hukkle (5.83)
Head On (7.41)
Untold Scandal (7.15)
On a Clear Day (7.58)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2005-2006 Season
<\/strong>On The Waterfront (8.31)
La Ville est Tranquille (7.01)
Rabbit Proof Fence (7.99)
Sping, Summer, Autumn, Winter…Spring (7.59)
Dark Water (6.24)
Red Lights (6.32)
Since Otar Left (7.72)
Finding Neverland (7.57)
Young Adam (5.89)<\/em>
The Red Violin (8.12)
The Consequences of Love (7.01)
La Kermesse Heroique (7.56)
House of Sand and Fog (6.84)
Solaris (5.89)<\/em>
The Station Agent (8.15)
Sideways (7.14)
The Sea Inside (8.38)<\/strong>
Enduring Love (6.33)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2004-2005 Season
Casablanca (9.37)<\/strong>
Whale Rider (7.95)
Happy Times (7.25)
Goodbye Lenin (8.18)
M (7.08)
Etre et Avoir (8.16)
Springtime in a Small Town (6.08)
Bright Young Things (6.94)
Bad Education (7.06)
Rosetta (6.03)<\/em>
Tokyo Story (6.90)
Ripley’s Game (7.29)
Elling (8.74)
Belleville Rendezvous (7.48)
Tillsammans (6.95)
The Son of the Bride (8.02)
Saltwater (6.97)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (8.05)

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2003-2004 Season
<\/strong>Dr Strangelove (7.76)
Eloge de L’Amour (2.67)
Pandaemonium (7.71)
La Belle Et La Bete (7.59)
Curse of the Jade Scorpion (7.32)
Neuve Reinas (7.52)
The Navigators (7.46)
Heftig og Begeistret (6.81)
The Quiet American (7.94)
L’Hommue Du Train (7.97)
Frida (8.48)
Auf Weidersehen Amerika (6.92)
Pather Panchali (6.30)
El Espinazo Del Diablo (7.57)
Yadon Ilaheyya (Divine Intervention) (8.47)<\/strong>
Luzhin Defence (7.90)
The Warrior (6.21)<\/em>
Lawless Heart (7.03)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2002-2003 Season
<\/strong>Capricious Summer (5.97)<\/em>
The Hidden Fortress (6.65)
Apt Pupil (6.91)
Tous Les Matins Du Monde (6.52)
The Third Man (8.69)
Night Shapes (6.55)
Chocolat (6.21)
Am I Beautiful? (7.34)
The Dish (7.57)
Butterfly’s Tongue (8.33)
Little Otik (6.18)
At The Height Of Summer (6.33)
Love And Death On Long Island (6.04)
The Circle (5.72)
The Closet (8.90<\/strong>)
Buena Vista Social Club (8.47)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER INTERNATIONAL<\/strong> FILM FESTIVAL 2003<\/strong>
At The Height Of Summer
Monsoon Wedding
Talk To Her
Best In Show
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Love And Death On Long Island<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2001-2002 Season
<\/strong>Brigitta (5.27)
The Cider House Rules (7.17)
West Beirut (7.70)
One More Kiss and He’s Dead! (5.07)
You Only Live Once (6.15)
Regeneration (8.15)
Happy Together (4.63)<\/em>
The Impostors (7.28)
No More Mr Nice Guy (7.63)
Plein Soleil (7.36)
Vor (The Thief) (8.10)<\/strong>
Beau Travail (5.29)
23 (6.57)
The End of the Affair (7.31)
Wintersleepers (7.98)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2000-2001 Season
<\/strong>An Ideal Husband (7.60)
Gods & Monsters (7.10)
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (7.85)
Afterlife (4.60)<\/em>
Phantom Of The Opera (7.23)
Conte D’Automne (7.10)
Den Comedian Harmonists (7.33)
Cookies Fortune (6.93)
Run Lola Run (7.91)<\/strong>
Tango (6.26)
Three Seasons (7.60)
Rushmore (7.20)
Rien Ne Va Plus (5.52)
Pi (4.91)
Trains & Roses (7.69<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHESTER FILM FESTIVAL 2001<\/strong>
Rien Ne Va Plus
Boy Levi
The Thief
The Road
Central Station
Pi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1999-2000 Season
<\/strong>Eve’s Bayou
Nights Of Cabiria
Hana-Bi
The Apple
The Spanish Prisoner
Zero Effect
The Truman Show
Dancing At Lughnasa
La Vie Revee Des Anges
The Eel
Hilary & Jackie
Karakter
Gadjo Dilo
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1998-1999 Season<\/strong>
La Vita E Bella
Sheltering Sky
Three Penny Opera
The Ice Storm
The Taste Of Cherries
Wings of the Dove
Good Will Hunting
Mrs Brown
As Good As It Gets
Kundun
24 7
Chasing Amy
Ma Vie En Rose
Mrs Dalloway
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1997-1998 Season<\/strong>
Marius et Jeannette
Fargo
Ridicule
Gabbeh
Small Faces
Le Confessional
Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead
Flirting With Disaster
The Last Supper
Microcosmos
Antonia’s Line
A Self Made Hero
The Crucible
Twelfth Night
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1996-1997 Season<\/strong>
When The Cat’s Away 
Heavenly Creatures
Funny Bones
The Promise
Nelly & Mr Arnaud
Richard III
Secrets & Lies
Il Postino
Bullets Over Broadway
Burnt By The Sun
The Flower Of My Secret
Smoke
Shanghai Triad
Carrington
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FILM FESTIVAL 1997<\/strong>
Withnail & I 
Breaking The Waves
Dead Man
Leon
Carrington
Kansas City
The Pillow Book
The Neon Bible
Devil In A Blue Dress
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1995-1996 Season<\/strong>
Mighty Aphrodite
Belle Epoque
Bandit Queen
Priest
La Reine Margot
Dazed And Confused
Clerks
La Colonel Chabert
Second Best
Amateur
Exotica
Cronos
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FILM FESTIVAL 1996<\/strong>
Shallow Grave
Land And Freedom
Ed Wood
Quiz Show
The Hudsucker Proxy
Vanya On 42nd Street
Le Feu Follet
We Don’t Want To Talk About It
Sonatine
The Usual Suspects
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1994-1995 Season<\/strong>
Burnt By The Sun
The Blue Kite
True Romance
Savage Nights
Surviving Desire: Three by Hal Hartley
La Scorta
Bhaji On the Beach
The Scent Of Green Papaya
The Wedding Banquet
La Crise
Used People
The Piano
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Viktor Und Viktoria
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1993-1994 Season<\/strong>
The Hour Of The Pig
L627
Unforgiven
Raise The Red Lantern
Flirting
Un Coeur En Hiver
Black Robe
The Unbelievable Truth
Husbands & Wives
Night On Earth
Leon The Pig Farmer
Orlando
The Ox
Waiting
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FILM FESTIVAL 1994<\/strong>
Tatie Danielle
Like Water For Chocolate
Tango
The Stolen Children
Simple Men
Three Colours: Blue
Raining Stones
The Ox
Naked
Bad Behaviour
The Story Of Qiu Ju
Leolo
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1992-1993 Season<\/strong>
Farewell My Concubine
Thelma & Louise
Uranus
Company Of Strangers
Ay Carmella
American Friends
Belle De Jour
Hearts Of Darkness
High Heels
The Committments
The Big Picture
Everybody’s Fine
Boyz ‘N’ The Hood
Delicatessen
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1991-1992 Season<\/strong>
Alice    
Reversal Of Fortune
Milou En Mai
Crimes & Misdemeanours
Les Enfants Du Paradis
Goodfellas
Cyrano De Bergerac
Mr & Mrs Bridge
Millers Crossing
The Grifters
A Taxing Woman
Beautiful Dreamers
Farewell
Postcards From The Edge
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FILM FESTIVAL 1991<\/strong>
Tilai
Romauld & Juliette
The Comfort Of Strangers
Metropolitan
A World Without Pity
C’Est La Vie
“Prawns, Cockles, Muscles, Whelks”
Freedom Is Paradise
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
The Hot Spot
Miami Blues
The Sheltering Sky
Wild At Heart
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
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1990-1991 Season<\/strong>
Crimes And Misdemeanours
Celia
Time To Die
No Way Out
Mapantsula
Dangerous Liaisons
Veronico Cruz
The Dressmaker
Dead Poets Society
The Legend Of The Holy Drinker
My Left Foot
Le Grand Chemin
Crossing Delancy
Cinema Paradiso
Music Box
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FILM FESTIVAL 1990<\/strong>
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Roger And Me
Strapless
Venus Peter
New York Stories
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Sweetie
Yaaba
The Legend Of The Holy Drinker
Married To The Mob
Things Change
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