Monday 30 Nov 6.30pm at Ciné Lumière

TWO-FOR-ONE TICKET OFFER FOR THIS FILM!

Take advantage of this unique offer to see one of the great classics of Arab and African cinema. Also don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the film’s director Ferid Boughedir!

This offer applies to standard price tickets only purchased at the box office or by phone. This offer is not accessible through the online booking system.

HALFAOUNE is screened on Monday 30 Nov 6.30pm at Ciné Lumière

Call now 020 7073 1350

This film tells the story of a thirteen year old boy’s discovery of his sexual desires. Noura has been growing up in the sheltered and sensual world of women like all boys prior to reaching puberty. His physical awakening is further complicated by his removal from the tender world of women, and his entering of the rigid society of men. Set in the colourful neighbourhood of Halfaouine in the 1970’s and punctuated by humour, this complex adjustment is beautifully and sensitively rendered throughout, with a great performance by Selim Boughedir, the director’s own nephew.

Director: Ferid Boughedir
Writer: Ferid Boughedir
Cast: Selim Boughedir, Mustapha Adouani, Rabia Ben Abdallah
Country: Tunisia
Year: 1990
Runtime: 98 min

Monday 30 November 8.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

Adera is a heart wrenching story about a young woman Marlan who is an Ethiopian immigrant in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. She quickly discovers that Johannesburg is not the promised city of gold and struggles to provide for her children back home in Ethiopia. Through a series of twisted circumstances, she ends up as a surrogate mother for a wealthy Ethiopian couple, Tiru and Fre.Their fate is tied up with that of Biru a shady middleman who is central to story’s dramatic turns of love, deception and the human spirit to survive.

Director: Nega Tariku
Writers: Alemayehu Kifle
Cast: Alemayehu Kifle,Rahel Ashenafu
Country: Ethiopia-South Africa
Year: 2008
Runtime: 107 min